Biography
Ralph Wiegmann, a first generation American-German, was born and raised in the mid-west. Many summers were spent with his family in the Rocky Mountain West. As a teenager, he studied violin, painting, drawing and ceramics at Interlochen Arts Academy.
Ralph studied Graphic Design at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and then moved into Fine Art at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, where he received his BFA in Painting & Drawing. After working several years in illustration, graphic design and set building in San Francisco, Ralph moved to Missoula, Montana to pursue his passion for painting. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of Montana in 1998. Ralph's abstract paintings are distinctly influenced by the open landscape of the American West. He lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife, artist Suzanne Truman.
Artist Statement
My current work is a response to the concept of the passage of time, fleeting and geologic, to the tenuous perception of things continuous or whole, and the elements that create these illusions. It is manifested in line and pattern, color and tone, single to multiple surfaces. It is further expressed in the physical act of mark-making and immersion in the moment of this response. The depiction of imagery that suggests continuity and wholeness, particularly in my water series, is resolved in a contrasting manner by the use of a grid format with spacing to inspire discussion as to what connotes the ideas or impressions of wholeness, continuity and community.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2020 Cerulean Gallery, two-person exhibition with Suzanne Truman, Dallas, TX
Ralph Wiegmann, a first generation American-German, was born and raised in the mid-west. Many summers were spent with his family in the Rocky Mountain West. As a teenager, he studied violin, painting, drawing and ceramics at Interlochen Arts Academy.
Ralph studied Graphic Design at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and then moved into Fine Art at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, where he received his BFA in Painting & Drawing. After working several years in illustration, graphic design and set building in San Francisco, Ralph moved to Missoula, Montana to pursue his passion for painting. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of Montana in 1998. Ralph's abstract paintings are distinctly influenced by the open landscape of the American West. He lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife, artist Suzanne Truman.
Artist Statement
My current work is a response to the concept of the passage of time, fleeting and geologic, to the tenuous perception of things continuous or whole, and the elements that create these illusions. It is manifested in line and pattern, color and tone, single to multiple surfaces. It is further expressed in the physical act of mark-making and immersion in the moment of this response. The depiction of imagery that suggests continuity and wholeness, particularly in my water series, is resolved in a contrasting manner by the use of a grid format with spacing to inspire discussion as to what connotes the ideas or impressions of wholeness, continuity and community.
Recent Shows and/or Exhibitions
2020 Cerulean Gallery, two-person exhibition with Suzanne Truman, Dallas, TX