George Wilson

Born 1946, Castro Valley, California
Has practiced at Creative Growth since 1985

George Wilson is an artist whose eyes and hands are always in motion as he works, and his drawings gracefully communicate this vibrant, frenetic energy. For over thirty years Wilson has concentrated on making figurative drawings, presented singularly or in groups. His repetitive, recursive lines, rendered in colorful pastels or fine ink, result in images that are subtractive, yet energized with motion.

Wilson’s work has been featured at several international galleries and art fairs, including Galerie ART CRU, Berlin, Direct Art Gallery, Dusseldorf, D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Art Fair, and Outsider Art Fair in Paris and New York.

George Wilson es un artista cuyos ojos y manos que están siempre en movimiento mientras trabaja, y sus dibujos comunican con gracia esta energía vibrante y frenética. Durante más de treinta años, Wilson se ha concentrado en hacer dibujos figurativos, presentados individualmente o en grupos. Sus líneas repetitivas y recursivas, plasmadas en coloridos pasteles o tinta fina, resultan imágenes sustractivas, pero energizadas por el movimiento.

El trabajo de Wilson se ha presentado en varias galerías y ferias de arte internacionales, incluidas Galerie ART CRU, Berlín, Galería Direct Art, Dusseldorf, Feria de Arte Contemporánea D’Dessin Paris y Feria de Arte Marginal en París y Nueva York.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2021
Vibrant, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami
Can’t Beat California, Golestani Gallery, Düsseldorf
Interconnected, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

2020
Inter-Avant-Garde, Roger Center for Fine Arts, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln
Outsider Art Fair, Paris

2019
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2018
Art is For Everyone, Telegraph Hill Gallery, San Francisco

2017
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris

2016
American Dream, Direct Art Gallery, Dusseldorf
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris
Outsider Art Fair, New York
The Fabio Cei Collection, Casale Monferrato

2015
Outsider Art Fair, New York
D’Dessin Paris Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris

2013
Outsider Artists, Oakland Museum of California at the Oakland International Airport, curated by Philip Linhares
Creative Growth, Galerie Art Cru, Berlin
Almost Home, Diego Rivera Gallery (SFAI), San Francisco
Margins to Mainstream: Contemporary Artists with Disabilities, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa

2011
Exhibition #4, Museum of Everything, London