Wesley Anderegg

EDUCATION

1982 Bachelor of Science in Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1992 Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

1991-1992Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado

BIOGRAPHY

 Wesley Anderegg is known for his colorful earthenware, figurative sculptures of people and humanoid figures. Anderegg is inspired by primitive clay figure sculptures. He depicts men and women playing instruments, praying, surfing and other every day activities. Some of his sculptures depict sports figures, narratives and human anomalies.

Anderegg’s Headspinners series is composed of two oval shapes, the lower half depicting two bodies on either side and the upper half depicting two heads. The top half can spin so the heads and bodies are mismatched. The bold graphic patterns, colors and facial expressions on each side are opposites creating variant relationship with each move. Anderegg’s plates similarly illustrate portraits. His surface decoration is naïve, colorful and cartoon-like giving his work a whimsical, imaginary and sometimes unsettling quality.