WADDY ARMSTRONG

Artist info

Waddy Armstrong
b.1974, American

Waddy Armstrong graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Painting in 1999. His work is a convergence of botanical structures and motifs melding a philosophical return to nature's simplicity with formal artistic inquiry. To create his images, the artist uses a technique he calls "hybridizing" in which visual elements from various plants and trees coalesce in seamless, harmonious compositions ranging from gestural abstractions to silhouettes of the imagined. Beauty, pleasure and composition are all key components as the act of mark-making morphs into recognizable—albeit fictional—form. Armstrong's most recent works are his most painterly to date. Bands and washes of color surround his signature hybrid forms, challenging the traditional figure-ground relationship and rendering the picture plane obsolete. Since 1999, Armstrong has had numerous solo and group exhibitions around the country including venues in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Armstrong lives and works in San Antonio.

Education

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, 1999

Selected Exhibitions

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"Summer Solstice" – Group Exhibition, Octavia Gallery
Waddy Armstrong: "Re-envisioning The Sublime" Liliana Bloch Gallery
"SIDE/EFFECT", Group Exhibition, Liliana Bloch Gallery
"Summer Solstice" – Kenise Barnes
"Waddy Armstrong: New Work" – Marty Walker Gallery
"Flow" (Julie Baker Fine Art) – Miami Basel
Los Angeles Art Show (Julie Baker Fine Art)
Los Angeles Art Show (Julie Baker Fine Art)
“Flow” (Julie Baker Fine Art)
Art 212 (Julie Baker Fine Art)
Soho Myriad
“Waddy Armstrong: New Works” - Julie Baker Fine Art
Chicago Art Fair (Julie Baker Fine Art)
“Red Dot Show” – Blue Star Art Space
Los Angeles Art Show (Julie Baker Fine Art)
“Construct: Disclose” – Southern Space Project
“A New View” – Julie Baker Fine Art
“Works on Paper” – Southern Space Project
“New Painters” – Plus Gallery
“Red Dot Show” - Blue Star Art Space
“San Antonio Painting 2005” – Blue Star Art Space
“Blue Star 19” – Blue Star Art Space
“Benefit” – White Columns
“Benefit” – Momenta Art
“Waddy Armstrong: New Work” – Parchman-Stremmel Gallery
“Red Dot Show” – Blue Star Art Space
“Fifteen of Fifteen” – Christa Faut Gallery
“Loosely Landscapes” – Parchman-Stremmel Gallery
“Gallery Artist Group Show” – Christa Faut Gallery
“Known and New” – Parchman-Stremmel Gallery
“Red Dot Show” – Blue Star Art Space
“Waddy Armstrong: Recent Work” – Christa Faut Gallery
“Natural” – Parchman-Stremmel Gallery
“Red Dot Show” – Blue Star Art Space
“Waddy Armstrong: Recent Work” – Metropole
“Waddy Armstrong: New Era” – Parchman-Stremmel Gallery
“Red Dot Show” – Blue Star Art Space
“Red Dot Show” – Blue Star Art Space
“Gallery Artist Group Show” – Parchman-Stremmel Gallery
San Antonio, TX
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX
Larchmont, NY
Dallas, TX
Miami, FL
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
Nevada City, CA
Chicago, IL
San Antonio, TX
Los Angeles, CA
San Antonio, TX
Grass Valley, CA
San Antonio, TX
Denver, CO
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
New York, NY
Brooklyn, NY
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Charlotte, NC
San Antonio, TX
Charlotte, NC
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Charlotte, NC
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Savannah, GA
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX