W. Tucker

The work begins unplanned. Line drawings, markings, painted strokes and scribbles are made with numerous mediums including oil, resin stick, charcoal, graphite, watercolor and ink. I begin my work most often by choosing from a collection of found materials – old tabletops, cabinet doors, wood blocks, old book covers and book pages.

The drawings/markings that follow are created with my non-dominant hand. The use of my left hand allows me to draw in an unpracticed manner, with less fixed intention and control.

My 2D work has expanded to installations that include wall drawings, books, and “standing boxes”. The wall drawings are transient, painted over when the installation is dismantled, having a beginning and an end. Books are either created or have been adapted from existing books – images are either added to the pages, or pages are removed, and new pages are stitched in. The boxes are an exploration of the work in 3 dimensions, of interior and exterior – a comment on what we present to the world and what we may choose to hide.

The ”ships” or boats are made from wood blocks, the odd piece of scrap wood and fabric. They are supportive, sturdy yet prone to imbalance and vulnerability.

Over time I have realized that in the finished work I see aspects of our human condition – vulnerability, frailty, kindness, anger, frustration, humor, curiosity, and relationship. As well as glimpses of stories, moments, dilemmas that may represent how we approach or walk through life.

EDUCATION

1982	BA, Drama, New York University, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2023 "standing / facing", Tayloe Piggott Gallery,

Jackson Hole, WY

2022 "we are all just walking each other home",

Gallerie Hedenius, Stockholm

2022 "be still", Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX

2022 "a cloud floats in, a ship passses by", Big Medium

Gallery, Austin, TX

2021 "in the middle of all this nonsense", Conduit Gallery

Houston, TX

2020 "wish you were here / and you are", Koelsch

Haus, Houston, TX

2020 "heads in the mountains" Tayloe Piggott

Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming

2018 "I am this big / I am this small", Conduit

Gallery, Dallas, TX

2017 "all that matters is the getting back up",

Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX

2016 "the captain asked for a show of hands",

greyDuck Gallery, Austin, TX

"a quiet moment", Koelsch Haus

(formally Koelsch Gallery), Houston, TX

2015 "box, boxing, boxed", Conduit

Gallery, Dallas, TX

2014 "the day before, and the day before that",

Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2013 "the sound of a house", Koelsch Gallery,

Houston, TX

"if I knew I’d tell you", Conduit Gallery,

Dallas, TX

"remix", Blackbox, Austin, TX

2012 "to stand in a boat that floats", School

of Art and Design, Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

2010 "how to draw", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

"books on a table, lines on a wall",

Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2008 "fragile", Conduit Gallery, Dallas,

Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2007 "Lost & Found", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

"with tiny arms he flew", The Fallout

Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY, with Koelsch

Haus, Houston, TX

2022 "Through the Winter", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

2021 Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY, with Koelsch

Haus, Houston, TX

2020 Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY, with Koelsch

Haus, Houston, TX

2019 Outsider Art Fair, New York, with Koelsch Gallery,

Houston, TX

2018 "Photo/Montage 12 x 12" grayDuck Gallery,

Austin, TX

"ears of Buddha" Koelsch Haus, Houston, TX

2017 "Sculp-chur", Dimension Gallery, Austin, TX

"Cowboy" Feast Gallery, Fayetteville, AR

2015 "Way Kool", Koelsch Haus (formally Koelsch

Gallery), Houston, TX

2014 20^th Anniversary Celebration, Koelsch Gallery,

Houston, TX

"Longitude/Latitude", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

2013 Advanced Young Artist / Artist-Mentor

Program, Art Museum of Austin / Arthouse at

the Jones Center

"treat yourself ….", Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2012 "lights, camera, action", Koelsch Gallery,

Houston, TX

2011 "from outside, in floats a music box", Conduit Gallery,

Dallas, TX

"America As We Feel It", Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

"The Object Of Desire", dberman gallery, Wimberely, TX

"78701 è 78676", dberman gallery, Wimberely, TX

2010 "10^th Anniversary Group Show", dberman gallery,

Austin, TX

"It’s a group thing", Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru – through

G Gallery, Houston, TX

"Quinceanera! show", Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2009 "Winter (group) Show", Thomas Paul Fine Art,

Los Angeles, CA

"zoo of eight", Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

"Summer Group Show", Thomas Paul Fine Art,

Los Angeles, CA

"drawn (not quartered)", dberman gallery,

Austin, TX

"Second Stories", 2-person exhibit, Thomas Paul

Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

"THE BIG SHOW', Silas Marder Gallery,

Bridgehampton, NY

"The Story Lies Within", 4-person exhibit,

Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention

Center, Thomas Paul Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2008 "what is my line?", 4-person exhibit, McMurtrey

Gallery, Houston, TX, (Courtesy of Koelsch

Gallery, Houston, TX)

Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (Art Fair),

through Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007 flow fair, Miami Invitational, Miami, FL, through

Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

"Pushing The Envelope, A Drawing Show,

Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX

"animales", 4-person exhibit, Koelsch Gallery,

Houston, TX

"Self Portraits", Riskpress Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLICATIONS / AWARDS

2019 New American Paintings, No. 144, West

Coast Issue

2012-2013 Austin Critics Table Awards

Work of Art: Installation (tie)

W. Tucker: “to stand in a boat that floats”, Texas

State University Galleries, San Marcos, TX

Beili Lui: “Amass”, Texas State University Galleries

Artist of the Year: W. Tucker, “to stand in a boat

that floats”, Texas State University Galleries

2012 New American Paintings, No. 102, West Issue / Juror:

Bill Arning, Director – Contemporary Arts Museum,

Houston, Texas

2006 New American Paintings, Volume 67, juror: Tumelo

Mosaka, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art,

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

RESIDENCY

2008 Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

1991 Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Artist’s Residency,

Temecula, CA