WES HEMPEL
EDUCATION
MA, 1988 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
BA, 1985 California State University, Northridge, California
AWARDS
2002 Creative Fellowship in Painting, Colorado Council on the Arts
1992 Creative Fellowship in Literature, Colorado Council on the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Recent Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Wes Hempel, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico (April, 2011)
2009 Tied to the Past, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY
2009 Wes Hempel, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Injury and Desire, Jenkins Johnson Gallery. New York, NY
2005 Landscape Fragments, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 Collaborative and New Work, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 Revised Endings, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Plot Twists," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2001 Fictional Accounts, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2000 The Canceled Field Trip, Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Wes Hempel, Paintings: The First Seven Years, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
Laramie, WY Susan Moldenhauer, Curator
1998 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1997 The Marriage of Fiction and History, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1995 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1993 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1991 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "ARMORY SHOW," (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), New York
2010 "TWENTY TEN," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2010 "SUMMERTIME," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2009 "SUMMERTIME," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2009 "ART MIAMI," (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), Miami, Florida
2009 "HORIZONS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 "CONVERSATIONS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 "WINTER HAIKU," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2008 "FOCUS: THE FIGURE," Permanent Collection Galleries, Denver Art Museum, Denver,
CO.
2008 "THE FIGURE TODAY," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2008 "DIALOG CITY: DENVER," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO.
2008 "CELEBRATE SUMMER," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2008 "BEYOND REPRESENTATION," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2008 "THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2008 "GRAND OPENING EXHIBITION," Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO
2008 "L.A. ARTFAIR," (LewAllen Contemporary), Santa Monica, CA
2008 "WINTER SELECTIONS," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2007 "BLUE," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, New York.
2007 "WINTER HAIKU," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francsico, California.
2007 "REALationships: WORKS OF SURREAL INSPIRATION," Foothills Art Center, Golden, 2007 Colorado. (Curated by Michael Chavez)
2007 "30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.z
2007 "Los Angeles Art Fair," Los Angeles, California. (LewAllen Contemporary)
2006 "Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, New York
2006 "Decades of Influence," Museum of Contemporary Art, and Center for Visual Arts,
Denver, CO
2005 "A Tribute to J.B. Harter," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (catalog)
2005 "Seventh Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2005 "SMALL WORKS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2005 "Art in Colorado," Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
2005 "Innaugural Exhibition," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2004 "Yarns," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
2004 "Allure," Leslie Lohman Foundation, New York, New York.
2004 "Sixth Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2004 "Contemporary Drawing," Eisentrager / Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska.
2003 "Summer Group Exhibition," Tatistcheff Gallery, New York
2003 San Francisco International Art Exposition (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), San Francisco
2003 "Magic Realism: A New Generation," Sangre De Christo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
2003 "ConTEXT: Art & Words," Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2003 "Fifth Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2002 San Francisco International Art Exposition (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), San Francisco
2002 "Gallery Artists," Lizardi Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2002 "Fourth Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2002 "Colorado Excellence in the Arts," Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
2002 "Reality Check: Contemporary Figurative Paintings by Wes Hempel. Enjeong Noh, and 2002 Ruprecht von Kaufmann," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2002 "Solace," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2002 "Small Works," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002 "Winter Group Show," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 "Re-presenting Representation" The Corning Gallery, New York, New York
2001 "Art Miami," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Miami, Florida
2001 "Third Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, (catalog)
2001 "The Solitary Figure," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 "The Dream Mill," Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado
2001 ”The Male Vision: Wes Hempel, Gerard Huber, Wade Reynolds," Lizardi/Harp Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2000 "Art Miami," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Miami, Florida (catalog)
2000 "Together/Working," Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado
Springs
2000 "The Male Form in Contemporary Art," Hollywood Art Center, Hollywood, Florida
2000 "Thinking Outside the Box," Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
2000 "Dallas International Art Fair," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Dallas, Texas
1999 "Art Miami," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Miami, Florida (catalog)
1999 "Art Palm Beach," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Palm Beach, Florida
1999 "Boston International Fine Art Show," (Claire Oliver Fine Art), Boston, Mass.
1999 "Corporate Collections '99," Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
1999 "Real to Surreal," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, Colorado
1999 "Re-presenting Representation IV," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1998 "On the Occasion of Dreams," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1998 "New Acquisitions," Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
1998 "Grand Opening Exhibition," Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1998 "Paradise Lost: Evolving Visions of the Colorado Landscape," Colorado Mountain College,
Glenwood Springs, Co.; Frances Chavez, Curator
1997 "Private Worlds: 200 Years of American Still Life Painting," Aspen Art Museum Aspen,
Colo.; Julia Augur and Ann Daley, Curators (Catalog)
1997 "Art Fair, Seattle," (Robischon Gallery) Seattle, Washington
1995 "11th Annual Invitational Exhibition," Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash.
1994 "Focus on Colorado/The Front Range: Wes Hempel, Jack Balas and Scott Chamberlin,"
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
1994 "You Call That Art?" One West Art Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
1994 "Caste of Stone," Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado
1994 "Art Fair, Seattle," (Robischon Gallery) Seattle, Washington
1993 "Boulder Flow," Sibell-Wolle Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder
1993 "2 Much," UMC Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1993 "Holy Wars," Arte Vitale Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1991 "Small Sculpture," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1990 "Small Sculpture," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1990 "The Right to View," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1988 "Objects and Place," Sibell-Wolle Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder
1987 "Boxes/Books," River Art Works, Denver, Colorado
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
Leslie Lohman Foundation, New York, NY
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Styskal, Wiese & Melchione, Los Angeles, California
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Denver, Colorado
Borgen Investment Group, Inc., Denver, Colorado
First Western Trust Bank, Denver, Colorado
PUBLICATIONS
2009 •Powerfully Beautiful: Classically Inspired Living Painters of the Male Figure (Volume 1), Firehouse Studio Publishing
2008 •American Art Collector, August. "Season of Abundance," by John O"hern.
•The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions, David Leddick, Universe Publishing / Rizzoli, p. 102
•Elements of Literature, Fourth Course (high school textbook), Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Menninger Perspective Medical Journal
2006 •American Art Collector, September. (Artist's Profile)
2005 •Southwest Art, October. "Personal Mythologies: Wes Hempel's Narrative Paintings Reveal Revisionist Cultural Views with a Purposeful Ambiguity." By Devon Jackson. pp. 132-135, 201.
•Pleides Literary Journal, Vol 25, No 2 (cover)
2003 •XY Magazine #41 San Diego, California. "No Worry is Necessary on Your Part: Paintings by Wes Hempel," (portfolio) pp. 19-25.
•Blue #47 (November), Studio Magazines, Sydney, Australia. "Modern History," (portfolio of paintings) pp. 60-67
2002 •Great American Writers of the Twentieth Century, Vol 7, Marshall Cavendish Publishers
2001 •Dialogos con Leuco, Cesare Pavese, Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, cover
•Male Nude Now, David Leddick, Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, pp. 62-63
2000 •Naked Men Too, David Leddick, Universe Publishing/ Rizzoli, pp. 134-135
•New American Paintings #30 (November), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass., Michael Lash, Director of Public Arts, City of Chicago, Curator. pp.98-101(portfolio of paintings)
1999 •The Humanist Tendency, Claire Oliver Fine Art
•Representing Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1997 •New American Paintings #12 (October), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass., Jeffrey Weiss, Dept. of 20th Century Art, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., Curator. pp. 26-27 (Portfolio of Paintings)
SELECTED EXHIBITION REVIEWS
“Revisioning Art History," by Kate McGraw; Albuquerque Journal / Venue (New Mexico) April 1, 2011
“Conversations at LewAllen Galleries" by Harmony Hammond, Albuquerque Journal, (NM) Jan 1, 2010
"The New Male Gaze: Artists Wes Hempel and Jack Balas Revisit the Male Figure," by Rafael Risemberg
THE NEW YORK BLADE. Sep. 18, 2006
"Teamworks," by Mary Voelz Chandler, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver). October 5, 2005. p. 10D.
"Changing Scenes," by Michael Paglia, WESTWORD (Denver). Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2005. p. 56.
Black, Noel, Colorado Springs Independent, Vol.11 No. 3, Jan 16-22, 2003
MacMillan, Kyle: "Fantastical Visions," Denver Post, Mar 11, 2003
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "Every Painting Tells a Story," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), Mar 14, 2003
Paglia, Michael: "Different Realities," Westword (Denver), Apr 10, 2003
Langer, Sara: "Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," Eye Level, Issue #2, March 2002
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "Something Serious," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 10-8-2001
Paglia, Michael: "Go Figure," Westword (Denver), 10-11-2001
Paglia, Michael: "Altering Currents," Westword (Denver), 1-13-2000
Adams, Bob: "From Poet to Painter," Philadelphia Gay News, Feb 18-24, 2000
Watson, Donna: "Creativity from the Inside Out," The Artist's Magazine, Dec 1999
Miller, Joe: "Report From Colorado: Looking to the Future," Art in America, May 1998
Paglia, Michael: "Rebels With Causes," Westword (Denver), 6-11-98
Paglia, Michael: "View Masters," Westword (Denver), 10-15-98
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "A Magical Mystery Tour," Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 4-4-97
Paglia, Michael: "Facts and Fantasies," Westword (Denver), 4-24-97
Paglia, Michael: "Double Your Pleasure," Westword (Denver), 4-5-95
"Front Range Artists Featured in New Show at Art Museum," The Aspen Times, 11-17-94
"Focus on Colorado:The Front Range," Aspen Daily News, 11-17-94
Wilson, Jane: "Front Range Surrealism; New Aspen Art Museum Updates Dali and DiChirico, "The Aspen
Times, Nov. 19-20, 1994
Jenkins, Loren: "Rediscovering Surrealism," The Aspen Times Gazette, (Aspen), Winter 1994-95
"Art Comes Alive in Museum's Winter Season," Artifacts (Aspen), Vol.1, No.2, Winter 1994-95
Mason, Marilynne: "The Language of Memories &Dreams," The Christian Science Monitor, 1-6-94
Hayden, Niki: "Stone Temple," Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado), 5-27-94
Art Now Gallery Guide: "Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," Sept 1993
Rosen, Steven: "Critics' Choice," The Denver Post 9-26-93
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "Write Your Own Story to Go with These Pieces," Rocky Mountain News, 9-26-93
Hill, Hart: "Text and Texture," Westword (Denver). 10-6-93
Mason, Marilynne: "Not Quite on the Map: Magic & Art," Colorado Expression Vol.3, No.1, Winter, 1993
Zalkind, Simon: "Jack Balas & Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," Icon (Denver) Oct 91
Dickenson, Carol: "Frame-by-Frame," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 9-27-91
Clegg, Nancy: "Pay Per View," Westword (Denver), Vol. 13, No.24, 2-24-90
Frank, Patrick: "The Right to View," New Art Examiner, Vol.17, No.8, April 1990
Shannon, Mark: "'Objects & Place' at Sibell-Wolle," Colorado Daily (Boulder, CO) 3-4-88
EDUCATION
MA, 1988 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
BA, 1985 California State University, Northridge, California
AWARDS
2002 Creative Fellowship in Painting, Colorado Council on the Arts
1992 Creative Fellowship in Literature, Colorado Council on the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Recent Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Wes Hempel, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico (April, 2011)
2009 Tied to the Past, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY
2009 Wes Hempel, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Injury and Desire, Jenkins Johnson Gallery. New York, NY
2005 Landscape Fragments, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2005 Collaborative and New Work, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 Revised Endings, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Plot Twists," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2001 Fictional Accounts, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2000 The Canceled Field Trip, Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Wes Hempel, Paintings: The First Seven Years, University of Wyoming Art Museum,
Laramie, WY Susan Moldenhauer, Curator
1998 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1997 The Marriage of Fiction and History, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1995 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1993 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1991 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "ARMORY SHOW," (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), New York
2010 "TWENTY TEN," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2010 "SUMMERTIME," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2009 "SUMMERTIME," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2009 "ART MIAMI," (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), Miami, Florida
2009 "HORIZONS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 "CONVERSATIONS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 "WINTER HAIKU," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2008 "FOCUS: THE FIGURE," Permanent Collection Galleries, Denver Art Museum, Denver,
CO.
2008 "THE FIGURE TODAY," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2008 "DIALOG CITY: DENVER," Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO.
2008 "CELEBRATE SUMMER," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York & San Francisco
2008 "BEYOND REPRESENTATION," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2008 "THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2008 "GRAND OPENING EXHIBITION," Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, MO
2008 "L.A. ARTFAIR," (LewAllen Contemporary), Santa Monica, CA
2008 "WINTER SELECTIONS," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2007 "BLUE," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, New York.
2007 "WINTER HAIKU," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francsico, California.
2007 "REALationships: WORKS OF SURREAL INSPIRATION," Foothills Art Center, Golden, 2007 Colorado. (Curated by Michael Chavez)
2007 "30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.z
2007 "Los Angeles Art Fair," Los Angeles, California. (LewAllen Contemporary)
2006 "Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, New York
2006 "Decades of Influence," Museum of Contemporary Art, and Center for Visual Arts,
Denver, CO
2005 "A Tribute to J.B. Harter," Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (catalog)
2005 "Seventh Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2005 "SMALL WORKS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2005 "Art in Colorado," Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
2005 "Innaugural Exhibition," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York
2004 "Yarns," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
2004 "Allure," Leslie Lohman Foundation, New York, New York.
2004 "Sixth Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2004 "Contemporary Drawing," Eisentrager / Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska.
2003 "Summer Group Exhibition," Tatistcheff Gallery, New York
2003 San Francisco International Art Exposition (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), San Francisco
2003 "Magic Realism: A New Generation," Sangre De Christo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
2003 "ConTEXT: Art & Words," Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2003 "Fifth Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2002 San Francisco International Art Exposition (Jenkins Johnson Gallery), San Francisco
2002 "Gallery Artists," Lizardi Harp Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2002 "Fourth Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (catalog)
2002 "Colorado Excellence in the Arts," Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
2002 "Reality Check: Contemporary Figurative Paintings by Wes Hempel. Enjeong Noh, and 2002 Ruprecht von Kaufmann," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2002 "Solace," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2002 "Small Works," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002 "Winter Group Show," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 "Re-presenting Representation" The Corning Gallery, New York, New York
2001 "Art Miami," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Miami, Florida
2001 "Third Annual Realism Invitational," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, (catalog)
2001 "The Solitary Figure," Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 "The Dream Mill," Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado
2001 ”The Male Vision: Wes Hempel, Gerard Huber, Wade Reynolds," Lizardi/Harp Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2000 "Art Miami," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Miami, Florida (catalog)
2000 "Together/Working," Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado
Springs
2000 "The Male Form in Contemporary Art," Hollywood Art Center, Hollywood, Florida
2000 "Thinking Outside the Box," Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
2000 "Dallas International Art Fair," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Dallas, Texas
1999 "Art Miami," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Miami, Florida (catalog)
1999 "Art Palm Beach," (Claire Oliver Fine Art) Palm Beach, Florida
1999 "Boston International Fine Art Show," (Claire Oliver Fine Art), Boston, Mass.
1999 "Corporate Collections '99," Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
1999 "Real to Surreal," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, Colorado
1999 "Re-presenting Representation IV," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1998 "On the Occasion of Dreams," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1998 "New Acquisitions," Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
1998 "Grand Opening Exhibition," Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1998 "Paradise Lost: Evolving Visions of the Colorado Landscape," Colorado Mountain College,
Glenwood Springs, Co.; Frances Chavez, Curator
1997 "Private Worlds: 200 Years of American Still Life Painting," Aspen Art Museum Aspen,
Colo.; Julia Augur and Ann Daley, Curators (Catalog)
1997 "Art Fair, Seattle," (Robischon Gallery) Seattle, Washington
1995 "11th Annual Invitational Exhibition," Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash.
1994 "Focus on Colorado/The Front Range: Wes Hempel, Jack Balas and Scott Chamberlin,"
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
1994 "You Call That Art?" One West Art Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
1994 "Caste of Stone," Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado
1994 "Art Fair, Seattle," (Robischon Gallery) Seattle, Washington
1993 "Boulder Flow," Sibell-Wolle Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder
1993 "2 Much," UMC Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1993 "Holy Wars," Arte Vitale Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1991 "Small Sculpture," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1990 "Small Sculpture," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1990 "The Right to View," Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1988 "Objects and Place," Sibell-Wolle Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder
1987 "Boxes/Books," River Art Works, Denver, Colorado
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
Leslie Lohman Foundation, New York, NY
Federal Reserve Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Styskal, Wiese & Melchione, Los Angeles, California
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Denver, Colorado
Borgen Investment Group, Inc., Denver, Colorado
First Western Trust Bank, Denver, Colorado
PUBLICATIONS
2009 •Powerfully Beautiful: Classically Inspired Living Painters of the Male Figure (Volume 1), Firehouse Studio Publishing
2008 •American Art Collector, August. "Season of Abundance," by John O"hern.
•The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions, David Leddick, Universe Publishing / Rizzoli, p. 102
•Elements of Literature, Fourth Course (high school textbook), Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Menninger Perspective Medical Journal
2006 •American Art Collector, September. (Artist's Profile)
2005 •Southwest Art, October. "Personal Mythologies: Wes Hempel's Narrative Paintings Reveal Revisionist Cultural Views with a Purposeful Ambiguity." By Devon Jackson. pp. 132-135, 201.
•Pleides Literary Journal, Vol 25, No 2 (cover)
2003 •XY Magazine #41 San Diego, California. "No Worry is Necessary on Your Part: Paintings by Wes Hempel," (portfolio) pp. 19-25.
•Blue #47 (November), Studio Magazines, Sydney, Australia. "Modern History," (portfolio of paintings) pp. 60-67
2002 •Great American Writers of the Twentieth Century, Vol 7, Marshall Cavendish Publishers
2001 •Dialogos con Leuco, Cesare Pavese, Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, cover
•Male Nude Now, David Leddick, Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, pp. 62-63
2000 •Naked Men Too, David Leddick, Universe Publishing/ Rizzoli, pp. 134-135
•New American Paintings #30 (November), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass., Michael Lash, Director of Public Arts, City of Chicago, Curator. pp.98-101(portfolio of paintings)
1999 •The Humanist Tendency, Claire Oliver Fine Art
•Representing Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1997 •New American Paintings #12 (October), The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Mass., Jeffrey Weiss, Dept. of 20th Century Art, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., Curator. pp. 26-27 (Portfolio of Paintings)
SELECTED EXHIBITION REVIEWS
“Revisioning Art History," by Kate McGraw; Albuquerque Journal / Venue (New Mexico) April 1, 2011
“Conversations at LewAllen Galleries" by Harmony Hammond, Albuquerque Journal, (NM) Jan 1, 2010
"The New Male Gaze: Artists Wes Hempel and Jack Balas Revisit the Male Figure," by Rafael Risemberg
THE NEW YORK BLADE. Sep. 18, 2006
"Teamworks," by Mary Voelz Chandler, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver). October 5, 2005. p. 10D.
"Changing Scenes," by Michael Paglia, WESTWORD (Denver). Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2005. p. 56.
Black, Noel, Colorado Springs Independent, Vol.11 No. 3, Jan 16-22, 2003
MacMillan, Kyle: "Fantastical Visions," Denver Post, Mar 11, 2003
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "Every Painting Tells a Story," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), Mar 14, 2003
Paglia, Michael: "Different Realities," Westword (Denver), Apr 10, 2003
Langer, Sara: "Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," Eye Level, Issue #2, March 2002
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "Something Serious," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 10-8-2001
Paglia, Michael: "Go Figure," Westword (Denver), 10-11-2001
Paglia, Michael: "Altering Currents," Westword (Denver), 1-13-2000
Adams, Bob: "From Poet to Painter," Philadelphia Gay News, Feb 18-24, 2000
Watson, Donna: "Creativity from the Inside Out," The Artist's Magazine, Dec 1999
Miller, Joe: "Report From Colorado: Looking to the Future," Art in America, May 1998
Paglia, Michael: "Rebels With Causes," Westword (Denver), 6-11-98
Paglia, Michael: "View Masters," Westword (Denver), 10-15-98
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "A Magical Mystery Tour," Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 4-4-97
Paglia, Michael: "Facts and Fantasies," Westword (Denver), 4-24-97
Paglia, Michael: "Double Your Pleasure," Westword (Denver), 4-5-95
"Front Range Artists Featured in New Show at Art Museum," The Aspen Times, 11-17-94
"Focus on Colorado:The Front Range," Aspen Daily News, 11-17-94
Wilson, Jane: "Front Range Surrealism; New Aspen Art Museum Updates Dali and DiChirico, "The Aspen
Times, Nov. 19-20, 1994
Jenkins, Loren: "Rediscovering Surrealism," The Aspen Times Gazette, (Aspen), Winter 1994-95
"Art Comes Alive in Museum's Winter Season," Artifacts (Aspen), Vol.1, No.2, Winter 1994-95
Mason, Marilynne: "The Language of Memories &Dreams," The Christian Science Monitor, 1-6-94
Hayden, Niki: "Stone Temple," Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado), 5-27-94
Art Now Gallery Guide: "Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," Sept 1993
Rosen, Steven: "Critics' Choice," The Denver Post 9-26-93
Chandler, Mary Voelz: "Write Your Own Story to Go with These Pieces," Rocky Mountain News, 9-26-93
Hill, Hart: "Text and Texture," Westword (Denver). 10-6-93
Mason, Marilynne: "Not Quite on the Map: Magic & Art," Colorado Expression Vol.3, No.1, Winter, 1993
Zalkind, Simon: "Jack Balas & Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," Icon (Denver) Oct 91
Dickenson, Carol: "Frame-by-Frame," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 9-27-91
Clegg, Nancy: "Pay Per View," Westword (Denver), Vol. 13, No.24, 2-24-90
Frank, Patrick: "The Right to View," New Art Examiner, Vol.17, No.8, April 1990
Shannon, Mark: "'Objects & Place' at Sibell-Wolle," Colorado Daily (Boulder, CO) 3-4-88
