The process of destruction and recreation is a driving component of Mills’ work. Reckless chaos swimming in harmony amongst static and patient application leaves the viewer wondering what came first. It is no secret that Mills’ finds a tumultuous fascination in the immediate removing, covering, and applying of mediums. However, these robust movement’s are paralleled by slower, more meditative swaths of color and meticulous detail. The thought and the afterthought are communicating with each other through a world of dislocated formalism. This ritual of directionless, yet precarious commotion is a kin to alchemy. Each ingredient of the chromatic spectrum of colors are mixed into their full force and incoherence. Fleeting depictions of archetypal imagery from day-to-day life are scattered into the works like broken memories stitching themselves together to survive. These process based paintings dismantle secure knowledge and celebrate instinct. Mills speaks to the abundance of opportunity that lies within the wreckage of an image, and his creation thrives in the center of the dualistic battle of progressive creation.
Wyatt Mills
Los Angeles. Lives and works in Berlin.ARTIST STATEMENT
Vita
- Education
- BFA Honours in Fine Arts - School of Visual Arts - New York - USA
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2016 Normal - Project Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
- 2014 Phantasmagoria - ESSNTL Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
- 2013 Void - Prohibition Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
- 2012 My Brain Broke - Eight of Swords Gallery - New York City - USA
- 2010 Untitled - Con Artist Gallery - New York City - USA
- Group exhibitions
- 2017
- 50 Contemporary Artists by Enter Art Foundation - Multipolster - Berlin - DE
- 2016
- Works by Mills, Ross, Woodbridge, & the Images of Others - Kommunale Galerie - Berlin - DE
- About Face - Rebecca Molayem Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
- 2015
- Artesatanicos - Superchief Gallery LA - Los Angeles - USA
- 2014
- The Painted Dot - L5 Gallery at the Brewery - Los Angeles - USA
- 2014
- 21 - Prohibition Gallery - Los Angeles - USA
- 2013
- Brewery Art Walk - Los Angeles - USA
- Miami Project - Visual Arts Gallery - Miami - USA
- The Future That Never Was - Eight of Swords Gallery - New York City - USA
- Execute With Extreme Prejudice - A Rare Form of Popup - New York City - USA
- Mirare - Coachmaker Gallery - New York City - USA
- Sampler - Visual Arts Gallery - New York City - USA
- Some Kind of Sin - Goodbye Blue Monday - New York City - USA
- 2012
- Hitmen and Harlots - Eight of Swords Gallery - New York City - USA
- Inside Out - Dino Eli Gallery - New York City - USA
- Untitled, Work in Progress Gallery - New York City - USA
- Stereoscope - Index Art Gallery - Newark - USA
- 2011
- Untitled - Greenpoint Gallery - New York City - USA
- Untitled - The Loom Gallery - New York City - USA
- Friday 13th Special - Con Artist Gallery - New York City - USA
- Publications
- 2016
- Q&A With Artist Wyatt Mills - Flaunt Magazine
- Featured Artist - Be-Street
- Featured Artist - Artsy
- Featured Artist - Hi Fructose
- 2015
- Art’s High Tech Buyers - Business Insider
- Artopia - LA Weekly
- Featured Artist - LA Weekly
- 2014
- Fascinating “Phantasmagoria” Abstract Works - The Warholian
- Society and Art Featured Artist - Los Angeles Examiner
- Show Recap Exclusive - 12ozProphet,
- Wyatt Mills-Static Shock - YAY!LA
- Studio Visit and Artist - Cartweel Art
- 2013
- Featured artist - Empty Kingdom
- iArtistas Magazine #7
- Featured show/interview - Rick Galigher - Platinum Cheese
- 2012
- Artist Who Confronts The Ordinary Through His Own Twisted Reality - Tessa Abraham - Nonsense Society
- Les Peintures de Wyatt Mills - Houhouhaha
- Mutantspace, A Visceral Rage, An Expression Of Modern Anxiety
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