abstract/modern
Roger Weik
biography
Born:
Chicago, Illinois 1949
MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
HYDE COLLECTION Glen Falls, New York
FROST ART MUSEUM Miami, Florida
ELGIZ MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Istanbul, Turkey
AMARILLO MUSEUM OF ART Amarillo, Texas
FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART Fort Wayne, Indiana
MULVANE ART MUSEUM Topeka, Kansas
SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART Loretto, Pennslyvania
HOUSATONIC MUSEUM OF ART Bridgeport, Connecticut
FSU- MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS MOFA Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida
DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY List Art Center-Brown University Providence, Rhode Island
USF-CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM University of Southern Florida Tampa, Florida
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART Boca Raton, Florida
CARNEGIE ART MUSEUM Oxnard, California
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson, Arizona
BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART Bakersfield, California
MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART Jackson, Mississippi
TRITON MUSEUM OF ART Santa Clara, California
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS MOFA St. Petersburg, Florida
NAPLES MUSEUM OF ART Naples, Florida
ST. LOUIS MUSEUM OF ART Saint Louis, Missouri
KRESGE ART MUSEUM Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
CROCKER ART MUSEUM Sacramento, California
ROBERT V. FULLERTON ART MUSEUM San Bernardino, California
DAUM MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Sedalia, Missouri
DE SAISSET MUSEUM OF ART Santa Clara, California
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM OF ART Ann Arbor, Michigan
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM Springfield, Illinois
OWENSBORO MUSEUM OF FINE ART Owensboro, Kentucky
KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART Knoxville, Tennessee
ARKANSAS ARTS FOUNDATION Little Rock, Arkansas
MILDRED LANE KEMPER ART MUSEUM Washington University Saint Louis, Missouri
EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, HISTORY and SCIENCE Evansville, Indiana
SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM Springfield, Missouri
MARIANNA KISTLER BEACH MUSEUM OF ART Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART Saint. Louis, Missouri
MUSEUM OF ART & ARCHAEOLOGY University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART Lexington, Kentucky
MITCHELL ART MUSEUM Mt. Vernon, Illinois
LONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ART Longview, Texas
EL PASO MUSEUM OF ART El Paso, Texas
WESTMONT COLLEGE REYNOLDS GALLERY Santa Barbara, California
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Edwardsville, Illinois
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS MUSEUM Escondido, California
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY GUGGENHEIM GALLERY Orange, California
EDUCATION
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
School Of Fine Arts and Communications
B.S. Fine Arts and Art Education 1971
K-14 Teaching Credential-Lifetime
Master of Fine Arts in Painting 1973
CORPORATE & PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Sheraton Hotel Indianapolis,Indiana
Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel and Casino North Carolina
Premier Medical Center High Point, North Carolina
Piedmont Design Corporation North Carolina
MGM GRAND Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada
Hilton Hotel -Capital Hill, Washington D.C.
LPA Architecture and Design Firm Los Angeles, California
HOK Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Interiors, Culver City, California
Neiman Marcus Houston, Texas
Neiman Marcus Bal Harbor, Florida
Neiman Marcus Saint Louis, Missouri
Barbara Lockart & Associates San Francisco, California
[SEVEN-DEGREES] Laguna Beach, California
Guggenheim Gallery Chapman University, Orange, California
Premier Dental Administration Fountain Valley, California
Chiodini & Associates Saint Louis, Missouri
Continental Development El Segundo, California
Equitable Insurance Building Saint Louis, Missouri
Lou Fusz Nissan Saint Louis, Missouri
Color Art Corporation Saint Louis, Missouri
Paulo Products Saint Louis, Missouri
Facts and Comparisons Inc. Saint Louis, Missouri
University City Library Saint Louis, Missouri
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois
Missouri State Administration Building Sedalia, Missouri
CATALOGUES
“Art Auction 2010”, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento, California 2010
“Art Auction 2009”, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento, California 2009
“Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, Art/House Auction 2008”,
TORRANCE ART MUSEUM, Torrance, California 2008
“Art Auction 2008”, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento, California 2008
“California Visions Art Auction XII”, LONG BEACH ART MUSEUM, Long Beach, California 2007
“Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, Art/House Auction 2007”, GALLERY-C,
Hermosa Beach, California 2007
“Art Auction 2007”, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento, California 2007
“Art Auction 2006”, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento, California 2006
“Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, Art/House Auction 2006”, GALLERY-C,
Hermosa Beach, California 2006
“Art Auction 2005”, CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento, California 2005
“California Visions Art Auction XI”, LONG BEACH ART MUSEUM, Long Beach, California 2005
"Six Saint Louis Artists", MUSEE DE ARTE MODERNE, Lyon, France 1979
"Mid America Art Exhibition", OWENSBORO MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Juror: Thomas Armstrong III, Director of Whitney Museum of American Art, Owensboro, Kentucky 1979
"31st Annual Mid States Art Exhibition", EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, Juror: Horst W. Janson,
Evansville, Indiana 1978
"Missouri Professional Art Exhibition", FINE ARTS GALLERY, Juror: Townsend Wolfe III,
Sedalia, Missouri 1978
"30th Annual Mid States Art Exhibition", EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, Juror: Thomas Armstrong III, Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Evansville, Indiana 1977
"Fourth Southern Illinois Artists Exhibition", MITCHELL ART MUSEUM, Mt. Vernon, Illinois 1977
"La Grange National III", LA GRANGE UNIVERSITY, Juror: Jane Livingston Georgia 1977
"19th Annual Delta Art Exhibition", ARKANSAS ART FOUNDATION, Little Rock, Arkansas,
Juror: Ivan C. Karp of the O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City 1976
"Mid-South Biennial", BROOKS MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM, Memphis, Tennessee, Juror: Gudmund Vigtel of the High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia 1975
"Illinois Professional Art Exhibition", FINE ARTS GALLERY, Springfield, Illinois 1975
artist statement
Since my early days in College in the 70’s, I’ve always held an affinity for thickness and texture. There was something very organic about my work, a sense of having been created by some natural process rather than by an act of will on the part of the artist. These are some of the things I’m working with. But no position, no school, no formula … there are no rules of how it should be.
I’m always surprised by the unexpected, but does one actually know what one’s doing? In my case, when I’m finished with a painting, often I don’t know why it’s finished. I know that it affects and moves me, that it has a life of its own; that it exists. However, I’m not at all sure, I know what it is. And so much the better if it has all kinds of possibilities others can see.
The essential part of being an artist comes through when one doesn’t become too protective of what he thinks is his way of working. What you think you can’t do is exactly what you already should be doing, rather than just putting it off, simply because you’re afraid to lose yourself. But when you lose yourself that’s when the Art happens.