Bio

Summer Wheat (b. 1977, Oklahoma City, USA) lives and works in New York.

Summer Wheat’s paintings and sculptural forms are characterized by expressive structure and color that challenge the limits of material and process. She centers her subject matter upon the figure and narrative, and utilizes an innovative painting technique – pushing acrylic paint through wire mesh – to create rich, fiber-like surfaces.

Summer Wheat received an MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and a BA from University of Central Oklahoma. Solo exhibitions include Zidoun-Bossuyt, Paris(2022), SOCO Gallery Charlotte, NC (2022), Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA (2021, 2022), The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (2019) France Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, OK (2016), Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2017); Her work has been included in recent museum exhibitions, including ICA Collection: Expanding the Field of Painting (2013–14), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Paint Things: Beyond the Stretcher (2013), deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park; and Paradox Maintenance Technicians: A Comprehensive Manual to Contemporary Painting from Los Angeles and Beyond (2013), Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. She is the recipient of the Artadia Prize given to one artist at 2016 NADA New York.

World Wide Exhibitions

The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Gallery Exhibitions

Tommy Hartung, Summer Wheat, Mark Yeshaev, Jacob Mishori, Shahar Marcus, Santiago Sierra, Cyrus Kabiru, Robin Rhode, Assaf Shaham

Art fairs

2023
February 8 – 12, 2023
2019
November 1-3, 2019
2018
November 2 – 4, 2018
2017
November 3 – 5, 2017

Publications

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11:00 – 18:00

11:00 – 14:00

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Colision, 2021, Acrylic on aluminum mesh, 172.7x238.8 cm

Putting out Fires, 2021, Acrylic on aluminum mesh, 172.7x238.8 cm

Amphibians, 2021, Acrylic on aluminum mesh, 172.7x238.8 cm

Summer Wheat, "Foragers"', 2020, colored vinyl on mylar, 805.5 x 738.5 inches

Summer Wheat, Wrestling Snake, 2018, Acrylic on aluminium mesh, 172 x 244 cm

Summer Wheat, Breadwinner with Fish, 2018, Acrylic on aluminium mesh, 175 x 122 cm

Summer Wheat, Breadwinner with Water, 2018, Acrylic on aluminium mesh, 175 x 122 cm

48 x 69 in / 122 x 175.2 cm

Summer Wheat, Fireplace, 2017, Acrylic on aluminum mesh, 122 x 175.2 cm

122 x 69 in / 309 x 175.2 cm

Summer Wheat, Campfire, 2017, Acrylic on aluminum mesh, 309 x 175.2 cm

96 x 69 in / 244 X 173 cm

Summer Wheat, Cooking with charcoal, 2017, Acrylic on aluminum mesh, 244 X 173 cm

69 x 144 in. / 175.2 x 365.7 cm

Summer Wheat, We Run Things, 2016, Gold leaf on aluminum mesh, 175.2 x 365.7 cm

Summer Wheat, We Run Things, 2016, Detail

72 x 144 in / 182.9 x 365.8 cm

Summer Wheat, Golden Tree, 2016, Gold leaf on aluminum mesh, 182.9 x 365.8 cm

365.8 x 174 cm.

Summer Wheat, Snacking and Brushing, 2016, gold leaf, acrylic on aluminum mesh, 365.8 x 174 cm

96 x 68 inches

Summer Wheat, Boots in the Grass, 2016, Acrylic paint on aluminum mesh, 243.8 c 172.7 cm

175.2 x 121.9

Summer Wheat, Coreena, 2016, gold leaf, acrylic on aluminum mesh, 175.2 x 121.9 cm

48x68 in.

Summer Wheat, Morimi, 2016, Acrylic paint on aluminum mesh, 121.92 x 172.72 cm

144 x 68 in.

Summer Wheat, Grooming Vines, 2016, Acrylic paint on aluminum mesh, 56.7 x 172.7 cm

96x68 in.

Summer Wheat, Bread Winners, 2016, Acrylic paint on aluminum mesh, 243.8 x 172.7 cm

144 x 68 in / 365.8 x 172.7 cm

Summer Wheat, Strawberry Sun, 2015, 365.8 x 172.7 cm, Acrylic, resin, on aluminum mesh

Summer Wheat, Strawberry Sun, 2015, Detail

Summer Wheat, Strawberry Sun, 2015, Detail

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