Wyatt Pottorff
Born 1996, Page, Arizona
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, 2020
Solo Shows
2023 - Conjured Image, The Residency At 821, Asheville, NC, 5/10- 6/7
https://lamplightavl.org/wyatt-pottorff-may-june-2023/
2021 - Interrupted Worlds, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO, 3/5 - 3/27
2018 - Belongingness and its Abstract Notions, CFA Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, NM
Group Shows
2024 - Second Annual Postcard Show, Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR, 12/14 - 1/11/2025
- Featured Artist, PDXchange, Portland, OR, 11/1 - 12/31
- CAM Biennial 2024, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 10/11 - 12/29
- Past Lives, Splendorporium, Portland, OR, 4/5-4/25
2023 - Art As Power, Blind Insect, Portland, OR, 11/30 - 1/15/2024
- Pancakes and Booze Art Show, Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR, 11/18
2022 - MAGIX, : Dream, Fantasy, Illusion, Magic, Exhibizone, Online Art Exhibit, 10/1 - 10/31
- State Of The Art/Art Of The State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, 4/4 - 10/9, https://www.camstateoftheart.org/gallery
2021 - Gallery Representation, Dragonfly Studio, Silver City, NM
- Air, Earth, Wind & Fire, Deming Art Center, Deming, NM, 8/1 - 8/31
- Not an Art Fair, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 6/12 - 7/9
2020 -Young Curators: Kaboom!, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 1/17 - 2/9
- Undergrad Juried Show, University of New Mexico, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 2/17 - 2/28
2019 - 10TH Annual People’s Art Show, Factory on 5th, Albuquerque, NM, 2/1 - 2/22
2018 - Halloween Pop up Show, OT Circus, Albuquerque, NM
Awards
2020 - Donald McRae Award, Outstanding Senior in Department of Art, University of New Mexico
2019 - Brown Art History Scholarship, University of New Mexico, Department of Art
2018 - Lynnie Wienecke Scholarship, University of New Mexico, Department of Art
2014 - Southwestern State Fair, 1st Place, Acrylics Division, Deming, NM
Artist Statement
Wyatt Pottorff strives for aesthetic beauty while capturing chaos. His works are characterized by metaphorical figures that represent intense emotions and swirling swaths of paint that signify changing perspective. Painting allows him to re-contextualize complex life moments and imbue them with a sense of gratifying simplicity. He hopes these images convey an embracement and adoration for the ever changing and disordered world that we live in.
Bio
Wyatt James Jackson Pottorff grew up in a small town in New Mexico. In Deming, Wyatt spent his early years doodling, painting, climbing on roofs and exploring derelict buildings and the desert with friends. His art often depicts altered worlds, animals and fierce characters. Stylistically his work is most influenced by Surrealist, Abstract Expressionist and Futurist art movements.
In addition to a studio practice, Pottorff also manages a Southwestern clothing brand, Desert Funk. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico’s studio art program, and has exhibited in several galleries including the Shockboxx Gallery in LA, Site Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC. Currently he lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
