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60Wattfunnel - "Ghoule" Mixed Media
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"Ghoule"
Mixed Media
Paint on Concrete
7 1/2" H x 9" W x 1 1/2" D.
60Wattfunnel In a studio strewn with cement bags and empty cans of Pabst, amidst a cacophony of thrashing guitars, 60Wattfunnel's vision rages into life. His concepts and materials are derived from the detritus of society, of pop culture, of his own creative process. His skill set is an amalgamation of techniques honed in various studios at art school and on the job as a plasterer, mason, and machinist. The result is a unique and indelible form of pop art that synthesizes his Rust Belt roots, wild child lifestyle, and the nostalgia of growing up in a culture shadowed by the apocalyptic cynicism of Generation X.
60Wattfunnel's persona is one that, at times, harkens back to the hyper-masculinity of the abstract expressionists: the chain-smoking, hard-drinking, fist-fighting artists who brought America to the forefront of the visual arts for the first time in history. And yet, he also possesses an acute sensitivity, one that allows him to internalize the political, social, and cultural reverberations around him and distill it into objects that are at once provocative, heartening, humorous, and schmaltzy.
60Wattfunnel's mixed-media assemblages and sculpture deftly evoke his upbringing in Akron, Ohio in the 1980s. The once booming manufacturing hub rapidly declined, devastating the working-class community irreparably. It is here, in the ruins of the American Dream, that the stage for this series is set.
Education
2003 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (3-D Studies) Bowling Green State University
1998 - Graduated from Manchester High School - Akron, OH
Group Exhibitions (**Solo)
2015 "The Sprawl Too" Klemm Gallery, Sienna Heights University, Adrian, MI
2015 ** "No Recess" Riverhouse Arts Gallery, Perrysburg, Ohio
2014 "New American Color, Toledo, Ohio
2013 ** "Raised on Lead Pain(t), Bozarts, Toledo, Ohio
2013 ** "The Beach iz that Way" TSA Gallerie 333, Toledo, Ohio
2012 ** "Pain(t) Thinner" Bozarts, Toledo, Ohio
2012 "Quest for Fire Studios" Toledo Museum of Art Community Gallery
2011 ** Painting purchased by Washington Lee University, Lexington, VA
2011 "Jupiter Opposed" River House Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio
2011 ** "60wattfunnel" Art Supply Depot, Toledo, Ohio
2011 "Salon Des Refuses Show" Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
2011 "Paul-Henri Bourgianon" River House Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio
2011 "The ABC's of Art" Toledo Museum of Art Community Gallery
2011 "Artomatic 419" Toledo, Ohio
2010 ** "The 60 Watt Funnel Show" Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2009 ** "untitled" 222 Ford Gallery Toledo, Ohio
2008 "Macabre" Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
2008 "The People's Show" Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
2007 "State Crime" Dethfits Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2007 "A Motley Affair Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
2003 *Painting in permanent collection of Bowling Green State University Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Professional Experience
2003-present Artist/Owner 60WattFunnel
2005-present John Holland Construction, LLC
2003-2005 Carter Lumber
1999-2001 United Parcel Service
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
Mixed Media
Paint on Concrete
7 1/2" H x 9" W x 1 1/2" D.
60Wattfunnel In a studio strewn with cement bags and empty cans of Pabst, amidst a cacophony of thrashing guitars, 60Wattfunnel's vision rages into life. His concepts and materials are derived from the detritus of society, of pop culture, of his own creative process. His skill set is an amalgamation of techniques honed in various studios at art school and on the job as a plasterer, mason, and machinist. The result is a unique and indelible form of pop art that synthesizes his Rust Belt roots, wild child lifestyle, and the nostalgia of growing up in a culture shadowed by the apocalyptic cynicism of Generation X.
60Wattfunnel's persona is one that, at times, harkens back to the hyper-masculinity of the abstract expressionists: the chain-smoking, hard-drinking, fist-fighting artists who brought America to the forefront of the visual arts for the first time in history. And yet, he also possesses an acute sensitivity, one that allows him to internalize the political, social, and cultural reverberations around him and distill it into objects that are at once provocative, heartening, humorous, and schmaltzy.
60Wattfunnel's mixed-media assemblages and sculpture deftly evoke his upbringing in Akron, Ohio in the 1980s. The once booming manufacturing hub rapidly declined, devastating the working-class community irreparably. It is here, in the ruins of the American Dream, that the stage for this series is set.
Education
2003 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (3-D Studies) Bowling Green State University
1998 - Graduated from Manchester High School - Akron, OH
Group Exhibitions (**Solo)
2015 "The Sprawl Too" Klemm Gallery, Sienna Heights University, Adrian, MI
2015 ** "No Recess" Riverhouse Arts Gallery, Perrysburg, Ohio
2014 "New American Color, Toledo, Ohio
2013 ** "Raised on Lead Pain(t), Bozarts, Toledo, Ohio
2013 ** "The Beach iz that Way" TSA Gallerie 333, Toledo, Ohio
2012 ** "Pain(t) Thinner" Bozarts, Toledo, Ohio
2012 "Quest for Fire Studios" Toledo Museum of Art Community Gallery
2011 ** Painting purchased by Washington Lee University, Lexington, VA
2011 "Jupiter Opposed" River House Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio
2011 ** "60wattfunnel" Art Supply Depot, Toledo, Ohio
2011 "Salon Des Refuses Show" Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
2011 "Paul-Henri Bourgianon" River House Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio
2011 "The ABC's of Art" Toledo Museum of Art Community Gallery
2011 "Artomatic 419" Toledo, Ohio
2010 ** "The 60 Watt Funnel Show" Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2009 ** "untitled" 222 Ford Gallery Toledo, Ohio
2008 "Macabre" Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
2008 "The People's Show" Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
2007 "State Crime" Dethfits Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
2007 "A Motley Affair Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
2003 *Painting in permanent collection of Bowling Green State University Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Professional Experience
2003-present Artist/Owner 60WattFunnel
2005-present John Holland Construction, LLC
2003-2005 Carter Lumber
1999-2001 United Parcel Service
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
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