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Solo Exhibitions:
2024
I’m an Amateur Adult, Jackson Junge Gallery | Chicago, IL May - July
Media and brands:
2025
2024
WGN Feature by Sean Lewis | Chicago, IL
Lottie’s Pub Limited Edition Hat | Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions:
2025
Wild Wild Midwest! | Spot! | Chicago, IL
2024
The Cardboard Jungle | Chicago, IL
The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL
2023
Design at the Tracks | Chicago, IL
Jackson Junge Gallery | Chicago, IL
Bridgeport Art Center | Chicago, IL
Jackson Junge Gallery | Chicago, IL
Spot! | Chicago, IL
The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL
2022
Dragonfly Gallery | Chicago, IL
The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL
Fulton Street Collective | Chicago, IL
HealthTrack | Glen Ellyn, IL
2021
The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL
Reitter Design Studio | Los Angeles
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art | South Korea
treat gallery | New York, NY
2020
Gallery 40 | Poughkeepsie, NY
J Mane Gallery | Online
Gallery Cafe | Chicago, IL
Greenpoint Gallery | Brooklyn, NY
Art for Life | DIFAA - Online | Chicago, IL
2019
Great Central Brewing Company | Chicago, IL
Bumpy Wilson | Touch of Modern | Online
Art By Bumpy in Bucktown | Firecat Projects | Chicago, IL
2018
KU Senior Show | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS
Art Emergency | Lawrence, KS
Statement:
Bumpy Wilson (b. 1995) is a Chicago based Contemporary Artist who creates quirky scenes that assert his style somewhere between Pop Minimalism and Surrealism. The often bright and flat compositions are rivaled with minute sloppy and gestural marks, providing an intentional juxtaposition. His oeuvre is subtly culled from notable artists, obscure references, childhood memories, and most often depicts landscapes filled with cows, basketball hoops, and seemingly random objects. Often working in spurts, each collection has a mixture of driven anecdotes and lighthearted wordplay and is derived from a single source of inspiration. With every new series, he intends to visually evolve by exploring the past, absorbing the present, and envisioning the future.
Bumpy graduated from the University of Kansas with a BFA in Visual Arts, with a focus in Painting and Expanded Media. While working for Hindman Auctions, he participated in many group exhibitions and art fairs before showcasing his inaugural 2024 Solo Exhibition, I’m an Amateur Adult, at The Jackson Junge Gallery. This show garnered the attention of WGN anchor Sean Lewis and Lottie’s Pub, resulting in a "Chicago's Very Own" feature story and a limited-edition Lottie's hat release.
Collections & Clients:
NBA Hall of Famer and Current Coach
NFL Player
Infamous Street Artist
CEO’s in Logistics, Finance, Real Estate, and Fashion
Top Executives in Construction, Fast Food, Data, Business Management, and Software
Numerous Art Consultants, Auctioneers, and Artists
German Art Collector
South Korean Art Collector
Parisian Art Collector
Ivy League Football Player
A New York Model Management Model
Brock Lane Mettz Design
Maria Topper Design
Flashner Fitzgerald Design Group
Lydia Henry Design
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