Wesley Anderegg
Wesley Anderegg is known for his colorful earthenware, figurative sculptures of people and humanoid figures. Anderegg is inspired by primitive clay figure sculptures. He depicts men and women playing instruments, praying, surfing ...
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Wesley Anderegg is known for his colorful earthenware, figurative sculptures of people and humanoid figures. Anderegg is inspired by primitive clay figure sculptures. He depicts men and women playing instruments, praying, surfing and other every day activities. Some of his sculptures depict sports figures, narratives and human anomalies.
Anderegg?s Headspinners series is composed of two oval shapes, the lower half depicting two bodies on either side and the upper half depicting two heads. The top half can spin so the heads and bodies are mismatched. The bold graphic patterns, colors and facial expressions on each side are opposites creating variant relationship with each move. Anderegg?s plates similarly illustrate portraits. His surface decoration is naﶥ, colorful and cartoon-like giving his work a whimsical, imaginary and sometimes unsettling quality.
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-1992
Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
1991-1992Resident Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
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Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
The Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, Bisbee, Arizona
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin
Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
Fulcrum Capital, Sacramento, California
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Fredrick R. Wiesman Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, Montana
New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Ross E. Purdy Museum of Ceramics, Westerville, Ohio
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
- Bibliography
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Garcia, Edith. Ceramics and the Human Figure. London: A & C Black, 2012.
Wesley Anderegg. Davis, Calif: John Natsoulas Press, 2009.
Schwartz, Judith S. Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist As Social Critic. London: A & C Black, 2008.
Smith, Nan. 500 Figures in Clay: Volume 2. New York, New York: Lark Books, 2014.
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Citation: Wesley Anderegg, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/wesley-anderegg
