ARTHUR WRIGHT
BIO
Arthur Wright was born in Chicago and raised in Wilmington, Delaware were he was an Art Major at Wilmington High School. Excelling in the arts during his early years, he secured a full scholarship to the Columbus College of Arts and Design where he majored in Advertising and Graphic Design.
After college he relocated to New York where he found a position with the Caroline Jones Advertising Agency and served as Art Director.
While at the agency he personally won three prestigious Clio awards.
After returning to Chicago in 1993, he has shown works at the National Black Fine Art Show in New York, and in Chicago at the Cook County Assessor’s Office, Nelah Art Expressions Gallery, Gallery Guichard, Nicole Gallery and the Little Black Pearl Gallery.
Arthur has also shown as part of Chicago’s Artist Month in a solo show in 2012, “Oh, The Places We’ll Go!” at a pop-up gallery in Bronzeville, as well as solo and group showings at Faie African Art in Bronzeville Gallery.
An April 16th solo show at the Fulton Street Collective featured Arthur’s series: “One In a Million”, an ongoing series of one million pen and ink drawings, studies, paintings and collages of varies subject matter.
Arthur was part of the first Fellowship Program at the Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago. He collaborated with two other artist Kenrick McFarlane and David Anthony Geary; to create three paintings based on the "1975 Paintings by Artist Noah Davis.
Arthur’s current series of works “Music On My Mind”, consist of India Ink, pen, paintings and collages that present the story, emotions and movements of Music.
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BIO
Arthur Wright was born in Chicago and raised in Wilmington, Delaware were he was an Art Major at Wilmington High School. Excelling in the arts during his early years, he secured a full scholarship to the Columbus College of Arts and Design where he majored in Advertising and Graphic Design.
After college he relocated to New York where he found a position with the Caroline Jones Advertising Agency and served as Art Director.
While at the agency he personally won three prestigious Clio awards.
After returning to Chicago in 1993, he has shown works at the National Black Fine Art Show in New York, and in Chicago at the Cook County Assessor’s Office, Nelah Art Expressions Gallery, Gallery Guichard, Nicole Gallery and the Little Black Pearl Gallery.
Arthur has also shown as part of Chicago’s Artist Month in a solo show in 2012, “Oh, The Places We’ll Go!” at a pop-up gallery in Bronzeville, as well as solo and group showings at Faie African Art in Bronzeville Gallery.
An April 16th solo show at the Fulton Street Collective featured Arthur’s series: “One In a Million”, an ongoing series of one million pen and ink drawings, studies, paintings and collages of varies subject matter.
Arthur was part of the first Fellowship Program at the Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago. He collaborated with two other artist Kenrick McFarlane and David Anthony Geary; to create three paintings based on the "1975 Paintings by Artist Noah Davis.
Arthur’s current series of works “Music On My Mind”, consist of India Ink, pen, paintings and collages that present the story, emotions and movements of Music.
[email protected]
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www.getitwright.com
