Ed Wilson: A Survey

Art League Houston is proud to present Ed Wilson: A Survey, an exhibition which brings together, for the first time, an incredible selection of work that spans over a twenty year period of the sculptor's career. Known for his brilliant craftsmanship in metal fabrication, and his ability to create powerful objects that embrace an unwavering sense of honesty, both personally and politically, Ed Wilson is one of Houston's most revered artists.

“My work is, at its core, a point of view of the human condition,” says the artist. “The content of my work is the beginning. The joy is the process. I love the challenge of making ideas tangible through my chosen medium of metal. Working in the studio is a struggle of will, forcing the material into forms that are expressions of my thoughts and at the same time revealing the innate beauty of the material itself.”

ABOUT ED WILSON

Ed Wilson was born in Louisiana in 1953, and lives and works in Houston, TX. He received a BFA in sculpture from Louisiana State University in 1981, and an MFA from the University of Houston in 1984. He has shown his work in numerous solo exhibitions at venues including Flight Gallery, San Antonio, TX (2014); The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX (2007); Mönckskirche, Salzwedal, Germany (2007); Portikussi, Franfurt-Offenbach, Germany (2006); Moody Gallery, Houston, TX (2006); Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX (2003); Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX (2000); McAllen International Museum, McAllen TX (1999), and Art League Houston, Houston, TX (1995). His work has been featured in many group exhibition at Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX (2014), Tophane Arts Center, Istanbul, Turkey (2013); Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2013); Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX (2009); Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (2007); Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (1995); Diverse Works, Houston, TX (1991); and Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio TX (1987).

His recent public art projects include Folded Plane, a public art sculpture on Heights Blvd, as part of True North, Sculpture on the Boulevard by Redbud Projects (2014), andNethership, a public art sculpture in New Orleans, as part of Sculpture for New Orleans Poydras Street Corridor by The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (2013). Other public art projects include commissions by the Houston Downtown District, Houston TX (1992), Schweizerhof Grundschule, Germany (2007) and Buffalo Bayou Art Park & Sculpture Garden (1992). Wilson’s work has received critical attention in newspapers, magazines and online blogs including ARTnews Magazine, Art Lies: A Contemporary Art Quarterly, Sculpture Magazine, Houston Chronicle, PaperCity Magazine, The Great God Pan is Dead Blog, and the Examiner.com.