Tad Lauritzen Wright

b. 1972, San Angelo, TX
I take basic ideas, simple plans, and rigorous daydreaming to an extreme in the work, always attempting to elevate my ideas and observations.
I Can't Remember if I Read or Dreamed about the Color Blue
I Can't Remember if I Read or Dreamed about the Color Blue

Experiments with process and possibility form the basis of Tad Lauritzen Wright’s practice, as they have for the past several decades. He employs consistent motifs and symbols along with a sprawling variety of treatments in paintings, works on paper and sculptural installations. Oscillating between improvisation and control, he mixes graphic geometry and patterning with heavy brushwork, hand-lettered text, personified objects, childlike imagery, shocking colors, and fantastic scale and perspectives. Enmeshing himself and the viewer in playful sensory games, joy and possibility arise from each composition. Wright’s grid foundations become spaces for collaboration among forms and operate as analytic puzzles. His one-line drawings are elaborate time-based games growing from simplicity to complexity, open to risk and the challenge of limits. His use of text and language as form allow for direct accessibility and a range of interpretations from the viewer -- whether delight or disgust. Through the process of blurring and defying conventions of art and craft, roles of the artist and viewer, and traditional uses of media and form, Wright remixes a whole new visual language.

Tad Lauritzen Wright, a Texan, received an MFA from Memphis College of Art and a BFA from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Over the past twenty years, he has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States, including Coop Gallery, Nashville; Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville; Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha; Koelsch Gallery, Houston; Cheryl Hazen Gallery, New York; Cuevas Tilleard Gallery, New York; ACME Gallery, Los Angeles; Millsaps College, Jackson; Arkansas State University, Jonesboro; Pulse Art Fair, Miami; Next Art Fair, Chicago; Brooks Museum, Memphis; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; and the New Orleans Museum of Art. He has completed two (?) public installations through the Urban Art Commission in Memphis. His work is in a number of collections including the Tamarind Printmaking Institute, Albuquerque; Fidelity Investments, Boston; The Children's Museum, Memphis; the City of Memphis; Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO; Memphis/Shelby County Library and Information Center-Collierville; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; and the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock. He is one half of the Mellow Mountain Coalition, making collaborative, impromptu, figurative abstractions with fellow DLG artist Hamlett Dobbins.

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I Can't Remember if I Read or Dreamed about the Color Blue
I Can't Remember if I Read or Dreamed about the Color Blue
As If Nature Had Conceded Its Genius to the Indoors
As If Nature Had Conceded Its Genius to the Indoors
Undiscovered Moods of the Future
Undiscovered Moods of the Future
Forgetting the Clouds Drifting Across the Moon
Forgetting the Clouds Drifting Across the Moon
Trying to Tell Another Side of the Story
Trying to Tell Another Side of the Story
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
A Memory of Rest or Water
A Memory of Rest or Water
The Sounds of Conversations Crashing Into a Mountain Like Water
The Sounds of Conversations Crashing Into a Mountain Like Water
Interupted By a Story Too Long to Remember
Interupted By a Story Too Long to Remember
Each Page is a New Chance to Understand the Last
Each Page is a New Chance to Understand the Last
Seeing Rain in It's Original Uncut Form
Seeing Rain in It's Original Uncut Form
Finding LIttle Meaning in Coincidence
Finding LIttle Meaning in Coincidence
A Moment of Certain Clarity
A Moment of Certain Clarity
Forgetting the Most Important Thing
Forgetting the Most Important Thing
Reconstructing What We Half Knew
Reconstructing What We Half Knew
Is Feeling a Skill Now that We Need It?
Is Feeling a Skill Now that We Need It?
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
A Blood Red Sky Igniting Reocurring Moments
A Blood Red Sky Igniting Reocurring Moments
Interrupted By A Story Too Long to Remember
Interrupted By A Story Too Long to Remember
Only Holding One Thought at a Time
Only Holding One Thought at a Time
Arranging A Space for Things I Don't Want You To Know
Arranging A Space for Things I Don't Want You To Know
So Simple Words Don't Disfigure It
So Simple Words Don't Disfigure It
Within Inches of the Perfect Distance from the Sun
Within Inches of the Perfect Distance from the Sun
The Sunlit Celing as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Celing as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
Distance Only Surviving in the Index
Distance Only Surviving in the Index
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
With Added Tiers of Complexity
With Added Tiers of Complexity
Interrupted by a Story Too Long to Remember
Interrupted by a Story Too Long to Remember
Perhaps My Last Words Will be Random
Perhaps My Last Words Will be Random
Manuipulations of Stolen Moments
Manuipulations of Stolen Moments
Warning
Warning
Orange Sunshine
Orange Sunshine
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 19
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 19
All In
All In
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone ) Again 17
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone ) Again 17
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 16
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 16
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 1)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 1)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 2)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 2)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 3)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 3)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 4)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 4)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (white)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (white)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (grey)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (grey)
Victor H.
Victor H.
Not Taking Sides
Not Taking Sides
I Can't Remember if I Read or Dreamed about the Color Blue
I Can't Remember if I Read or Dreamed about the Color Blue
acrylic on Baltic birch, 96x48x1.5
2024
As If Nature Had Conceded Its Genius to the Indoors
As If Nature Had Conceded Its Genius to the Indoors
acrylic on Baltic birch, 60x24x.75
2024
Undiscovered Moods of the Future
Undiscovered Moods of the Future
acrylic on Baltic birch, 77x30x.75
2024
Forgetting the Clouds Drifting Across the Moon
Forgetting the Clouds Drifting Across the Moon
acrylic on Baltic birch, 60x24x.75
2024
Trying to Tell Another Side of the Story
Trying to Tell Another Side of the Story
acrylic on Baltic birch, 23x20x3.5
2024
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
acrylic on Baltic birch, 5x5x.75
2024
A Memory of Rest or Water
A Memory of Rest or Water
acrylic on Baltic birch, 13x10x.75
2024
The Sounds of Conversations Crashing Into a Mountain Like Water
The Sounds of Conversations Crashing Into a Mountain Like Water
acrylic on canvas, 78x270
2024
Interupted By a Story Too Long to Remember
Interupted By a Story Too Long to Remember
aluminum, wood and acrylic, 74x21x18
2024
Each Page is a New Chance to Understand the Last
Each Page is a New Chance to Understand the Last
gouache on paper, 15x19
2024
Seeing Rain in It's Original Uncut Form
Seeing Rain in It's Original Uncut Form
gouache on paper, 15x19
2024
Finding LIttle Meaning in Coincidence
Finding LIttle Meaning in Coincidence
gouache on paper, 5x7
2024
A Moment of Certain Clarity
A Moment of Certain Clarity
acrylic on Baltic birch, 48x48x1.4
2024
Forgetting the Most Important Thing
Forgetting the Most Important Thing
acrylic on Baltic Birch, 44x45x4.25
2024
Reconstructing What We Half Knew
Reconstructing What We Half Knew
acrylic on birch, 15x27x.75
2024
Is Feeling a Skill Now that We Need It?
Is Feeling a Skill Now that We Need It?
acrylic on Baltic birch, 14x20x.75
2024
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
acrylic on Baltic birch, 5x5x.75
2024
A Blood Red Sky Igniting Reocurring Moments
A Blood Red Sky Igniting Reocurring Moments
acrylic on canvas, 72x120
2024
Interrupted By A Story Too Long to Remember
Interrupted By A Story Too Long to Remember
aluminum, wood and acrylic, 74x21x18
2024
Only Holding One Thought at a Time
Only Holding One Thought at a Time
gouache on paper, 21x29
2024
Arranging A Space for Things I Don't Want You To Know
Arranging A Space for Things I Don't Want You To Know
gouache on paper, 15x20
2024
So Simple Words Don't Disfigure It
So Simple Words Don't Disfigure It
gouache on paper, 9x14
2024
Within Inches of the Perfect Distance from the Sun
Within Inches of the Perfect Distance from the Sun
acrylic on Baltic birch, 96x48x1.5
2024
The Sunlit Celing as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Celing as Hours Pass
acrylic on Baltic birch, 20x69x.75
2024
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
acrylic on Baltic birch, 22x68
2024
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
The Sunlit Ceiling Shifting as Hours Pass
acrylic on Baltic birch, 45x27x.75
2024
Distance Only Surviving in the Index
Distance Only Surviving in the Index
acrylic on Baltic birch, 16x11x.75
2024
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
Concerning Uncertain Research Topics
acrylic on Baltic birch, 5x5x.75
2024
With Added Tiers of Complexity
With Added Tiers of Complexity
acrylic on canvas, 78x54
2024
Interrupted by a Story Too Long to Remember
Interrupted by a Story Too Long to Remember
aluminum, wood and acrylic, 74x21x18
2024
Perhaps My Last Words Will be Random
Perhaps My Last Words Will be Random
gouache on paper, 9x14
2024
Manuipulations of Stolen Moments
Manuipulations of Stolen Moments
mixed media on canvas, 40x30
2024
Warning
Warning
mixed media on canvas, 60x48
2023
Orange Sunshine
Orange Sunshine
mixed media on canvas, 82x110
2023
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 19
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 19
mixed media on canvas, 72z109
2023
All In
All In
mixed media on canvas, 72x98
2022
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone ) Again 17
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone ) Again 17
mixed media on canvas, 72x109
2022
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 16
Repeating It Perfectly (Undone) Again 16
acrylic on linen with embroidered edge, 21x62
2022
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 1)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 1)
aluminum, 8x9x12
2022
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 2)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 2)
aluminum, 19x32x11
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 3)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 3)
aluminum, 16x14.5x14
2022
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 4)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (Aluminum 4)
aluminum, 13x22x12.5
2022
Recontextualized Loose Ends (white)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (white)
enamel on aluminum, 12x14x14
2021
Recontextualized Loose Ends (grey)
Recontextualized Loose Ends (grey)
enamel on aluminum, 12x12x9.5
2021
Victor H.
Victor H.
oil and wax on canvas, 40x30
2022
Not Taking Sides
Not Taking Sides
mixed media on canvas, 36x48
2021

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