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Solo Exhibitions:

I’m an Amateur Adult, Jackson Junge Gallery | Chicago, IL May - July 2024

Media and brands:

WGN Feature by Sean Lewis | Chicago, IL | 2024

Lottie’s Pub Limited Edition Hat | Chicago, IL | 2024

Group Exhibitions:

The Cardboard Jungle | Chicago, IL | 2024

The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL | 2024

Design at the Tracks | Chicago, IL | 2023

Jackson Junge Gallery | Chicago, IL | 2023

Bridgeport Art Center | Chicago, IL | 2023

Jackson Junge Gallery | Chicago, IL | 2023

Spot! | Chicago, IL | 2023

The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL 2023

Dragonfly Gallery | Chicago, IL 2022

The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL 2022

Fulton Street Collective | Chicago, IL 2022

HealthTrack | Glen Ellyn, IL | 2022

The Other Art Fair | Chicago, IL 2021

Reitter Design Studio | Los Angeles 2021

Czong Institute for Contemporary Art | South Korea 2021

treat gallery | New York, NY 2021

Gallery 40 | Poughkeepsie, NY 2020

J Mane Gallery | Online 2020

Gallery Cafe | Chicago, IL 2020

Greenpoint Gallery | Brooklyn, NY 2020

Art for Life | DIFAA - Online | Chicago, IL 2020

Great Central Brewing Company | Chicago, IL | 2019

Bumpy Wilson | Touch of Modern | Online, United States 2019

Art By Bumpy in Bucktown | Firecat Projects | Chicago, IL 2019

KU Senior Show | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS 2018

Art Emergency | Lawrence, KS 2018

Statement:

Bumpy Wilson (b. 1995) is a Chicago based Contemporary Artist who creates highly personal paintings that assert his unique style somewhere between Pop Minimalism and Magical Surrealism. His oeuvre is subtly culled from the art world itself and most notably depicts cows, basketball hoops, and seemingly random objects. Through his art, he is able to evoke puns as art forms, providing a play on words for his ever-expanding discursive material. Challenging the viewer by providing an oracular viewpoint is one of many aspirations that he aims to champion.

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, and Fashion

Top Executives in Construction, Data, Business Management and Software

Numerous Chicagoland Interior Designers

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

BUMPY WILSON

Chicago, IL 60640

708.921.2917

BWILSON824@GMAIL.COM