Wesley Rusnell
Biography
Wesley Rusnell was born in 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended San Francisco State University and had his first solo show at Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Books before moving to Taos, New Mexico in 1963. During the late 1960's Rusnell painted a series of colorful nudes for which he became well-known. He moved to Roswell, New Mexico to participate in the Roswell Artist-in-Residence program from 1973-1974 and went on to become the curator of the Roswell Museum and Art Center from 1976-2006. Rusnell now resides in Taos and is one of the last living Taos Moderns.
Schools of Study
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Partial List of Collections
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
Selected Awards
New Mexico Associaton of Museums, Hewett Award
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, 1973
Selected Exhibitions
Bone Springs Art Space, Roswell, NM 2019
Stables Gallery, Taos, NM 2018
City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA
Wesley Rusnell at 203 Fine Art
The following exhibition catalogues, published by 203 Fine Art, feature works by Wesley Rusnell. Please follow the links to view the catalogues on Issuu.
Taos Moderns in Santa Fe | 2019
Selected Works in Our Inventory
58 x 72", oil on linen
18 x 24", oil on board
28 1/2 x 22 1/2", ink, charcoal & lead on paper
64 1/2 x 54 1/4", oil on canvas
20 x 22", acrylic on canvas
52 x 61", oil on canvas