Artist’s Statement & links

 

Constantly intrigued with the metaphorical, Denise is driven to create installation art. Transformations have brought her from art teacher to artist, from graphic designer to art professor, and now as a curator & installation artist. The balance of life, health and healing are subjects that require constantly attention in our hurt and hurried society. By going into those places of suffering and sharing common human experiences through authentic forms, her art resonates. Human forms are substituted with used found objects that share that action of a life lived. Words and symbols appear in an ironic manner that ask questions. Numbers are reflecting the numerology of Biblical truths. There are self emposed time constraints to complete the installation that reach out to a greater community and the quest for authenticity in always at the heart of the installation. Constantly growing and experimenting with new ideas, Denise’s artworks offer authentic encounters with in conceptual art installations. Building installations in community, she incorporates others’ unique touch. Her desire is to create deeper conversations and offer encouragement.


SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits www.seedsfineart.org


Saddleback Church 2020 

https://vimeo.com/438100465/5822127c65

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QHVZWSXeBw&t=1s


Casting Crowns Filmings:

https://youtu.be/jaXh7nqzeAM

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1rl64AXCX/?igshid=lswi7v4qtu2u

Luminate 2020

https://www.creativitycatalyst.org/the-story


“It Is Written Broadcast” Interview sharing about art & faith in California

Inland Empire Museum of Art - http://iearts.org/book.htm


Videos of Beacon Installation at Calvin Institute Grand Rapids, MI:

“How Installation Art Can Minister”  & “The installation of Beacon”

http://worship.calvin.edu/resources/resource-library/denise-weyhrich-on-creating-her-beacon-installation-art/

http://worship.calvin.edu/resources/resource-library/denise-weyhrich-on-trust-churches-and-how-installation-art-can-minister/



             

         

                                         










Denise Kufus Weyhrich is an artist, curator, and educator in Orange, California. She taught graphic design at California State University at Long Beach and Chapman University in Orange, California, until her retirement in 2004. Weyhrich was the founding professor of the B.F.A. program at Chapman University. Since 2003, she has been the co-curator of SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits, a nonprofit that supports artists of faith by transforming galleries into sacred spaces with fine art exhibitions. In her personal work, Weyhrich explores themes of the balance of life, health, and healing. By exploring those places of suffering and sharing common human experiences through authentic forms, her art resonates with the quest for authenticity and honesty. Human forms are often substituted with used found objects that bear the markings of a life well-lived.