Wayne Hulgin
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Wayne Hulgin


Hulgin paintings are the visual language of mark making, shape and form, refined surfaces, bold color,
and nuanced edges, rendered silent by the delicately diffused obfuscation of the process that challenges
visual communication and expands abstraction’s possibilities.

Born Akron, OH
Lives and works in San Diego, CA

EDUCATION

1995  M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1988  B.F.A. Painting, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

TEACHING

2006-present
Professor of Fine Art in Painting and Drawing, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA

2013-2015
Co-chair, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA

1997-2006
Adjunct Professor in Drawing, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
Adjunct Professor in Drawing, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
HERE & NOW, two person solo exhibition, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2017
Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (phICA), Phoenix, AZ

2008 
Recent Drawings and Paintings, Earl and Birdie Library Gallery,
San Diego, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022
MULTIPLE INSIGHTS, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2018
CAMPUS CREATIVES: From the Classroom to the Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
MIND THE GAP: The Feminist Image Group, Southwestern College Art Gallery,
Chula Vista, CA. Curator: Prudence Horne
YOU ARE HERE: A Faculty/Student Show, San Diego Public Library, San Diego, CA

2017
BLUR, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (phICA) & MCC Art Gallery, Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona USA.
November 13, 2017 - February 2, 2018. Curator: Ted G. Decker.MCC Art Gallery, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
The Twenty Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Joseph Clayes III Gallery and Rotunda Gallery, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library,
La Jolla, CA

2015 
AB12/Abstract San Diego, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
Process/Progression, Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA

2013
Small Works, Low Gallery, San Diego, CA

2010 
Pure Painting 3, Earl and Birdie Library Gallery, San Diego, CA

2007 
The Seventh Annual Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Earl and Birdie Library Gallery, San Diego, CA

2004
Art Detour,  Phoenix, AZ
The Fourth Annual Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Earl and Birdie Library Gallery, San Diego, CA

2002
By Invitation, Eye-Lounge Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2001
The Second Annual Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Earl and Birdie Library Gallery, San Diego, CA

1995
Drawn to the Extreme, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2014
Curator, MIX, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA

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