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Artist Statement
The concepts and forms that make up my artwork generate from an interest in melding physical and cultural history into compositions that exhume, analyze, and challenge issues from yesterday and today. Through an assortment of media I create artwork that compiles and preserves information into layered, stacked, and eroded forms. The finished product most often references the link between geology, history, and everyday life, such as social stratification, political fissures, or historical sedimentation and erosion.
In the end, the artwork I create is an amalgamation of various landmarks and artifacts. A landmark is more than a simple object or place; it is a reminder of an emotion, experience, or discovery. An artifact is a clue into secrets, secrets that have resisted the affects of time, to tell old underlying stories. The landmarks and artifacts presented in my work, through material, form, and content, investigate our shared contemporary existence as it sits teetering atop a world of accumulated beliefs, traditions, and misconceptions.
Exhibitions
2009
Indianapolis, IN
9th Sculpture in the Park Exhibition
2008
Charlottesville, VA
ArtInPlace
2008
Jackson, TN
Jackson/Union Sculpture Tour
2008
Dubuque, IA
Art on the River
2008
Southeast Missouri State University
Chris Wubbena: Public Sculpture Proposals and Commissions
2007
The University of Southern
chris wubbena: the de minimis series
2007
Southeast Missouri State University Art
Benjie Heu and chris wubbena: recent work
2007
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape
One + One 2: Faculty and Alumni
2007
Vienna, VA
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Outdoor Exhibition
2007
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
49th Annual Delta Exhibition
2006
Charlottesville, VA
ArtInPlace
2006
Rocky Mount, NC
The Sculpture Salmagundi X
2006
Arlington Heights, IL
Arlington Heights Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
2006
Southeastern Louisiana University
Religion and Personal Identity in Contemporary Art
2006
Sioux Falls, SD
SculptureWalk
2006
Waterloo, IA
Inside/Outside Invitational Sculpture Exhibition
2006
Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA
Inside/Outside Invitational Sculpture Exhibition
2006-2007
Sioux Falls, SD
SculptureWalk
Fall 2006
Southeastern Louisianna University in Hammond, LA
Religion and Personal Identity in Contemporary Art
2006-2007
Arlington Heights, IL
Arlington Heights Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
2006-2007
Rocky Mount, NC
The Sculpture Salmagundi X
2006-2007
Charlottesville, VA
Art In Place
2005
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
A Southern Perspective on Prints: 2005 New Orleans Triennial
2005
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
Mississippi Art Faculty Juried Exhibition
2005-2006
Olathe, KS
City of Olathe Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
2005-2006
Jackson, TN
Jackson/Union Sculpture Tour
2005
USM Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS
2005 University of Southern Mississippi Faculty Art Exhibition