Wesley John Fourie ( b.1995 Amanzimtoti, South Africa) is a multi award winning artist and curator based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wesley’s multi-faceted art practice extends across textiles, sculpture, installation, drawing, poetry, painting, and video.
Wesley is interested in that which is poetic, confessional, and tactile - often working within these frameworks to create work that challenges notions of truth, desire, and sexuality.
Wesley’s work has been presented in public institutions and artist-run spaces across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and Europe, and their writing has been published by Vernacular Criticism, The Art Paper, Art New Zealand, and the forthcoming Scope: Contemporary Research Topics.
Wesley holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (with Merit) from Te Kura Matatini ki Otago at the Dunedin School of Art (currently completing their Honours as recipient of the David Con Hutton Scholarship), and a Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Art from Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
Wesley is a board member at RM Gallery and Project Space (Aotearoa’s longest running artist-run initiative), and co-director of Slant Art Project Space.
wesleyjohnfourie@gmail.com
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