About The Artist

WESLEY WOFFORD- OVERVIEW www.woffordsculpturestudio.com Emmy and Academy Award winning sculptor Wesley Wofford works from his private studio in the National Forest of North Carolina. Wofford Sculpture Studio LLC, a 2,300 sq. ft. facility, is nestled with his home on a mountaintop in Cashiers. The studio is always filled with sculptures at various stages of completion, the large commissions occupying the same space as the portraits, commissions, gallery pieces, and maquette studies for submissions.  While he is in the studio, he is submerged in the work and it all speaks and informs both him and one another.  He continuously participates in both indoor and outdoor exhibitions throughout the country and also helped form a sculpture park in which he is the curator of a permanent collection and three biennial invitational exhibitions.  In 2011 he became an elected member of The National Sculpture Society, the oldest sculpture organization in the United States. Wesley's fine art sculpture has begun to be recognized on a national and international level with various awards and publications celebrating and featuring his work. Wesley is originally from a small rural southern town in Georgia and displayed an artistic talent at an early age. Upon graduating high school he entered the Valdosta State University BFA Program on a competitive art scholarship. After several years of study at VSU, Wesley began to feel frustrated with his college direction and decided to leave with his Associate Degree and head for Hollywood, California. Infatuated with hyperrealism, Wesley pursued work in the motion picture industry creating realistic people, characters, and animals. His obsession with advanced translucent silicones led him to develop his own formulas and techniques, which in turn catapulted him to the forefront of the makeup effects industry. Wesley has worked on over 75 motion pictures and television shows. His credits include A Beautiful Mind, Hannibal, Batman and Robin, The Rock, and Collateral. He has personally worked with such actors as Robert Deniro, Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Chow Yun-Fat, and Russell Crowe. He has been featured in numerous magazine articles and television coverage and has received many awards, including an Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as an Academy Award. In 2002, Wesley became dissatisfied with the medium of film and moved to the mountains of North Carolina with his wife and two children to pursue Fine Art Sculpture full time. He still works on the occasional film to "keep a fresh perspective on both his sculpture and his psyche", but spends most of his time completing both public and private commissions as well as pursuing his own compositions. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Elected Professional Member-National Sculpture Society Elected Member-Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Professional Member-International Sculpture Center Portrait Sculptors Society of the Americas-Professional Member Tri-State Sculptors Association American Medallic Sculpture Association Brookgreen Gardens PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS Sculpture for New Orleans-New Orleans, LA The University of GA-School of Veterinary Medicine-Athens, GA Emmy Hall of Fame-Burbank, CA Frontier Motel, Lone Pine, CA Holiday Inn-Nationwide Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Kissimmee, FL Intercontinental Hotels Group Corporate Headquarters-Atl, GA Dawghouse Grill-Savannah, GA-Multiple installations Kemmons Wilson, Inc.-Memphis, TN Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce-Lone Pine, CA North East Sales & Distribution, Inc-Winder, GA-Multiple install. Summit Charter School-Cashiers, NC Wake Forest-Rolesville High School-Wake Forest, NC EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) “Beneath the Surface” (coming soon) Solo Exhibition The Bascom: Highlands, NC May 24-August 17, 2014 “Modern Figurative” Spazio 522-Solo Exhibition Chelsea, NYC May 3rd-July 14th, 2012 The National Sculpture Society-76th Annual Exhibition New York City, NY February 16th-May 29th, 2009 Brookgreen Gardens Pawley’s Island, SC June 27th-August 23rd, 2009 Stamford Downtown Sculpture Exhibition “Roam Around” Stamford, CT June 2009-September 2009 Asheboro Downtown Sculpture Show Asheboro, NC January 2009-January 2010 Sculpture in the Riverwalk Bradenton, FL January 2008-January 2009 Exposed-Nudes in Art 2007 Litmus Gallery Raleigh, NC November 2007 Portraits-Public and Private The National Sculpture Society New York City, NY March 2003-June 2003 PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED) Cashiers Chronicle- August 28, 2013 “See Balestiere sculpture in the making on Labor Day at the Village Green” Story by: Kelly Donaldson World Herald Bureau, Lincoln, Nebraska-August 2013 “N.C. sculptor will make bust for the Hall of Fame” Story by David Hendee American Art Collector-July 2012 “Finding the Form-Collecting Sculpture” WNC Magazine-March/April 2011 “Last Page” Story by Anna Rice Sculpture Review-Fall 2009 “To the Movies and Back: A Sculptor’s Education” Story by Jodie A. Shull Artsync Magazine-March 2009 Cover Contest-Runner Up AWARDS (SELECTED) Caldwell Arts Council-2010 25th Annual Sculpture Celebration Judge’s Merit Award- Judge-Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler-Director “The Realization” North Carolina Museum of Art The National Sculpture Society-2009 76th Annual Exhibition Awards The Beverly Hoyt Robertson Memorial Award for a work by a young sculptor. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences-2005 Technical Achievement Award For the development of a special modified silicone material for makeup appliances used in motion pictures. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences-2004-2005 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Mini-Series, Movie or a Special “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers”- HBO Geoffrey Rush Prosthetics Designed and Applied By