About The Artist
Weagant Studio
62 Old Twisp Hwy, Twisp WA 98856
509-997-0139
rodweagant@hotmail.com
Rod
Weagant’s mentor, the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence, advised
him to “accept the challenge about which he felt most passionate”.
Consequently he has spent over 35 years trying to communicate the wonder
he feels about our landscape, by balancing his academic formalist
background with the pure emotional response he feels when surrounded by
the natural world. He travels the Yukon, Alaska, and the western U.S.
painting and conducting workshops in pleine aire painting. For ten years
he lived in a log cabin in the remote Alaska community of Haines He has
had over 45 one man exhibitions and has participated in numerous group
shows including 3 Museum shows benefiting the Nature Conservancy.
Education:
1974-1975 North Seattle Community College
1975-1978 University of Washington (BFA in Painting)
Gallery Chelan, Chelan,WA 1980
Manson Gallery, Manson,WA 1981
Gasparetti Gallery, Yakima,WA 1984
Lake Chelan Arts, Chelan,WA 1985
Frye Arts Museum, Seattle,WA 1985
Valley Gallery, Ellensburg,WA 1987
Confluence Gallery, Twisp,WA 1988,91.02,04,06
Sun Mountain Gallery, Winthrop,WA 1991,92
Eileen Ench Gallery, Bellevue,WA 1991,1992
Signatures Gallery,Chelan,WA 1991
Wapato Studios, Chelan,WA 1992,93,94,95,96,97
Ellensburg Gallery, Ellensburg,WA 1993
Oak Hollow Gallery, Yakima,WA 1994
Kirsten Gallery, Seattle,WA 1995,96,98
Clymer Museum, Ellensburg,WA 1998 2001
Wapato Studios, Chelan,WA 1998,99,2000,2001
Sheldon Museum, Haines,AK 2000 ,2007
Allied Arts Gallery, Richland,WA 2000
NCW Museum, Wenatchee,WA 2001
ArtiqueLTD.,Anchorage,AK 11 shows 2002-2012
New Horizon’s Gallery, Fairbanks AK, 2005, 2007
Grants: Publications:
Washington State Arts Commission 1986 Artist Trust Magazine-Winterm,1991
Washington State Arts Commission 1989 American Artist Magazine-April,1992
Selected Awards:
Art for Alaska Parks, Best Landscape, 2008
Denali National Park Artist in Residence– July 2005
National Arts For The Parks -top 100
Best of Show North Central Washington Open– three times
Best of Show Puget Sound Open– two times
North Central Washington Artist of the Year
1st Oil Alcoa National Exhibition
Best of Show Central Washington Exhibition
Represented By:
Artique LTD, Anchorage,AK
Allison’s Gallery, Manson,WA
Confluence Gallery, Twisp,WA
Scheduled Shows:
Allison’s Gallery April 2013
Artique LTD September 2013
In The Collection Of:
Washington Apple Commission
Bank of America
Wells Fargo Bank
Pacific Ridge Medical Corporation
Morris Communications
Coca Cola Corporation
North Central Washington Museum
Oppenheimer Associates
Nature Conservancy
Governor Tony Knowles
Sheldon Museum
Governor Jay Inslee
North Cascades National Bank
Senator Jeanine Long
Washington Mutual National Bank
Anchorage Art Museum