| William
Wegman was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1943. He graduated from
the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, in 1965 with a BFA in
painting, then enrolled in the Masters painting and printmaking program
at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, receiving an MFA in
1967. After teaching at various universities, Wegman’s interests in
areas beyond painting ultimately led him to photography and the infant
medium of video. While living in Long Beach, California, Wegman acquired
Man Ray, the dog with whom he began a fruitful twelve-year
collaboration. Man Ray became a central figure in Wegman’s photography
and videos, known in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan
presence. In 1972, Wegman and Man Ray moved to New York. In 1986, a new
dog, Fay Ray, came into Wegman’s life, and soon thereafter another
famous collaboration began, marked by Wegman’s use of the Polaroid 20 x
24 camera. With the birth of Fay’s litter in 1989 and her daughter’s
litter in 1995, Wegman’s cast grew. His photographs, videos, paintings,
and drawings have been exhibited in museums and galleries
internationally. A retrospective of his work traveled to museums
throughout Europe and the United States, including the Whitney Museum of
American Art in New York. His most recent exhibitions have gone to
Japan, Sweden, and the Orange County Museum of Art in California. Wegman
lives in New York and Maine |
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