Rainer Maria Wehner Art Exhibit

Rainer Maria Wehner, born in Munich, Germany, received his MFA degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and Art History at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. He lived and worked for a year in New Zealand and since 2003 is a permanent resident of New York State.

He taught at two High Schools in Germany for two years. Based on the museum collection at the State Museum in Karlsruhe, he successfully developed and taught a course in experimental art for nine years. He moved to Berline to work in the Bildhauer Werkstatt, an international workspace for artists. For the artist-in-residence program at Sculpture Space he moved to Utica. During this residency, he was invited to give lectures to the students and faculty at Syracuse University, Pratt-MWP and Hamilton College. Wehner’s work has been exhibited in Germany, France and Italy and in the USA. Multiple monographs and catalogues were published in Germany and one in the US. Works in public can be seen at Rome, NY Griffis Sculpture Park, Utica College in Utica, NY, OCC Oneida College in Syracuse. After teaching at Cazenovia College for several years, he works now at Syracuse University as an independent preparator and teaches art at State University of New York.