MICHAEL REAFSNYDER & PATRICK WILSON
April 17th – May 31st, 2025
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Reafsnyder’s exuberant and celebratory paintings relish in delight, glee, and exhilaration. They refuse the notion that gestural painting emerges from the anguish of life; they reject both easy existentialism and sentimental pathos. The sheer pleasure of viewing Reafsnyder’s nuanced surfaces is stimulated by their abundance of vividly saturated colors, their profusion of painterly gestures, and their array of enigmatic compositions. Rather than romanticizing a past set of values or anticipating future ones, the paintings render palpable a present moment in our experience of visual imagery.
Page 7: Michael Reafsnyder in his Studio, Courtesy of Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
PATRICK WILSON
For nearly three decades, Los Angeles-based artist Patrick Wilson has explored the emotive possibilities of color and form through paint. The works on view continue the investigation, amalgamating the seemingly paradoxical movements of Hard Edge Abstraction, Color Field, and California Light and Space into highly charged visual experiences that challenge notions of geometric stability and planar logic. Meticulous layers of acrylic appear at first to be collaged onto the canvas in an orderly fashion but are in fact the result of a complex mix of methodical layering, consideration, discovery, failure, and a near-constant negotiation between unexpected physical, visual, and conceptual relationships. The paintings, despite their exacting precision and attention to detail, are decidedly handmade and highly dependent on sensitivity and touch. They are not premeditated— rather, the works unfold organically in the studio, completely improvised, over long periods of time.
Page 4: Patrick Wilson in his Studio, Courtesy of Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Flash Pass, 2024
Acrylic on linen
52 x 60 inches
132.1 x 152.4 cm
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Full Throttle, 2024
Acrylic on linen
52 x 60 inches
132.1 x 152.4 cm
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Bubble Pop, 2023
Acrylic on linen
40 x 46 inches
101.6 x 116.8 cm
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Cloud Bounce, 2023
Acrylic on linen
40 x 46 inches
101.6 x 116.8 cm
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Fill Station, 2025
Acrylic on linen
46 x 40 inches
116.8 x 101.6 cm
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Jammin Gel, 2024
Acrylic on linen
26 x 22 inches
66 x 55.9 cm
PATRICK WILSON
Lakefront Property, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 67 inches
182.9 x 170.2 cm
PATRICK WILSON
Sling Blade, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 67 inches
182.9 x 170.2 cm
PATRICK WILSON
Lavender Honey, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
29 x 37 inches
73.7 x 94 cm
PATRICK WILSON
Thai Food, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
29 x 37 inches
73.7 x 94 cm
PATRICK WILSON
Trail Scout, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
27 x 21 inches
68.6 x 53.3 cm
MICHAEL REAFSNYDER
Born in 1969 in Orange, CA
Lives and works in Orange, CA
EDUCATION
1996
MFA, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1992
BA, Chapman University, Orange, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
2022
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2016
“In Bloom,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2015
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2014
“Sunday Best,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Photo: Michael Reafsnyder Studio, Courtesy of Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2013
“We Ate The House,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2012
“Gleam,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2011
“Feast,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY “Delight,” Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010
“Sweetness,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH “Put it There: New Paintings and Ceramics,” Western Project, Culver City, CA
2009
“Undone,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Western Project, Culver City, CA
2007
“Aqualala,” Western Project, Culver City, CA “Fresh,” W.C.C.A., Singapore “Whirl,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2005
“More: Paintings and Sculpture from 2002-2005” (curated by Libby Lumpkin), Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2004
“Yum-Yum,” Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003
“Paintings,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
2002
“Paintings,” Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain “Paintings,” Finesilver, San Antonio, TX
2001
“Paintings,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA “Present/Future,” Artissima, Turin, Italy
1999
“Paintings,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Monotypes/Paintings,” Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
1997
“Paintings,” Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
1996
“Paintings,” ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
“Michael Reafsnyder & Patrick Wilson” Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
“California Dreaming,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH
2024
“All Bangers, All The Time: 25th Anniversary Exhibition,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2023
“Two of Us: Dion Johnson and Michael Reafsnyder,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH
2022
“Summer Drift,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2021
“Flying Colors,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH
“Return of the Dragons,” Blossom Market, Los Angeles, CA
2020
“Do You Think it Needs a Cloud?,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Little Gems,” Telluride Fine Art, Telluride, CA
2019
“Combo Platter: Collaborative Works by Michael Reafsnyder and David Kiddie,” Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
2018
“Abstract Thinking,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Michael Reafsnyder & Patrick Wilson,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2017
“Non-Objective” (curated by James Hayward), Telluride Fine Art, Telluride, CO
“Painters Room,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2015
“Works of Paper II,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
“Recent Acquisitions,” Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
“Paths and Edges,” Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2014
“Floor Flowers,” East and Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2012
“Into the Light,” Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2011
“Los Angeles Museum of Ceramic Art,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
“Summer Selections,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2010
“Forever Now: A Group Exhibition,” East and Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
“Just Enough,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Keramik,” Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009
“Good Ship Lollipop,” CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
“Selected Works from Pilliod Records,” Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
“Way Out West,” Donna Beam Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Collecting California,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“The First Six Years,” Western Project, Culver City, CA
“Well Tempered,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Electric Mud” (curated by David Pagel), Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2008
“Like Lifelike” (curated by Brad Spence), Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
“iCandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California,” Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
“Splash,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Luscious Abstraction,” Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
“Black Dragon Society,” Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“Summer Selections,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Abstract,” R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2006
“Too Many Tear Drops,” David Reed Studio, New York, NY
“A Little So Cal Abstraction,” Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Discovery,” West Coast Contemporary Art, Singapore
2005
“Step Into Liquid” (curated by Dave Hickey), Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
“In Bloom,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2004
“Fresh Paint,” Gallery Eugene Lendl, Graz, Austria
“Painting and Sculpture,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Funny Business: Humor in Art from the Permanent Collection,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“The O Scene,” Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“Now and Then Some,” Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2003
“LA TAP,” Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“Not the Usual Suspects” (curated by James Hayward), Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Pfat and Sassy,” Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Extreme Paint,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2002
“Five Times Four,” Modernism, San Francisco, CA
“Trade Show,” Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
“New in Town” (curated by Bruce Guenther), Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Western States,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
2001
“Cal’s Art, Sampling California Painting,” University of North Texas, Denton, TX
“One Minute of Your Time: A Brief Survey of Southern California Art from 1835 to 2001” (curated by Tyler Stallings), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
“The Stuff Dreams are Made From,” Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2000
“New Work: Abstract Painting,” Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“New American Paintings 15” (curated by David Pagel), The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
“Paint, American Style,” Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Radar Love (with Gajin Fujita, Andrea Bowers and Linda Stark),” Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
1999
“Under 500: Intimate Abstract Paintings,” Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
“LA/New York Abstract,” Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
1996
“Risk,” The Loft, Laguna Beach, CA
1995
“Gander Mountain High, Ride ‘Um Hunter” (curated by Daniel Mendel-Black), Pasadena, CA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Creative Artists Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA
North Dakota Museum of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Photo: Michael Reafsnyder Studio, Courtesy of Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
PATRICK WILSON
Born in Redding, CA in 1970
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1995
MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1993
BA, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Field Sketch,” Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2021
“Keeping Time,” Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2017
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2015
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2014
“Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color,” Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
“Steak Night,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2012
“Patrick Wilson: Pull,” University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
“Slow Motion Action Painting,” Marx & Zavaterro, San Francisco, CA
“Color Space,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2011
“Good Barbeque,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2010
“The View From My Deck,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2009
“Slow Food,” Curator’s Office, Washington, D.C.
“Always For Pleasure,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2008
“Considering Truth and Beauty,” Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
“Selections from the Suite for Mount Washington: New Works on Paper,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2007
“Some Things I Like,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006
“The Chandler Paintings,” Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
“Hothouse Flowers,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
Photo: Patrick Wilson Studio, Courtesy of the
McEnery Gallery, New York,
2005
“The Course of Empire,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“Patrick Wilson: West,” Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2004
“New Paintings,” Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
“1:00pm,” Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2002
“L.A.,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2001
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2000
Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
“Michael Reafsnyder & Patrick Wilson” Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
“California Dreaming,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH
2024
“All Bangers, All The Time: 25th Anniversary Exhibition,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2022
“Making a Mark: Abstraction in the Ahmanson Collection,” The Ahmanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Summer Drift,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Plants Now!,” Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2021
ADAA The Art Show with Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Break + Bleed,” San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
2020
“Do You Think It Needs A Cloud?,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“20 Years Anniversary Exhibition,” Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“The Responsive Eye Revisited: Then, Now, and In-Between,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2018
“Michael Reafsnyder & Patrick Wilson,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
“Belief in Giants,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2017
“Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
“On the Road: American Abstraction,” David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
2016
“Geometrix: Line, Form, Subversion,” Curator’s Office, Washington, D.C.
2014
“NOW-ISM: Abstraction Today,” Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
2013
“California Visual Music – Three Generations of Abstraction” (co-curated by Marcus Herse and David Michael Lee), Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2012
“Local Color,” San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
2011
“Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition,” Marx & Zavaterro, San Francisco, CA
2010
California Biennial (curated by Sarah Bancroft), Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
“Inaugural Group Exhibition,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“Summer Selections,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
“Tomorrow’s Legacies: Gifts Celebrating the Next 125 Years,” Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
“Abstractive Measures,” Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
“Broodwork,” Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
“Electric Mud” (curated by David Pagel), Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
“Summer ‘09,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2008
“iCandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California,” Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
“Swim,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007
“Keeping it Straight: Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern California Art” (curated by Peter Frank), Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Liquid Light,” DBA 256 Gallery, Pomona, CA
2006
“Claremont Connections: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
“Abstraction,” Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2005
“Into the Light,” Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, CA
“Fabulous,” Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Two-Fold: Patrick Wilson - Richard Wilson” (curated by David Pagel), Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
“Gyroscope,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
2004
“New,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“A War Like People” (curated by Laura Taubman), Shade Projects, Scottsdale, AZ
“Oil Fields” (with Stefanie Schneider), Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“Tremelo” (curated by Dion Johnson), Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003
“Place,” Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
“Unstable,” Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2002
“Chromophilia,” Fusebox, Washington, D.C.
2001
“Heat,” Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
“New Work: LA Painting,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Permanent Collection: 1970-2001,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Monochrome / Monochrome?,” (curated by Lilly Wei), Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY
2000
“Cool Painting 2000,” Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
“Maximal / Minimal,” Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
“2000 Años Luz,” Instituto Óscar Domínguez, Tenerife, Spain
1998
“Cool Painting,” Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
“Four: Painting in the Abstract,” The Living Room, San Francisco, CA
“Transcendence: An Exhibition Celebrating Works of Irish and Irish American Artists,” Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997
“Generational Abstractions,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“L.A. Emerging,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996
“Drawn Conclusion: Southern California Drawing,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“California Focus: Selections from the Collection of the Long Beach Museum,” Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA
“Time Splits Open: Fifteen Narratives,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1994
“Next,” California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA
San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Photo: Patrick Wilson Studio, Courtesy of the Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Miles McEnery Gallery
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