Larry Welo - printmaker - fine art - studio - Wisconsin landscapes - Midwestern landscapes - black-white landscapes

" The quality of these pieces is a result of light and atmospheric tension Welo is able to create through great command of the etching process. "

Ǻsmund Thorkildsen

Norwegian Art Critic

EDUCATION
B.A., Art and Biology, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1974

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• "Historic Regionalists," American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2007

• "From the Heartland," Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, 2007

• "Barns and Farms," National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Barnsite Art Studio and Gallery, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, 2007

• Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 2007 (Best of Show)

• Gulden Kunstverk, Steinberg, Norway, 2006

• "Drawn In," Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 2006

• "Driftless in Wisconsin," Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006 (group landscape show curated by S. V. Medaris)

• Garver Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006
  (group printmaking show)

• Tamarack House Galleries, Stillwater, Minnesota, 2006,
  2003 (group show)

• Denis Conley Gallery, Akron, Ohio, 2006, 2003, 1998

• Saint Mary's University, Winona, Minnesota, 2005

• Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2005

• Sivertson Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota, 2004

• Galleria Ferrari, Ferrara, Italy, 2003

• "Shades of Greatness: Art Inspired by Black Baseball," Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, 2003

• "Our Heartland: Contemporary Images of Rural Life," Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin, 2003

• "Lasting Impressions," Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 2003

• Saitama Modern Art Museum, Saitama, Japan, and Tomioka Museum, Ohta-ku, Japan (Japanese exchange exhibits through Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors), 2002

• St. Norbert College, DePere, Wisconsin, 2000

• Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, 1999

• Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, 1998, 1994

• Audubon Artists Annual, Greenwich Village, New York City, 1997, 1991, 1990, 1989

• Lands End, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 1997

• "The Landscape," Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois, 1996

• "Street Scenes: Artists' Interpretations of Town and City," Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota, 1996

• "Fields of Dreams: Architecture and Baseball," New Visions Gallery, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1996

• "The Art of Gardens," Minnesota History Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1995

• "Bridgeworks," Minnesota History Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1992–93

• Henry W. Myrtle, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1992

• Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, Michigan, 1991, 1987

• Minnesota State Fair 79th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1990 (Best of Show, Printmaking)

• Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago, Illinois, 1987

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Audubon Artists, New York City (member, 1991 – 2001)

• Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors (member, 1997 – present)

• The Print Consortium, Saint Joseph, Missouri

COLLECTIONS

• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

• An Alphabet of American Printmakers, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

• Minnesota History Center (The Minnesota Historical Society), Saint Paul, Minnesota

• The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York

• Amoco Corporation, Chicago, Illinois

• Graphic Chemical and Ink Company, Villa Park, Illinois

• McDonalds Corporation, Chicago, Illinois

• Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa

• Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

• Hennepin County Library Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• College of Fine Arts and Communication, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

• Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin

• Wausau Hospital Center, Wausau, Wisconsin

• University Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• University Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa

• Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 

• University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin

• St. Norbert College, DePere, Wisconsin

• Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa

• Sprint World Headquarters Corporate Art Collection, Overland Park, Kansas

• Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

• New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi

• Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

• Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

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