John Dilg
The unique, illustrative style of Iowa-based painter John Dilg is characterized by subtle gradations of color and figurative line. Most often picturing the natural landscape, Dilg’s pieces evoke a spiritual calmness, further emphasized by a palette of soft browns, blues and greens. Painted from a birds eye view, Dilg’s works capture the emotional distance of nature, redefining representations of time-worn subjects. Dilg says of his work, “My paintings are incidental images, essential in the history of a life, formed within a pictographic language. In concert with the titles, these images both recollect and recompose important memories that, though personal in premise, could be applicable to anyone. My paintings strive to identify archetypes that represent, among other things, our resignation to the mystery of undiscovered sources and propose that, since nature has been misplaced, the “natural” is always unnatural.”
John Dilg is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to India, a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, and three Residency Fellowships at the Yaddo Foundation. Solo exhibitions include Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, and Rhodes College, Memphis. Group exhibitions in New York include Regina Rex, Queens, NY (two person), Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Lesley Heller …
The unique, illustrative style of Iowa-based painter John Dilg is characterized by subtle gradations of color and figurative line. Most often picturing the natural landscape, Dilg’s pieces evoke a spiritual calmness, further emphasized by a palette of soft browns, blues and greens. Painted from a birds eye view, Dilg’s works capture the emotional distance of nature, redefining representations of time-worn subjects. Dilg says of his work, “My paintings are incidental images, essential in the history of a life, formed within a pictographic language. In concert with the titles, these images both recollect and recompose important memories that, though personal in premise, could be applicable to anyone. My paintings strive to identify archetypes that represent, among other things, our resignation to the mystery of undiscovered sources and propose that, since nature has been misplaced, the “natural” is always unnatural.”
John Dilg is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to India, a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, and three Residency Fellowships at the Yaddo Foundation. Solo exhibitions include Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, and Rhodes College, Memphis. Group exhibitions in New York include Regina Rex, Queens, NY (two person), Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Lesley Heller Workspace, Edward Thorp Gallery, and Andrea Rosen Gallery.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Villafames, Spain
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
