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Independent: Tom Uttech - Spring Studios - Exhibitions - Alexandre Gallery

Tom Uttech, Sagiwan Sibi, 2022 oil on linen, 67 x 73 inches, including artist’s hand painted frame

Tom Uttech
Independent New York Spring Studios
May 9 – 12, 2024
50 Varick Street, New York

New York, NY . . . Alexandre Gallery is pleased to participate in Independent New York 2024 with a solo exhibition of works by Tom Uttech, one of the most profound American landscape painters living today. This presentation marks the first for the artist at a New York art fair.

Featuring recent large-scale paintings inspired by his extended time in Quetico Park in Ontario and the North Woods of his native Wisconsin, this group of works will delve into Uttech’s intricately-detailed woodland scenes for which he is most celebrated. In a language of stark contrasts, precise detail, and the careful balance of layered compositional elements, Uttech captures the intricate dance of light, shadow, stillness, and motion that characterizes the unpredictable wilderness of the Precambrian Shield with a depth of observation that transcends mere representation.

At the heart of Uttech’s oeuvre lies a profound reverence for the natural world, reminiscent of the ancient cave painters who adorned their subterranean sanctuaries with images of the sacred animals that roamed their world. Like those prehistoric artists, Uttech brings the creatures that inhabit his landscapes to the fore. Adorned with soaring flocks of birds and solitary bears standing sentinel amidst the trees, Uttech’s paintings serves as a reminder of the mystical dimension of the wilderness, where the boundary between human and animal dissolves—and a shared reverence for the natural world prevails.

Tom Uttech (b. 1942, Merrill, WI) studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and at the University of Cincinnati, where he received his MFA in 1976. He currently lives and works in Wisconsin. The artist’s works are included in the collections of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Milwaukee Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Smithsoninan American art Museum, among others.

Selected Works

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Bibagishe, 2024, oil on canvas, 67 x 73 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Bibagishe, 2024, oil on canvas, 67 x 73 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

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Nind Aiangwamendam, 2023, oil on linen, 47 x 47 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Nind Aiangwamendam, 2023, oil on linen, 47 x 47 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

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Painting of a forest scene at sunset, with a halo around the sun and a large migration of birds and animals

Sagiwan Sibi, 2022 oil on linen, 67 x 73 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Landscape painting of a lake at sunset, with countless birds, bears, moose, and other forest animals walking towards the left

Nin-Babishagi, 2022 oil on linen, 91 x 103 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Enigokwag Aki, 2008, oil on linen, 56 7/8 x 60 7/8 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Enigokwag Aki, 2008, oil on linen, 56 7/8 x 60 7/8 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

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Painting of the Northern Lights across a dark sky over a winter scene with a waterfall and dead trees in the foreground

Tchingwamagad Aki, 2022, oil on luan plywood, 14 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Painting of a procession of bears and moose under the Northern Lights

Onijishabaminagos, 2022, oil on plywood, 11 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Painting of a procession of moose under the Northern Lights

Tchigishkwand, 2022, oil on museum board, 14 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Painting of a procession of bears and moose under the Northern Lights

Nin Dibando, 2022, oil on luan plywood, 14 3/4 x 17 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Painting of a lone bear standing on its hind legs at night in the forest, with a starry sky in the background

Anangon Kekenimad, 2022, oil on linen, 31 x 39 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

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Bibagishe, 2024, oil on canvas, 67 x 73 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Bibagishe, 2024, oil on canvas, 67 x 73 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Nind Aiangwamendam, 2023, oil on linen, 47 x 47 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Nind Aiangwamendam, 2023, oil on linen, 47 x 47 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Painting of a forest scene at sunset, with a halo around the sun and a large migration of birds and animals

Sagiwan Sibi, 2022 oil on linen, 67 x 73 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Landscape painting of a lake at sunset, with countless birds, bears, moose, and other forest animals walking towards the left

Nin-Babishagi, 2022 oil on linen, 91 x 103 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Enigokwag Aki, 2008, oil on linen, 56 7/8 x 60 7/8 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Enigokwag Aki, 2008, oil on linen, 56 7/8 x 60 7/8 inches, including artists' hand painted frame

Painting of the Northern Lights across a dark sky over a winter scene with a waterfall and dead trees in the foreground

Tchingwamagad Aki, 2022, oil on luan plywood, 14 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Painting of a procession of bears and moose under the Northern Lights

Onijishabaminagos, 2022, oil on plywood, 11 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Painting of a procession of moose under the Northern Lights

Tchigishkwand, 2022, oil on museum board, 14 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Painting of a procession of bears and moose under the Northern Lights

Nin Dibando, 2022, oil on luan plywood, 14 3/4 x 17 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Painting of a lone bear standing on its hind legs at night in the forest, with a starry sky in the background

Anangon Kekenimad, 2022, oil on linen, 31 x 39 inches, including artist's hand painted frame

Video

Tom Uttech discusses the inspiration behind his recent work at Independent.

Tom Uttech describes his painting Nin Babishagi on view at Independent.

Tom Uttech shares the technique behind his Northern Lights paintings at Independent.