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Wiley Johnson is a talented 37-year-old artist who has autism spectrum disorder. Wiley has no formal art training. He started painting as a hobby approximately 2009. Art became the way Wiley copes with the challenges of living with autism spectrum disorder, learning, and finding stable employment. He enjoys painting acrylic on canvas, abstract style, but also likes painting on recycled materials and small wooden crafts.
2020 was a year of transformation for Wiley from a hobbyist painter to an emerging artist. He had his first solo exhibition in January 2020 and was included in 4 juried exhibitions. Wiley was honored to have a solo exhibition with the Durham Art Guild March 2021 at the Golden Belt Gallery. He also had paintings exhibited in group exhibitions at Visual Art Exchange, the Block Gallery and Compass Rose Brewery in Raleigh, NC. in 2021.
Eduardo Lapetina
Eduardo Lapetina is largely a self-taught artist and constantly experiments in his studio. He is a scientist turned artist after being diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases that warranted a career change. He has attended painting classes with Professor Kimowan McLain at the University of North Carolina and with painter Jane Filer at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
His ambition with his paintings is to use symbolic shapes and colors to express his deepest emotions and passion for life. His paintings also require layers upon layers of paint to create a sensuous and turbulent surface texture that is as vital and as complicated as life itself. It is not about any particular theme or motif; it is about effectively conveying the immaterial through materiality.