Wesley John Fourie

Wesley John Fourie ( b.1995 Amanzimtoti, South Africa) is a multi award winning artist and curator based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Their work processes experiences of love, loss, and queer sexuality, often in relation to the natural environment. Wesley’s multi-faceted art practice extends across textiles, sculpture, installation, drawing, poetry, painting, and video.
Wesley is interested in that which is poetic, confessional, and tactile - often working within these frameworks to create work that challenges notions of truth, desire, and sexuality.
Wesley’s work has been presented in public institutions and artist-run spaces across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and Europe.
Wesley holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (with Merit) from Te Kura Matatini ki Otago the Dunedin School of Art, and a Certificate in Maori and Indigenous Art from Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
Wesley is a board member at RM Gallery and Project Space (Aotearoa’s longest running artist-run initiative), a co-director of Slant Art Project Space and was the founder, settlor, and director of New Lands Art Trust.

wesleyjohnfourie@gmail.com
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