Sculpture, painting and installation by Bill Wells will be exhibited at Spalding University’s Huff Gallery from January 8 – February 19, 2012. The artist’s reception will be Sunday, January 15, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. A series of related events including film showings and a panel discussion will also take place during the exhibit.

“Spiritual Fluctuations” reflects upon the idea of time, “beginning and becoming,” with a reverence for the greater spiritual nature of how we experience life as a cosmic question in the challenges of this era of modernity. Wells’ multi-media approach is a reflection of his inter- weaving of social advocacy planning and art making. Foremost in Wells’ work, whether it be the art of planning within the community of citizens with disabilities or his volunteer work with transportation committees, is the struggle to realize an art that reflects the flows of the “how’s” and then the “why’s” of nature’s locomotion.

About Bill Wells:

Wells was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1952 and earned his Master’s Degree in Regional and Resource Planning at the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 1984. He has lived in Louisville, Kentucky since 1989. Wells has been involved in advocacy and planning work with many groups and organizations including: The Justice Resource Center, the Consumer Advisory Board with the Kentucky Department of Protection and Advocacy and the KY State Vocational Rehabilitation Department Advisory Board. Additionally he was a founding board member of the Louisville Metro Disabilities Coalition, and president of the now defunct Advocates Taking Action in Kentucky Against Mental Illness. Wells attributes his curiosity of the art making process to his physician, Rex Lagerstrom M.D., and John Nef, Founder of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. A predominantly self-taught artist, Wells has practiced photography and music since childhood, and most recently has taken classes at the Kentucky School of Art at Spalding University.