Figure Drawing Workshop

Join us for a collaborative Figure Drawing Workshop led by MARK exhibiting artist Selina Wagner. Participants will work in pairs and small groups to create a mix of short gesture drawings and slightly longer observational drawings. The emphasis is on experimentation and responsiveness rather than technical perfection. All materials will be provided. $10 for W&TW Members / $15 non-members

Selina Wagner

Selina Wagner is an artist from Florida based in Austin, Texas. She works primarily in large-scale graphite drawing. Wagner has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent exhibitions at Kunstraum Kreuzberg in Berlin, The Pack in New York City, and the Visual Arts Center in Austin. Her work has been supported by the Austrian American Foundation’s Seebacher Prize, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, and the University of Texas Continuing Fellowship. She is currently a resident artist with Future Front Texas. Wagner holds a BFA in Drawing from the University of Florida and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Wagner primarily makes labor-intensive graphite drawings on paper that are larger than her own body, paying particular attention to scale, surface, and distortion. Her imagery filters everyday encounters through a strange, corporeal colander—a mackerel fish sprouts human legs, teeny coquina clams burrow into her thighs, her hairy arms stretch beyond their anatomical logic. Her drawings function as visual diary entries that unsettle what ought to be familiar. Her process typically begins with digital interventions, using photographs, filters, distortions, scans, and found textures to build a figurative image that is then translated through varied mark-making and pencil-y smoothness. Wagner’s practice further extends the language of drawing through material processes like printmaking, analog animation, and site-responsive wall drawing.