Biography
Wesley Wofford, NSS
Wesley grew up in a rural southern town in Georgia and displayed an artistic talent at an early age. Upon graduating high school he entered the Valdosta State University BFA Program on a competitive art scholarship and immersed himself in developing his talents. After several years of study at VSU, Wesley began to feel frustrated with his college direction. He decided to leave with his Associate Degree and head for Hollywood, California. Infatuated with hyper-realism, Wesley pursued work in the motion picture industry creating realistic people, characters, and animals. His obsession with advanced translucent silicones led him to develop his own formulas and techniques, which in turn catapulted him to the forefront of the makeup effects industry.
Wesley has worked on over 50 motion pictures and various television shows. His credits include A Beautiful Mind, Hannibal, Batman and Robin, The Rock, and Collateral. He has personally worked with such actors as Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Chow Yun-Fat, and Russell Crowe. Wesley Wofford Film Resume. He has been featured in numerous magazine articles and television coverage and has received many awards, including an Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as an Academy Award. In 2011 he was elected into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an official voting member.
Wesley eventually became dissatisfied with the medium. “My endeavors in the motion picture industry were rooted in the pursuit of sculpture but became about everything else. I had to flee to preserve my artistic sanity, which was pretty drastic considering I was at the height of my industry.” In 2002, Wesley moved to the mountains of North Carolina with his wife and two children to “converse with my muse on a more intimate level”. His sculpture studio is a 2,300 sq. ft. barn that is nestled with his home on a mountaintop.
Wesley's fine art sculpture has begun to be recognized on a national level with various awards and publications celebrating and featuring his work. He still works on the occasional film to "keep a fresh perspective on both his sculpture and his psyche", but spends most of his time pursuing both public and private commissions as well as completing his own compositions. The studio is filled with sculptures at various stages of completion, the large commissions occupying the same space as the portraits, gallery pieces, and maquette studies for submissions. While he is in the studio, he is submerged in the work and it all speaks and informs both him and one another. He continuously participates in both indoor and outdoor exhibitions throughout the country. Wesley also helped form a sculpture park in Cashiers, NC and has curated both a permanent collection as well as two exhibitions there. In 2011 he became an elected member of The National Sculpture Society, the oldest sculpture organization in the United States. He is constantly seeking further gallery representation worldwide and welcomes anyone interested in his work to contact him directly.
