Denise’s desire is to create conversations and encouragement through her conceptual artworks. The choice of media and form are intrinsic to the each artwork involving assemblage, installations, ceramics, photography, mixed media. These conceptual installations represent visual metaphors that exhibit truths and personal spiritual testimonies.
Her other works focus on the “Portraits of Faith Series,” a collective body of work that record the memorials and testimonies found on grave markers throughout the United States of America and Great Britain. Direct molds or embossing of words and images are made on the site and remain authentic to the memorial of the people and their cultures. By bringing to life testimonies of the past, yet presenting them in contemporary art forms, these “Portraits of faith” create both hope and discourse about our futures.
Denise’s professional history includes working as a professional graphic designer and artist since 1979 as D. Kufus Design. Teaching for 23 years she was the founding program chair and professor of Graphic Design at Chapman University; and six years at CSULB and visiting professor at other universities. As professor she instructed in all medias, constantly was creating new exhibits, founding new programs, lecture series, events and receiving grants and awards to continue her artwork too. Denise remains as a guest lecturer and juror for other institutions.
Denise founded SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits with Cindi Rhodes. Together as curators of SEEDS, this grass roots ministry has become a leading non-profit fine arts service that provides traveling conceptual exhibits for artists worldwide. SEEDS offers exhibits free of charge to all and provides exhibits to universities, conferences, churches and communities. In these last few years SEEDS has been the featured exhibit for the Cornerstone Festival, Chicago area, Nebraska State Synod at Midland Lutheran College, and at universities and churches through Southern California. For Concordia University, Irvine CA, Weyhrich & Rhodes also curated the permanent art collections of +50 artist for the Grimm Hall Buildings. The most recent SEEDS exhibit was held at the Welcoming Center Richard Meier’s Building at Crystal Cathedral. For more SEEDS updates please visit our web site SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits.
Denise Kufus Weyhrich
“Cadence” 11/2008
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