CREDENTIALS:

EDUCATION:
BA – Graphic Arts – Evangel University, MO
BA – Fine Arts – Evangel University, MO

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

• 87th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – 1st Place Watermedia
• 45th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Dunedin, FL – 2nd Place Opaque Watercolor
• Nov. 2020 – 87th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – 1st Place Watermedia
• Jan. 2020 – 45th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Dunedin, FL – 2nd Place Opaque Watercolor
• Nov. 2019 – 86th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – 2nd Place Birds and Animals
• Jan. 2019- 44th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Tarpon Springs, FL – 2nd Place Opaque Watercolor
• Jan. 2018- 43rd Annual International Miniature Art Show, Dunedin, FL – Best Cat Award
• Nov. 2017- 84th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – 2nd Place Watermedia
• May 2017- 26th International Miniature Art Show at Seaside Gallery, Nags Head, NC – 1st Place Overall
• Feb. 2017- NatureWorks Art Show, Tulsa, OK – Best of Show 2D
• Jan. 2017- 41st Annual International Miniature Art Show, Tarpon Springs, FL – 2nd Place Opaque Watercolor
• May 2015 – 24th International Miniature Art Show at Seaside Gallery, Nags Head, NC – Best Opaque Watercolor
• Nov. 2014 – 81st Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – 1st Place Birds and Animals
• Oct. 2014 – Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibition, Henderson, KY – Henderson Society of Art Award
• Oct. 2014 – Cider Painters of America 30th Annual International Exhibit of Miniature Art, Kingston, PA – Best Portrait
• June 2014 – 8th Annual Artistic Designs Miniature Show, Brownsburg, IN – Best of Show Overall
• Oct. 2013 – 30th Annual North American Miniature Art Exhibition – Baltimore, MD – 1st Place Watercolors
• May 2013- 21st Annual Miniature Show at Parklane Gallery – Kirkland, WA – Presidents Award; Jack Richeson and Co., Inc. Award
• April 2013- Ridge Art Association Miniature Art Exhibition, Winter Haven, FL – Best of Show
• Mar. 2013- Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show (Alabama Miniature Art Society), Mobile, AL – Founder’s Award
• Jan. 2013- 38th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Dunedin, FL – 1st Place Opaque Watercolor
• Nov. 2012- 28th Almost Miniatures Show, Lexington, MA – Director’s Choice, Best Miniature, 2nd Place; Peoples’ Choice Awards
• Nov. 2012- 79th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – Best in Realism
• April 2012- 31st Annual Miniatures Show, Colorado Springs, CO – 1stPlace Watercolor
• Mar. 2012- Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show (Alabama Miniature Art Society), Mobile, AL – 2nd Best of Show; Founder’s Award; Coldwell Banker United Realtors- AMAS award
• Jan. 2012- 36th Annual International Miniature Art Show, Dunedin, FL – 1st Place Marine
• Nov. 2011- 78th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art Miniatures, Washington, DC – 1st Place Birds and Animals
• Oct. 2011- 5th Annual Artistic Designs Miniature Show, Brownsburg, IN – Best of Show Watermedia
• April 2011- Ridge Art Association Miniature Art Exhibition, Winter Haven, FL – Best of Show
• Mar. 2011- Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show (Alabama Miniature Art Society), Mobile, AL – Best of Show

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 59th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists
• Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, SC, USA
  • 2020–2001
• International Miniature Art Show (MASF), FL, USA
  • 2020 – 1998
• Society of Animal Artists’ Art and the Animal Exhibition (National Museum Venues)
  • 2019–2017 (Tour), 2014–2013 (Tour), 2012–2003 (Tour Annually), 2001 (Tour)
• Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, (MPSGS), MD, USA
  • 2019 – 2000
• Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival, GA, USA
  • 2019-2018, 2016–2013, 2011–2001 (Featured Artist in 2008)
• In The Audubon Tradition, Cincinnati Museum Center, OH, USA
  • 2019
• The Waterfowl Festival, MD, USA
  • 2018 – 2002
• Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibit, KY, USA
  • 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996 (Biennial)
• NatureWorks Wildlife Art Show & Sale, OK, USA
  • 2018 – 2003
• Birds in Art, WI, USA
  • 2017 (Tour), 2010, 2006, 2004, 2000
• Society of Animal Artists’ Wildlife Treasures Show, The Nature In Art Museum, UK
  • 2017
• World Federation of Miniaturists Exhibition (WFM)
  • 2016 Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2012 Moscow, Russia
  • 2008 Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
  • 2004 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
  • 2000 Tasmania, Australia
• AMERICAN STILL LIFES (National Museum Venues)
  • 2014
• AMERICA’S PARKS II (National Museum Venues)
  • 2014
• FELINE FINE II; THE ART OF CATS (National Museum Venues)
  • 2014
• THE SEA OF CORTEZ (National Museum Venues)
  • 2013
• AMERICAN WILDLIFE ART at the Allentown Art Museum
  • 2013
• Hilliard Society of Miniaturists Annual Exhibition, England
  • 2012 – 2000
• Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Annual Exhibition, England
  • 2012, 2009
• ART OF THE DIVE: PORTRAITS OF THE DEEP (National Museum Venues)
  • 2011
• Art of the Animal Kingdom, VT, USA
  • 2010 – 2004, 2002
• BLOSSOM II ~ ART OF FLOWERS (National Museum Venues)
  • 2010
• American Art in Miniature, OK, USA
  • 2009, 2008, 2007
• ENDANGERED SPECIES: FLORA AND FAUNA IN PERIL (National Museum Venues)
  • 2008
• PAWS AND REFLECT: ART OF CANINES (National Museum Venues)
  • 2007
• Arts for the Parks Mini 100, WY, USA
  • 2006, 2005
• BLOSSOM ~ ART OF FLOWERS (National Museum Venues)
  • 2006
• ART OF THE RAINFOREST (National Museum Venues)
  • 2005
• Arts for the Parks Top 200, WY, USA
  • 2005

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• “UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS: Exquisite Miniatures by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist”
  • The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA: May 4 – July 25, 2010
• “THE WORLD OF NATURE IN MINIATURE: Paintings by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist”
  • The West Baton Rouge Museum, Port Allen, LA: May 16 – July 31, 2010
  • The Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina, KS: September 4 – November 28, 2011
  • The Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ: December 11, 2010 – March 13, 2011
• “EXQUISITE MINIATURES BY WES AND RACHELLE SIEGRIST”
  • The Dunnegan Gallery, Bolivar, MO: April 16 – May 15, 2011
  • The Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX: June 10 – August 28, 2011
  • The Yadkin Cultural Arts Center, Yadkinville, NC: September 17 – October 16, 2011
  • The Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI: November 5, 2011 – January 1, 2012
  • The San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA: January 21 – March 21, 2012
  • The Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV: May 15 – October 15, 2012
  • The Yadkin Cultural Arts Center, Yadkinville, NC: November 16 – December 23, 2012 (Returning to Venue)
  • The ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL: January 10 – March 10, 2013
  • Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX: April 7 – June 2, 2013
  • Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI: August 10, 2013 – January 5, 2014
  • The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO: February 1 – April 6, 2014
  • The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown, NY: July 12 – October 31, 2014
  • The Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO: December 1, 2014 – April 15, 2015
  • The Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA: May 14 – August 15, 2015
  • The Yadkin Cultural Arts Center, Yadkinville, NC: September 4 – October 30, 2015 (Returning to Venue)
  • The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS: November 25, 2015 – May 31, 2016
  • The Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve, Bartlesville, OK: July 1 – September 30, 2016
  • The Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS: November 4, 2016 – December 4, 2016
  • The George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO: January 14, 2017 – February 19, 2017
  • The Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs, FL: March 1 – April 29, 2017
  • The Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, KS: June 11 – September 3, 2017
  • Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, Chadron, NE: September 21– December 21, 2017
  • The Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI: January 10 – March 25, 2018
  • The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN: April 15 – June 30, 2018
  • The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT: August 1, 2018 – January 1, 2019
  • The Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC: January 20 – March 17, 2019
  • The Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ: April 1 – August 15, 2019
  • The Kennedy-Douglass Center For The Arts, Florence, AL: September 15 – December 3, 2019
  • Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC: January 25 – April 26, 2020
  • Shafer Art Gallery, Barton Community College, Great Bend, KS: May 15 – August 15, 2020
  • The Art Center, Quincy, IL: September 4 – November 4, 2020
  • The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Academy of Science, Chicago, IL: November 21, 2020 – March 7, 2021
  • The Homewood Museum, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD: April 1 – August 15, 2021
  • The Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL: September 16 – December 15, 2021
  • The Evelyn Burrow Museum, Hanceville, AL: January 15 – April 15, 2022
  • The Art & Heritage Center, Windsor (Fort Collins), CO: May 15 – August 15, 2022
  • The Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, Quincy, FL: September 15 – December 15, 2022
  • The Douglas Family Art Centre, Kenora, ON, CANADA: January 15 – March 21, 2023
  • The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, West Branch, IA: April 15 – September 24, 2023
  • The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Tucson, AZ: October 17, 2023 – January 21, 2024

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Rhino Images – Art of the Rhinoceros – 2017
• Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibit Catalogue – 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018
• Birds In Art Exhibition Catalogue – 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2017
• Society of Animal Artists Exhibition Catalogue – 2001–2014, 2017-2019
• Wildlife Art Magazine – Various issues from 1999 to 2008
• The Miniature Art Society of Florida’s Catalogue of The Permanent Collection – 2000
• The Realm of the Panther (illustrated by Wes) – 2000
• Art of the Animal Kingdom Exhibition Catalogue – 2002, 2004–2010
• Arts for the Parks Exhibition Catalogue – 2005–2006
• Blossom ~ Art of Flowers Exhibition Catalogue – 2007
• Blossom II ~ Art of Flowers Exhibition Catalogue – 2011
• Paint America and Paint the Parks Exhibition Catalogues – 2006–2008
• Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (Cover Art) – August 15, 2010
• Endangered Species Exhibition Catalogue – 2008
• Art for Conservation Exhibition Catalogue – 2008
• Exquisite Miniatures by Wes & Rachelle Siegrist, 2008
• The World of Nature in Miniature; Paintings by Wes & Rachelle Siegrist, 2009
• Modern Masters of Miniature Art in America, 2010
• Art of the Dive/Portraits of the Deep, 2011
• Animal Paintings Vol. I–IV, 2015

CURRENT ASSOCIATIONS:

• The Society of Animal Artists – Distinguished Signature Member, Executive Director
• The Miniature Artists of America – Signature Member
• The Miniature Art Society of Florida
• The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, DC – Signature Member

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS:

• The City of Orlando, Florida
• The Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences
• Cox Media, Tulsa OK
• The Miniature Art Society of Florida
• The R.W. Norton Art Gallery
• South Florida Community College
• The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
• The Woolaroc Museum

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
Exquisite Miniatures – Ongoing Solo Touring Museum Exhibition of Wes & Rachelle Siegrists’ miniature paintings that now encompasses 38 venues!