Wolfgang Gil United States

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Wolfgang Gil’s sculptures and installations transform sound into a sculptural medium, reshaping how we perceive listening. His works invite audiences to engage with both external space and their own perceptual processes. A Venezuelan-born American artist and creative technologist, he lives and works between Newark, NJ, and Tokamachi, Japan, exploring sound’s spatial and sensory potential.

Wolfgang Gil’s sculptures and installations transform sound into a sculptural medium, reshaping how we perceive and experience listening as a dynamic phenomenon. His works invite audiences to engage with both external space and their own perceptual processes.

A Venezuelan-born American artist and creative technologist, Gil lives and works between Newark, NJ, USA, and Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan. He employs sound as a malleable material with curves, edges, and changing geometries—a medium that can be stretched across all dimensions.

In 2021, to further his sculptural approach to sound, Gil partnered with the Newark Museum of Art’s curatorial team to create a dialogue between his work and selections from the Museum’s collection. Sonic Geometries at The Newark Museum of Art highlighted geometric abstraction—a strength of Newark’s American art holdings—including a sculpture by Sol LeWitt and paintings and works on paper by Sam Gilliam, Donald Judd, Victor Davson, and Richard Anuszkiewicz. Integrated into this rich visual environment, Sonic Geometries immersed visitors in a multi-sensory and intergenerational experience of space, shape, color, and sound. Following its debut at the Newark Museum, the show has toured internationally, with notable showings at Contrast Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.

In August 2024, Gil inaugurated a museum in Tokamachi, Japan, dedicated to his work. Initially conceived as a space to house his growing collection of sound-emitting sculptures, the museum evolved into a hub for artistic and educational engagement. Tokamachi’s affordability and thriving art scene made it an ideal location, but over time, Gil and his team recognized a pressing need in the region: the majority of new developments and resources were designed for the aging population, leaving younger generations underserved. In response, the museum has made its educational program for young people its central focus, providing workshops, mentorship, and hands-on experiences that encourage creative exploration using technology. Given the interdisciplinary nature of Gil's work—including coding, 3D modeling and fabrication, systems automation and networking, and sound design and engineering—this program not only nurtures local talent and fosters technological literacy but also deepens visitors’ engagement with the museum’s collection, ensuring a lasting cultural and educational impact on the community.

Gil has presented his works at Contrast Gallery (Tokyo, Japan); the Newark Museum of Art (Newark, New Jersey); Fleiser Art Memorial (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Art Basel (Miami, Florida); Eyebeam (New York, New York); The Loop Festival (Barcelona, Spain); Diapason Gallery (Brooklyn, New York); Harvestworks (New York, New York); Issue Project Room (Brooklyn, New York); ASPN Gallery (Leipzig, Germany); and the Subtropics Biennial (Miami, Florida).