EDUCATION
B.A. in Fine Art. 2010. University of California, Santa Cruz.
SOLO SHOWS
2019- "Paradise Vice". Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014- "Babealicious" Edo Salon, San Francisco, CA
2013- "Cahill Wessel's Worst Work", MISHKA SF, San Francisco, CA
2013- Stripe, Santa Cruz, CA
2011- “Aloha from Hell”, Stripe, Santa Cruz, CA
2011- “Select Works”, The Krate, Santa Cruz
2010- “No Name Mystery Show” – Eduardo Carillo Gallery, UCSC, CA
GROUP SHOWS
2020- "Coast to Coast" (Pabst Blue Ribbon benefit show for "Inner City Arts"), 1700 NAUD, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming November 2020)
2020- "Parameters", First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020- "Be Yourself with Everyone", Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016- "Lampooning", SOHO Arts Club, New York, NY
2016- "Ghost Ship Benefit Show", Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016- "Stacks/Scraps", Forthrite Printing, Oakland, CA
2016- "Supersonic Electronic 5", Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2015- "Faded Glory", Carlos Queso Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015- "Indian Summer", Fleetwood, San Francisco, CA
2015- "Tired Hands", Good Mother, Oakland, CA
2015-"Supersonic Electronic 4", Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2013- "Locals Only", RVCA SF, San Francisco, CA
2012- "Live and Direct", The Krate, Santa Cruz, CA
2012- “Poor Sports”, Zepf Alt, San Diego, CA
2011- Second Annual Juried Affordable Art Fair, Spattered Columns, New York, NY
2011- Dimension 7 Studios, San Francisco, CA
2010- Irwin Scholars Group Show, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
AWARDS
The Irwin Scholarship, UCSC, 2010
The Scholarship is awarded to twelve students each year and is the most prestigious award given through the Art Department at UCSC. Each student is given $2,000 and is part of a highly publicized group show.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS/PRINT
Helene R. Hidalgo, "An Interview with Illustrator Cahill Wessel", Lola Who, April 2019
Eben Benson, "Cahill Wessel's Playful Satire in 'Paradise Vice", Juxtapoz, February 2019
Author Unknown, "Cahill Wessel", Upper Playground, July 2017
Tessa Waldock, "Artist of the Week: Cahill Wessel" July 2017
Gabrielle Bruney, "These Drawings Feature Death Orgies and Pizza Snakes", VICE Magazine, April 2016
Featured artist, Digest Digest, March 2016
Featured artist, "Art Quarterly", Society6, January 2016
Casey Webb, "Interview with Illustrator, Cahill Wessel", Jung Katz, December 2015
Zach Tutor, "Cahill Wessel: New Work and Timelapse" Supersonic Electronic, September 2015
Author Unknown, "An update with Cahill Wessel" Juxtapoz, September 2015
Ben Renschen, "Cahill Wessel X Society6", Society 6, September 2015
Kristina Benson, "Interview with Bill Kreutzmann"(drummer of Grateful Dead), L.A. Record, June 2015
Chris Ziegler, "Cahill Wessel", OBEY, January 2015
Author Unknown, "Cahill Wessel in Color", Juxtapoz, December 2014
Hannah Stouffer, "Cahill Wessel's Provocative Visions", Juxtapoz, September 2014
Featured artist, Black Warrior Review, Spring 2014
Liza St. James, "Interview with Cahill Wessel", Tunica no. 3, 2014
Bugu Melis Caglayan, "Pop Culture Overdose", "This is our Fauna", 2013
Burcu Ezer, "Cahill Wessel ile Röportaj", Artful Living, 2013
Author unknown, "An Update with Cahill Wessel" Juxtapoz, 2013
Nick J, "The Drawn World of Cahill Wessel", Lifelounge, 2013
Jeff Hamada, "Cahill Wessel", Booooooom!, October 2013
John Trippe, "Justin Bieber and the Golden Pussy", Fecalface.com, October 2013
Adam Leith Gollner, "The Magician's Retreat", VICE Magazine, August 2013
Author unknown, "Trippy Works by Cahill Wessel", Juxtapoz, 2013
John Trippe, "Party and Whoopi by Cahill Wessel", Fecal Face.com, June 2013
Van Edwards, “Wessel’s Hawaiian Printed Baseball Player”, Fecalface.com, 2012 "
Author unknown, “Vice X Lawless: Prohibition Art Revisited. Meet the Artist: Cahill Wessel”. Vice.com, 2012 Prohibition Art Revisited
John Trippe, “If Bill Murray was a Triple Bacon Cheeseburger”, Fecalface.com, 2012 "If Bill Murray was a Triple Bacon Cheeseburger"
Rosanna Van Straten, “Skull Tacos and Banana Boats”, City on a Hill Press, January 2011. "Skull Tacos and Banana Boats"
Jenna Brogan, “Locating Art’s Funny Bone”, Goodtimes Newsaper, First Friday Edition, Featured Artist page, January 2011
LIVE ART
2011- “Alice in Wobbleland”, Catalyst Night Club, Santa Cruz, CA
2009- RU36, 418 Project, Santa Cruz, CA
2009- RU36, Sunspot Jonz, Catalyst Night Club, Santa Cruz, CA
2009- Leukemia/Lymphoma society Benefit art show, SPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009- Leukemia/Lymphoma society Benefit art show, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Locating Art's Funny Bone"
