"My compulsion is to orchestrate, as completely as possible, command over the powerful forces inherent to the medium."
Jeff Muhs was born in Southampton, New York 1966. His father, an artist and third generation hunting and fishing guide, instilled in Jeff an intimate knowledge of their local natural environment. Thus the barrier beach of Long Island’s south shore would later become a major current running throughout Jeff’s work. In his early years Jeff; also a world champion sculptor, first learned the art of wood sculpting from his father. It is this traditional and exacting art form that developed in Jeff a dedication and penchant for excellence he has carried throughout his life. From 1984 to 1988 Jeff attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and received a BFA.
Muhs is known as an innovative painter and sculpture, working in a variety of genres and mediums. Continually inspired by his discovery of truth in pure artistic form, his ’Slipstream’ paintings reexamine and update abstract painting, and ‘Dynamic Free Casting’ concrete sculptures, redefine the sculptural process, and add his singular vision to the discipline.
Jeff Muhs’ work can be found in several public collections, namely Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, Cantor Fitzgerald, Time Warner, Inc., Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Hunter Museum, Memphis, TN, and Ward Museum, Salisbury, MD. His studio is located in Southampton, New York.
