Chase Westfall, (born in Albany, New York 1980) lives and works in Gainesville, Florida with his wife and children. Drawing on a broad range of philosophical, theological, and artistic influences, Westfall investigates the cultural meaning and societal function of violence. Through sometimes jarring combinations of graphic representation of torn human and animal flesh alongside geometric abstraction, his work gives equal voice to both the heat and brutality of the violent act and the cool, detached analysis to which he seeks to subject it. Though trained as a painter, Westfall’s practice encompasses a broad range of media including painting, sculpture, installation, video and performance.

Westfall received his BFA from the University of Florida in 2008, and MFA from the University of Georgia in 2011. From 2011-2013 he served as Assistant Professor of Art at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is currently the director of Gallery Protocol, a contemporary art gallery in Gainesville, Florida and assistant director of ImperfectArticles.com. His work has been exhibited nationally at galleries and fairs such as Expo Chicago in 2015 with Imperfect Articles, as well as internationally in Germany and South Korea.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2015 Terror Function, 101/EXHIBIT, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Faculty Exhibition, ETSU Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2013 Chase Westfall, 101/EXHIBIT, Miami, FL
2012 Chase Westfall, ETSU Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2010 Gypsy Acid Queen, Twin Kittens Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 Two Bros!, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2009 Platonic Voyage, Alfred University, Alfred, NY (performance)
2010 Platonic Voyage, Dugg Dugg Gallery, Charlotte, NC (performance)
2008 Two Rooms, Down Home Gallery, Gainesville, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Imperfect Articles at Expo Fair, Chicago, IL
2014 101/EXHIBIT at Miami Projects, Miami, FL
2014 Drawn & Quartered, FLA Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2012 New APP, Gallery of the International Pavilion, Ulsan University, Ulsan, South Korea
2012 LIVE/WORK, Twin Kittens Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 Sea Worthy, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY, (participating artist)
2011 Movers and Shakers, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2011 On Spirituality, Gallery 842, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
2011 Reflections of Generosity, Patrick Henry Village Commons, Heidelberg, Germany
2009 Reflections of Generosity, Storck Barracks, Illesheim, Germany
2009 Making Masters, Madison Museum of Fine Arts, Madison, GA
2009 Reflections of Generosity, MWR Arts Gallery, Fort Drum, NY
2009 Art Student Exhibition, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
2009 Athica Emerges, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA