Fidalis Buehler / The Wayside and Whispers

Artist reception will be held Friday, February 9, 2024 / 6-8pm

Fidalis Buehler creates mixed media works that are manifestations of his identity visualized through the complicated lens of American culture and South Pacific traditions. The works call attention to confrontations and conflicting realities, and straddle the line between levity and earnest devotion. For Buehler, image making is an act of playful conjuring—he reassembles personal histories that embody fear, anxiety, dreams, revelations, magic, mysticism, and ritual. The images are essentially self-portraits that explore varied forms of expanded and contracted narratives rooted in the blending of two cultures while cultivating a rich mythology of personal identity.

About the Artist

Fidalis Buehler is a mixed-media artist based in northern Utah – the mountain west region of the United States. His life and creative practice are a blend of two cultures – one of Euro-American descent and the other of Pacific Island heritage. His practice manifests complex representations of identity through American and South Pacific traditions. Buehler exhibits in regional, national, and international exhibitions. Notable experiences include his participation in Urban Mythologies, Auckland’s North Art Center, New Mystics at the CUAC, Rose Colored Glass at the Katherine E. Nash gallery at the University of Minnesota, Gallery Protocol in Gainesville, Florida, and a publication with New American Paintings. He earned a BFA from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and an MFA from Brigham Young University in Provo where he is currently an Associate Professor of studio art. fidalis-buehler.com

Fidalis Buehler is represented by Modern West Fine Art.

Granary Arts is supported in part by Utah Division of Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts, Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement, VIA Art Fund in partnership with Wagner Foundation, Utah Humanities, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, The Sam and Diane Stewart Family Foundation, Le Meridien Salt Lake City Downtown Hotel, The Ephraim City RAP Tax Fund, Sanpete County Travel, and generous support from Ephraim City.