About

Wolfgang Gil’s installations explore the sculptural quality of sound, inviting us to contemplate listening as a phenomenon. They create opportunities for experiencing external space as well as our internal 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, in order 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 Anuszckiewicz. Encountering Gil’s Sonic Geometries within this rich visual environment, visitors were immersed 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 such as at Contrast Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.

In August 2024, Gil opened a museum dedicated to his work in Tokamachi, Japan. The museum hosts a permanent collection of Gil’s sound-emitting sculptures, providing an enduring opportunity for visitors to engage with his innovative exploration of sound as a sculptural medium.

Gil has presented his works at The Newark Museum of Art (Newark, New Jersey); Contrast Gallery (Tokyo, Japan); 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).