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  Jeffrey Wiener was born in Miami, Florida in 1961, and took up serious drawing at 5. He showed remarkable draftsmanship from a very early age, and an enthusiasm for social commentary. He was heavily influenced by the painters of the Renaissance, and such modern painters as Thomas Hart Benton, Paul Cadmus, Grant Wood, and especially MC Escher. During his teens, he began entering his personal art works into juried art competitions throughout Florida and the lower South Eastern states, while apprenticing for a successful interior decorator where he mastered the techniques of the decorative arts during the summers.

After graduating from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts, Jeffrey traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East, immersing himself in the cultural iconography and ancient history of his Jewish heritage, and his spiritual connection to the land of Israel. He currently resides in New York City.

During the 1980's and 1990's, Jeffrey Wiener exhibited his drawings and paintings in many of the galleries throughout Soho and the East Village and he showed his work regularly through the Co-Op gallery Ward Nasse where he held a board position for several years. In 1993, Jeffrey Wiener began a 10 year sabbatical from gallery exhibitions and focused all of his creative energies on exploring the newly opened "World Wide Web".

Jeffrey Wiener hanging out in South Beach
during Art Basel Miami, 2006
 
 

Jeffrey Wiener became a pioneering web developer in 1993 at the beginning of the web's use as a public medium and he built the first promotional websites for publishing giants Scholastic, Ziff-Davis and PCMagazine. With a growing roster of advertising agency clients, he quickly established his first multimedia design firm (Jeffrey Wiener Studio) in midtown Manhattan, producing cutting edge websites for a wide range of new media clients.

Wiener launched one of the first online art galleries in 1993 (www.wienerart.com) where he showcased the archived body of his work to a new worldwide audience. In the decade following his entrance into this emerging industry, he worked as a Creative Director for several highly successful eCommerce, Entertainment, and Community-based DotComs. He was often developing many companies' first websites, including Outpost.com, PCFlowers.com, and the popular Beliefnet.com, a multi-faith community website.

After 9.11, Jeffrey Wiener's artwork took a technical turn, when he began producing and disseminating political "guerrilla multimedia" pieces, in tended to introduce particular points of view into the political and cultural dialog taking place in political forums online. Many pieces were sharply written satirical messages, embedded within popular multimedia formats - such online gaming - which he then promoted from the platform at dangerousmedia.com. He produced one of the outstanding satirical animations of President Bush as a pumped up Action Hero taking on Islam in MoveOn.org's first public message competition Bush in 30 Seconds.

Currently Jeffrey Wiener runs the online design consultancy Dangerous Media Productions, Inc. which specializes in the development of customized digital content and web-based marketing strategies. He also produces a video website called www.DangerousMedia.TV, that brings artists and nude models together in a show called Sketch Sessions and The Great Nude.

     
   
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