Arnold Wechsler was born in New Jersey and educated at the School of Visual Arts and Columbia University in New York City. Early on, he gave artists a forum in the mass media as a creator and director of Visual Arts Productions (VAP), an organization that produced programs for Manhattan Cable TV.

  Since the 1970's his abstract paintings have been inspired by popular cultures, often reflected in forms that balance organic and geometric forms with native pictographs. His patterned subject matter draws on decorative aspects ranging from Moroccan tiles to Mayan friezes to Oriental calligraphy to the visual characteristics of DNA molecules. Wechsler has also been profoundly influenced by indigenous cultures of the Americas, particularly the art of the Native American community.

  It can be said that his work is cosmopolitan in the truest sense of the word, spanning influences from the world over. Wechsler not only assimilates world influences into his work but has sought to engage the cultures of other countries firsthand, traveling to the jungles of the Chapas in Guatemala, the mountains of Japan, and the Suqs of Marrakech. He recently completed detailed proposals for the modification of public monuments in the former Soviet Union.

   Given his worldview, it comes as no surprise that his work has been met with international acclaim, and appeared in exhibitions in, among others, such disparate cities as St. Petersburg, Moscow, Washington D.C., Mexico City, Paris, Denver, New York City, Madrid, and Bologna.

  Presently, Wechsler is collaborating with Toni Dalton, a fellow artist, on an internet project entitled Steal This Painting, a reference and a tribute to the work and philosophy of Abby Hoffman.