Wayne Gonzales (b. 1957, New Orleans) is known for his paintings of crowds and other public gatherings based on found or personal photographs. His work has been shown in various international venues including P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain, Dôle; and the Consortium, Dijon. Gonzales is represented in public and private collections in the United States and Europe, most notably the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase.