Michael
Wittels
940 Tyler St 4,
Benicia CA 94510-2964
707-746-5516 c707-315-8709
www.MichaelWittels.com
mike@MichaelWittels.com
Solo
Exhibitions
2007 Plastics Recycled (installation, sculpture),
Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa CA
1991 Cielo Gallery
(sculpture installation, drawing ), Benicia CA
1993 Caroline
Fitzsimmons Gallery (drawings, sculpture, pastels), Benicia CA
1990 Mack Gallery
(sculpture, installation), Crockett CA
1989 Mack Gallery
(pastel, drawing), Crockett CA
1987 Nordstrom Gallery (paintings, sculpture,
prints),Walnut Creek CA
Savannah College of Art and Design (sculpture/assemblage
panels), Savannah GA
Two-Person
Exhibitions
1994 Collaborations with Jessamy Gloor (collaborative drawings and sculpture), Caroline Fitzsimmons Gallery, Benicia
1983 Drawing,
Painting, Sculpture with Dirk Engstrom (paintings, drawings sculpture)
Benicia CoArts Gallery, Benicia CA
Selected Group
Exhibitions
1989 Benicia Painters and Sculptors
(with Manuel Neri,
Robert
Arneson, Greg
Renfrow, et al), Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek CA
(curated by Carl Worth )
Artspots, sculpture
around town, Concord CA, (curated by Peter William Brown)
1988 Art Out of the Bag, SCC Gallery, Suisun City CA (1st place award)
1988 Introductions, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek CA (curated by Carl Worth)
SFMMA Rental Gallery, SF CA
1987 Bay Currents, Walnut Creek Civic
Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek CA (curated by Carl Worth)
Exhibit and Silent Auction, Creative Growth, Oakland CA Sept 1987
1986 Northern California Arts Annual,
Northern California Arts, Sacramento CA (award)
1986 Eastbay Living, various locations in Concord, Richmond and Pleasanton CA (curated by Michael Himovitz
Installation, City Council Chambers, City Hall, Benicia CA
Art Exhibit, Napa Spring Fair, Napa
CA (juror: Roland Petersen)
Exhibit and Silent Auction, Creative Growth, Oakland CA
1985 2nd Annual Art Explosion, Clock Tower, Benicia CA (curated by Michael S.
Bell)
60th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Annual Exhibition,
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA (juror: Mary
Livingston Beebe)
San Francisco Arts Festival, Civic Center, SF CA (curated by Michael S. Bell)
Art Exhibit, Napa Spring Fair, Napa CA (juror: Christopher Brown)
Boats in the
Moat, City HalI, SF CA (curated by Michael S. Bell)
39th SF Arts Commission Indoor Juried Exhibit, Civic Center, SF CA (curated by Michael S. Bell)
2nd Annual Celebration of Sculpture, Ft. Mason, SF CA (curated by Michael S. Bell)
Urban Scarecrows,
SF and Emeryville CA (juror: Michael S. Bel1 et al)
1984 30th Annual Open Show , Northern California Arts, Sacramento CA (juror: Christopher
French)
100 Vows from the Sun (100 leading surrealists), Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA (curated by Michael S. Bell)
38th SF. Arts Commission Juried
Exhibit, Civic Center, SF CA (juror: Michael S. Bell)
c, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA (award)
1984-1990 Various shows in Benicia City Hall
(sculpture, installation), Benicia CA
1982 Benicia Sculptors (with Robert Arneson, Manuel Neri, et al), Benicia Community Arts Gallery, Benicia
CA
Visions, CoArtsGallery, Benicia
CA (curated by Norman Stiegelmeyer)
Juried Show, CoArtsGallery,
Benicia CA (juror: Karl Kasten)
Earlier group shows at Samuel J. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA, Penna. Academy of Fine Arts, WCAU-TV, et
al.
Selected Bibliography
Print
Media
Amy Maginnis-Honey, "Benicia
artist showcases artwork made from plastic," Daily Republic, Fairfield-Suisun City CA, May 04, 2018.
B5.
Leah Garchik, "Gauhati gives
a lesson at SF ZooFest," San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 2018.
Staff Report, "Another 'Tales' series finds
city in different mood," San Francisco Chronicle, April 26, 2018.
Donna Beth Weilenman, "Salvaged
plastics become art not ocean-trash," Martinez News-Gazette, April 25, 2018. (Also in Benicia Herald,
Apr 25,2018).
Sara Stroud, "Artist devastated
over missing work," Vallejo Times-Herald, June 7, 2008.
Sara Stroud, "Napa Valley
College displays Benicia artist's reborn plastics," Vallejo Times Herald, November 16, 2007. B1.
Joe Giovannetti, "Re-using the refuse," Daily Republic, Fairfield-Suisun City CA, November 15, 2007. 1 & D1.
Sara Stroud, "Napa Valley College displays Benicia artist's reborn plastics,"
Vallejo Times Herald, November 16, 2007.
"Exhibit" Artifacts, Savannah GA. Fall 1988.
Online
Lisa Folino, Oceans in Focus, Instagram, Jun. 27, 2018TV
Evening News, Channel 4, San Francisco CA, May 1, 1988 (studio interview)Teaching, workshops,
etc.
GATE program studio visit, Benicia High School, 1987
Arts mini-classes, Robert Semple School , Benicia, 1986-80
The Wharton Centre (Gifted Children), Philadelphia PA, Summer 1964
Education
Philadelphia Museum School
of Art (now University of the Arts) Philadelphia PA (studied with William
Daily, Marcus Aurelius Renzetti)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA (studied with Harry Rosin, Walker Hancock)
Samuel J. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA (studied with Frank
Gasparo, Aurelius Renzetti
Collections
Bernstein Collection , Philadelphia PA; SCAD, Savannah GA.
Private collections in Atlanta GA, Andover MA, Ft. Worth TX, San Francisco, San Diego, Vallejo CA, Madison WI,
Indianapolis, Madison WI, Louisville
KY, NYC
Some other art
activities
Guest Artist, Arkansas State University; guest artist, Savannah College of Art and Design; juror, public art competition,
Antioch, CA; juror, Napa County Fair Adult Art 2006 & 2007; private art instructor; publisher/editor
studioNOTES, 1993-2006.
Previous representation: E. W. Colwin
Associates Art Consultants; Kenmore Art Gallery (Harry Kulkowitz), et al.
Last updated, March 2021