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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.

Carol Fowler, "Show resonates with shapes and spirit, Contra Costa Times CA, July 22, 1988 .
Leo Cavanagh, "Benicia artists express themselves" (with photo), SCC Express,Suisun City CA, June, 1988 .
"Wide variety of artwork at Open Studios this weekend," (with photo) Benicia Herald, Apr. 29, 1988.
"Art out of the Bag," SCC Express, Suisun City, March 1988.
Nancy Steele, "New art City Hall," Benicia Herald, Mar 13, 1988.
"Art Exhibit at SCC Gallery," Benicia Herald, Feb. 10, 1988.
Helen Pettay, "An art to the government at Benicia's City Hall," (with photo), Vallejo [CA] Times Herald, Jan 21, 1988.
"Exhibition Notes," Fellowship (of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), Philadelphia PA. Jan. 1988.
Art Notes," Savannah News-Press, Savannah GA, Nov 29, 1987.
Bonnie Ferguson, "Vitale--connecting collections," Benicia Herald. Benicia CA June 1987.
"Boats in the Moat - a splashy regatta," (photo) San Francisco Examiner, SF CA, July 16, 1985.

Online

Lisa Folino, Oceans in Focus, Instagram, Jun. 27, 2018
Richard Toronto, " Michael Wittels Cutting and Opening 'Vertical Landscape (core sample),'" Febuary 2012.
Michael Wittels, " I Lost Jesus," /seconds, July 2008.

Evening News, Channel 4, San Francisco CA, May 1, 1988 (studio interview)
Evening News, Channel 2, Savannah GA, Dec. 2, 1987 (gallery 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