JON WITZKY
1110 E Duffy St
Savannah, GA, 31404
Phone: 937-243-4184
jwitzky@georgiasouthern.edu
www.jcwitzky.com
Education
2018 MFA, Painting, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2018 Graduate Certificate in Art History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, cum laude, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
Teaching Experience
2018- Instructor, Georgia Southern University, Savannah/Statesboro, GA
2015-18 Instructor of Record, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2016-17 Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
Exhibitions
2020 Solo Exhibition, TBA, Averitt Center, Statesboro, Georgia
2020 Solo Exhibition, TBA, Gallery Espresso, Savannah, Georgia
2020 Spectrum, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2020 Hunter Underground, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2020 Chroma, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2019 Solo Exhibition, Between Dog and Wolf, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State University, Cochran, Georgia
2019 Solo Exhibition, Imaginary Lives, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2019 Desire/Longing, Expose Art House, Montgomery, Alabama
2019 Home, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2018 White Elephant, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2018 5th Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum, Portland, Oregon
2018 Two Person Exhibition, Between Spaces MFA Thesis Exhibition, 304 Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2018 Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (Jurors: ShanZuo and DaHuang Zhou, artists and founders Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL, catalogue)
2018 Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers Mini-Print Showcase, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2017 Solo Exhibition, After the Blues, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale IL
2017 Openings, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2017 MFA Review Show, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2017 Double Booked, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale IL, (socially engaged art collaboration with Jamie Lovell)
2017 Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers Mini-Print Showcase, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2016 The Cabinet of Solar Plexus, Gallery X, Dublin Ireland (catalogue)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Metabolic Engine for the Dead, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2016 Cross Pollination, 304 Gallery, Carbondale, IL (socially engaged art collaboration with Jamie Lovell and Dimitar Velkov)
2016 Criss/Cross, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2015 The Perceptive Mechanism, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
2015 C4, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2014 Ohio Union Permanent Collections Showcase, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Spring Printmaking Show, Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition, Urban Arts Space,
Columbus OH
Radio/Television
Claire Going, WSAV 3, Local Artists Add Color to Starland District, December 6th, 2019
Kim Gusby, WSAV 3 Community Corner, October 11th, 2019
Rob Hessel, Interview, WRUU Art on the Air, August 14th, 2019
Publications as Author
“Documenta 14 Kassell”, Expose Art Magazine (print edition), Chintia Kirana ed., October 2017
"Chicago Expo”, Expose Art Magazine (online edition), Chintia Kirana ed., 2015. http://exposeartmagazine.com/expo-chicago/
Website Publications
Supersonic Art, “Haunting Paintings from Savannah Georgia Based Artist Jon Witzky”, supersonicart.com, 2019. https://supersonicart.com/post/186173860892/jon-witzky-paintings-haunting-paintings-from
Georgia Trend Blog, Savannah Mural Project Underway, 2019. georgiatrendblog.com, 2019. https://georgiatrendblog.com/savannah-mural-project-underway/
Do Savannah, “The Top 5”, dosavannah.com, 2019. https://www.dosavannah.com/photogallery/GA/20190815/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/815009994/PH/1
“National Wet Paint MFA Biennial. Curated By Sergio Gomez”, Artsy.net, 2018. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jon-witzky-wedding-party
Conniffe, Brian, “The Cabinet Of Solar Plexus A Landmark Exhibition of Esoteric and Arcane Art”, access date: September 19, 2016. http://disinfo.com/2016/09/cabinet-solar-plexus-landmark-exhibition-international-esoteric-arcane-art/
Hale, Barry William, X Marks the Spot for Esoteric Art!, access date: September 20, 2016. http://zeroequalstwo.net/x-marks-the-spot-for-esoteric-art/
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2019 “Between Dog and Wolf”, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State University
2019 On Imaginary Lives and Desire/Longing a conversation with Alice Novak, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Kessler on High, Montgomery Alabama
2019 Desire/Longing, Expose Art House, Montgomery Alabama
Collections
Ohio Union Permanent Collection, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Various Private Collections
Artist Residencies
2019 Expose Art House, July 1st – August 1st
1110 E Duffy St
Savannah, GA, 31404
Phone: 937-243-4184
jwitzky@georgiasouthern.edu
www.jcwitzky.com
Education
2018 MFA, Painting, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2018 Graduate Certificate in Art History, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, cum laude, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
Teaching Experience
2018- Instructor, Georgia Southern University, Savannah/Statesboro, GA
- 2-D Foundations
- Printmaking
- Advanced Painting
- Graduate Studio
- Art In Life
- 3-D Foundations
2015-18 Instructor of Record, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
- Introduction to Oil Painting,
- Introduction to Drawing,
2016-17 Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
- Art History 1
- Art History 3
Exhibitions
2020 Solo Exhibition, TBA, Averitt Center, Statesboro, Georgia
2020 Solo Exhibition, TBA, Gallery Espresso, Savannah, Georgia
2020 Spectrum, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2020 Hunter Underground, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2020 Chroma, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2019 Solo Exhibition, Between Dog and Wolf, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State University, Cochran, Georgia
2019 Solo Exhibition, Imaginary Lives, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2019 Desire/Longing, Expose Art House, Montgomery, Alabama
2019 Home, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2018 White Elephant, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia
2018 5th Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum, Portland, Oregon
2018 Two Person Exhibition, Between Spaces MFA Thesis Exhibition, 304 Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2018 Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (Jurors: ShanZuo and DaHuang Zhou, artists and founders Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL, catalogue)
2018 Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers Mini-Print Showcase, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2017 Solo Exhibition, After the Blues, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale IL
2017 Openings, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2017 MFA Review Show, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2017 Double Booked, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale IL, (socially engaged art collaboration with Jamie Lovell)
2017 Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers Mini-Print Showcase, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2016 The Cabinet of Solar Plexus, Gallery X, Dublin Ireland (catalogue)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Metabolic Engine for the Dead, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2016 Cross Pollination, 304 Gallery, Carbondale, IL (socially engaged art collaboration with Jamie Lovell and Dimitar Velkov)
2016 Criss/Cross, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2015 The Perceptive Mechanism, Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
2015 C4, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2014 Ohio Union Permanent Collections Showcase, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Spring Printmaking Show, Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition, Urban Arts Space,
Columbus OH
Radio/Television
Claire Going, WSAV 3, Local Artists Add Color to Starland District, December 6th, 2019
Kim Gusby, WSAV 3 Community Corner, October 11th, 2019
Rob Hessel, Interview, WRUU Art on the Air, August 14th, 2019
Publications as Author
“Documenta 14 Kassell”, Expose Art Magazine (print edition), Chintia Kirana ed., October 2017
"Chicago Expo”, Expose Art Magazine (online edition), Chintia Kirana ed., 2015. http://exposeartmagazine.com/expo-chicago/
Website Publications
Supersonic Art, “Haunting Paintings from Savannah Georgia Based Artist Jon Witzky”, supersonicart.com, 2019. https://supersonicart.com/post/186173860892/jon-witzky-paintings-haunting-paintings-from
Georgia Trend Blog, Savannah Mural Project Underway, 2019. georgiatrendblog.com, 2019. https://georgiatrendblog.com/savannah-mural-project-underway/
Do Savannah, “The Top 5”, dosavannah.com, 2019. https://www.dosavannah.com/photogallery/GA/20190815/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/815009994/PH/1
“National Wet Paint MFA Biennial. Curated By Sergio Gomez”, Artsy.net, 2018. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jon-witzky-wedding-party
Conniffe, Brian, “The Cabinet Of Solar Plexus A Landmark Exhibition of Esoteric and Arcane Art”, access date: September 19, 2016. http://disinfo.com/2016/09/cabinet-solar-plexus-landmark-exhibition-international-esoteric-arcane-art/
Hale, Barry William, X Marks the Spot for Esoteric Art!, access date: September 20, 2016. http://zeroequalstwo.net/x-marks-the-spot-for-esoteric-art/
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2019 “Between Dog and Wolf”, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State University
2019 On Imaginary Lives and Desire/Longing a conversation with Alice Novak, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Kessler on High, Montgomery Alabama
2019 Desire/Longing, Expose Art House, Montgomery Alabama
Collections
Ohio Union Permanent Collection, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Various Private Collections
Artist Residencies
2019 Expose Art House, July 1st – August 1st