JON WITZKY
  • Savannah
  • Makanda
  • Between Dog and Wolf
  • Ancestral Swamp
  • Students Work
  • About
  • Contact
  • CV
  • Savannah
  • Makanda
  • Between Dog and Wolf
  • Ancestral Swamp
  • Students Work
  • About
  • Contact
  • CV
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
  • 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
                                                 
                                            
 
 
 
  • Savannah
  • Makanda
  • Between Dog and Wolf
  • Ancestral Swamp
  • Students Work
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