link1link2link3
Menu
Membership
Donate

The Sculpture Center

  • About
  • Exhibitions
  • Events & Programs
  • News
  • Call for Artists
  • Ohio Outdoor Sculpture

Christy Wittmer: Approaching Softness – a W2S 2017 exhibition

March 23, 2017The Sculpture Center

Christy Wittmer, Afternoon Still Life, 2016, ceramic, fabric, wood, aerated concrete, Plexiglas, apoxie sculpt, plaster. Courtesy of the artist.

Christy Wittmer, Afternoon Still Life, 2016, ceramic, fabric, wood, aerated concrete, Plexiglas, apoxie sculpt, plaster. Courtesy of the artist.

Christy Wittmer, Meridian, 2016, ceramic, cement, wood, gold leaf, gold luster, sheep skin. Courtesy of the artist.

Christy Wittmer, Meridian, 2016, ceramic, cement, wood, gold leaf, gold luster, sheep skin. Courtesy of the artist.

Christy Wittmer, Meridian (detail), 2016, ceramic, cement, wood, gold leaf, gold luster, sheep skin. Courtesy of the artist.

Christy Wittmer, Meridian (detail), 2016, ceramic, cement, wood, gold leaf, gold luster, sheep skin. Courtesy of the artist.

A Window to Sculpture Emerging Artist Series 2017 Exhibition
Christy Wittmer: Approaching Softness

Euclid Avenue Gallery
January 27 – March 17, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, January 27, 5:30 – 8:00 P.M.
The Artist Talks: Christy Wittmer, 6:15 P.M. in the Euclid Gallery; Keith Lemley, 7:00 P.M. in the Main Gallery

Douglas Max Utter’s CAN review of Christy Wittmer’s exhibition here.

Wittmer’s mixed media sculptures are to be considered for their formal aesthetics and for their acute concern with physical balance, which she considers to be a reference to the human body.

Wittmer says, “Many of my sculptures begin as experiments with the materials at hand. I ask, ‘What happens when,’ and the work created becomes the answer. With simple gestures, stacking, arranging, and balancing, I am aiming for a kind of tenuous stability that engages body awareness, and incites curiosity and a desire to investigate the nuances of color, texture and material. By combining found objects with handmade, manufactured, and natural forms, I create sculptures that evoke horizons, peaks, valleys and industry. They allude to the human imprint evident within the landscape and allow space for the viewers imagination to linger, to explore and discover.”

Christy Wittmer received a BFA and BS in Art Education from Miami University, Oxford, OH (1997), a Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramics at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2010-12), and an MFA from the University of Cincinnati (DAAP), Cincinnati, OH (2014). She has held a Long Term Residency at Lawrence Arts Center, KS (2015-16) and is returning for a third residency at the Pottery Workshop in Jigdezhen, China, in fall 2016 for 10 months as a Fulbright Scholar. She was also a Banff Artist in Residence Late Winter Intensive, Banff Centre, Canada, and at the Kunsthalle Am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany. Christy’s sculptures have been exhibited at REVERSE Gallery, Brooklyn , NY, Providence, RI, Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, Jingdezhen, China, Cincinnati, OH, and other places. Her work was previously shown at The Sculpture Center in After the Pedestal, the 8th exhibition of smaller sculpture from the region (2015). Christy Wittmer CV.



W2S 2017 LOGO

GALLERY HOURS
HOURS
Close

Main and Euclid Avenue Gallery Hours


Wed. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sat. noon - 4 p.m.
Other weekdays and hours by appointment or take your chances to drop in. You can always call us to see if you can stop by at 216-229-6527.
Galleries are closed until Friday, January 21, 2019.

Office Hours


Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The office is closed until Wednesday, January 2, 2019.
Hours:
Wed-Fri 12-4pm
Saturday 12-5pm

CONTACT

The Sculpture Center
1834 E. 123rd Street
Cleveland, OH 44106
info@sculpturecenter.org
Tel. 216.229.6527
Always Free!
  • Resources
Facebook
Instagram
 

THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS

 
THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS
Callahan Foundation
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
National Endowment for the Arts
The George Gund Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
The City of Cleveland's Cable Television Minority Arts and Education Fund of The Cleveland Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Bernice and David E. Davis Art Foundation
The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation
The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management District