Dennis Wojtkiewicz [voit-KEV-itch] is Professor of Art at Bowling Green State University where he has taught painting and drawing since 1988. He received his M.F.A. degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1981 and also studied at the Atelier Neo-Medici in France under the direction of Patrick Betaudier in 1978 and 1983. Best known for his distinctive large-scale paintings of fruit and flowers in which the subject matter is encapsulated and transfixed by a heightened approach to realism. His work has been shown in international art fairs in Bridgehampton, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Beach, Santa Fe, Taipei and Toronto as well as in numerous galleries and exhibitions throughout the U.S. He is a past recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowships with paintings and drawings represented in major public, private and corporate collections.
1981 M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Solo
2013 Art Revolution Taipei International Art Fair, Taipei World Trade Center,
Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Sugarman Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Peterson-Cody Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Peterson-Cody Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Tory Folliard gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
2002 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
Corbino Gallery, Long Boat Key, FL
2000 Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Transfixion: A Retrospect of Drawings and Paintings From the Past
Decade, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1998 Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1997 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1996 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
1995 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1993 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Campbell Learning Resources Center Gallery, Monroe Community
College, Monroe, MI
1991 Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1987 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1982 Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Countryside Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL
2014 95th Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Vignettes, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2013 Come On Ouvre, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Xpressionism, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contemporary Realism, Miller Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
John Axton, Jennifer Davenport, Tamar Kander and Dennis Wojtkiewicz, Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
High (Realism’s Realism), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Consumed: Nourishment and Indulgence, Wankelman Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Sweet Spot, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
White Christmas: The Holiday Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Still Life Now: Nine Contemporary Artists, Art Space, Lima, OH
Contemporary Realism, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Point of Departure: Five Contemporary Realists, McAlear Gallery, Schedel Gardens, Elmore, Ohio; Gelbke Fine Arts Center, Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio
Spring at Last, Peterson-Cody Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Year of the Chimera 6.2, Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 National Contemporary Realism 2009, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Valentine’s Show 2009, Castle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Super Real: Different Angles of Photorealism, The Citadel Art Foundation,
Canadian, TX
Bods: The Contemporary Figure, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2008 Santa Fe International Contemporary Art Fair, El Museo Cultural, Santa
Fe, NM
Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre,
Toronto, Ontario
Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
Bridge Art Fair Chicago 07, West Mart Center, Chicago, IL
Wolfe, Wilcox, Wojtkiewicz, Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
Concepts in Realism 2007, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL
Concepts in Realism 2006, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Art Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, International Pavilion, Palm Beach, FL,
Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
Chicago Contemporary and Classic Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Twelve Plus One: Concepts in Realism, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fruitful Abundance, Gallery at the Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Drawing on Nature, Klemm Gallery, Sienna Heights University, Adrian, MI
50th Anniversary Exhibition, ArtSpace, Lima, OH
XXX Three Decades of Art, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2004 Art Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, International Pavilion, Palm Beach, FL,
ArtChicago 2004, Navy Pier, Chicago
USArtists: American Fine Art Show, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA
Chicago Images, Frederick Baker Gallery, Chicago
2003 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY (two-person)
Art Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, International Pavilion, Palm Beach, FL
2-D by Five, University Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
10th Anniversary Exhibition, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2002 New Blood II, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
Nature Our Way, Glass Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Pleasures, J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY
Palm Springs International Art Fair, (Finer Things Gallery, Nashville) Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
2000 Dealer’s Choice, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Things, Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
1999 A Feast for the Eyes, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL (three-person)
Trompe L’Oeil, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
A Separate Reality: Five Realist Painters, Gallery One, Elgin Community
College, Elgin, IL
1998 National Horse Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
French Foundations-American Experiences: Five Realists from the Atelier
Neo Medici, SIC Art Gallery, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, IL
1996 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Suddenly It’s Summer, Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH
New!! New!! New!! Group Invitational Exhibit, Robert Kidd Gallery,
Birmingham, MI
1995 Definitions of Vision, Artspace/Lima, Lima, OH
1994 Diversity Among Friends-Five Realists, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
Historic Traditions in Contemporary Realism, University Museum,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Literal Illusions, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993 La Primavera-An Artist’s View of Spring, Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
1992 Art on Tour (Texas Fine Arts Association), Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin; University Gallery, University of Texas-El Paso; University Gallery, Texas A&M University; Texarkana Arts and Humanities Council Gallery, Texarkana; Gallery 1114-Arts Assembly of Midland, Midland; Grayson County College Gallery, Denison
From the Garden, Robert Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
Still Lifes, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Anniversary Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
The Painterly Eye: Contemporary Ohio Landscape and Figure Painting, Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Columbus, OH
Introspections: A Self-Portrait Invitational, Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Best of Ohio 1990, Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI
1990 A Vision of Their Own, Robert Kuhn Gallery, Chicago, IL
Monochrome/Polychrome: Contemporary Realist Drawings, Fine Arts
Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Landscapes, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1989 Contemporary American Still Lifes, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
The 78th Annual Exhibition-Chicago, Meier Museum of Art, Randolph Macons Women’s College, Lynchburg, VA
1988 Works on Paper, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1987 Miniatures, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1986 Works on Paper, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1985 Realism, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
City Sights: Ten Chicago Painters, Westgate Building, University of Illinois- Chicago
1984 Chicago to Paris / Round Trip, Countryside Arts Center, Arlington Hts, IL
The Figurative Art League, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
Eight on Eight, Marshall Fields (Water Tower Place), Chicago, IL
1983 Illinois Images: 21 Painters, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
1982 Atelier Neo-Medici, Gallery Lavignes, Paris, France
The Figure, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
33rd Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1980 Texas Fine Arts Association Traveling Exhibition, Baylor University, University of Texas-Arlington; Texas Women’s College; Kilgore College; Trinity University; Paris Junior College; Angelina College
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for Painting, 2001
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for Painting, 1992
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Baxter Labs, Chicago, IL
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Chicago, IL
Bristol Myers, Evansville, IN
CCC Institutional Services, Chicago, IL
Clovis Community College, Clovis, NM
Columbus Public Library, Columbus, OH
Davidson Collection of American Realism, Chicago, IL
Energy Capital Partners, Short Hills, NJ and San Diego, CA
Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
Fidelity Investment Corporation, Boston, MA
Four Seasons Hotel, Bermuda
Household Finance, Chicago, IL
Howard A. Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
GLC Enterprises, Minneapolis, MN
John Buck Realty, Chicago, IL
Kemper Insurance, Chicago, IL
Lincoln National Life, Fort Wayne, IN
Marshall Field, Chicago, IL
Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI
Morton Hotel, Chicago, IL
Robert Rossi-Arnaud Collection, Paris, France
Rosenfeld, Zweig, & Associates, Northbrook, IL
Success Group, Columbus, OH
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD