John D. Wittersheim
Siena Heights University
1247 Siena Heights Drive
Adrian, Michigan 49221
(517) 264-7865

9/79 - Present
Present Professor of Art/Head of Metalsmithing and Sculpture
Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan

Education and Related Experiences:

9/79 - 5/78
Master of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

9/74 - 4/76
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metalsmithing and Ceramics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Commissions:

Historian and Principle Coordinator Member for ”Millennium Project”, Sculpture. Lenawee County, Michigan 2000

Sisters of the Precious Blood/ Salem Heights Motherhouse; Liturgical Ornaments. Inai Studio Project. Dayton, Ohio 1999

St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project. Lewisville, Texas 1997

Monroe Street Methodist Church; Altar Cross, Toledo, Ohio 1993

Carmelite Monastery; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project. Baltimore, Maryland 1991

Chapel of St. Catherine; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project. Garden City, Kansas 1990

St. Perpetua Church; Altar Cross, Pontiac, Michigan 1989

Dominican Chapel/marywood; Liturgical Ornaments, Inai Studio Project. Grand Rapids, Michigan 1985

Assisting Craftsman for Cranbrook Community Mace, (designer Richard Thomas), 1977

Designer and Craftsman; Bracket Fixtures For Weaving, Detroit Renaissance Center (weaving Designer, Gerhardt Knodel), 1977

Exhibitions and Related Experience:

TAA Exhibition - Toledo Museum of Art, October 2008

Ann Arbor Street Fair Juror - Ann Arbor, MI 2007 & 2008

Aging With Attitude-Slusser Gallery U of M School of Art & Design. Ann Arbor, MI 2008

Lenawee Recycle Exhibition - Croswell Gallery -Adrian, MI 2008

Gray Temples - The work of twelve mature sculptors - Ella Sharp Museum - Jackson, MI 2007

152.99 Miles From Here - Krasl's Gallery at the Box Factory - September 2006

Wall to Wall - Exhibition - Flatlanders Gallery February 2005

Perpendicular to a Point - Exhibition - Flatlanders Gallery March 2004

Peninsula Art School and Gallery - Regional Sculpture Exhibit - Fish Creek, WI 2002

Koto-No-Koto interview - Published at www.kotonokoto.org - March 2002

Sabbatical Exhibition - Siene Heights University - Klemm Gallery -Adrian, MI 2002

Hillsdale College - Sculptors of Michigan - Daughtery Gallery - Hillsdale, MI 2001

Eastern Michigan University - Eastern Silversmiths Guild/Alumni Show - Ford Gallery - Ypsilanti, MI 2002
                       
Krasl Sculpture Invitational - Regional - Krasl Gallery - St. Joseph, MI -2000

Group Exhibition - Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts. Flatlanders Gallery and Croswell Opera Theater Gallery; Blissfield, MI and Adrian, MI 1999

Suspended in Space - Paint Creek Center for the Arts Rochester, MI 1997

Professional Surveyor Magazine - Vol. 17, #1 Article Jan/Feb 1997

The Fire of Hephaistos Exhibition - Speaker - Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH 1996

The Made House: Michigan Artists Design for the Home. Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI 1996

Four for Four - Furniture Exhibition/Curator - Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, MI 1995

Detail of a Plumb Bob - A Solo Exhibition - Flatlanders Gallery - Blissfield, MI 1995

Metalwork - Two Person Exhibition - Croswell Opera House Gallery - Adrian, MI 1995

Artists Who Teach - Flatlanders Gallery, Group                                                                           

Juror

Ann Arbor Art Fair Award Winners 2007

Ann Arbor Art Fair Participants 2008 Awards

Awards, Publications, Gallery Shows:

Gray Temples: the work of twelve mature sculptors, Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History. Jackson, Michigan 2007

152.99 Miles From Here, The Box Factory Gallery, St. Joseph, Michigan 2006

Wall to Wall, Flatlanders Art Gallery, Blissfield, Michigan 2005