BIO

Scot J. Wittman’s studio is located in Philadelphia. He has shown work in the Whitney Biennial, Art|Basel, film festivals and numerous galleries. A National Endowment grant recipient, he works with noted scientists and celebrated dancers. He delivered a TEDx Talk that tracks much of his painting & photography career. A print interview with NPR discusses his studio production. His interview on network television highlights his first film. Scot J. Wittman received his BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy. His works on paper are represented in California by the Winfield Gallery.

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Education

MFA Cranbrook Academy
BFA Mason Gross School of the Arts
BA Rutgers University

Solo Exhibtions

2023 “JUSTICE” Nesto Gallery, Milton, MA, USA
2022 “Collages and Silhouettes” DVORA Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2020 “The Grand Jeté Series” Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2015 “Prime Meridian” Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ, USA
2014 “Spectacular Perugia” Piazza IV Novembre / Consiglio, Perugia, Italy
2010 “Cloning, Zoning, and the Shared Tiara” Warner Gallery, Millbrook, NY, USA
2010 “Classical Portraiture” Arcidiocesi di Spoleto Nocio, Spoleto, Italy
2005 “Terra Incognita” Warner Gallery, Millbrook, NY, USA
2004 “Kings and Cherubs” Lift Space, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Group Exhibitions

2023 “EO40” Trenton City Museum,, Trenton, NJ, USA
2023 “Visual AIDS, Postcards from the Edge” Ortuzar Gallery, Tribeca, NYC, USA
2022 “Grand Jeté Series” Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2022 “Chiaroscuro” The Chateau Gallery, Louisville, KY, USA
2022 “Visual AIDS” Bortolami Gallery, Tribeca, NYC, USA
2022 “ReFRESH” Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, OH, USA
2022 “Love is in the Air” The Contemporary, Watersmeet, MI, USA
2022 “Art and Earth” Berkeley Arts Center, Martinsburg, WV, USA
2021 “Photography Ex” (Featured Artist) Media Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2021 “Artists Who Teach” Ellington-White Gallery, Fayetteville, NC, USA
2021 “5x5x5” River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria, LA, USA
2021 “February Group Show” Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO, USA
2021 “Luminosity” Cape Cod Cultural Center, Yarmouth, MA, USA
2021 “Postcards from the Edge” Bortolami Gallery, Tribeca, NYC, USA
2020 “Here NOT HERE” SUAG, Salisbury, MD, USA
2020 “8th Juried Annual” Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2020 “Distant Sounds: Collective Participatory Sound Work” curated by William Felinski, Olio Projects, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2020 “Postcards from the Edge” Bortolami Gallery, Tribeca, NYC, USA
2019 “Snap to the Grid” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019 “Art|Basel” SCOPE, Miami, FL, USA
2019 “Nocturne” Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
2019 “Photography” Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, USA
2019 “CIP Festival” Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 “Cornerstone Juried” Gallery 178, Manhattan, NYC, USA
2019 “PHOTOgraphy2019” Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2019 “Flora” Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS, USA
2019 “Somewhere We Landed” Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2019 “NY Expo” PIER 90, Manhattan, NYC, USA
2019 “Postcards from the Edge” Bortolami Gallery, Tribeca, NYC, USA
2019 “Open Source” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019 “Struggle to Exist” Frontline Arts, Bridgewater, NJ, USA
2018 “Airport 2018” Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA, USA
2018 “The Other Art Fair” Mana Art Building, Chicago, IL, USA
2018 “Clearly Human III” St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO, USA
2018 “Figure That !” 3 Square Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2018 “Greyscale Wonderland” BG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018 “LG Tripp juror Group Show” 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2017 “Whitney Biennial” (Debtfair Collective), Manhattan, NYC, USA
2017 “The Decisive Moment” Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2017 “Paper in Particular” Columbia College, Columbia, MO, USA
2017 “Print Austin” NJ Weaver Studio, Austin, TX, USA
2017 “The Natural Muse” West Windsor Arts Council, Princeton, NJ, USA
2016 “Colors to Inspire” Ward Nasse Gallery, SoHo, NYC, USA
2016 “Dream | Nightmare” Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI, USA
2016 “We The People” Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2016 “Electron Salon” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2016 “JCAST” Flagship Space, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2016 “Peace Among Savages” Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2016 “Outside In” Cast Iron Loft Space at 300 Coles, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2016 “Group Exhibition” Barrow Mansion, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2016 “The Enormous Tiny Art Show” Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, USA
2015 “Photography Exhibition” Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2015 “Inkjet Print Exhibition” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 “Inspiration Point” West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton, NJ, USA
2014 “Electron Salon” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013 “Summer Salon” Fresh Paint Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013 “Map it Out” (participant) Dorsky Gallery, NYC, USA
2013 “Members Show” Crane Icebox Space, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2013 “Under Pressure” West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton, NJ, USA
2011 “Cinema 02” Lesko Gallery, Cleveland, OH, USA
2011 “A Window Between Worlds” James Gray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 “Metro 27” (traveling show) City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, USA
2010 “Images of Florence” San Pietro Space, Perugia, Italy
2009 “New Acquisitions” Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA, USA
2009 “Women of Congo” auction at the invite of Eve Ensler, W Hotel, NYC, USA
2009 “One City” Jajo Gallery, Newark, NJ, USA
2007 “In Summer, the Song Sings Itself” Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2007 “CODE” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Portland, ME, USA
2005 “Cartography 101” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2004 “National Printmaking Exhibition” William Patterson University, Union, NJ, USA
2004 “National Printmaking Competition” The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, USA
2000 “Collaboration” Cork Gallery at Avery Fisher Hall, NYC, USA
1999 “Variety Show” Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
1997 “Neo Landscape” Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, USA

Collections

Art Academy of Honolulu Honolulu, HI, USA
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
College Art Gallery State University of New Paltz, NY, USA
Dallas Public Library Dallas, TX, USA
The Davenport Museum Iowa City, IA, USA
Ewing Gallery University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
The Newark Library Newark, NJ, USA
The University Art College Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
The University of California Riverside, CA, USA
The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA
The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI, USA
The Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Grants + Residencies

Nés Residency Winter Session, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Millay Colony Winter Session, Austerlitz, NY, USA
Makers Circle Artist Residency Asheville, NC, USA
National Endowment Grant USA
Starr Foundation Grant New York Office, USA
Jacob’s Pillow Becket, MA, USA
Three Walls Residency Chicago, IL, USA
Green Hill Residency Pawlet, VT, USA

Publications + INTERVIEWS

WFMZ TV broadcast news [ LINK ] Film Festival to be held at Historic Mansion in New Jersey June 25, 2022
Shoutout Colorado [ LINK ] Meet Scot J. Wittman | Artist June 14, 2022
Jersey City Times [ LINK ] A conversation about NFTs with the Artist Scot J. Wittman Tris McCall | December 31, 2021
Jersey City Times [ LINK ] A walk through the last Jersey City Friday of 2021 Tris McCall | December 3, 2021
NJ.com [ LINK ] Artist uses geography to make a human connection. November 4, 2021
Woven Tale Press [ LINK ] Volume IX, #3, pg: 45-48
An Artist A Day [ LINK ] Scot J. Wittman August 23, 2020
Murze Magazine Volume 12, June 2020
Studio Visit Magazine Volumes 2, 5, 7, 31
ARTWORKS Magazine Fall 2020
University City Review First Friday Jewels, July 4, 2007
Philadelphia Weekly Breezy Does It July 7, 2007
City Paper In Summer The Song Sings Itself, May 7, 2007