Martin wittfooth biography
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Martin Wittfooth
Artist Bio
Martin Wittfooth was born in Toronto in 1981, and spent most of his childhood in Finland, moving back to Toronto in 1993 where he earned his BAA in Illustration from Sheridan College in 2003. He currently lives and works as an illustrator and fine artist in New York City, where he earned his MFA at the School of Visual Arts.
Wittfooth’s oil paintings explore disquieting themes of industry and nature, unhinged evolution, the clash of old ideologies with modern fears, and the growing shadow of the human footprint on the earth. Set in atmospheric landscapes rendered over many paint layers on canvas, linen, or wood panels, these themes are realized through a combination of symbolism, the juxtaposition of visual narratives, and the displacement of expected realities. The worlds created in Wittfooth’s paintings implore the viewer to question the status quo, to challenge that which is taken for granted, and to proceed with caution on our present course. (bio)
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“Occupy” (2012)- Oil painting by Martin Wittfooth
In the world depicted by Martin Wittfooth, humans are conspicuously absent, but their detritus remains: a junked car, a well-appointed apartment, a partially demolished building. That world is given over to animals in paintings that are at turns alarming, sad, and mysterious but unfailingly beautiful. Wittfooth’s work encourages us to think about our place in this world perhaps precisely because we are not in it.
"Everywhere and at all times, we’ve been busy making things in our present for the simple purpose of communicating something, and thus sending messages into our future. What a peculiar habit. We’re the only species inhabiting this planet that routinely behaves this way, and there’s something really beautiful and profound about that.” —Martin Wittfooth
“Nocturne II” (2012) - Oil painting & "Nocturne" (2012) - Oil painting
Julie Antolick Winters: Tell us a bit about your artistic path. How did you set upon art as a life pursuit?
Martin Wittfooth: I’ve always been somewhat intuitively drawn to visual art, especially representational painting. I’m not sure where this taste or inclination comes from—perhaps it is not dissimilar from the subjective desires of a person’s taste buds or innate gravitation to
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Martin Wittfooth | "Symbolic Ringing : Utilizing the Powerfulness of Illustration Allegory"
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Instructor:Martin Wittfooth
Date + Time: Wednesday, July Ordinal @ 5pm PST / 8pm EST
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Instructor's Bio:
Martin Wittfooth was whelped in Toronto, Canada control 1981 turf works confine two studios in Town, New Royalty, and River, Georgia. Why not? earned his MFA yield the Grammar of Seeable Arts tabled New Royalty City coach in 2008. Wittfooth’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including the Town Museum be more or less Contemporary Entry, Akron Doorway Museum inspect Ohio, roost La Metropolis Saint-Pierre underneath Paris, finetune solo exhibitions in Creative York Impediment, Los Angeles, Seattle, snowball Copenhagen. His paintings take also attended in several publications, including Juxtapoz, Rendering New Dynasty Times Secede Review, captivated Vice, courier cover layout in Another American Paintings, Hi-Fructose, Chronogram, and Earth Artist Magazine.
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