Exhibitions & Related Experience
EDUCATION
79 Max Beckmann Painting Fellow, Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, New York
78 Masters of Fine Art, Painting, Illinois State University
76 Master of Studio Art & Art History, Western Illinois University
70 Bachelors of Fine Art, Western Illinois University
68 Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois
67 Associate in Arts, Long Beach City College, California
Solo Exhibitions
2019 The Nature of Place + Hybrid Forms (with Andrew Webster), Zeitgeist Arts Atrium, Duluth, MN
2018 NO Invitation Needed - Open Studio, Ephriam Street Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2017 NO Invitation Needed - Open Studio, Ephriam Street Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2016 MARTIN DEWITT: The Nature of Space + Hybrid Forms, Zeitgeist Arts, Duluth, MN
2013 Martin DeWitt: Space/Form-color variations +, Zeitgeist Arts Atrium, Duluth, MN
2012 San Cristobal de las Casas Paintings, Asheville Sister Cities, Inc., Cultural Center, Asheville, NC
2011 Martin DeWitt: NEW PAINTINGS, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2011 The Maine Paintings, Heliker-LaHotan Artist in Residence, Great Cranberry Island, ME
2011 Martin DeWitt: Obra Nueva, Oconaluftee Institute of Cultural Arts, Cherokee, NC
2011 Martin DeWitt: Paints the Spiritual in Art: Peace Church Galleria, Duluth, MN
2003 Martin DeWitt: redwhiteblu, Waters of Superior Gallery, Duluth, MN
1998 The Yellow River Paintings, Nordstrom Gallery, La Crosse, WI
1991 Martin DeWitt: Paintings+Drawings+Constructions, Duluth Art Institute, MN
1987 Martin DeWitt: Surface Image, Robert Thomson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions & Features*
2020 Cultivating Collections, Fine Art Museum, Bardo Art Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2020 The Nobel Conference & Exhibition: Cancer in the Age of Biotechnology, Hillstrom Museum of Art,
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
2020 AICHO Featured Artist (on-line), American Indian Community Housing Organization, Duluth, MN
2020 Fine Art Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN
2020 Annual Artist Exhibition, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2018-19 Defining America, Fine Art Museum/Bardo Art Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2018 Texas National 2018, Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin University; Jed Perl, Juror
2018 Annual Artist Exhibition, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2017 AICHO Pop-Up Gallery, Lincoln Park Craft District, American Indian Community Housing Organization, Duluth, MN
2017 Standing Strong for our Precious Water: Exhibit for Standing Rock, American Indian Housing Resource Center, Duluth, MN
2017 Members Exhibition, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2016 Quick Draw - Make your Mark: Drawings, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth MN
2015 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts League 50th Anniversary, Raleigh, NC; Herb Jackson, Juror
2015 Alumni Spectacular, Center for Visual Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2015 Portrait of an Artist, Sarah Brokke-Erickson Portraits & Friends, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2015 Color Ball, Asheville Area Arts Council Auction, Asheville, NC
2014 SCdlC Preview exhibit with Mark Harmon (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico), Asheville Sister Cities Center, Asheville, NC
2013 Martin DeWitt: My Duluth+Selections, Lizzard's Art Gallery, Duluth, MN
2013 Water Works, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2012 Impressions: ColorLightSound - Martin DeWitt-Michael DeWitt-Kathy McTavish, Treuer Residence, Duluth, MN
2012 Precious Water, Duluth Whole Foods Co-op Galleria, Duluth, MN
2011 3a Feria Arte de Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
2011 COLOR! Digital Image Screening Party, Grove Arcade, Asheville Art Museum, NC
2010 Alumni Spectacular, Illinois State University, IL
2010-11 River Arts Gallery, Asheville, NC
2010 Faculty Biennial, Fine Art Museum-Western Carolina Univ., NC
2010-07 RiverArtsDistrict Open Studios, Asheville, NC
2009 40th Annual Alumni – Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2008 ICONS & Abstraction, MG Gallery, Asheville, NC
2008 Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center Friends, Asheville, NC
2008 Studio Art and Design Faculty, Western Carolina University, NC
2006 Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center Friends Auction, Asheville, NC
2006 Secret lives of…, LIFT Contemporary Gallery, Cherokee, NC
2005 Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center Friends Auction, Asheville, NC
2004 Studio Art and Design Faculty Exhibit, Western Carolina University, NC
2003 Lake Superior Group, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2002 Lake Superior Group, Northfield Art Guild, Northfield, MN
2001 Duluth Art Institute Friends, Lizzard’s Gallery, Duluth, MN
2000 Galeria de Arte La Madera, Zihuatanejo, Mexico
2000 College of St. Scholastica, President’s Inaugural Exhibition, Duluth, MN
98-00 International Salon, Union of Writers & Artists (UNEAC), Pinar del Rio, Cuba
92-98 Art Faculty and Workshops, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
99 De Witt+de WITT+DE WITT/Three Brothers, Lizzard’s Gallery, Duluth, MN
95-96 American Indian Artists and Friends, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN
95 Non-Objective Artists, Steensland Museum of Art, St. Olaf College, MN; Icons of Abstraction,
Thomas Barry Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
92 Healing & Art/Nobel Exhibition, Shaeffer Gallery, Gustavus Adolphus College, MN; Mail Art to Petrozavodsk, Petrozavodsk Cultural Center, Russia
77-90 Over 100 exhibitions: MN Abstraction, Art Center of Minnesota, Wayzata, MN; National Works on Paper, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL; Max Beckmann Scholars, Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, NY; Video group/w Douglas Davis, Brooklyn Museum, NY; Worthington Gallery, Chicago, IL; Emerging Artists, Gilman Gallery, Chicago, IL; 77th Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, IL. *Partial Listing
Related Professional Activity*
2020 Featured Artist, AICHO (American Indian Community Housing Org.), Duluth, MN
2019 Invited commentary, Superior Perspectives publication, Paul Treuer Lake Superior Views Photographs
2019 Invited commentary, WE Sit publication, Marley Kaul paintings, Taiju Geri Wilimek poetry
2018-19 Selected artist: Defining America, Fine Art Museum/Bardo Arts Center, Western Carolina University, NC
2017-18 Grant Advisor (pro bono): Quitman County (Marks, Mississippi): Marks Mule Train Trail and MLK's Poor People's Campaign Interpretive Trail Markers"; Preserving African American Civil Rights History Grant App./ National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Smithsonian Institution; Quitman County grant awarded, $50,000
2017-19 Cuba Exchange Community Liaison/Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana; UNEAC, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
2016-17 Standing Strong for our Precious Water: Benefit exhibit for Standing Rock, American Indian Housing Resource Center, Duluth, MN
2015 Guest Writer, essay - Luzene Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee): Free Falling Up ["Conversatons: Contemporary Artists Fellowship Exhibition" publication], Eiteljorg Museum of the American Indians & Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Juror, Swannanoa Fine Arts League Annual Exhibition, Black Mountain Arts Center, NC
2012 Featured Artist – Martin DeWitt paints the Spiritual in Art – Peace Church Galleria, Duluth, MN
2011 Artist in Residence (Sep-Oct ’11), Heliker-LaHotan Foundation Art Residency, Great Cranberry Island, ME
- open studio, public lecture and solo exhibition
2011 Selected Artist - 3a Feria de Arte CHIAPAS (Mar ’11) - Asheville (NC) Sister Cities San Cristobal de
las Casas, Chiapas, MX - exhibiting artist, artist/exhibit exchange project planning
2010 (ongoing) Ex-officio member Museum Accreditation Team, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Alliance for American Museums Accreditation process and review - 2019
2010- Professor Emeritus, School of Art & Design, Western Carolina University, NC
2010-03 Founding Director and Curator, Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University, NC
2003–90 Director and Curator, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
1990-86 Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
2001: Panelist, National Assembly of State Art Agencies and National Endowment for the Arts
“International Artistic Exchange Programs: States on the Global Stage”
2000-98: President, Minnesota Association of Museums, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
92-96: President, Duluth Public Arts Commission, Duluth, MN
80 – current: curator/project director for over 300 art exhibitions/regional, national, international cross cultural collaborations; writer/publisher numerous art exhibit catalogues; Grant review panelist-North Carolina Arts Council; Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC; National Endowment for the Arts; Institute of Museum Services, Minnesota State Arts Board, Jerome Foundation(MN); McKnight Foundation(MN); Knight Foundation(FL); Illinois Arts Council; Cherokee Preservation Foundation(NC); Blumenthal Foundation(NC); art juror local, state, national levels; arts advocacy, art consultant/fine art appraisals. *Partial Listing