Ben Woitena |
EDUCATION
1961-64 B.F.A. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1968-1970 The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California M.F.A.
1968-1970 The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California M.F.A.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 TBA, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
West Texas Triangle Artist 2015, exhibiting at Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX,
Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, TX,
The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
The Lyricism of Ben Woitena, Heritage Plaza Lobby, Houston, Texas
Amplified Abstraction, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
AMOA Biennial-600 SCULPTURE, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
2014 Third Annual Richard and Pam Salmon Sculpture Competition, Sunken Garden Park, San Angelo, TX
Texas A&M University, Islander Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Another Layover: Selections from the Portable Works Collection, Houston Arts Alliance, Alliance Gallery, Houston, TX
In Space: Member Exhibit, Texas Sculpture Group, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
Art on the Green: 2014 Sculpture Invitational, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
2013 Second Annual Richard and Pam Salmon Sculpture Competition, Sunken Garden Park, San Angelo, TX (Awarded First Place)
OPAL: Downtown Tyler Outdoor Public Art on Loan Program, City of Tyler, Texas
Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition 2013, Polk Museum of Art, Winter Haven, FL/Lakeland, Florida
Tenth Annual Art in the Garden, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX
2012 Chicago Park District-Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL
14th Annual Odyssey Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 2012, Purdue University, North Central Campus, Westville, IN
2011 Texas Sculpture Symposium, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
2010 Point Counter Point, Solo exhibition, San Jacinto College (south campus),
Houston, Texas
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 220 Cypress Street, Abilene, Texas
2009 Seventh Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2009, Outdoor Gallery and
Sculpture Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Conference 2009 Inside, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2008 Ben Woitena: A Retrospective 1963-2008, Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, Austin, Texas
A Prognosis of Death, The Coburn Art Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
2008 Art in the Park, Arts Assembly of Midland, Windlands Park large scale sculpture exhibition, Midland, Texas
2007 Justice for All?: Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty, M2 Gallery, Houston, Texas
Fifth Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2007, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Metal Art, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri 63301
2007 Waco National Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Waco, Texas
Texas Uprising 2007, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois
2007 Texas Sculpture Symposium, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2006 A Southern Presence, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky Justice for All?: Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
Fourth Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2006, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Miniature Art, 22 Annual Exhibition, Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA
2005 Third Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2005, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Navy Pier Walk 2005, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Texas Uprising, Indoor & Outdoor Sculpture, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center and Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
Second Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2004, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
38th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
2003 Avenue Community Development Corporation Seventh Annual Art on the Avenue,
Winter Street Art Space, Houston, Texas
38 for XXXIII, Reliant Energy Plaza, Houston, Texas
2002 Pier Walk Maquette Exhibition, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Synthesis, Richard Stout and Ben Woitena, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Tx
Pier Walk 2002, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
North Carolina Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Greensboro, North Carolina
Pier Walk Maquette Exhibition, Southwestern Illinois University, William and Florence Schmidt Art Center, Illinois
2001 Texas Best! Sculptors on Sculpture, 2000 Lecture Series, January 24, 2001, Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, Austin, Texas
Pier Walk 2000 Maquette Exhibition, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois
Ben Woitena, Sculpture and Drawings, San Antonio College, Visual Arts Center Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Robert Tiemann, Paintings and Ben Woitena, Sculpture and Drawings, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Pier Walk 2001, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
The 41st Annual Invitational Awards, Sculpture, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas
2000 Pier Walk 2000 Maquette Exhibition, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois
Texas A & M University Art in Public Places Program organized by the Arts Council of
Brazos Valley, City of Bryan Municipal Building, Bryan, Texas
34th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Journey: Sculpture 2000, Large out door sculpture exhibition conceived and curated by
Ben Woitena to coincide with the 18th International Sculpture Conference, Houston
Sculpture 2000, sponsored by the International Sculpture Conference, Houston, Texas
Pier Walk 2000, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Life & Death: Sculpture Court, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas
Go Figure, Houston Sculpture 2000, Group exhibition of area sculptors, Louisiana Place, Houston, Texas
Oakton Community College exhibition of large scale sculpture entitled Around Midnight, Des Plaines, Illinois
West Texas Triangle Artist 2015, exhibiting at Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX,
Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, TX,
The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
The Lyricism of Ben Woitena, Heritage Plaza Lobby, Houston, Texas
Amplified Abstraction, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
AMOA Biennial-600 SCULPTURE, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
2014 Third Annual Richard and Pam Salmon Sculpture Competition, Sunken Garden Park, San Angelo, TX
Texas A&M University, Islander Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Another Layover: Selections from the Portable Works Collection, Houston Arts Alliance, Alliance Gallery, Houston, TX
In Space: Member Exhibit, Texas Sculpture Group, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
Art on the Green: 2014 Sculpture Invitational, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
2013 Second Annual Richard and Pam Salmon Sculpture Competition, Sunken Garden Park, San Angelo, TX (Awarded First Place)
OPAL: Downtown Tyler Outdoor Public Art on Loan Program, City of Tyler, Texas
Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition 2013, Polk Museum of Art, Winter Haven, FL/Lakeland, Florida
Tenth Annual Art in the Garden, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX
2012 Chicago Park District-Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL
14th Annual Odyssey Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 2012, Purdue University, North Central Campus, Westville, IN
2011 Texas Sculpture Symposium, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
2010 Point Counter Point, Solo exhibition, San Jacinto College (south campus),
Houston, Texas
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 220 Cypress Street, Abilene, Texas
2009 Seventh Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2009, Outdoor Gallery and
Sculpture Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Conference 2009 Inside, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2008 Ben Woitena: A Retrospective 1963-2008, Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, Austin, Texas
A Prognosis of Death, The Coburn Art Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
2008 Art in the Park, Arts Assembly of Midland, Windlands Park large scale sculpture exhibition, Midland, Texas
2007 Justice for All?: Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty, M2 Gallery, Houston, Texas
Fifth Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2007, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Metal Art, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri 63301
2007 Waco National Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Waco, Texas
Texas Uprising 2007, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois
2007 Texas Sculpture Symposium, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2006 A Southern Presence, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky Justice for All?: Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
Fourth Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2006, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Miniature Art, 22 Annual Exhibition, Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA
2005 Third Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2005, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
Navy Pier Walk 2005, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Texas Uprising, Indoor & Outdoor Sculpture, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center and Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas
Second Annual Sculptors Dominion Invitational 2004, Outdoor Gallery and Sculpture
Garden Exhibit, Large to Monumental Scale Sculpture, San Antonio, Texas
38th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
2003 Avenue Community Development Corporation Seventh Annual Art on the Avenue,
Winter Street Art Space, Houston, Texas
38 for XXXIII, Reliant Energy Plaza, Houston, Texas
2002 Pier Walk Maquette Exhibition, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Synthesis, Richard Stout and Ben Woitena, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Tx
Pier Walk 2002, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
North Carolina Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Greensboro, North Carolina
Pier Walk Maquette Exhibition, Southwestern Illinois University, William and Florence Schmidt Art Center, Illinois
2001 Texas Best! Sculptors on Sculpture, 2000 Lecture Series, January 24, 2001, Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, Austin, Texas
Pier Walk 2000 Maquette Exhibition, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois
Ben Woitena, Sculpture and Drawings, San Antonio College, Visual Arts Center Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Robert Tiemann, Paintings and Ben Woitena, Sculpture and Drawings, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Pier Walk 2001, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
The 41st Annual Invitational Awards, Sculpture, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas
2000 Pier Walk 2000 Maquette Exhibition, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois
Texas A & M University Art in Public Places Program organized by the Arts Council of
Brazos Valley, City of Bryan Municipal Building, Bryan, Texas
34th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Journey: Sculpture 2000, Large out door sculpture exhibition conceived and curated by
Ben Woitena to coincide with the 18th International Sculpture Conference, Houston
Sculpture 2000, sponsored by the International Sculpture Conference, Houston, Texas
Pier Walk 2000, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Life & Death: Sculpture Court, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas
Go Figure, Houston Sculpture 2000, Group exhibition of area sculptors, Louisiana Place, Houston, Texas
Oakton Community College exhibition of large scale sculpture entitled Around Midnight, Des Plaines, Illinois
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John DeFore, “A public sculptor’s intimate side”, San Antonio Current, ArtSpace, p. 15,
The Art Center of Waco, Altered States, catalogue, Waco, Texas, September, 1998.
Little, Carol Morris, A Comprehensive Guide To Outdoor Sculpture In Texas, pp. 25, 29-30, 43, 54, 117, 278-279, 302, 402,447,
Austin, University of Texas Press, 1996. (photograph)
Grabel, Naomi, Editor, “Cast: Marble Sculptor, Ben Woitena,” Houston Performances, Arts And Theatre Magazine, p.15, October, 1992.
Wilson, Michael, Editor, Danton’s Death, book, Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas, 1992.
Hickey, Dave, Free-lance writer/art critic, “Outdoor Sculpture Looking at Art in Public Places
‘Ben Woitena-Dos Equis,’ “ Abilene Fifth Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition and Retrospective, catalogue, June 1986. (photograph)
Schjedahl, Peter, “Art and Money in the City of Future-Think,” Houston City Magazine, pp. 46 & 56, February, 1980. (photograph)
Reese, Becky Duval, Curator, Made in Texas, catalogue, Archer M. Huntington Gallery,
University Art Museum, The University of Texas at Austin, August, 1979. (photograph)
Smith, Roberta, “Twelve Days of Texas”, Art In America, pp. 42-48 July/August, 1976. (photograph)
The Art Center of Waco, Altered States, catalogue, Waco, Texas, September, 1998.
Little, Carol Morris, A Comprehensive Guide To Outdoor Sculpture In Texas, pp. 25, 29-30, 43, 54, 117, 278-279, 302, 402,447,
Austin, University of Texas Press, 1996. (photograph)
Grabel, Naomi, Editor, “Cast: Marble Sculptor, Ben Woitena,” Houston Performances, Arts And Theatre Magazine, p.15, October, 1992.
Wilson, Michael, Editor, Danton’s Death, book, Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas, 1992.
Hickey, Dave, Free-lance writer/art critic, “Outdoor Sculpture Looking at Art in Public Places
‘Ben Woitena-Dos Equis,’ “ Abilene Fifth Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition and Retrospective, catalogue, June 1986. (photograph)
Schjedahl, Peter, “Art and Money in the City of Future-Think,” Houston City Magazine, pp. 46 & 56, February, 1980. (photograph)
Reese, Becky Duval, Curator, Made in Texas, catalogue, Archer M. Huntington Gallery,
University Art Museum, The University of Texas at Austin, August, 1979. (photograph)
Smith, Roberta, “Twelve Days of Texas”, Art In America, pp. 42-48 July/August, 1976. (photograph)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
City of Houston, Memorial Park, Houston, Texas
Trammell Crow Company, Irving, Texas
Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, Texas
Chevron Chemical Company, Houston, Texas
City of Houston, Houston Police Department: Wellness Center, Houston, Texas
Jack Kerouac Commemorative, Eastern Canal Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
The Woodlands Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas
Enron Corp., Houston, Texas
United Gas Pipeline Company, Shreveport, Louisiana
John Hansen Developer, Houston, Texas
City of Abilene, Civic Center Grounds, Abilene, Texas
Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Museum of the Southeast, Beaumont, Texas
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas
City of Houston, Terminal “E”, Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas
Vassar Museum, Vasser College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Houston, Texas
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
City of Houston, Memorial Park, Houston, Texas
Trammell Crow Company, Irving, Texas
Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, Texas
Chevron Chemical Company, Houston, Texas
City of Houston, Houston Police Department: Wellness Center, Houston, Texas
Jack Kerouac Commemorative, Eastern Canal Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
The Woodlands Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas
Enron Corp., Houston, Texas
United Gas Pipeline Company, Shreveport, Louisiana
John Hansen Developer, Houston, Texas
City of Abilene, Civic Center Grounds, Abilene, Texas
Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Museum of the Southeast, Beaumont, Texas
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Kinkaid School, Houston, Texas
City of Houston, Terminal “E”, Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas
Vassar Museum, Vasser College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Houston, Texas