Balancing experimentation with skilled craft I create sculptures that challenge expectation of function and notions of stability. In my studio I ask, “I wonder what happens when I do this…?” and the work created becomes the answer. I curate the results of these experimentations into sculptures. I’m aiming for a kind of tenuous stability that engages body awareness and evokes curiosity. These fragile sculptures consider time and impermanence.
Christy Wittmer
Since earning her MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 2014, Christy Wittmer has worked in ceramic industry developing glazes at Rookwood Pottery, lived in Jingdezhen, China researching ceramic sculpture as part of a Fulbright grant, created cast brass sculptures during an Arts/Industry residency at the Kohler Company and been a visiting artist at Australia National University. She was awarded the NCECA International Residency in 2020 to create work at CRETA Rome in Italy and a 2022 residency at Jentel in Banner, WY. Wittmer lives and works near Dallas, Texas where she is an Assistant Professor of Art at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Website: christywittmer.com
Instagram: @cjwittmer