BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
The American-born artist John Wotipka
began his experience of drawing and painting in childhood
and his fantasy art developed seriously in his early teens.
He never had formal art training.
Inspiration for his work comes from the Surrealists, Dadaists and Fantastic
Artists.
Exhibitions have included one-man and group shows in Colorado and California;
print magazines such as cover of Heavy Metal, Internet presence; and recent
winning of juried shows.
He currently resides in California.

VITAL: Born 1953 at Grand Junction, Colorado.

EDUCATION: Self Taught

PARTIAL LIST OF SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
~If interested in a complete and detailed listing, please feel free to request it.~
Cafe Melroy, San Francisco
Back Country Books, Boulder
Slowinski Gallery Juried Show, New York City
Dark's Art Parlor Juried Show (won award), North Hollywood
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland
Scholarie County Arts Council (won award), Small Works Exhibit, New York City
Santa Cruz Art League, Works on Paper, Santa Cruz
N.O.A.P.S., Exhibit'96, Osage Beach
ACME Gallery, San Francisco
Morphos Gallery (Catherine Clark), San Francisco
Art Foms International, Auto Art, Sonoma
14th Annual J.U.C. Art Exhibition, Golden CO
27th Annual Gilpin City Arts Association Exhibition, Central City CO
14th Annual Boulder Art Association Regional Exhibition, Boulder
Denver Art Museum, Second All Colorado Exhibition, Denver
111 Minna, San Francisco
Limner Gallery, Phoenicia

PARTIAL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
JW~Surreal Paintings book, San Francisco
. . . . .Click here to see images in this book
Fantastic Art Oil Paintings postcard, San Francisco
FAD Magazine article, San Francisco
Dark's Art Parlor article, North Hollywood
ArtScene article, Los Angeles
Heavy Metal Magazine cover, New York City
Direct Art Magazine
BAP, Brook Art Press

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