Dan witz artist biography
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Dan witz artist biography
Dan Witz
American painter
Dan Witz | |
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Dan Witz in studio | |
| Born | October 19, 1957 Chicago, IL |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | 1980 Cooper Union.
B. F. A. 1975-77 Rhode Island School of Design |
| Known for | Street Artist, Painter |
| Website | danwitz.com |
Dan Witz (born 1957) is a Brooklyn, NY based street artist and realist painter.[1] He grew up in Chicago, IL, and graduated in 1981 from Cooper Union, on New York City's Lower East Side.
Witz, consistently active since the late 1970s, is one of the pioneers of the street art movement.[2]
Dan Witz's paintings have been shown in galleries throughout the US and Europe. In June 2010 a monograph, "Dan Witz.
In Plain View. 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise", was published by Ginkgo press.[3]
Career
Dan Witz received a National Endowment of the Arts grant, in 1983, and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, in 1992 and 2000[4]
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