Fred DeWitt

Lecturer

Email:
de_witt_fred_marque@berkeley.edu
dewittfm@gmail.com

Fred DeWitt was born in Oakland, CA. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, CA. He has a BA in Cinema Production from San Francisco State University and a MFA from University of California Berkeley. Dewitt is a research-based artist who sees materials as a cornerstone of cultural liberation and renewal. His art practice incorporates filmmaking, painting, sculpture, performance, and social practice. His most recent paintings fuse Asian woodblock printing techniques with Western oil painting. He uses ink, oil and natural pigments on paper, wood, silk, and canvas to create hybrid motifs. He is a narrative history painter who explores parallels between 19th century artistic expressions and present-day realities. Also, He designs large scale sculptures and multiples that combine representational clues with camouflage aesthetics of patterns, plant life, symbols of healing and resistance. His artwork reflects the life he has lived. His work is about the fears and trials of being an African American man with a disability, yet it is also about the joy and beauty of our collective human conquest.

Courses taught:
ART 13: Painting Foundations
ART 8: Introduction to Visual Thinking