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A meet and greet reception at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Fond du Lac campus will provide an opportunity to connect with a UWO alumnus and lecturer—an inspiring artist who exhibits his work nationally.

Michael Wartgow ’94 will be on site from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 11 at the Oberreich Gallery located in the University Center Commons.

Wartgow’s mixed media works recall landscapes, structures or spaces that encourage entry and explore various structural and behavioral barriers that impede abilities to understand history.

“Currently, I see a climate where history is often perceived as having little relevance due in part to the immediate accessibility of information through various technological platforms. I’m interested in how this immediacy of information coincides with history and how it affects our personal experiences with it.”

 

At UW Oshkosh

Since 2015, Wartgow has been collaborating with the Women’s Center and Counseling Center at UW Oshkosh on an annual exhibit titled, Never Silent, which coincides with Take Back the Night and is featured at the Gail F. Steinhilber Art Gallery. He has exhibited his work nationally since 2002 and is part of several private collections, including the Progressive Art Collection.

Wartgow is a lecturer at UWO Fond du Lac and Fox Cities campuses, along with being on the faculty at Marian University. He graduated from UWO in 1994 with a bachelor of fine art degree in painting. He earned a master’s in fine art in painting from Kent State University in 2002.

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