Sculptor
Area Chair 2013 – 2022
Cheryl‘s Bio:
I have lived in Central Florida since 1970, but originally came from Iowa where I received my BFA from Drake University in Des Moines. Raised near woodlands,
In Eastern Iowa and with parents interested in the natural world, wood has been a part of my life since I was a very young person. Wood continues to be the foundation for my sculptures, as well as the inspiration. My early studies of portrait painting and life drawing also contribute to making of my tree branch figurative sculptures. I have studied sculpture with Mia Westerlund Roosen and James Surls, as a fellow at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Locally I have studied with David Cumbie at Crealde School of Art and Michael Galletta at Valencia College. I have been part of a group studio for many years, but more recently I work solo in a warehouse studio. I am an active member of the Florida Sculptors Guild and the Florida Artists Group, a state organization of professional artists.
I live with my husband and son on a lake where I can observe birds and nature and enjoy astrology as a hobby.
Artist’s Statement:
My central Florida environment of trees and lakes provides me with both the inspiration and the materials for my work. My favorite woods are citrus, cypress, oak, and crepe myrtle, which are readily available in my neighborhood. Each work begins with a branch, log or limb that suggests a figure or a bird to me, and can end with a sculpted ceramic head. This blending of natural materials and sculpted clay helps me evoke a unique look to my work. These sculptures may border on folk art, but they are informed by a past study of life drawing and portrait painting. My work has evolved from my personal life experiences, my environment, and my metaphysical studies.
Education:
1967 BFA Drake University, Des Moines, IA
1980 Studied woodworking, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1982 Studied sculpture with Mia Westerlund Roosen,
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
1985 Studied sculpture with James Surls, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Invitational Shows:
2021 Donne Bitner & Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, A Visual
Conversation, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2021 Florida Artists Group Area 5, Melange, City Arts,
Orlando, FL
2021 Seeing By Hand, reVision, Florida Sculptors Guild,
Sculpture House, Casselberry, FL
2021 Florida Artists Group, 71 st Annual Exhibit, Dunedin Art
Center, Dunedin, FL
2020FLAG, 70t th Annual Exhibit, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL
2020 Womanmade, Lake County Museum of Art and
Leesburg Center for the Arts
2019 Florida Artists Group, 69th Annual Exhibit, Ringling
School of Art, Sarasota, FL
2019 Florida Sculptors Guild, Tongue in Cheek, Humorous
Sculpture, Albin Polasek Museum, Winter Park, FL
2019 Florida Sculptors Guild at Art League of Daytona
Beach, (1stst Prize)
2019 Influenced by Sound, Florida Artists Group, Area 5,
Ormond Memorial Art Museum
2018 FLAG, 68th Annual Exhibit, Webber Gallery, Central
Florida College, Ocala, FL
2017 Best of Florida Sculptors Guild, Art House,
Casselberry. FL
2017 F lorida Artists Group Area 5, ACA Harris House,
New Smyrna Beach, FL
2017 Summer of Love: Reflections on Pulse, Albin Polasek
Museum, Winter Park, FL
2017 FLAG, 67th Annual Exhibit, Coral Springs Museum of
Art, Coral Springs, FL
2016 Sight Unseen Exhibit, Sculpture at the Albin Polasek
Museum, Winter Park, FL
2016 Florida Artists Group, 66th Annual Exhibit, Center for
the Arts of Bonita Springs, FL
2016 Florida Artists Group Area 5 Exhibit, Art League of
Daytona Beach, FL
2015 FLAG Areas I & II, Palm Beach State College,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2015 FLAG, 65th Annual Exhibit, Leepa-Ratner Museum of
Art at St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs, FL
2015 FLAG Area III, Longboat Key Center for the Arts,
Longboat Key, FL
2014 Artists Registry Show, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL
2014 Dresses: Objects of Art, Gallery at Avalon Island,
Orlando, FL
2014 Florida Artist Group, Who We Are, ArtCenter Manatee,
Bradenton, FL
2014 FLAG, 64th Annual Exhibit, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2013 Florida Artist Group. Red Exhibit, Beach Art Center, Indian Rocks Beach, FL
2013 FLAG, 63rd Annual Exhibit, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2013 Participation; Class of 011 and 2012, Art & History
Museums, Maitland, FL
2013From Start to Finish: The Florida Sculptors Guild
Exhibition, Albin Polasek Museum, Winter Park, FL
2012Florida Artist Group Area 5 Exhibit, Terrace Gallery,
Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL
2012 FLAG, 62nd Annual Exhibit, Ringling School of Art and
Design, Sarasota, FL
2012 Florida Sculpture Guild, Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL
2012 Wood, Paper, Paint: Bitner & Bogdanowitsch, South
Florida Community College Museum of Art and Culture,
Avon Park, FL
2011 FLA ART, Art by Florida Artists from the collection, the
Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL
2011 Figure and Form: A Showcase of Florida Sculptors,
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens,
Winter Park, FL
2011 Roots and Reflections, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch / Weronica Ankarorn, Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
2011 FLAG, 61st Annual Exhibit, Art & History
Museums, Maitland, FL
2011 Time Passages, Artists and Poets, Avalon Gallery,
Orlando, FL
2010 First Firehouse Exhibit. Florida Sculptor’s Guild,
Casselbery, FL
2010 Figuratively Speaking, Florida Artists Competition,
Daytona Art League, Daytona Beach, FL
2010 First Annual Florida Juried Exhibition, Florida Museum
for Women Artists, DeLand,
2010 Across the Universe, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Fran
Gardner, Pat Zalisko, the Art League of Daytona Beach,
Daytona Beach, FL
2010 Florida Sculptors Guild Exhibition, Orlando City Hall,
Orlando, FL
2010 Florida Artist Group, 60th Annual Exhibit, Big Arts,
Sanibel Island, FL
2009 Wood, Paper, and Paint, (2 person / Donne Bitner)
Museum of Florida Art, DeLand, FL
2009 FLAG , 59th Annual Exhibit, Armory Art Center,
West Palm Beach, FL
2009 FLAG , 58th Annual Exhibit, Leepa Ratner Museum of
Art, Tarpon Springs, FL
2008 Face to Face, Marriott Hotel, Orlando, Fl
2007 Adored Artists Show, Comma Gallery, Orlando, Fl
2007 Outdoor Art That Whirls and Twirls, Polasek Museum,
Winter Park, FL
2007 Sculpture: Art in Three Dimensions, Ormond
Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach
2007 The Maquette: Idea and Process, Crealde School of
Art, Winter Park, FL
2007 Heads, Hearts, Horses and Helmets, the Alliance for
the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL
2006 Outdoor Sculpture Garden, Epcot Flower and Garden
Festival, Walt Disney World
2006 Outdoor Art that Whirls and Twirls, Albin Polasek
Museum, Winter Park, FL
2006 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch & Henry Sinn, the Gallery at
Avalon Island, Orlando,FL
2005Art in Three Dimensions, Eight Florida Women
Sculptors, Orlando City Hall, Terrace Gallery, Orlando, FL
2005 Orlando Furioso, Gallery 6, Richmond, Virginia
2005 Orlando Modern Art Collection, the Gallery at
Avalon Island, Orlando, FL
2003 Branching Out, Jerry Cutler & Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, the Arts Center, St Petersburg, FL
2003 Thresholds-Expressions of Art and Spiritual Life,
City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, S.C. (sponsored by the S. Carolina Arts Commission, N. Carolina Arts Council, Tennessee Arts Commission, Kentucky Arts Council, FloridaDivision of Cultural Affairs)
(traveling to Kentucky, N. and S. Carolina, Florida,
and Tennessee)
2003 Art at Work, Artist’s Studio Tour, Orlando
Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2002 Creative Pairs, Orlando City Hall, Terrace Gallery,
Orlando, FL
2002 Florida Artists in Milan, Postart Gallery, Milan , Italy
2002 Bronze II, D’Ars Studio, Milan, Italy
2002 Biomorph, Chris Valle, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Thomas Center Galleries, City of Gainesville, Dept. of
Cultural Affairs, Gainesville, FL
2001 The Bronze Exhibition, Crealde School of Art,
Winter Park, FL
2001 The Americans Are Coming, Studio D’Ars, Milan, Italy and Banca Populare, Bergamo, Italy
2000 Sculpture Garden, Crealde School of Art,
Winter Park, FL
2000 The Bronze Exhibition, D’Ars Studio, Milan, Italy, Warehouse Gallery, Orlando, FL
2000 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Lake County Administration Building, The Lake County Cultural Affairs Council Exhibition
Program, Tavares, FL
1999 Central Florida Sculptors : The First Generation,
D’Ars Studios, Milan, Italy
1998 Mood and Muse : Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Henry Sinn , Mt. Dora Center for the Arts, Mt. Dora, FL
1997 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch / Henry Sinn , The Galleries at Salt Creek, St. Petersburg, FL
1996 Carol Bechtel, Barbara Sorenson,
Cheryl Bogdanowitsch ,Albertson-Peterson Gallery,
Winter Park, FL
1996 Big Art on the Edge: Contemporary Sculpture by Central Florida Artists, Winter Park Mall, Winter Park, FL
1995 Holes, Bones & Illusions , Cheryl Bogdanowitsch,
Jacqueline Otto Miller,
Nan E Wilson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1995 Symbology of the Soul , Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, K J Laramie, C. Hagedorn Le Mieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
1995 ScreenPlays , Traveling Show,
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
1995 Cate Woodward / Cheryl Bogdanowitsch – Paintings & Sculpture , Meta B Brown Gallery, Dunedin Fine Art Center,
Dunedin, FL
1994 HxWxL , Brevard Art Center and Museum,
Melbourne, FL
1993 Revelations: Nancy Jay, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Kristin
Eyfells , University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
1991 From the Chapel to the Tattoo Parlor:
A Gathering of Angels , Art Space Inc , Atlanta, GA
1990 Centrifugal Force , Central Florida Sculpture Guild, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Selected Juried Shows:
2013 Artists Registry Annual Members Show. City Arts
Factory, Orlando, FL
2009 Artists Registry Annual Members Show, Avalon
Island Gallery, Orlando, FL
2008 Florida Biennial IV, Museum of Florida Art,
DeLand, FL
2006 Southeastern Juried Exhibition, 12 SE States,
Mobile M of Art, Mobile, AL
2006 All Florida Juried Competition, the ArtsCenter,
St. Petersburg, FL
2005 Saltline Biennial, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2004 Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of
Art, Mobile, AL
2004 13th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, the Arts
Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2003 Member’s Juried Exhibit, DeLand Museum,
DeLand, FL
1999 Art Three By Three, Member’s Juried Exhibit,
Maitland Art Center, FL
1997 Individual Artist’s Recognition Awards Show,
Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL
1996 Florida Gulf Coast Art Center: Biennial II, Gulf Coast Art
Center, Belleair, FL
1994 Visual Voices / The Female, 1994 Juried Exhibition,
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1993 Skirting the Issue / Women Artists in Florida, Orlando
City Hall, Orlando, FL
1992-3 17th and 18th Annual Juried Competition:
Small Works ,Valencia Community
College, Orlando, FL
One Person Shows:
2000 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, A Twenty-Year Retrospective Exhibition,
Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, FL
1997 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Albertson-Peterson Gallery,
Winter Park, FL
1992 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Harris House of the Atlantic Center for the Arts,New Smyrna Beach, FL
1990 Sun in Pisces and Moon in Sagittarius, University of
Central Florida, Orlando, FL
1987 Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem NC
1986 The Spirit Within: Cheryl Bogdanowitsch,
The DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
Awards:
2020 First Prize, Florida Sculptors Guild,
Art League of Daytona
2008 Merit Award: Florida Biennial IV,
Museum of Florida Art, DeLand, FL
2008 Award : Artists Registry Members Exhibit,
Avalon Island, Orlando, FL
2005 Best in Show: Equus II, DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
2004 Purchase Award: S.E. Juried Competition,
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
1999 Purchase Award: Art Three By Three, Juried Art
Competition, Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
1996 Award: Art Three By Three.., Juried Art Competition,
Maitland Art Center, Maitland
1995 Individual Artist Recognition Award, Art Services
Council, Orlando, FL
1993 Merit Award: Mixed Media, Florida Competition, Arts
on the Park, Inc., Lakeland, FL
1992 Honorable Mention: IMC Mayshow, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, FL
Public Collections:
Crealde School of Art, Sculpture Garden,
Winter Park, FL City Hall, Orlando, FL
University of Central Florida, Arts Complex,
Orlando, FL Sun Bank , Orlando, FL
Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
Barnett Bank, Tampa, FL,
AT&T Building Jacksonville, FL
Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL