Artist Biography
Artist Biography
Michael Gutzwiller was born in Cincinnati Ohio in 1960. Since 1988, he has designed and fabricated contemporary metal furnishings in addition to outdoor sculpture. His art furnishings reflect his fine art training and proficiency in stainless steel, steel, aluminum, bronze, and wood.
Gutzwiller's metal furniture has been reviewed in the New York Times and the Plain Dealer and featured in Architectural Record and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles. His exhibition history is extensive and includes prestigious shows such as Chicago's Pier Walk. His outdoor sculpture shows include: Woodlot Gallery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Tom McCormick Works of Art, Chicago Illinois; and "Sculpture in the Park", Loveland Colorado.
In regards to his education, Gutzwiller received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983 from the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 1982, he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture as an artist in residence, where he received instruction from noted sculptor Louise Nevelson.
The New York Times
"... Michael Gutzwiller's curved stainless steel and sycamore desk and chair (a take-off on a 1920's office chair) steals the scene."
The Plain Dealer
"Softened with bedding in muted tones, the bed looks welcoming enough. It's lines owe something to antique sleigh beds and something more to modern architecture. A big ski slope of a headboard is offset by the short planes of a footboard. Puck size disks are set asymmetrically on the headboard, footboard and matching night stands. A matching TV stand in the corner heads off at a 120-degree angle, becoming a tapering table top for flowers or a coffee mug."
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles
"Fort Collins sculptor and furniture-crafter Michael Gutzwiller's brushed stainless steel hall tree
with mirror lends an ultra-contemporary spark to any entryway."
Gutzwiller's metal furniture has been reviewed in the New York Times and the Plain Dealer and featured in Architectural Record and Colorado Homes and Lifestyles. His exhibition history is extensive and includes prestigious shows such as Chicago's Pier Walk. His outdoor sculpture shows include: Woodlot Gallery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Tom McCormick Works of Art, Chicago Illinois; and "Sculpture in the Park", Loveland Colorado.
In regards to his education, Gutzwiller received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983 from the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 1982, he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture as an artist in residence, where he received instruction from noted sculptor Louise Nevelson.
The New York Times
"... Michael Gutzwiller's curved stainless steel and sycamore desk and chair (a take-off on a 1920's office chair) steals the scene."
The Plain Dealer
"Softened with bedding in muted tones, the bed looks welcoming enough. It's lines owe something to antique sleigh beds and something more to modern architecture. A big ski slope of a headboard is offset by the short planes of a footboard. Puck size disks are set asymmetrically on the headboard, footboard and matching night stands. A matching TV stand in the corner heads off at a 120-degree angle, becoming a tapering table top for flowers or a coffee mug."
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles
"Fort Collins sculptor and furniture-crafter Michael Gutzwiller's brushed stainless steel hall tree
with mirror lends an ultra-contemporary spark to any entryway."