About Guinotte Wise
An apocryphal photo of GW with a Chris Simmons creation, a working guitar made out of a Geiger Counter
Wise, the sculptor:
I do a lot of found-object stuff. Aspirational influences include Louise Nevelson, Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain, Deborah Butterfield. Some early brutalists and dada folks. And folk artists. Folk art is, to me, the truest, most spontaneous art. Dallas Art Magazine called me a cross between Rube Goldberg and John Chamberlain. I like that. There’s a sculpture page if you’re into that side of things.
Wise, the writer:
Books, articles, poetry. When I’m not welding I seem to be writing. If I’m not doing one or the other I’m reading, or playing with the dogs, or walking. Favorite authors and poets are Thomas McGuane, Joan Didion, Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison and about thirty or forty more. My latest books are nonfiction and a book of poetry, 2022 and 2024 respectively. Go to the writing page if you’d like to know more, and thank you!
(Photo by Avedon…or Scott Gilchrist)
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.—Diane Arbus, April 1, 1971
Exhibitions and Shows
2024 March-April 2024, Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park Arts Council, “Rust&Chrome&Lights&Poems
2023 That gallery closed. Me, I’m still going, still making stuff.
2022 June-August, Masked, “Bad News, More Art”
2021 May-June, Masked still, “Street Art”
2020 Aug-Oct., Hilliard Gallery “Wise Unmasked, the Covid Days”
2019 May-June, Hilliard Gallery “A Love Letter to Tensas Parish” (Louisiana) View YouTube Video of Above Opening
2018 May-June, Hilliard Gallery “Spirits & Steel”
2017 May-June, Hilliard Gallery LTST WORX
2017 Jan 14 – March, "WISE_OBJX" Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2016 to 2017 show "Cycle," One of nine pieces accepted for Downtown Olathe, KS
2016 Aug 12-Oct 30 - "Motorized" Four pieces in this "auto-art" show at The Sabatini Gallery, Topeka/Shawnee County Library
2016 May-June, "Slag" Abstract Expressionism, solo show Hilliard Gallery, 31 pieces
2015 October, Rust Show at the Trap Gallery, KC MO
2015 September, "A Cross Between Rube Goldberg and John Chamberlain" solo show Hilliard Gallery
2014 June, "The X-Toys" solo show, Hilliard Gallery
2014 October, Rust Show at The Trap Gallery, KC MO
2013 July, Sculpture at Paola wine/art stroll, Paola KS, on the square
2013 May, "Cold Beer & Steel" (book promotion and sculpture show) Hilliard Gallery, KC MO
2012 May-June Hilliard Gallery, "Missiles & Mugs" in conjunction with Diana Huff's Toulouse-Lautrec / May Belfort letters.
2011 Arboretum Invitational, Overland Park KS, “Buffalo Bill Is Dead”
2011 Kansas Masters, Pieces: “Do Not Inhibit” and “Good Day Hunting”
2011 May-June, Solo Show, “Weird Toys of Yore” Hilliard Gallery
2011 Kansas Regionalists, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan KS
2010 May-June, Solo Show, "Ray Guns in the Time of Jules Verne" Hilliard gallery
2010 Welded steel bowl for Hunger Bowl show in Laguna Beach, CA
2009 May- October, Overland Park (KS) Arboretum Invitational 2009 Sculpture Exhibition
2009 May 1-31, First Friday, solo Show, The Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City
2008 Oct.3 – Nov.15, Two-person show, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS, G. Wise, Steel & Bronze & Phyllis Pease, Iconic Paintings
2008 May, First Friday, Solo show, The Hilliard Gallery, KC MO
2007 Aug. 31, 5-person show at The Barbershop Gallery, KC MO, benefits Head for the Cure
2007 Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Sculpture Exhibit, two pieces accepted
2007 Kansas Masters Invitational, two pieces accepted
2007 May 4th, First Friday, Hilliard Gallery
2006 Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Sculpture Exhibit--three pieces accepted. One Juror's Award (of two given).
2006 May 5th, Recent Reclamations, Hilliard Gallery
2006 VML Open House: Exhibited 12 sculptures for one month.
2005 Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Sculpture Exhibit--two pieces accepted, one received a Juror's Award
2005 First Friday Event, Hilliard Gallery
2005 First Friday Event, Gallery #8, Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
2004 First Friday Event
Commissions
Diastole, Kansas City MO Outdoor piece: "Diastolic Cubes in Ascension"
MMG Worldwide, Kansas City MO, Parking Entrance Enhancement \
Ms. Carol Richardson, Leawood KS, “Kind-eyed Colt” (companion to horse done previously)
Bank of the Prairie, Olathe KS, "Workhorse of the Great Plains," lifesize draft horse
MMG Worldwide, Kansas City, MO, "Techno Scarecrow"
Frontier Wealth Management, Kansas City, MO, Lobby sculpture "Investments"
"Time Ball" for Hilton Residence Inn, Olathe, KS, Heart of America Group
"Bulldozer" Heart of America Group, Peoria, IL,
"Plowed Ground" Richard Carrothers, Lawrence, KS
Workhorse #2, Bank of the Prairie, Olathe, KS
Books
L.A. Hardscape (in progress)
Chickens One Day, Feathers The Next
Chapbook, Wise Gallery (poems & art)
The Taste of Red-Orange
Literary Journal and Magazine Publications
(Short Stories, Essays, Poetry)
Crime Factory Review, Stymie, Telling Our Stories Press Anthology, Opium, Negative Suck, Newfound Journal, The MacGuffin, Weather-themed fiction anthology by Imagination and Place Press, Verdad, Stickman Review (art only), Snark (Illusion), Atticus Review, Dark Matter Journal, Writers Tribe Review, LA, The Dying Goose, Amarillo Bay, HOOT, Santa Fe Writers Project, Prick of the Spindle, Gravel Literary Journal, Section 8 (art and interview), Flyover Country Review, Cactus Heart, Fredericksburg Review, Dirty Chai, Blacktop Passages, Best New Writers Anthology 2015, Randomly Accessed Poetics, Dirty Chai, Commuter Lit, Hypertext Magazine, Kentucky Review, Empty Sink Review, Word Riot, Shotgun Honey, Straight Forward Poetry, The Vehicle, Driftwood Press, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, Futures Trading, Clear Poetry UK, Sequestrum Literature & Art, 100 Word Story, Mannequin Haus, Pea River Journal, Jazz Cigarette, Misfit Magazine, Rat's Ass Review, Pulp Metal Magazine, Magnolia Review, Your One Phone Call (Wales, UK), In Between Hangovers, Exterminating Angel Press, Avatar Review, The Offbeat, Artist Unleashed (Vine Leaves Press), Oxford Magazine, Inscape (BYU), Anti-heroin Chic, No Tokens Journal, The Good Men Project, American Journal of Poetry, Sinking City Review, TXTOBJX, BULL Fiction, Outlaw Poetry Network, Black Dandy (NZ), Malevolent Soap (AU), Ekphrastic Review, Harbinger Asylum, Third Wednesday, Vagabond City Poetry, The Nassau Review, Prolific Press (Poetry Quarterly), Hobo Camp Review, Southern Humanities Review, Bird's Thumb, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Shot Glass Journal, Main Street Rag, West Texas Literary Review, Rattle, Hiram Poetry Review, Sisyphus (Hip Pocket Press), Foliate Oak, Junto Magazine, Grey Sparrow, Adirondack Review, Rabid Oak, The Blue Nib, Cajun Mutt Press, the tiny journal, Fiction Southeast, Rye Whiskey Review, California State Poetry Society’s quarterly, Wilderness House Literary Review, Voice (Nimrod), Litro Magazine (UK), Alexandria Quarterly, Jellyfish Review, North of Oxford, I-70 Review, Beat Gen Anthology, Litbreak Magazine, The Publishing Genius, Ocatillo, Hole in the Head Review, Pangolin Review, Words & Whispers, Drunk Monkeys, Sledgehammer Review, Cider Press Review, Pigeon Pages, Wayward Literature, Typishly
Pushcart … five nominations, and some finalist/shortlists but no cigar. If I win something, I’ll sure as heck mention it here and everywhere. I won the H. Palmer Hall Award for short fiction, but I’ve milked that about enough. Wait, just got a Best of the Net nomination, so there’s that. Thanks for reading.
