Wim Griffith is a multi-disciplinary artist, including sculpting, painting, and murals, as well as scenic artist for television and film.
Widely exhibited in galleries throughout his native Southern California, he has also executed several prestigious commissions including Bowers Museum in Santa Anna, California and several bronze busts for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Wim attempts to stretch the boundaries of classical sculpture, risking comparison with the great artists of Western Civilization including the Greek, Roman and European renaissance era. A man committed to his vision, he feels he has no other choice: "Classical art often removed the humanity of man by emphasizing immortality. I have returned the individual human male in all his finite, conscious, and perishable aspects to the realm of beauty, pain, and frailty."
The classical forms serve as his point of departure for expressing that individuality, ignored by the classical eras in their search for deathless perfection. Wim works to reveal an unfolding future; a new way to man being in the world. A world where vulnerability is the hallmark of strength-and individuality is the true source of power.
The visual lyrical qualities of these sculptures can be experienced as intuitively as in music. Inorganic metal becomes flesh, molding a seamless union of form and passion, order and vitality.
The artist hopes his vision and execution gives voice to the viewer's own struggle to integrate the presumed man with the real man, while remembering his sense of humor and lust for beauty. |
 Bea Arthur
 Betty White
 Merv Griffin
 Dinah Shore
 Bob Mackie
 Michael Thomas
 Bill Cosby
 James Garner
 Sheldon Leonard
 Bob Newhart
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2010 |
Bronze Bust of Bea Arthur Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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2010 |
Bronze Bust of Betty White Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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2009 |
Bronze Bust of Merv Griffin Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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2008 |
One-man show at Flazh!Alley Studio Wim Noir - Men in Suits San Pedro, California
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2008 |
Bronze Bust of Dinah Shore Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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2005 |
Bronze Bust of Bob Mackie Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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2001 |
Los Angeles Community of Angels Project Rainbow Angel, Hollywood Angel
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1998 |
Glez & Harkins Collection
Palm Desert, CA
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1997 |
Courtyard Gallery
Palm Springs, CA
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1997 |
Bronze Bust of Producer Sheldon Leonard
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, CA
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1996 |
Desert Art Source Gallery
Palm Desert, CA
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1996 |
Bronze Bust of Bob Newhart
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, CA
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1995 |
One Man Show
Proclaim Gallery
San Diego, CA
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1995 |
Rose Gallery
Pasadena, CA
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1994 |
Bronze Bust of James Garner
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, CA
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1993 |
Trompe Lo'eil Mural
Commissioned by FHP for Bowers Museum
Santa Ana, CA
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1993 |
Published "Street Gallery-A Guide to Los Angeles Murals"
by Robin J. Dunitz
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1993 |
Bronze Bust of Bill Cosby
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, CA
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1991 |
Commissioned Trompe Lo'eil Murals
Disney's El Capitan Theater
Hollywood, California
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1991 |
Starlight Foundation Art Auction
Other Contributing Artists Included: Peter Max, Tony Bennett
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1990 |
Western Heritage Museum
"Bucked" Bronze Sculpture
Los Angeles, CA
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1989 |
Bronze Bust of Producer Norman Lear
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, CA
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1989 |
Commissioned Lobby Mural
Disney's Crest Theater
Westwood, CA
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1973- 1989
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Muralist/Scenic Artist/Sculptor for television and film.
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1972 |
BS Degree Woodbury University
Los Angeles, CA
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