Jonathan Wohl is a multidisciplinary artist from Spring Green, WI. With a varied background in woodworking, music and sound design, the natural sciences, and software engineering, his work has taken many forms, often combining familiar materials with new technologies. He has built musical instruments and gas-powered sculptures, collaborated with dancers and filmmakers, and created politically-themed video games.
Professionally, Jonathan spent two decades leading software teams, with experience in building innovative tools for startups, academic research groups, and large financial institutions.
In 2016, Jonathan returned to Wisconsin to focus on his artistic practice, joining as a partner in his family's well-established woodworking business. He now heads design and production, overseeing all aspects of the creative studio and its commissioned furniture projects.
Jonathan studied the ephemeral arts and physics at the University of Wisconsin, and is a founding member of The Notion Collective, a group of collaborating artists formerly based in Brooklyn, NY.
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2025
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2024
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2023
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2022
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2021
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2020
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2019
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2018
The Shitty Barn, Spring Green, WI | Rogue Sessions 1, experimental 3D music performance
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2017
Lathrop Hall, Madison, WI | Sound as Interface, master class taught with Andy Dayton
Bodies in Space, Madison, WI | Minor Disruption & Moiré Variation II (Orb), group show of IATech alumni
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2016
Resonate, Belgrade, Serbia | Openframe + Shaders, workshop with Ishac Bertran and Patricio Gonzalez Vivo
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2015
Independent Television and Film Festival, Dover, VT | Bridget, directed by David Eisenberg
WordHack @ Babycastles, NYC | HRI & Hot Air, with Andy Dayton
Capital City Film Festival, Lansing, MI | Witnesses, directed by David Eisenberg
The Story of Light Festival, Goa, India | Talking, with Ishac Bertran
Fall Art Tour, Ridgeway, WI | Open studio at Edward Wohl Woodworking workshop
2014
New York Television Festival, NYC | Witnesses, directed by David Eisenberg
Independent TV and Film Festival, Dover, VT | Witnesses, directed by David Eisenberg
DUMBO Arts Festival, NYC | HRI (Unpaid Internship), with The Notion Collective
South Dakota Film Festival, Aberdeen, SD | Witnesses, directed by David Eisenberg
WordHack @ Babycastles, NYC | Regular Expressions, with Andy Dayton
Code Poetry Performance Festival @ Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC | Regular Expressions, with Andy Dayton
2013
SFPC: The First Class @ Eyebeam Art and Technology Center | Talking, with Ishac Bertran
The Librarians @ Queens College Art Center | Untitled 1-4, with The Notion Collective
NYC Food Film Festival | Edward Wohl: At Home in the Shop, with Illustrated Radio
Chicago Food Film Festival | Edward Wohl: At Home in the Shop, with Illustrated Radio
Tropfest NYC | Bridget, with Dave Eisenberg and Kaela Wohl
2011
Northern Spark, Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota | Station Identification, with The Notion Collective
Wisconsin Film Festival | Cornerman, with Illustrated Radio
Reno Film Festival | Sign of the Times, with Illustrated Radio
Express + Local @ Queens College Art Center | Some Speak, Some Listen
Raandesk Gallery, New York City | Spoken For, with The Notion Collective and MykMak
2010
Wisconsin Film Festival | Sign of the Times, with Illustrated Radio
2009
Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | The Rotarians Society Presents Tate Fabrication, with The Notion Collective
2007
Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI | The Rotarians Society Presents Tate Fabrication, with The Notion Collective
RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, & TALKS
2026
Notion Artists' Retreat | Millerton, NY
2025
Notion Artists' Retreat | Millerton, NY
2024
Wisconsin Regional Arts Program: Practicing Artist Talk | Wyoming Valley School, Spring Green, WI
Gallery Night: Visiting Artist Presentation | Calnin House, Madison, WI
Notion Artists' Retreat | Millerton, NY
2014
Workshop in the Woods: Audio Visual Synthesis | Dartmouth College, NH
2013
The School for Poetic Computation | Ten-week residency/school
2011
Queens College Art Center | Month-long residency as part of Express + Local
2010
Summerwork @ The Farm | Week-long workshop/retreat
2007
Summerwork @ The Farm | Week-long workshop/retreat
2006
Anderson Ranch | Week-long generative design workshop with Joshua Davis
EDUCATION
2013
The School for Poetic Computation | Brooklyn, NY
2008
University of Wisconsin – Madison | BS Inter-Arts & Technology / Physics
PRESS
Vice.com – Guide to Displaying Digital Art | Openframe
Hoja de Router (El Diaro) | Talking
Creative Applications | Talking
The Creators Project | Hot Air
Huffington Post Blog | Hot Air