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Photo taken by
Brett Schenning
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Jon Wos was born in
Lena, Wisconsin, in 1981 and diagnosed with Osteogenesis
Imperfecta. Jon’s childhood was filled with fractures, body
casts, surgeries, and hospitals. He spent most of my time in
bed drawing or making something with his hands. When Jon was
a freshman in high school, he received best of show in a
student art contest. Then in 2003 was awarded grand prize,
of 10,000 dollars, in a national competition for disabled
artists. In 2005 Jon received a bachelor of Fine Art, with
an emphasis in drawing, painting, and sculpture, From the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Jon Wos has exhibited his various forms of artwork
throughout North America, including the Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.,the Chicago Cultural
Center, and the Joseph D. Carrier Gallery in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
In addition, Mr. Wos’s work is in many private and public
collections, including the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh,
Ripon College and Senator of Wisconsin, Herb Kohl.
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