Walter Wittek (born 1943) is a German artist, goldsmith, and sculptor whose work dissolves the boundaries between art and design with poetic clarity. Since the late 1960s, he has developed a distinctive visual language in his studio in Vreden, Westphalia, where jewelry, sculpture, and drawing enter into a dialogue with one another.

Wittek gained international recognition for his design of the Tension Ring—a technical and aesthetic innovation in which a diamond is held solely by the tension of the metal, appearing to float freely. His artistic thinking revolves around ideas of origin, center, and movement, expressed through forms that are reduced, precise, and symbolically rich.

Wittek’s works unite craftsmanship and conceptual depth, revealing how the universal can be found within the smallest of forms.

Works in Museums and Public Collections

- Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
- DASA – Working World Exhibition Gallery, Dortmund
- Pinakothek der Moderne / The Neue Sammlung, Munich
- Technical Museum Vienna, Austria
- Museum of Art and Industry, Oslo, Norway
- Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg
- Art Museum Sapporo / Toyamura, Japan
- Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm (Westphalia)
- Museum of Sepulchral Culture, Kassel