Tyler Dylan Lotz Education Professional and Teaching Experience

T y l e r D y l a n L o t z
E d u c a t i o n
2000 M.F.A. Ceramic Art
New York State College of Ceramics. Alfred University. Alfred, New York.
1998 B.F.A. Ceramic Art
Penn State University. University Park, Pennsylvania.
P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d T e a c h i n g E x p e r i e n c e
2003- Associate Professor
present Illinois State University. Normal, Illinois.
Tenure track appointment in Ceramics
3D Area Coordinator (2005-2007)
Courses Taught:
Ceramics 1- Ceramic Sculpture- Hand-building techniques
Ceramics 2- Function- Wheel Throwing and basic mold techniques
Ceramics 3- Advanced Studio Work- Workshops including plaster mold making, print
techniques on clay, glaze and clay body formulation, kiln building and firing, etc.
3D Fundamentals- Studio Work focusing on principles of 3D Design
Graduate Interdisciplinary Critique Seminar- MFA studio students
Independent Studies - MFA and Undergraduate, MFA Thesis Committee work
2002- Instructional Assistant Professor
2003 Illinois State University. Normal, Illinois.
Full time Appointment teaching Ceramics and 3D Fundamentals
2000- Studio Technician
2002 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Full time position in Sculpture and Glass Areas
2000- Adjunct Instructor
2002 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Courses Taught: Beginning Ceramics, Beginning Drawing, Sculpture (Metal Casting)
1999- Teaching Assistant
2000 Alfred University. Alfred, New York.
Ceramics and Foundations
1997- Ceramics Instructor
1998 Hetzel Union Center for the Arts and Crafts
Penn State University. University Park, Pennsylvania.

t y l e r d y l a n l o t z
2005 e. taylor st. bloominton, illinois. 61701 309.661.7306 tylerlotz@yahoo.com www.tylerlotz.com
S o l o a n d T w o p e r s o n E x h i b i t i o n s
2011 * Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois. Future Vestiges
2008 * Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Substantial Equivalence
2007 * Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Tyler Lotz
2006 * McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois. Concatenations
* Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. cultivar ‘Artificial’
**Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois.
Tyler Lotz and Erin Furimsky
Two Directions: Two Views
**Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Mark Vinci and Tyler Lotz
2005 *Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois. Installation: Potted and Stock
Juxtaposition
**Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Reverberant: Tyler Lotz and Erin Furimsky
* Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Tendrils and Shoots
** Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois. Organic Connections: Tyler Lotz and Sandra Perlow
2004 **Oesterle Gallery, North Central College. Naperville, Illinois. Tyler Lotz and Erin Furimsky
2002 **Acme Art Company, Columbus, Ohio. Bluegrass A collaborative installation
with sculptor Chris Gose
(* solo exhibition, ** two person exhibition)
G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n s
2010 Magnelli Museum – Ceramics Museum Vallauris, Vallauris, France. 2010 Vallauris Biennale
Internationale, Création Contemporaine et Céramique
Curator: Yves Peltier
Wałbrzych Museum, Wałbrzych, Poland. XXXIV ICS “Porcelain Another Way”
Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts. Pretty Young Things
Curator: Nathan Prouty
Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Artaxis: An Evolving Independent
Network of Artists - NCECA conference 2010
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana. Visiting Artists Exhibition
The Gallery at Liebowitz, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusets.
Illumination: The Diversity of Contemporary American Ceramic Art
Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois. Illinois Clay- 2010
Curated by Dan Anderson
Weatherhead Gallery, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana. National Ceramics
Invitational
2009 University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Faculty Biennial
Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Represented Artists Exhibition
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine. Faculty Exhibition
The Ice House, Phoenix, Arizona. The Margins NCECA Conference 2009
Curated by Brian Gillis and Nathan Betschart
Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland. Couplets
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ab•stract•ion
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Glimpses
Oregon College of Art and Craft Hoffman Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Next Iconoclasts
Curated by Gail Brown
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G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n s c o n t i n u e d
2008 The Nevica Project @Galaxie Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. The Archie Bray Foundation: Past
and Present Residents
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois. Common Ground
Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Contemporary Ceramic Art: A Survey
Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona. Spotlight on: Clay
3 rd Street Gallery, Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Residents at the Bray 2007
NCECA Conference 2008
Santa Fe Clay @ NCECA, Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. La Mesa
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Whitewater, Wisconsin.
38th Annual Ceramics Exhibition
University Galleries, Illinois State University. Normal, Illinois.
Faculty Biennial
Illinois State University
Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts, Shanghai, China. China China: Ceramics Language
in Candlelight
2007 Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Contemporary Ceramic Art
Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. 2007 Survey
The Pottery Workshop-Shanghai, Shanghai, China. Archie Bray Exhibition
International Ceramics Museum, Jingedezhen, China. International Contemporary
Ceramic Exhibition
2007 SOFA Chicago Represented by Dubhe Carreño Gallery. Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois.
Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington. Archie Bray Foundation
Resident Artist Exhibition
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana. Resident Summer Exhibition
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unadorned
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Small Favors II
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky.
Biennial Exhibition Jurors: Nick Kripal, Silvie Granatelli, Syd Carpenter
2007 NCECA Clay National
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio. Contemporary Ceramics: A Dairy Barn
Invitational Curator: Brad Schwieger
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abstract Sculpture
2006 2006 SOFA Chicago Represented by Dubhe Carreño Gallery. Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois.
Artspace, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, Wisconsin.
Made by Hand
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nature/Culture
One and Only: Gifts
Cinema Gallery, Urbana, Illinois. Vitamin C: It’s Good for You! Curator: Ron Kovatch
2005 Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Holiday Show
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
Faculty Biennial
Illinois State University
2005 SOFA Chicago Represented by Dubhe Carreño Gallery. Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois.
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cups, Cups, Cups
Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado. Contemporary Ceramics: Grand Opening
Exhibition
The Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Baltimore, Maryland.
NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition
Jurors: Linda Arbuckle, Andrea Gill, Ron Nagle
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G r o u p E x h i b i t i o n s c o n t i n u e d
2004 The Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York. 5 Fresh Voices, New Directions in
Ceramic Art
Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, Colorado. Carbondale Clay National
Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Approach Curator: Allison McGowan
Service: An Unconventional
Mavris Cultural Center NCECA Conference 2004. Indianapolis, Indiana. Archie Bray
Foundation Resident Exhibition
2003 University Galleries, Illinois State University Normal, Illinois. Illinois State University
Faculty Biennial
Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University. Peoria, Illinois. The Me In Team
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Archie Bray Foundation: 2003 Summer
Resident Artists
Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington. Archie Bray Residents
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana. Resident Artist Summer Exhibition
2002 McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois. Post Cards From the Edge
Scott Leyshon Gallery. Laguna Clay Company. Byesville, Ohio. Bowl-o-Rama
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas. Fourteenth San Angelo
National Ceramic Competition
2001 Icheon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi Province, Korea. The First World Ceramic
Biennale 2001 Korea
University of Indiana North West, Gary, Indiana. Strictly Dysfunctional
2000 Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, New York. MFA Thesis Exhibition
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California. Silent Art Auction 2000
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY. MFA at Alfred
1998 Sculpture Corner HUB Art Galleries, Hetzel Union Building, Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania. Tyler Lotz
Patterson Galleries. Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
B.F.A. Exhibition *solo
B i b l i o g r a p h y
2010 Fink, Jonathan. ed. Adam Shiverdecker issue curator. Panhandler, University of West Florida
Department of English and Foreign Languages. (2010): 54-59.
Online journal: http://uwf.edu/panhandler/ceramic_artists_issue.html
2009 Cooper, Emanuel. Contemporary Ceramics: London: Thames & Hudson.
Brown, Glen. curator. 500 Ceramic Sculpures, Contemporary Practice, Singular Works. New
York: Lark Books.
2008 Artner, Alan G. “A Playful Leap to Sculpture from Abstract Drawings.” Chicago Tribune
6 June. 2008: Sec. 7, p.22 review of solo exhibition w/Dubhe Carreno Gallery
Maidment, J. “SOFA – Sculptural Objects Fine Art – Chicago.”
Ceramics Ireland, Issue 2, (2007/2008): 42. image and review
Lapham, J. “Tyler Lotz - Using Material to Think With,”
Clay In Art International Yearbook, 07/08 edition, (2008): 12-19. Athens, Greece.
images and text
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B i b l i o g r a p h y C o n t i n u e d
2007 Coleman, E. “Of Light and Motion: The Ceramic Sculpture of Tyler Lotz,”
Ceramics Monthly October (2007), pp 32–35.”
feature article and images *image on cover*
Welch, A. “NCECA Biennial – Reconsidering Exhibition Practice,”
Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 70, (2007): 1, 94-101. review and image
“NCECA Clay National 2007” Clay Times. Vol. 13 No. 1 Jan/Feb (2007): 40.
image
“Words of Art: Tyler Lotz” TC Style. Vol. 2, No. 3 , (2007): 58-59. images and interview
2006 “Portfolio: Tyler Lotz” American Craft. Vol. 66 No. 4. Aug/Sept (2006): 58.
includes work, statement and brief bio
Merli, Melissa. “Heaping Helping of ‘Vitamin C’.” The News-Gazette 13 Mar. 2006: B-4.
review of “Vitamin C” exhibition
Strang, Phil. “’Vitamin C’ is CG for U” The Hub Weekly 16 Mar. 2006: 25.
review of “Vitamin C” exhibition
2005 “Upfront: Erin Furimsky and Tyler Lotz”. Ceramics Monthly
Vol. 53, No. 6. June/July/August (2005): 6, 20-22. images and text
2003 “Slide Showin’ with the Bray” The Independent Record 18 Jul. 2003: 12D
image and text
S e l e c t e d E x h i b i t i o n C a t a l o g s
2010 Céramique Contemporaine Biennale Internationale Vallauris 2010 Magnelli Museum –
Ceramics Museum Vallauris. Vallauris, France.
2009 The Margins The Ice House, Phoenix, Arizona. NCECA Conference 2009
2007 NCECA Clay National Exhibition 2007 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
SOFA Chicago 2007 The Fourteenth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects
and Functional Art
Contemporary Ceramics: A Dairy Barn Invitational Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
2005 NCECA Clay National Exhibition 2005 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
2001 The First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea Icheon World Ceramic Center
A w a r d s
2009 College of Fine Arts Outstanding Research Award, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
2007 College of Fine Arts Research Initiative Award, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
2001 Special Prize - Functional Division, The First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea,
Icheon World Ceramic Center. Kyonggi Province, Korea.
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t y l e r d y l a n l o t z
2005 e. taylor st. bloominton, illinois. 61701 309.661.7306 tylerlotz@yahoo.com www.tylerlotz.com
R e s i d e n c i e s
2010 International Ceramics Symposium “Porcelain Another Way” Wałbrzych, Poland.
2009 The Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Newcastle, Maine.
2007 The Archie Bray Foundation Helena, Montana.
2003 The Archie Bray Foundation Helena, Montana.
G a l l e r y R e p r e s e n t a t i o n
Dubhe Carreño Gallery Chicago, Illinois.
Cervini Haas Fine Art Scottsdale, Arizona.
Harvey/Meadows Gallery Aspen, Colorado.
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
C o l l e c t i o n s
The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
The New York State College of Ceramics. Alfred, New York.
Icheon World Ceramic Center
Kyonggi Province, Korea.
The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Sedalia, Missouri.
Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection
Helena, Montana.
S e l e c t e d P r i v a t e C o l l e c t i o n s
Sandy Besser Collection
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kathryn Boeckman Howd
St. Petersburg, Florida.
Podmajersky Family Collection
Acquisition by John Podmajersky III
Chicago, Illinois.
Gerry and Sandra Eskin
Iowa City, Iowa.
Jim Kolva and Pat Sullivan
Spokane, Washington.
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t y l e r d y l a n l o t z
2005 e. taylor st. bloominton, illinois. 61701 309.661.7306 tylerlotz@yahoo.com www.tylerlotz.com
A r t i s t L e c t u r e s a n d W o r k s h o p s
2010 1 week Workshop and Artist Lecture- Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana.
2009 2 week Workshop and Artist Lecture- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle,
Maine.
Artist Lecture- The Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine.
2008 Artist Lecture- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2007 Artist Lecture- Archie Bray Foundation, Resident Artist Lecture Series, Helena, Montana.
Artist Lecture- Colloquium on Visual Culture. Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
2006 Artist Lecture- University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, Illinois.
Artist Lecture and Demonstration- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,
Whitewater, Wisconsin.
2005 Artist Lecture and Demonstration- North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.
Artist Lecture- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
2004 Artist Lecture- Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon.
2003 Artist Lecture- Holter Museum of Art, Archie Bray Resident Lecture Series, Helena, Montana.
2001 Artist Lecture- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1998 Artist Lecture and Demonstration- Napa Valley College, Napa, California.
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