Carmen
Lozar
Carmen Lozar
Education
2001-2003 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Master of Fine Arts
1999 University of Illinois, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Crafts
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Tailored Glass. Ken Saunders Gallery. Chicago, IL
Theme Song. Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Couture. D & A Fine Arts, Studio City, CA
2006 Stills. Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2003 Inner Activity. Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Master of Fine Arts Thesis. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
1999 Traces of Liquescence. Boneyard Gallery, Champaign, IL
Group Exhibitions
2016 SOFA Expo Chicago, Bender Gallery
Art Palm Beach, Bender Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2015 SOFA Expo Chicago, Bender Gallery
2013 Lifeforms. The Hodge Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
Glass Weekend. The Gallery of Fine Craft. Wheaton Village, NJ
Best Dressed. Winston Wachter Fine Art. Seattle, WA.
2012 Strong Presence. Hodgell Gallery. Sarasota, FL
Vase as Voice. Mclean County Arts Center. Bloomington, IL
SELECT Fair. Manneken Press, Miami Beach, FL
Petit Tableaux. Winston Watcher Fine Art. Seattle, WA
Animal Nature. Racine Art Museum. Racine, WI
40th Annual International Glass Exhibition. Habatat Galleries. Royal Oak, MI
2011 Faculty Biennial. Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, IL
Incendiary Dreams. Hodgell Gallery. Sarasota, FL
2010 Beastly Delights. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI
Contemporary Glass. New Harmony Gallery. New Harmony, IN
HerStory. ART CHICAGO. Ken Saunders Gallery. Chicago, IL
2009 SOFA Chicago. Ken Saunders Gallery. Chicago, IL
2008 Big Ideas/Small Packages: Magnificent Glass Under 20. Bergstrom-Mahler Museum. WI
Hot & Cold – Works from Fire. Caldwell Arts Council. Lenoir, NC
SOFA NY. Marx-Saunders Gallery. Chicago, IL
Contemporary Flamework. Wheaton Arts. Millville, NJ
Narratives. Marx-Saunders Gallery. Chicago, IL
2007 Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets. Museum of Arts & Design. New York, NY
Legacy. Cinema Gallery. Champaign, IL
Faculty Biennial. Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, IL
20th Annual Michigan Glass Month. Ariana Gallery. Royal Oak, MI
Glass Weekend. Morgan Glass Gallery. Wheaton Village. New Jersey
Ongoing Invention. Fullerton Art Museum. San Bernardino, CA
Reverence. Wakeley Gallery. Illinois Wesleyan University. Bloomington, IL
2006 Teapots. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. Pittsburg, PA
Toys Designed by Artists. Arkansas Arts Center. AR
The Other Side of the Grassy Knoll. Kirkland Arts Center. WA
Still Life with Objects. J. Crist Gallery. Boise, Idaho.
Small Works with Powerful Presence. Tobin/ Hewett Gallery. Louisville, KY
Compelled by Content II. Fraser Gallery. Bethesda, MD
2005 L.A. Project. D & A Fine Arts, Studio City, CA.
Particle Theories. Wheaton Village Gallery of Fine Craft. Millville, NJ.
Figure it Out. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA.
Exquisite Corpse in Glass. Castellani Art Museum, Buffalo, NY.
Best in Show. National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia
2004 A Touch of Glass. Cinema Gallery, Champaign, IL
BarWare. Houston Society of Crafts. Houston. TX
Portraits. The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2003 FebruaryExhibition. Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
This is Not Glass Art. SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Small Works. Karen Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Alfred Cooks. Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Oscillating Perspectives. Artsite, Wellsville, NY
SOFA. Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Chicago, IL
Solar Culture Exhibit. Solar Culture, Tucson, AZ
1999 Imagery. Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Gen X Glass. Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Pilchuck Staff Show. History of the World Gallery, Stanwood, WA
1997 The Next Wave II. Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Next Wave. Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Publications
2003 New Glass Review, 100 artists selected to represent a year in glass
2005 Exquisite Corpse in Glass, catalog by Castellani Art Museum of Niagra University
The Flow, vol. 3, Issue 2. Glasscraft Emerging Artist Award
2006 Glass Art Magazine. March Issue
Glass Art Society Journal,. Vignette
2007 New Glass Review, 100 artists selected to represent a year in glass
2008 Glass Art Magazine. Cover and article. May/June
Glass: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly. Fall.
Glass Line. Aug/Sept 2008. Cover. article written by Paul Stankard
2009 The Penland Book of Glass. Editor: Ray Hemachandra
2010 The Flow. Expanding Visual Concept through Drawing. By Caitlin Hyde Pg. 28
2011 New Glass Review, 100 artists selected to represent a year in glass
Carmen Lozar, Tailored Glass. Book created by Ken Saunders Gallery
Visiting Artist Lectures/Workshops
2013 Instructor. Pilchuck Glass School. Stawood, WA
2011 Instructor. Penland School of Craft. Penland, NC
Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference. Seattle, WA.
2010 Presenting Artist, International Flameworking Conference. Carney’s Point, NJ
University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI
2008 Keynote Speaker and Artist, International Flameworking Conference. Carney’s Point, NJ
University of Miami. Miami, FL
2007 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY
Flameworker’s Challenge. Wheaton Village. Glass Weekend. NJ
Pittsburg Glass Center. Narrative Flameworking. Pittsburg, PA
2006 Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference. St. Louis, MO.
2005 Presenter, International Flameworking Conference. Carneys Point, NJ
2004 Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, IL
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2003 University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Residencies
2014 Horn Foundation Residency. Penland School of Craft, NC
2013 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2000 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Related Work
2006-2007 Assistant Professor Illinois State University
2006-present Assistant Professor Illinois Wesleyan University
Collections & Awards
“Rising Star” Museum of American Glass 2013
Outstanding Emerging Glass Artist 2009-2010, Florida Glass Art Alliance
Finalist for the Bombay Sapphire Glass Prize 2007. London, England
Castellani Art Museum of Niagra University. Niagra, New York
Museum of Arts & Design. New York, NY