Rob Stolzer received his BFA from the Mason Gross School of Art at Rutger's University in 1985 and his MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 1989. From 1985 to 1987, Rob took part in the two-year artist residency at the Core Program, part of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas. He also attended the IWCAT (International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname) Summer-long residency in Tokoname, Japan. In January of 2001, Rob was in residence at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont.

Rob began teaching art in 1986 and has taught drawing and illustration courses at The Glassell School of Art in Houston, Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, Rutger's University in New Jersey and the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He has been teaching painting and drawing at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point since 1990, where he is a professor and Chair of the Department of Art & Design

From 1985 to approximately 1996, Rob worked as a free-lance illustrator, with illustrations appearing in The Progressive, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times Book Review and Houston City Magazine. Over the past few years, he has concentrated on his studio painting, still life drawings and on-site landscape drawings.

S e l e c t  E x h i b i t i o n s . . .

2006
Faculty Exhibition · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

2004
Bookworks by University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Faculty · Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2003
Faculty Exhibition · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

2002
Wisconsin Triennial · Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Brittingham Art Invitational · Madison, Wisconsin
An Inch of Art · John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

2001
Group Exhibition · Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Summer Salon · Limner Gallery, New York, New York
Twelve Squared · Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois
Seeds Within · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

2000
Faculty Exhibition · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

1999
Faculty Exhibition · Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Group Exhibition · Riverfront Art Gallery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

1998
Big Paintings · Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two-person exhibition
Faculty Exhibition · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Central Wisconsin Teachers of Art · New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin

1997
Look Inward/Look Outward · Agnes Jones Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Faculty Exhibition · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

1996
Outside/In · Appleton Art Center, Appleton, Wisconsin
LaGrange National Biennial XIX · Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, Georgia
Schoharie County National Small Works Exhibition · Arts Council Gallery, Cobleskill, New York
Figurative Abstraction · Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
No Body's Perfect · Constance Lindholm Fine Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Aljira National 2 · Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
Small Matters of Great Importance 3 · Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, New York
Rethinking Beauty · Albuquerque United Artists, Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
144 Square · Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
UW-Draws · University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin

1995
Encounters · Agora Gallery, New York City, New York
Faculty Exhibition · Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

1994
Small/Large Works · Limner Gallery, New York City, New York
International Ceramics Exhibition · The International Ceramic Festival (ICF) Tokoname '94.
Tokoname City Cultural Hall, Tokaname, Japan
Positive/Negative #10 · Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Spirituality and Religiosity in America · 8th Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Small Works at SPAZI · SPAZI Contemporary Arts, Housatonic, Massachussetts
LaGrange National Biennial XVIII · Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, Georgia
Dark Vision · Dark's Art Parlour, Santa Ana, California
Explorations: Inner/Outer Spaces · Westport Art Center, Westport, Connecticut
Two Person Exhibition · Nicolet College Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

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