Carmen Lozar
Normal, Illinois
Bio
Carmen Lozar is a glass artist and a faculty member of the Ames School of Art at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. She often travels abroad to teach and share her love for glass - most recently to England, Turkey, Italy, and New Zealand but always returns to her Midwestern roots. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she completed her post-graduate degree at Alfred University, New York, and is represented by Ken Saunders Gallery in Chicago. She has held two residencies at the Corning Museum of Glass and one at Penland School of Craft. She is included the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and Design(MAD) in New York, The Museum of Glass, Washington and the Bergstrom Mahler Museum in Wisconsin. Most recently, Paul Stankard, a notable artist and author, wrote an article about Lozar’s life that was published in Glass Magazine, No. 162.
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Artist Statement
The sculpture I create with glass is meant to inspire and provoke imagination. Telling stories has always been my primary objective. Some narratives are sad, funny, or thoughtful but my pieces are always about the human experience. The Nurse Logs illustrate an interest in my own life span as I seek solace in forests of the Pacific Northwest. A nurse log is a fallen tree that harbors, sustains and offers protection to new plant life.
My most current body of work deals with spills. Life is messy, these small narratives accentuate the movement and flow of glass but also are telling in how they represent our relationship to the world.
I was born in Illinois and have continued to thrive here as I respond to the landscape and people. My commitment to glass as a craft and art material has spanned 26 years as it continues to challenge and reward me daily. Born to a puppeteer and architect/model boat enthusiast my work reflects the intricate details of the stage and story. Awkwardly balancing a full-time job and children, my work is the place I return to in order to center, share, and commune.
Carmen Lozar, Winter Nurse Log, 2019, Flameworked and fused glass, 8"H x 7"W x 5.5"D
Carmen Lozar, Summer Nurse Log, 2019, Flameworked and fused glass, 6"H x 9.25"W x 5.5"D
Carmen Lozar, Oil Spill, 2018, Flameworked glass, fused glass, and found oil can, 5 ¾ x 13 x 15