Contact
email: stolzna@gmail.com, instagram @nalanistolz
Education
2021 The Ohio State University, MFA in Sculpture
2013 Whitman College, BA in Studio Art
2011 Studio Art Center International
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 soft bone, tender body, University of the South, Sawanee, TN
2025 when we weep, Lee Paper Mill, Vicksburg, MI
2025 Autolyse, Stop-Gap Projects, Columbia, Missouri
2024 Bodies Still Becoming, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2022 Porous Weight, WHAT gallery, St. Croix Falls, WI
2022Within a Swollen Place, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Earth Fire, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2024 Constellations, SLA Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Songs from Within, The Fort, Columbus, OH
2022 Midrib & Trifolio, Columbus Printed Arts Center, Columbus, OH
2021 Interdisciplinary Sculpture Exhibition, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2021 31st Midwest Biennial, The South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2021 Proximity, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2021 29th Annual Fergus Exhibition, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2019 Golden Hour, The Fort, Columbus, OH
2019 Threads, Hopkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 Summer Residency Show, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2018 Brickscape Residency, Charleston, WV
2016 Summer Residency Show, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2016 Powerline, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2015 Summer Residency Show, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2015 South Bend Selfie, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2015 Home, First Unitarian Church, South Bend, IN
2014 Winter Group Installation, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2014 Contained, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Residencies
2025 Artist-in-Residence, Prairie Ronde, Vicksburg, MI
2024 Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Township10, Marshall, NC
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2022 Artist-in-Residence, Columbus Printed Arts Center, Columbus, OH
2018 Artist-in-Residence, Brickscape, Charleston, WV
2016 Artist-in-Residence, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
Professional Experience
2021-2022 Lecturer, The Ohio State University
2020-2023 Studio Assistant at Ann Hamilton Studio
2019-2020 Graduate Assistant at Ann Hamilton Studio
2014-present Residency Director, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2014-present Co-Founder, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2012 Arts Director, Hawthorne Valley Farms, Ghent, NY
2009-11 Co-Founder, Mudbuddies Arts and Ceramics Camp, South Bend, IN
Visiting Artist and Lectures
2021 Panelist, Mid-South Sculpture Conference, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Guest Lecturer, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH
2017 Guest Artist and Facilitator, Near Northwest Neighborhood Community Mural
2015–2017 Guest Artist and Facilitator, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2015 Guest Lecturer, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2015 Guest Lecturer, Arts Day, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
Awards
2024 Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2023 Innovator Award, International Sculpture Center (Honorable Mention)
2022 Individual Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2021 Juror Award, 31st Midwest Biennial, South Bend, IN
2021 Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Painting and Sculpture (Nominee)
2020 Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Scholarship
2020 29th Annual John Fergus Scholarship Award
2018–2019 Graduate Fellow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Guest Juror and Curatorial Work
2022 Curator, Songs from Within, The Fort, Columbus, OH
2018 Curator, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2017 Juror, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, South Bend, IN
2016 Curator, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2015 Curator, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
2015 Juror, Northern Indiana Artists, South Bend, IN
2014 Curator, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN
