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

Exhibitions

2024, Bodies Still Becoming, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

2023, Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

2022, Midrib & Trifolio, Columbus Printed Arts Center, Columbus, OH

2022, A Song from Within, The Fort, Columbus, OH

2022, Porous Weight, What Gallery, St. Croix Falls, WI

2022, Within A Swollen Place, RoygBiv Gallery, Columbu, OH

2021, Mid-South Sculpture Scholarship Exhibition, Tabula Rosa Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2021, The 31st Midwest Biennial, The South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

2021, Proximity, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH

2021, The 29th Annual Fergus Exhibition, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH

2019, Golden Hour, The Fort, Columbus, OH

2019, Threads, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH

2018, Summer Residency Exhibition, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN

2018, Brickscape Residency Exhibition, Brickscape, Charleston, WV

2016, Summer Residency Exhibition, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN                                                 

2016, Powerline, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN                                                                                  

2015, Summer Residency Exhibition The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN                                                  

2015, Home, First Unitarian Church, South Bend, IN                                                                                    

2015, South Bend Selfie, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN                                                        

2014, Winter Group Installation, The Birdsell Project, South Bend, IN                                                          

2014, Contained, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL                                                                                    

2013, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla, WA                                                              

2013, Raw Geographies, Fouts Center, Walla Walla, WA                                                                              

2013, Winter Art Salon, Sheehan Art Gallery, Walla Walla, WA                                                                      

2011, Drawing and Sculpture, Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy                                              

2010, Winter Art Salon, Sheehan Art Gallery, Walla Walla, WA

Residencies

2024 Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO (forthcoming)

2024 Artist-in-Residence, Teton Artlab, Jackson Hole, WY (forthcoming)

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                       

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