CARMEN LOZAR
The Arc of Becoming
A PETITE RETROSPECTIVE
Published on the occasion of the exhibition
The Arc of Becoming
Featuring works by Carmon Lozar
September 13 - October 25, 2025
LITTLE CLOUD
found objects, blown and flameworked glass
15 x 8 x 9 inches
“women don’t endure simply because we can; no, women endure because we aren’t given any other choice.”
Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One
OVERFLOWETH ceramic and
16 x 8 x 6 inches
OIL SPILL
found oil can, flameworked and fused glass 15 x 13 x 5.75 inches
flameworked and fused glass
6 x 9.25 x 5.5 inches
flameworked and fused glass
13 x 17 x 11 inches
WINTER
flameworked and fused glass
8 x 7 x 5.5 inches
SPRING found objects, blown and flameworked glass
10.5 x 13 x 9 inches
2013
EDUCATION
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Master of Fine Arts
University of Illinois, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Crafts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Arc of Becoming - A Petite Retrospective / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL
2022 New Growth / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL
2011 Tailored Glass / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL
Theme Song / Foster White Gallery / Seattle, WA
2006 Couture / D & A Fine Arts / Studio City, CA
Stills / Foster/White Gallery / Seattle, WA.
2003 Inner Activity / Foster/White Gallery / Seattle, WA
Master of Fine Arts Thesis / Fosdick-Nelson Gallery / Alfred, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Fired Up / Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / Hartford, CT
The Shape of Light / Rockford Art Museum / Rockford, IL
2021 My Covid Year / Joe McCauley Gallery / Normal, IL
IWU Faculty Biennial / Merwin/Wakeley Galleries / Normal IL
2020 Invitational Glass / Blue Rain Gallery / Santa Fe, NM
2019 Her Voice / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL
2018 Sharper Edges: Women working on the Edge of Glass / Bergstrom Mahler Museum / Neenah, WI
Breaking the Glass Ceiling Women in Glass / Wayne Arts Center / Wayne, PA
Glass Catalyst: Littleton’s Legacy in Contemporary Sculpture / Western Carolina
University’s Fine Art Museum / Cullowhee, NC
2017 The Mini and Massive Glass Exhibition / The Quincy Arts Center / Quincy, IL
You Glow Girl / Hitman Shop / Los Angeles, CA
Emergence / The National Arts of Central Illinois, Peoria Riverfront Museum / Peoria, IL
Faculty Biennial / Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University / Bloomington, IL
SOFA / Chicago, IL
2016 Bodies and Beings / Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art / Seattle, WA
Turned On (Chandeliers) / Pittsburgh Glass Center / Pittsburgh, PA
Teapots! 10th Invitational / Morgan Glass Gallery / Pittsburgh, PA
Peace/Piece / Habatat Gallery / Royal Oak, MI
Group exhibition / Glass Wheel Studio / Norfolk,VA
2015 No Woman, No Cry /Muriel Guepin Gallery / New York, NY
SOFA / Chicago, IL
Captured Light Glass Biennial / Art Assoc. of Jackson Hole / Jackson Hole, WY
Glass Weekend / Gallery of Fine Craft / Wheaton, NJ
Near and Far / Mclean County Arts Center / Bloomington, IL
Glass in the 21st Century / Salisbury University Art Galleries / Salisbury, MD
2014 A Thousand Points of Light / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL
GLASS / Cinema Gallery / Urbana, IL
Fall Exhibition / Bender Gallery / Asheville, NC
Common Discourse / Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery / Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Lifeforms / The Hodge Gallery / Pittsburgh, PA.
Glass Weekend / The Gallery of Fine Craft / Wheaton Village, NJ
Art Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL
Faculty Biennial / Illinois Wesleyan University / Bloomington, IL
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
Art Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL
2011 Faculty Biennial / Illinois Wesleyan University / Bloomington, IL
Incendiary Dreams / Hodgell Gallery / Sarasota, FL
AWARDS
2013 “Rising Star” Museum of American Glass
2010 Outstanding Emerging Glass Artist / Florida Glass Art Alliance
2007 Finalist for the Bombay Sapphire Glass Prize / London, England
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2021 Stankard, Paul. The Fabulist. Glass, The Urban Glass Quarterly. No. 164, Fall 2021. Pgs. 28-33
2019 Toffolo, Cesare. Carmen Lozar. Lampworking Volume III: The 20th Century to the Present. Pgs. 345-351
2018 The Flow Magazine. 14th Annual Gallery of Women in Glass. Winter, 2018. Pg. 20
2016 Purchia & Rooney. Glass Art: 112 Contemporary Artists. Schiffer publishing Stankard, Paul. Studio Craft as a Career. Schiffer publishing. Pgs. 164-165
2014 Spark the Creative Flame. Paul Stankard.
2011 Glass Line Magazine. Carmen Lozar. Volume 25, Number 3. Pgs. 28-29
New Glass Review, 100 artists selected to represent a year in glass
Carmen Lozar, Tailored Glass. Hardcover book created by Ken Saunders Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Permanent collection of Museum of Glass / Tacoma, WA
Permanent collection of Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass / Neenah, WI
Permanent collection Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University / Niagara, NY
Permanent Collection of Museum of Arts & Design / New York, NY
