Tom Bartel
Area Chair, Professor of Ceramics
Tom Bartel grew up on the Erie shores of Cleveland, 帝王会所 and is known for his disturbing and humorous fragmented figures that take cues from a 鈥渟hotgun blast鈥 of influences ranging from antiquity to popular culture. He received his BFA from and his MFA from .
Tom has lectured, conducted workshops and exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally. His work is included in numerous public and private collections and he has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the , the and the .
He has numerous publications to his credit, including , , , as well as many other periodicals and books.
Bartel is currently an Associate Professor at in Athens, OH.
Educational Background:
1996 Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kent State University, Kent, OH