Ben Zoltak Sculpture, Paintings & C.V.

Artist Ben Zoltak has completed his first public sculpture on permanent exhibition at the Stevens Point Sculpture Park. He has been creating unique oil paintings stretched on varying materials for over two decades. His work often depicts figures, buildings, natural environs, tribal animal icons and other types of textures and patterns. He works shapes and hues into eccentric rhythms, sometimes paralleling forms in the shape of the art itself, other times capturing and amplifying natural striations inherent in his subject. Ben Zoltak is inspired by his relationships with family, friends, spirit, tribal heritage and science. Please contact the artist via the link found on the right.

Lake Mills, Wisconsin 53551 USA

Awards:

2013 City of Durand & Imagination Nation Request for Proposals - Honorable Mention Durand, Wisconsin

2012 Aldo Leopold Audubon Society Chimney Swift Sculpture Call For Artists,

Stevens Point Sculpture Park, Steven Point, Wisconsin on permanent installation

2010 Ray Nitschke Bridge Underpass Call for Artists, Green Bay, Wisconsin named first runner-up

Education:

2012 Rock Lake Activity Center, Instructor for Bas Relief Sculpture, Hike & Sketch class as well as Wine & Turpentine painting class, Lake Mills, Wisconsin

2002 Temporary Emergency Teachers Certification, Milwaukee Teachers Education Center/Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1995 University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree emphasis in painting and creative writing.

Exhibitions:

2012 City of Stevens Point Sculpture Park, Swift Nesting Wing, sculpture on permanent exhibition

2011 Health Sciences Learning Center, Solo Exhibition University of Wisconsin Madison, WI

2011 Great Lakes Distillery Absinthe Poster Competition, Milwaukee, WI

2011 Great Lakes Distillery Art Milwaukee Group Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI

2010 Radisson Madison Art Auction, Tortoise painted with oil on fiberglass donated to University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital and the Henry Vilas Zoo

2010 Tease Salon, Solo Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI

2008 Salon Selvaggio, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2007 Lincoln Park Art Festival, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2006 High Risk Gallery, Group Halloween Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2005 Black Beetle Bar, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2005 North Side Bar, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2005 Street Side Café, Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2004 High Risk Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2003 Art Café, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2003 High Risk Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2002 Sulzer Regional Library, Junkyard Tortoise,

Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2001 Paul Klein Gallery Art donated to Pediatric Aids-Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

1998 Brewed Awakenings Coffee House, The Women’s Resolution Exhibition in collaboration with the Milwaukee Sojourner Truth House, Solo Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI

1997 Reed Street Station, Solo Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI

1996 55405 Neighborhood Gallery, Uptown Art, Group Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN

1995 The Mission Coffee House, Group Exhibition, Stevens Point, WI

Public and Private Art Commissions:

2011 Public art created for the Art Zoobilee benefiting the American Family Children's Hospital and the Henry Vilas Zoo Madison, Wisconsin, Love For Lonesome George, Oil on fiberglass resin

2010 Commissioned by Russ and Delores Holmes, Holmes Family Portrait, Private Collection, Oil on linen

2010 Commissioned by Lynn Tachick, Tachick Sons, Private Collection, Oil on Canvas board

2009 Commissioned by Mike Willkomm Publicly Exhibited at 5510 N. Sheridan, Chicago, IL 5510 N. Sheridan Building Oil on Canvas

2006 Purchased by Writer/Producer Dave Hoekstra, Walleye Spirit,

Private Collection, Oil on Canvas

2004Commissioned by Christian Domin, Sheffield Street Win Flag, Private Collection, Oil on Canvas

2003Commissioned by James and Connie Moler, 333 W. Wacker Building, Private Collection, Oil on Canvas

2003Commissioned by Jennifer Swanson, Chicago Cityscape,

Private Collection, Oil on Canvas

2001Commissioned by John Zigler, Johnny Z’s Uptown Savages Rocket Drivin’ Daddy, Oil on Canvas

2000 Commissioned by Reed Street Station, Vampire,

Private Collection, Oil on Canvas

1999 Commissioned by Susie Rush, Silver Blue Female, Private Collection, Oil On Canvas

Writing:

2012 Sculpture Park to Debut 8 New Works, Stevens Point Journal by Jamie Jung

2011 Published first creative inspirational eBook on Amazon.Com :

Your Life As A Painting

2010 Creative Inspiration and Motivation: What it is!

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