Carolyn Ottmers
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Carolyn Ottmers’s work combines organic and industrial elements, merging nature with the urban environment. Ottmers’ cast stainless steel sculptures call attention to the detail and beauty of the natural world by representing it in an exaggerated scale.
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Exhibitions
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Ottmers' work has been exhibited at Elmhurst Museum (IL), Carrie Secrist Gallery (IL), Indianapolis Art Center (IN), Betty Rymer Gallery (IL), Ironbridge Gorge Museum (UK), Walker Art Gallery (NE), Grounds for Sculpture Museum (NJ), Riverside Arts Center (IL), and Klein Art Works (IL), among others. Her work has been reviewed in New Art Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, and Contemporanea, among others. Ottmers received her BFA from University of Texas, Austin and her MFA from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
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Works
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Carolyn OttmersFLOW (#6), 2019Cast aluminum2 × 20 × 10 in
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Carolyn OttmersMUMS series , 2010Cast bronzeVariable (2 inch diameter to 6 inch diameter)
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #1 (CO), 2010Cast stainless steel103 x 44 x 43 inches
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #1 (CO), 2010Cast stainless steel103 x 44 x 43 inches
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #13 (CO10DAVUI), 2010Cast stainless steel64 x 43 x 40.5 inches
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #15 (CO10TLPV), 2010Cast stainless steel63 x 28 x 22.5 inches
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #16 (CO8AXEI), 2010Cast stainless steel58 x 21 x 21 inches
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #17 (CO10KSOR), 2010Cast stainless steel57 x 20 x 20 inches
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Carolyn OttmersSplice #8 (CO10LLOYDM), 2010Cast stainless steel74 x 30 x 28 inches
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