Carolyn Ottmers

  • 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. 

  • Exhibitions
  • 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.
  • Works
    • Carolyn Ottmers, FLOW (#6), 2019
      Carolyn Ottmers
      FLOW (#6), 2019
      Cast aluminum
      2 × 20 × 10 in
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Mums (MAO), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Mums (MAO), 2010
      Cast bronze
      Variable (2 inch diameter to 6 inch diameter)
    • Carolyn Ottmers, MUMS series , 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      MUMS series , 2010
      Cast bronze
      Variable (2 inch diameter to 6 inch diameter)
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #1 (CO), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #1 (CO), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      103 x 44 x 43 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #1 (CO), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #1 (CO), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      103 x 44 x 43 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #13 (CO10DAVUI), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #13 (CO10DAVUI), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      64 x 43 x 40.5 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #15 (CO10TLPV), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #15 (CO10TLPV), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      63 x 28 x 22.5 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #16 (CO8AXEI), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #16 (CO8AXEI), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      58 x 21 x 21 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #17 (CO10KSOR), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #17 (CO10KSOR), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      57 x 20 x 20 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #5 (CO10XBLOM), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #5 (CO10XBLOM), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      83 x 36 x 36 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #8 (CO10LLOYDM), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #8 (CO10LLOYDM), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      74 x 30 x 28 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #9 (CO10ONWBKYS), 2010
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #9 (CO10ONWBKYS), 2010
      Cast stainless steel
      71 x 34 x 23 inches
    • Carolyn Ottmers, Splice #7 (CO), 2009
      Carolyn Ottmers
      Splice #7 (CO), 2009
      Cast stainless steel
      75 x 26 x 26 inches