Studio shot by Colin Conces
Title: Bread Body
Materials: bread, ceramic, muslin
Nalani Stolz is a sculptor and installation artist based in Chicago. Through materials that shift and change over time, Nalani explores how it feels to inhabit the body.
From 2014 to 2018, she founded and directed The Birdsell Project, an arts organization and residency program focusing on bringing artists into spaces to create site-responsive installations. Nalani has created her own site-specific installations through Brickscape Residency, The Birdsell Project, The Ohio State University, The Columbus Printed Arts Center and Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Along with her installations, Nalani has shown her sculptural work at Woman Made Gallery, The South Bend Museum of Art, The Sculpture Center and Urban Arts Space.
Nalani received her BA in Sculpture at Whitman College and her MFA in Sculpture from The Ohio State University and has recently completed residencies at Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts, Township10 and Anderson Ranch Center for the Arts.