Rob Stolzer received his BFA from the Mason Gross School of Art at Rutger's University in 1985 and his MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 1989. Rob has been on a two-year residency at the Core Program, part of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas. He has also attended the IWCAT (International Workshop of Ceramic Art in Tokoname) Summer-long residency in Tokoname, Japan. Most recently, Rob took part in a month-long residency program at the Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson, Vermont.

Rob Stolzer is currently serving as Chair of the Department of Art and Design.  Before arriving at UWSP in 1989, Rob taught drawing and illustration courses at The Glassell School of Art in Houston, Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, Rutger's University in New Jersey and Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.

From 1985 to approximately 1996, Rob worked as a free-lance illustrator, with illustrations appearing in The Progressive, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times Book Review and Houston City Magazine. Over the past few years, he has concentrated on his studio work.

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