Tom Bartel
Pink Stripes, Ceramic
Yellow Stripes, Ceramic
Tom Bartel, Figure with Inverted Heart, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Black & Blue Figure, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Figure with Life & Death Aspects, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Blue Figure, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Red Figure, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Masked Head, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Doll Head, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Party Skull, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Head with Widow’s Peak, ceramic
Tom Bartel, Small Heads, ceramic, 4x3.5x4.5 in each
Tom Bartel, Blue Head, ceramic
artist info
Tom Bartel grew up on the Erie shores of Cleveland, Ohio and is known for his disturbing and humorous fragmented figures that take cues from a “shotgun blast” of influences ranging from antiquity to popular culture. He received his BFA from Kent State University and his MFA from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Tom has lectured, conducted workshops and exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally. His work is included in numerous public and private collections and he has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the Pennsylvania arts council, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council.
Bartel is currently an Associate Professor at Ohio University in Athens, Oh.