Tom Loeser

Tom Loeser is a renowned member of the Studio Craft movement. He designs and builds one-of-a-kind functional and dysfunctional objects that are often carved and painted. Loeser looks to the history of design and object-making as a starting point for developing new forms and meanings. Beginning in 1981, the artist has exhibited his work globally, including at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France) and Peter Joseph Gallery (New York, NY). He was head of the wood/furniture area at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, from 1991-2020. Loeser holds a BA from Haverford College, a BFA from Boston University’s Program in Artisanry, and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Loeser has received four Visual Artist Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Selected public collections that hold his work include the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, USA), The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, USA), Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, USA), Mint Museum (Charlotte, USA), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, USA), and others.