Janet Neuwalder, MFA
Senior Adjunct Faculty
jneuwald@callutheran.edu
WRAC 118
Office Hours: Please email me for appointment
About
Janet Neuwalder, a sculptor and installation artist specializing in clay and ceramic processes, has focused recently on large-scale sculptural wall installations. Works are assembled from hundreds of fragments floating off the wall's surface, creating a provocative and visually active topography. The assemblages express movement, playfulness and a sense of history and time.
Neuwalder received her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri and a Master of Fine Art from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Neuwalder has been exhibiting her work nationally since 1984. She has taught at numerous universities and colleges throughout the United States. She currently teaches Ceramics at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.
Education
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Expertise
Hand building and wheel throwing processes
Sculptural process-based methods of working with ceramic materials
Mixed media integration with ceramic materials
Installation and Collections
Publications
LA Documents Video: DIS CONNECTION
https://youtu.be/q4l_PReD3_M?si=N4qHH3efQVSnR8DE
Exhibition Review
DIS CONNECTION Review: Betty Ann Brown
Blackboard Gallery
Studio Channel Islands Art Center
Camarillo, CA
Exhibition Essay
Thread/bare exhibition essay except, by Shana Nys Dambrot
Blackboard Gallery
Studio Channel Islands Art Center
Camarillo, CA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shana-nys-dambrot/threadbare_b_4639228.html
Artist Interview
Focus on the Masters, Ventura, CA
Grant Funding
Experiential Learning mini- grant
Garden to Table: Community, Poetry, and Pottery: Ceramics Banquet
Current Commissions
Ceramic Mural
City of Camarillo, Mission Oaks Blvd
Summer 2024 completion
Past Commissions
Community Memorial Hospital, In the Garden, Maternity Floor, Ventura, CA
Ventura County Medical Center, Tree of Life, Pediatric Oncology, Ventura, CA