Timothy Stotz is a draftsman, painter, and teacher. He was one of eight original members of the Jacob Collins Studio (1995-97) and was one of eleven founding members of the Water Street Atelier (1997), both in Brooklyn, NY.

Mr. Stotz has been the recipient of many distinguished grants, fellowships and exhibition prizes for his painting. These awards include: an extended Fulbright-Hays Grant for Painting to Madrid, Spain, where he was sponsored by the painter Antonio Lopez Garcia to study the works of Velazquez and Goya; a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, where he worked briefly with the painter Gregory Gillespie; and two grants for classical painting from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Canada.

He is the founder and director of Studio Escalier, located in Argenton-Château, France, where he teaches drawing and painting. He has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, at the Seattle Academy of Fine Arts, and privately in NYC. His work is included in public and private collections across the United States and Europe.

Timothy Stotz currently teaches drawing in the heart of Paris, in the historic studio of Théodore Géricault (The Raft of the Medusa, 1819), and lectures several times a year in the collections of the Louvre, exclusively to Studio Escalier students.

Mr Stotz (b. 1969) received his MFA degree in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he studied under the late Andrew Forge, NA (Chairman Emeritus, Yale School of Art). Mr. Stotz studied under the painter Ted Seth Jacobs in France (1993-2001), before and after attending graduate school at the New York Academy of Art (1995-1997). He holds a BA degree cum laude in Fine Arts from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia (1991).

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007 Artists and Muses, Atelier Géricault, rue des Martyrs, Paris, France
2006 Water Street Retrospective, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 29ème Exposition Estivale, Logis de la Favrière, Nueil-les-Aubiers, France
2004 Studio Escalier, Galerie Fauget, Communauté des Communes, Argenton-Château
2003 Penn Alumni Exhibition, Kroiz Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2002 9th Annual Realism Invitational, Van de Griff - Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Socios, Sala Goya, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
2000 El Desnudo, Sala Juana Mordo, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
2000 Art Students Showcase, Paul Toner, 248 Lafayette Street, NYC
1999 Drawings by Painters, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Thesis, Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1999 57th Juried Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Center, Philadelphia
1997 2nd Nat'l Juried Exhibition of Figurative Art, Gallery on 2nd, NYC
1997 The Living Earth, Williamsburg Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Group Exhibition, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, VT
1996 20th Annual Student Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC
1995 "Bring Home a Nude" Art Auction, NY Academy of Art, NYC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002- present Director and Tutor - Drawing and Painting, Studio Escalier
Contemporary Classical Art Center
Paris and Argenton-Château, France
1999-2001 Lives and paints in Madrid, Spain, supported by Fulbright-Hays Grants for Painting
1998-99 Drawing Instructor, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Drawing Workshop Instructor, The Academy of Realist Art, Seattle, WA