The Artists: Steve Lotz

Steve Lotz in 2005.

Genesis II, 1998.

Steve Lotz received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Lotz became an instructor of art at the University of Central Florida (then Florida Technological University), in 1968, and served as the chairman of the Art Department for its first 10 years. He retired as a Professor Emeritus in 2003. As head of the department, Lotz was integral in establishing the success of the University’s visual arts programs.

Lotz is an internationally-recognized artist with solo exhibitions of his work held throughout the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean, and he is represented in numerous public and private collections. His best known work in Central Florida is the monumental tryptic, Florida Dream, which has been on view in the main terminal of the Orlando International Airport since it was commissioned in 1981.

Lotz will also be featured in Art Legends exhibitions at the Orange County Board of Commissioners Chambers (September 2015 through September 2016), the City of Orlando Terrace Gallery (October 15, 2015 through January 8, 2016), the Orange County Regional History Center (March 5 through May 29, 2016), the Orlando Museum of Art (March 12 through June 5, 2016).