Thomas Putzier is a Minnesota-based artist and designer. His works have been exhibited in galleries, museums, and sculpture parks, including: Art Shanty Projects (2020, 2022), Public Art Festival, Minneapolis, MN, CICA Museum (2022), Group Exhibition, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, THE ENGLISH HOTEL (2023), SOLO EXHIBITION, LAS VEGAS, NV, Franconia Sculpture Park (2016-2022), Sculpture Exhibition, Shafer, MN, Gallery 120 (2023) Solo Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN, Hutchinson Center for the Arts (2021), Solo Exhibition, Hutchinson, MN, I-Park Foundation Inc. (2021-), Site-Responsive Biennale, East Haddam, CT, MARJORIE BARRICK MUSEUM OF ART (2023), COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LAS VEGAS, NV, MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART (2024), SOLO EXHIBITION, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Neon Museum (2023), Solo Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV, and White Bear Center for the Arts (2020, 2022), Group Exhibition, White Bear Lake, MN, among others. Residencies include Danebod Folk School (2014, 2018), Tyler, MN, I-Park Foundation Inc. (2021), East Haddam, CT, Neon Museum (2022, 2023), Las Vegas, NV, and Sagehen Creek Field Station (2018, 2019), Truckee, CA, among others. Putzier has received funding from foundation for contemporary arts (2022) and the minnesota state arts board (2023, 2024), among others. Putzier received a MFA from UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO AT LAKE TAHOE, Incline Village, NV, and a BFA from University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Permanent collections include Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV.