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Tony Hochstetler, Bean Pods, Monumental, Bronze Edition of 7

Biography Tony Hochstetler

Tony Hochstetler is a sculptor of animals, more particularly a sculptor of reptile, amphibians, insects, birds, and marine life. He is a member of, and has won various awards from, the Society of Animal Artists and the National Sculpture Society.

Most recently his work has been exhibited at the Gilcrease Museum as a featured Rendezvous artist, the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the National Academy of Design, the National Sculpture Society’s “Masterworks of American Sculpture: Selections from Members of the National Sculpture Society 1875-1999”, the  Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and various other shows.

Mr. Hochstetler’s work is featured in the collections of the Gilcrease Museum, the Denver Zoological Gardens, Wichita Art Museum, and the Benson Park Sculpture Gardens.

Tony Hochstetler, Stacked Frogs, Bronze Edition of 21, 14.5"x 8.5" x 6"

Awards

• 2003 Society of Animal Artists, Donald R Miller Award for Interpretive Sculpture - Stacked Frogs
  
• 2001 National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, The Tallix Foundry Prize - Sacred Beetle
  
• 2000 National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, Margaret Hexter Award - Lionfish and Sea Squirts
  
• 1996 Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibit, Whittington Memorial Award - Iris & Tree Frog
  
• 1996 Society of Animal Artists, Award of Merit - Chameleon and Pitcher Plant
  
• 1994 Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibit, Purchase Award - Cobra Lilies and Award of Merit - Cobra Lilies
  
• 1993 National Sculpture Society Centennial Exhibition, Bedi-Makky Foundry Award - Lg. Rhinoceros Beetle
  
• 1991 Society of Animal Artists, Award of Merit - Rhinoceros Beetle

Tony Hochstetler, Sacred Beetle, Bronze Edition of 15, 23" x 8" x 8"

Selected Exhibtions

• 2010 - Western Rendevouz of Art, Helena Montana
  
• 2010 - 2007 - Western Visions, The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming
  
• 2010 - Collector's Reserve, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
• 1993 - 2010 - Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
  
• 2009 - Colorado Gold, The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Colorado
  
• 2006, 2008, 2009 - Gilcrease Museum Rendezvous, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
• 2007 - 2009 - Gilcrease Miniature Show, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 2008 - Forged from Nature - Plant and Animal Sculpture - One man Show, The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Colorado
  
• 2007 - 2008 - Sculpture at the River Market, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 1993 - 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 - 2003, 2006 - Society of Animal Artists
• 2000 - 2001, 2003, 2006 - National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina 
  
• 2005 - Wildlife Art for a New Century II, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  
• 2005 - The Colorado Mountain Club, Golden, Colorado 
  
• 2004 - Salon De Arts, Denver, Colorado
• 2003 - Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
• 2002 - 1993 - Colorado Governor's Invitational, Loveland, Colorado
  
• 2001 - National Sculpture Society Headquarters, New York
  
• 2001 - Rising Stars, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona
  
• 2001 - Magnificent Menagerie; Animals in Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina  
  
• 1999 - Wildlife Organization Charitable Show, Los Angeles, California
  
• 1999 - National Sculpture Society - Masterworks of American Sculpture: Selections from Members of the National Sculpture Society, 1875-1999, Scottsdale, Arizona
  
• 1998 - 1999 - Artists of America, Denver, Colorado
  
• 1999 - Lindsey Wildlife Museum - The Natural World Observed, Walnut Creek, California 
  
• 1998 - National Sculpture Society - New Members Show, New York, New York
  
• 1998 - Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, Colorado
• 1998 - Nicolaysen Art Museum - Natural Inspiration, Casper, Wyoming
• 1998 - Society of Animal Artists - Yankee Heritage Festival, Grafton, Massachusetts
  
• 1994, 1996 - Kentucky National Art & Wildlife Exhibit, Henderson, Kentucky  
  
• 1995 - 1996 - Northwest Rendezvous, Park City, Utah
  
• 1996 - Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington, Vermont
  
• 1996 - National Academy of Design, New York, New York
  
• 1996 - Les Animaliers, Greenwich, Connecticut
• 1995 - Airlie Invitational, Airlie, Virginia
• 1993 - National Sculpture Society “Centennial Exhibition”, Fairfield, Connecticut
• 1993 - The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art - Bronze Age, Salisbury, Maryland
• 1993 - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - Wildlife: The Artist View - National Tour

Tony Hochstetler, Locust Tree Pods, Bronze Edition of 15, 5" x 25" x 5"

Publications

• Western Art Collector, October 2011
• Southwest Art, On Land and Sea, April 2006
  
• Gilcrease Members Newsletter, March/April 2006
  
• Southwest Art, An Eye for the Eclectic, October 2003
  
• Art Talk, January 2002
  
• Art Talk, April/May 2000
  
• Empire Online Magazine - Lovelandnet.com, Loveland in Bronze
  
• Masterworks of American Sculpture - Selections from Members of the National
• Sculpture Society   
  
• Wildlife Art, July/August 1999
  
• Sculpture Forum, May 1998
  
• Art Talk, January 1998
  
• Art Revue, Spring 1997
  
• Kentucky Afield, November/December 1996
  
• Colorado Expressions, Spring 1994
  
• Southwest Art, Feature Article, August 1993
  
• Southwest Art, Animal Aesthetics and Ethics, May 1993

Collections

• City of Edmond, Edmond, Oklahoma
  
• Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Oklahoma
  
• Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
  
• Bass Pro Museum, Springfield, Missouri  
  
• Loveland Museum, Loveland, Colorado
  
• H.Y. Jung Museum of Bronze Sculpture
  
• Denver Zoological Gardens, Denver, Colorado
  
• Benson Park Sculpture Gardens, Loveland, Colorado
• National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY 

Memberships

• National Sculpture Society
  
• Society of Animal Artists

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Tony Hochstetler, Cobra Lilies, Bronze Edition of 15, 14.5" x 5" x 5"