Marlaina Lutz is an artist who creates functional ceramic objects. Originally from New Jersey, she began working with clay while pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. After graduating, Lutz was the assistant manager of Gasworks NYC, a community clay studio in Brooklyn, NY. After three years in this position, Lutz moved to Logan, UT and earned an MFA from Utah State University. She was a Long-Term Resident at Red Lodge Clay Center and is currently a Long-Term Resident at Art Center West in Roswell, GA.
Education
2023
Utah State University
Master of Fine Arts: Ceramics, Logan UT
2016
Marymount Manhattan College
Bachelor of Arts: Photography & Art History, New York NY
Residencies
2026
2026
2023-2025
2020
Art Center West, Artist in Residence, Roswell GA
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Invited STR, Edgecomb ME
Red Lodge Clay Center, Artist in Residence, Red Lodge MT
Salem Art Works, Artist in Residence, Salem NY(canceled due to covid-19)
Teaching
2026
2023-2025
2020-2023
2018-2020
Art Center West, Community Class Teacher, Roswell GA
Red Lodge Clay Center, Community Class Teacher, Red Lodge MT
Utah State University, Graduate Instructor, Logan UT
Gasworks NYC, Community Class Teacher, Brooklyn NY
Exhibitions
2026
Watershed Pottery Invitational, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb ME
2026
Criss Cross Collective NCECA Pop-up Sale, Invited Artist, NCECA, Detroit MI
2025
Artlink Winter Market, Invited Artist, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne IN
2025
Reiteration, Invited Artist, Kirks Grocery Art Gallery, Billings MT
2025
Between Two Benches, Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge MT
2025
Alumni Exhibition, Group Show, Tippetts and Eccles Gallery, Logan UT
2025
North American Cup Show, The Laundromat Gallery, Auke Bay AK
2025
Earth and Fire, Juried Exhibition(3rd place), Sedona Arts Center, Sedona AZ
2025
Hidden Gems, Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge MT
2025
Resident Exhibition, Group Show, The Ryniker-Morrison Gallery, Billings MT
2025
RLCC Exhibition, Group Show, The Northwest Gallery, Powell WY
2025
Snowbird-ing, Group Exhibition, Morean Clay Center, St. Petersburg FL
2024
Tangents, Group Show, Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge MT
2024
Resident Exhibition, Group Show, The Ryniker-Morrison Gallery, Billings MT
2024
RLCC Exhibition, Group Show, The Northwest Gallery, Powell WY
2023
The Day Before The Day, MFA Thesis, Tippetts and Eccles Gallery, Logan UT
2023
Paper and Clay, Juried Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles Gallery, Logan UT
2022
Graduate Exhibition, Group Show, Tippetts and Eccles Gallery, Logan UT
2022
I am my own house, Solo Exhibition, The Projects Gallery, Logan UT
2022
Northern Clay Center Members Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Minneapolis MN
2022
Raise a Toast, Juried Exhibition, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville IL
2021
Graduate Exhibition, Group Show, Tippetts and Eccles Gallery, Logan UT