Detail of a portrait of Lois Teicher, pho­to by Donita Simpson.

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Lois Teicher

Sculptor specializing in site-specific art using steel, from initial concept and planning through fabrication to in­stal­la­tion. Nicknamed "the woman of steel." A lot of her work is in corporate, in­sti­tu­tion­al and pri­vate col­lec­tions.

Bachelor of Fine Arts 1979 from the College for Creative Studies (CCS), Mas­ter of Fine Arts 1981 from Eastern Mich­i­gan Uni­ver­si­ty. Winner of the Guvvy Award 2008, ossia the Michigan Artist Lifetime Achievement Award. Two-time winner of an award from the may­or of Dear­born. Frequent juror of art exhibitions.

Despite all her accolades, Lois is not slowing down to rest on her laurels. At any given time, she's either planning a new project or gathering materials or creating new artwork. Her next unveiling is expected to be in metro Detroit later this year.

One of several "paper" airplanes by Lois Teicher at the Bishop In­ter­na­tion­al Airport in Flint. Photo by Shel Hens­leigh.

Current exhibitions

• Quiet Performance: The Stillness of Shape at Galerie Camille. Opened September 28 and slated to run to October 19. There will be a gallery talk on October 18 at 5:00 p.m.

Even when she doesn't have any artwork in galleries, there are plenty of places to see her artwork in site-specific installations around Michigan: Big Rapids, Bir­ming­ham, Detroit, Grand Blanc, Grosse Ile, Mount Clemens, Thompsonville, Tra­verse City, West Bloomfield, each of these boast at least one installation by her. The book Art in Detroit Public Places by Dennis Nawrocki is a very good resource.

But she's probably most famous for a series of "paper" airplanes at the Bishop International Airport in Flint.

Also she has an installation at the Adams Dairy Parkway Shopping Center in Blue Springs, Missouri.

Upcoming exhibitions

Various plans. Also, she's in the planning stages for a few more site-specific installations to be unveiled later this year or next year. Dates and locations to be announced.

Past exhibitions

Selected past exhibitions prior to 2024

I have not had time to sift through her long list of past exhibits. For now I'll just list a few very arbitrarily chosen exhibits from her résumé prior to 2024. Suffice it to say that a complete listing would be way more than twice as long as this.

• Hard / Soft, with Ijania Cortez, Asia Hamilton, Sydney James, etc., at Galerie Camille. March 19, 2021 — April 17, 2021.
• Thank You, Mies, with James Collins, Simone DeSousa, etc., at Detroit Artists Market. Curated by Dennis Nawrocki. With featured artist Darin Darby. June 14, 2019 — July 20, 2019.
• Restatement, at the Padzieski Art Gallery. March 15, 2019 — April 11, 2019.
• Three Views, with Rose DeSloover and Sherry Moore at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. 2011.
• Small Scale at Au Courant Interior Design Studio and Gallery. 2002.
• Architectural Models & Small Sculpture at the Dewaters Art Center. 1998.
• The Home Show, curated by Dennis Nawrocki, at the CCS Center Galleries. 1992.
• The Plain Truth, curated by Jan van der Marck, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1988.
• Celebrate Michigan Artists (juror), Paint Creek Center for the Arts. 1982.
• With twenty other artists selected by Roy Slade at the Cranbrook Art Museum. 1979.

External links

• Official website
• CCS alumni profile

News

• Laura Bonnell, "End of an Era: Last Artist Moves Out of Detroit’s Atlas Building", The Detroit Jewish News, January 12, 2021. "My mother, Lois Teicher, began renting her 2,000-square-foot studio at the Atlas Building on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit in 1982. The building was a well-known artists enclave and, today at 82 years old, she is the last artist to move out of the building." According to Laura, the landlord offered Lois a studio not far from Atlas.

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