Eric Lotzer (b. 1987, Minneapolis, MN) is a contemporary artist whose work explores the volatile intersection of human anatomy, botanical structures, and the performative self. Holding an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the University of Georgia, Lotzer has developed a visual language that navigates the dualities of the attractive and the repulsive. His practice, which evolved from a rigorous foundation in printmaking and graphite drawing into an expansive investigation of fluid painting mediums, has been highlighted by Hauser & Wirth in their global MFA spotlight and featured in GAYLETTER Magazine’s “Forest Fantasies.”

Drawing aesthetic cues from German Expressionism and underground queer culture, Lotzer’s work investigates the complexity of the physical versus the psychological. His 2020 inclusion in the landmark exhibition Closet to Quarantine at Childs Gallery (Boston) saw his intimate, figurative works exhibited alongside his artistic heroes, including David Hockney and David Wojnarowicz. This dialogue placed his explorations of queer vulnerability and the "heroic nude" in direct conversation with the icons of queer art history. Today, Lotzer continues this inquiry through a "living laboratory" in his studio, where he studies over 50 botanical species to create hybrid narratives that exist between observational reality and imagined "fools' paradises."