Rod Zullo
raveling, living, and observing, has exposed Rod to a variety of art styles, mediums, and messages. I strive to see beyond the literal and narrative, to create work that is contemplative, and expressive, yet conscious of traditional fundamentals. Rod's goals are to see the abstract forms in nature, and express these forms in sculpture by marrying the components of discipline, and creativity, to express a concept rather than an image. Rod's reputation has been cemented with credibility by winning multiple awards from the National Sculpture Society, and election to Fellow of the National Sculpture Society (NY). Rod studied Studio Arts at Montana State University 1991-94, and served apprenticeships with Floyd Tennison Dewitt, FNSS of Bozeman, MT, and Kent Ullberg, NA, FNSS of Loveland, CO. Rod is on the teaching faculty of Scottsdale Artist School and The Campbell Center For The Study of American Sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina. He was also instrumental in helping start the Equine Sculpture Program at The Culver Academy in Indiana. Rod teaches numerous workshops every year, and is in the permanent collections of The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming, The Leanin' Tree Museum, Boulder, Colorado, and Brookgreen Gardens Museum of American Sculpture, as well as in private collections around the world.
Currently Rod's work is represented in Galleries in Bozeman, MT, Jackson, WY, Scottsdale, AZ, Santa Fe, NM, Dallas TX, Charleston, SC., St. Augustine, Fla., Park City, Utah, and Beaver Creek CO., Rod's work has been featured in the book "Sculptors of the Rockies", Southwest Art Magazine, Big Sky Journal, The Bozeman Chronicle, Western Art and Architecture, Fine Art Connoisseur, Western Art Collector, and Pulse Magazine.
Rod is avid outdoorsman and has a studio/gallery in The Emerson Cultural Center, in historic downtown Bozeman, Montana.
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Modeling the Horse and Other Animals
Rod Zullo I Workshop I Oil Based Clay Apr 14 - 17, 2025Rod is known for his expressive animal sculptures based on solid proportions, but not derived from extensive measuring. Students will learn Rod’s techniques for modeling...Read more -
Animals in Bas Relief
Rod Zullo I Workshop I Oil Based Clay Jan 13 - 16, 2025In this class, students will model a bas relief in oil-based clay, based on references brought by the students. Rod teaches fast, effective mold-making, casting...Read more