Lance Rautzhan(born. 1974 in Pottsville, PA) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. He holds a B.A. in Sociology with Political Science and Economics minors from IUP and is presently pursuing a Master of Professional Studies in Art Education at Penn State. He moved to Long Island City, Queens in 1997 to study acting and make small works on paper. In 1999, Rautzhan took a large studio in Baltimore, MD where he would go on to cultivate his body of work and exhibit extensively for 6 years. In 2006, Rautzhan moved his studio to Bushwick, Brooklyn. He would continue to work in Brooklyn until 2014 before returning to his hometown of Pottsville, PA. Rautzhan has exhibited with Freight&Volume (NY), Arts&Leisure (NY), Present Co. (BK), DNA Gallery (Provincetown), Index Art Center/Newark Museum of Art (NJ) and Spacecamp (Baltimore) to name a few. His work has been collected and published internationally. In 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019, he was chosen for and completed residencies at DNA Gallery in Provincetown, MA. Along with his active professional studio practice he has participated in several teaching artist residencies at the secondary level. His influences and interests include Post Marxist theory, the work and philosophies of artists Joseph Beuys and Brian Eno, animation of the 1960’s through the 1980’s and avant-garde film.