Phyllis Mantik

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Phyllis Mantik makes her home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. A native of Canada and a 1978 graduate of the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, Phyllis moved to the United States in 1981 to further her career as a Graphic Designer.

She believes that her own introduction to sculpture was by design. From those early experiences of completing a sculpture, seeing an image take shape that began from a lump of clay, she has delighted in creating. Out of this personal joy she also senses responsibility, as a sculptor, to create work that adds value to our existence, if only to evoke a simple smile; to touch someone’s heart and for a moment to capture their emotions. Each time an individual relates to her work from their own experiences, it gives the work meaning and keeps it alive. Her desire as a sculptor is to be someone who represents goodness in life by creating, teaching, learning, discovering, sharing, and serving.

She identifies with the words of architect Samuel Mockbee, who said, "The role of the artist in society is to lift the spirit, to somehow let us see the goodness in things.” Those words echo her philosophy as an artist.

Phyllis has taught sculpture at the Art School in Guthrie, Oklahoma, MultiArts in Stillwater, Oklahoma and continues to study sculpture herself at the Loveland Academy, the Scottsdale Artists School and workshops sponsored by the Oklahoma Sculpture Society. She has been exhibiting and selling her work since 1991 and her sculptures are held in corporate and private collections in the United States and Canada.

Selected Art Shows, Exhibitions & Awards:
Scholarship - Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ, 1993 Best of Show, OSS at OSU, 1994
First Place, OSS Boatman’s Bank Juried Exhibition, 1994
Best of Show, Associations I, Oklahoma City, 1997
First Place, OSS New Work Show, Oklahoma City, 1999
Art Achievement Award, Celebration of Life & Art,Oklahoma City, 1999
2nd Place - 3-D Works, Art Escape, Guthrie, OK, 1999
3rd Place - 3-D Works, Art Escape, Guthrie, OK, 2000
Oklahoma Artists Guild, Kirkpatrick Galleries, Oklahoma City,OK, 2000
3rd Place, Canterbury Arts Festival, Edmond, OK, 2000
1st Place and 3rd Place, OSS Winter Show, 2000
Awarded Centennial Sculpture Commission, Guthrie Arts and Humanities and the City of Guthrie, Guthrie, OK, 2001
Boston Ave Church, Tulsa, OK, Columbarium Commission, 2003
Award of Merit, VisionMakers Show, Oklahoma City, OK, 2004


Corporate & Private Collections Include:
Crossings Community Church, Oklahoma City, OK “The Gift”
Dr. & Mrs. Ferneau, Columbia, MO “The Gift”
Margaret Mantik, Salmon Arm, BC., Canada “Our Daily Bread”
Loyce & Allen Morain, Norman, OK “The Gift”
Oklahoma Statuary Arts, Oklahoma City, OK Statuary
Oklahoma Casting Co., Ponca City - Museum Commission
Mike & Debbie Ozment, Oklahoma City, OK. Portraits, “Sam” and “Micah”
Jim and Nathalie Roberson, Norman, OK “Companions”
Dr. & Mrs. Walters for Deaconess Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK “The Gift”
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony, Stillwater, OK “Joy Shared”
Cherie Gordon and Charles S. Scott, Guthrie, OK Portrait of “Gertie”
Loreen & Fred Albert, Calgary, Alta, Canada “Prepared for a Landing”
Dr & Mrs. Mark Ebert, Stillwater, OK “The Gift”
Joy Reed Belt, Oklahoma City, OK Portrait of "Coco"


Memberships:
Oklahoma Sculpture Society
Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition
Associate Member, National Sculpture Society