Archive for February 2024
Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington. He was introduced to glass at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965 Chihuly enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design where he later established the glass…
Read MoreBryan Drury
Bryan Drury was born in 1980 in Salt Lake City, Utah and relocated to New York in 2001. He received his MFA Cum Laude from the New York Academy of Art in 2007 and BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2005. He has exhibited and received awards throughout the US and Europe.…
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Paul Fenniak was born in 1965 in Toronto, Canada. He completed his BFA at Queen’s University in Kingston and received his MFA in 1993 from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. His work has been considered psychological realism.
Read MoreDaniel Greene
Daniel Greene was born in 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Art Students League in New York, where he later returned to teach. His paintings and pastels are in over 500 public and private collections, including major museums . He has won numerous awards over the years.
Read MoreDon Gummer
Don Gummer was born in 1946. He is an American sculptor. His early work concentrated on table-top and wall-mounted sculpture, but in the mid 1980s he shifted his interest to large free-standing works, often in bronze. In the 1990s he added a variety of other materials, such as stainless steel, aluminum and stained glass. His…
Read MoreThomas Ostenberg
Thomas Ostenberg was born in Nebraska, grew up on a ranch in Colorado and spent his teenage years between Colorado and Florida. He works primarily in bronze. The power and durability of his finished pieces belie his approach to the medium, which is quite fluid and intuitive. “Sometimes I will have a bit of clay…
Read MoreStephen Powell
Stephen Powell (1951-2019). He received his MFA from Louisiana State University in 1983 and taught in several schools in the U.S. and Australia. Powell is best known for his very large-scale, dramatic multi-colored vessels. His pieces are so large that they take a team of several glass artists to execute. In contrast to the large…
Read MoreHenry Richardson
Richardson resides in New York City. His path as a sculptor began at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and has continued in a circuitous manner in the decades since. He has worked in many mediums including concrete, steel, stone and wood, but says that the mastery of chiseling glass has allowed him to explore more complex…
Read MoreSophie Ryder
Sophie Ryder was born in 1963 in London, England. She graduated from the Royal Academy Schools with a diploma in painting in 1984. In 1986, Ryder was awarded a three-month residency at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, creating sculptures out of wire. She had her first solo exhibition in 1987. Her work is included in many…
Read MoreHenry Schiowitz
Henry Schiowitz was raised in Pennsylvania and had his first exhibition at age 14. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1972 and at age 18, he moved to Pietrasanta, Italy where he apprenticed in the marble studio of Pio Pasquini e Figli, as well as the bronze foundry of Claudio Mariani. Schiowitz’s…
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