Archive for September 2024
Peter Bremers
Dutch artist Peter Bremers was born in 1957 in Maastricht, The Netherlands, where he studied sculpture at the University of Fine Arts and three-dimensional design at the Jan van Eyck Academia. Searching for suitable ways of realizing his artistic ideas, he at first worked with a wide range of materials including glass, plastic, steel and…
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Joy Brown was born in Japan in 1951, a child of medical missionaries to Japan. Brown received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Eckerd College in Florida. After graduating, she returned to Japan to work as an apprentice in traditional Japanese ceramics for four years. During that time of rigorous training, she was required…
Read MoreJan Exnar
Jan Exnar was born in 1951 in the Czech Republic. Originally, he aspired to be a painter and began his education at the Glass School in Železný Brod at the age of fifteen. However, he became exclusively captivated by the fascinating material of glass. He moved to Prague in 1970, where he studied at the…
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Peter Greenwood was born in 1960 in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1979, he had a shift of consciousness; the mystique, the discipline, the spiritual exercise which defines glassblowing forever changed his life. At age 19, Greenwood attended the Rhode Island School of Design. He later studied at the Pilchuck School in Washington, where he was exposed…
Read MoreNancy Mee
Nancy Mee is a sculptor and glass artist based in Seattle, WA. Mee was born in 1951 and attended the University of Washington where she earned a BFA in Printmaking in 1974. An artist in residency at the Pilchuck School in 1984 had a profound impact on her work when she began experimenting with fusing…
Read MoreOwen Morrel
Owen Morrel was born in 1950 in Amityville, New York with the Atlantic Ocean in his backyard. Morrel attended Skidmore College, Colgate University and the Cranbrook Academy. He eventually moved to the Greek island of Paros to study classical ceramics, later returning to New York. He turned from pottery to sculpture, and is today best…
Read MoreRobert Neffson
Robert Neffson was born December 28, 1949 in New York City. He began attending classes at the Art Students League of New York in 1961 and then Boston University College of Fine Arts, graduating in 1971. He went on to earn his master’s degree there in 1973. Neffson is known for his photorealistic street scenes…
Read MoreMarlene Rose
Marlene Rose was born in New York in 1967 with art all around her. Her mother was a painter and her father a sculptor of found objects. Rose was educated at Promfret School in Connecticut; Tulane University in Louisiana; and California College of the Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. Rose’s sculptures in glass are…
Read MoreClive Smith
Clive Smith is a highly trained British painter interested in how contemporary painting can speak to modern societal issues. Born in St. Albans, England in 1967, the artist has lived and worked in New York since 1988. Smith was educated as an artist first in the U.K. at Kingston Polytechnic and then at the Art…
Read MoreNathan Walsh
Nathan Walsh was born in 1972 and is a contemporary realist painter living and working in Wales, United Kingdom. Walsh is known for his large-scale paintings, some measuring up to nine feet in width. He travels abroad to large cities like New York to research his compositions, and then returns to his studio in Wales…
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