Archive for February 2025
Archimede Seguso Glassworks
Archimede Seguso (1909 – 1999) was born on the island of Murano in Venice, Italy. Born into a family of glass workers, he began working with glass at a young age, developing his skills by reworking glasswork from the 18th century. Seguso distinguished himself by the age of 20 with new techniques and impressive skills,…
Read MoreWilliam Beckman
William Beckman was born in 1942 in Maynard, Minnesota. He received a BA from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and an MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. He moved to New York City in 1969, rose to prominence in the mid-1970s and has had over 20 solo exhibitions. His work is included…
Read MoreCharles Bell
Charles Bell (1935–1995) born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earned a BBA degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1957, then served for two years in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant. Bell worked as an accountant and served as comptroller of the International Nickel Corporation until 1980. According to a Guggeheim Foundation biography,…
Read MoreHoward Ben Tre
Howard Ben Tre was an American glass artist who was born in 1949 and died in 2020. He worked with poured glass, creating small sculptures and large scale public artworks. Ben Tre obtained his bachelor’s degree from Portland State University and moved to the East coast where he graduated from Rhode Island School of Design…
Read MoreDavid Bennett
David Bennett born in 1941 in Oregon. He has been a professional glass artist since 1991. Bennett studied the art of blown glass at Pratt Art School in Seattle, Washington; at Pilchuck School in Stanwood, Washington; and in Murano, Italy with Maestro Pino Signoretto. Bennett is best known for his blown figurative glass sculptures, created…
Read MoreMartin Blank
Martin Blank was born in 1962. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island in 1984, majoring in glass. After graduating, Blank travelled to the West Coast to work with master glass artist Dale Chihuly. He had his first solo exhibition in 1995. In 2004, he received a…
Read MoreNancy Callan
Nancy Callan was born in 1964 and is a Boston native who joined the Seattle glass community in 1996 after completing her studies at the Massachusetts College of Art. Her career began as an assistant to Maestro Lino Tagliapietra and as a production gaffer for the Manifesto Lighting Corporation. While developing her own artwork, Callan…
Read MoreDavis Cone
David Cone was born in 1950 in Augusta, Georgia. He received a BFA degree in 1972 from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, doing postgraduate work in photography and design from 1972–1973. Cone joined the photorealist movement in the late 1970’s and rapidly became a prominent painter…
Read MoreRobert Cottingham
Robert Cottingham was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and began his career working in graphic design, a choice which later provided inspiration for his iconic paintings of American signage. He moved to Los Angeles in 1964 to work in advertising and after four years,…
Read MoreCarl Dobsky
Carl Dobsky was born in 1972 in Victoria, Texas. After studying at the Ringling School of Art in Florida and the New York Academy of Art, Dobsky studied at Jacob Collins’ Water Street Atelier. His work is grounded in traditional forms of representation while still incorporating contemporary elements, bringing grace to the most mundane objects…
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