Posts by Seven Bridges
Joy Brown
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 MoreNoah Buchanan
Noah Buchanan, born in 1976, began his artistic studies in 1994 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied classical drawing and painting, as well as extensive studies in human anatomy. In 2002, he received his M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art where he intensified his training in…
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 MoreDale 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 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 MorePaul Day
Paul Day was born in 1967 in Horsham, England. Upon finishing his education at Cheltenham School of Art, Day began working professionally aided by a grant from the Prince of Wales Business Youth Trust. Day has spent more than twenty years developing a highly personal approach to figurative sculpture using high-relief, an art form that…
Read MoreVincent Desiderio
Vincent Desiderio was born in 1955. He graduated from Haverford College in 1977 and later attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, followed by four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Desiderio has said that the works of Eugène Delacroix had an important influence on the development of how he treats light…
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…
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.…
Read More