Posts by Seven Bridges
Jan 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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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 MoreMax Ferguson
Max Ferguson was born 1959 in New York City and is an American artist best known for his realistic paintings of vanishing urban scenes in and around New York City. Ferguson did hand-drawn animated films as a teenager, eventually graduating from New York University with a degree in film in 1980. However, while spending a…
Read MoreBarry Flanagan
Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) was born in North Wales. He studied at the Birmingham College of Art and Crafts from 1957 to 1958, continuing at St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England, graduating in 1966. Flanagan taught at St. Martin’s School from 1967 to 1971. Flanagan began his series of hare sculptures in the late…
Read MoreCésar Galicia
César Galicia was born in 1957 in Madrid, Spain. He studied at the San Fernando Fine Arts School in Madrid, graduating in 1979. He continued to study painting privately in the United States starting in 1981 and began showing in New York at the Staempfli Gallery in 1985. He was included in the important Spanish…
Read MoreGreg Gandy
Greg Gandy was born in 1980 in central California. He is a realist painter who resides and works in San Francisco. He earned two Bachelor’s degrees prior to moving to San Francisco, where he earned a Master’s Degree from the Academy of Art University in 2007. Gandy is a meticulous painter who thrives on intricate…
Read MoreRalph Goings
Ralph Goings was born in 1928 in Corning, CA. He received his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1953 and his MFA from Sacramento State College in 1965. He had his first solo exhibit in 1970. Goings became one of the founding members of the photorealist movement, writing that “form, color and…
Read MoreEric Goulder
Eric Goulder was born in 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Amherst College in Massachusetts as well as the New York Academy of Art. His figurative sculptures, fabricated in bronze, crystal, silver and marble are a reflection of contemporary society and its contradictions. Goulder’s work examines the human spirit’s struggle for identity and can be…
Read MoreDaniel Greene
Daniel Greene (1934-2020) was born 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 MorePeter Greenwood
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…
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