Posts by Seven Bridges
Sophie 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…
Read MoreKaren Shapiro
Karen Shapiro was born in 1947 and was raised in Arizona where she trained as an artist. She once painted cartoon cells at Hanna Barbera and also did package design. Using the American raku firing technique, Shapiro takes everyday objects based on commercial products or domestic items dating from the 1930s to the present time,…
Read MoreRonald N. Sherr
Ronald N. Sherr was an American artist and teacher (1952-2022), who began his art studies at the DuCret School of Art in New Jersey, then moved to New York City to study at the National Academy of Design. While Ron had an illustrious career in fine art portraiture, the exhibit at Seven Bridges features selected…
Read MoreDavid Simon
David Simon was born in New York in 1970, and is a dynamic sculptor currently based in Los Angeles. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University and the New York Academy of Art. He has taught for more than 20 years in New York at the Sculpture Center and Grand…
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 MoreRaphaella Spence
Raphaella Spence was born in 1978 in London, England, and is a hyperrealist painter whose current works consist of high-resolution digital camera images combined with freehand cityscape paintings. Spence and her family moved to France, where she spent the first eight years of her life. At the age of 12, she moved to Rome, Italy,…
Read MoreLino Tagliapietra
Lino Tagliapietra was born in 1934 in Murano, Italy. Tagliapietra was described by Dale Chihuly as “perhaps the world’s greatest living glassblower.” As a boy he was apprenticed to master glassmaker Archimede Seguso. A decade later Tagliapietra had himself achieved the rank of maestro. For decades he executed glass designs with technical virtuosity. An award…
Read MoreJames Valerio
James Valerio was born in 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, where he currently lives and teaches at Northwestern University. His mother was an artist, and as a child he took weekend classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. When a back injury prevented him from finding work as a laborer, Valerio enrolled in night classes for…
Read MoreFrantisek Vizner
Frantisek Vizner was born in 1936 in Czechoslovakia. He is well known and highly respected worldwide for his incredible innovative and powerful glass creations. Vizner was trained at the famous glassmaking schools in Novy Bor and Zelezny Brod. He graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague in 1962. He dedicated his career to…
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