Sophie Ryder

Dancing Hares

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…

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Henry Schiowitz

Early Bird

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…

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Karen Shapiro

Karen Shapiro_CrackerJack

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,…

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Ronald N. Sherr

Queen of Hearts

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…

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Clive Smith

Smith_Caught

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…

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Peter Swift

Peter Swift, Eight Wood Screws

Peter Swift, a former corporate lawyer, has been painting full time since 2015. Specializing in still-life painting, the artist has created a new genre which he calls “Symmetrical Realism” — photorealistic renderings of objects, arranged in symmetrical designs.

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Lino Tagliapietra

Lino Tagliapietra_AngelTear

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…

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Frantisek Vizner

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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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Nathan Walsh

Walsh _ NYC 6AM

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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David Willis

Rainy Day Dream Away

David Willis grew up outside of New York City. He earned a BA in Interdepartmental Field Studies from UC Berkeley with an emphasis on social change and a Minor in conservation and resources studies. He began working with glass in 1994. Drawing heavily from nature and taking a cross-disciplinary approach to the material, his work…

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