Tg: Transitions in Kiln-Glass: at Bellevue Arts Museum

Perception Shift, 2023

kilncast glass (open-faced) from 3D printed model

2.5 x 15.75 x 10.25 inches

Ryan Tanner was born in Fairfax, Virginia. He began working with glass in 2007, during his studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. There, he began his research into the history of cameo glass engraving in the pursuit of re-creating past techniques, a passion he still pursues to this day. He now passes on the techniques he has developed in demonstrations at educational facilities including the Pittsburgh Glass Center; The Ohio State University; Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, Philadelphia; and The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.

Patricia Ludovici began working with glass in Philadelphia at the age of 13. She received a BFA in glass from California College of the Arts, and an MFA in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University. She has worked for several glass artists both in California and abroad, and lived and worked for a period in Berlin, Germany. In 2012, she was awarded a residency at Berlin Glas e.V. Ludovici’s work has been exhibited in and around the Bay Area, the West Coast, and in Berlin.

Sake Set in Cloud Opal, 2023

kilncast glass

2 x 2.25 x 2.25 inches

2.25 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches

4 x 3.5 x 3.25 inches

Celia Dowson graduated from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2018, where she specialized in both ceramics and cast glass. In 2014, she completed a BA Honors in Ceramic Design from Central Saint Martins, London. She has received awards including a Wallpaper* Design Award and a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in 2017. Dowson exhibits internationally and her work can be found in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.

Window to the World, 2022

kiln-fired glass, paint, pins

120 x 144 x 0.25 inches

Kate Clements received an MFA in Glass from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2015. Since then, she has been awarded residencies at Studios Inc, Kansas City, Missouri; Museum of Arts & Design, New York; Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington; and S12 Gallery Bergen, Norway. Her work has been exhibited at The Delaware Contemporary, Houston Center of Contemporary Craft, SOFA Chicago, and Urban Glass, New York. Clements has been featured in Italian Vogue Gioiello, American Craft Magazine, and New Glass Review.

Rollover, 2023

pâte-de-verre

20.25 x 17 x 3 inches

(edition of 4)

Holly Hooper is a British artist, born and currently living in London. She attained a BA in Communication Design from London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, in 2013. Hooper worked as a theater producer and designer in London for the next five years, before taking a foray into glass, as a hot shop assistant from 2018 to 2021. She went on to receive an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2023.

Square Interaction, 2023

cast glass

11 x 11 x 1.5 inches

Helen Restorick lives and works in Surrey, England. She received a Certificate of Advanced Practice in Glass from Richmond Art School, London, in 2021, and an MA in Glass (with distinction) from the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, where she developed her explorations in glass flow patterns. Restorick’s work is informed by her first career in medicine and genetics.

Iris Obscura, 2023

core-cast glass, hand-polished glass, mirror, stainless steel

7 x 9 x 4.25 inches each

Joanna Manousis is a British/American artist pursuing a practice-based PhD in dimensional cast glass mirrors at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK. Her sculptures were recognized with a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award nomination, and received the Margaret M. Mead Award and the Hans Godo Frabel Award. Manousis has an international exhibition and teaching record. Her work can be seen in public collections including The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, and Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark.

“don’t just stand there!” 2022

cast and blown glass, bronze, cardboard

35.5 x 40 x 36 inches

Mils Bridgewater is a London-based fine artist who uses glass to communicate the stories and social-political views that are important to her. Having grown up in a remote rural setting, her work is influenced by place, and present-day attitudes to farming, values, waste, and the environment. After receiving a Fine Art degree from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2019, Bridgewater went on to study glass at the Royal College of Art, London. She continued her education in the US with scholarships to Pilchuck Glass School and Urban Glass, and spent three months in Stockholm at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design on an RCA Anglo-Swedish Exchange Residency. Bridgewater is currently the Glass Fellow at City and Guilds of London Art School.

Yowani Gone, 2022

waterjet cut and kilnformed glass

5 x 17.75 x 17.75 inches

Helen Stark is an emerging artist living and working in Canberra, Australia. Her practice explores the interconnectedness of nature, humanity, and the universe. She recently graduated with a BVA Honors from the Australian National University School of Art & Design, Glass Workshop. In 2022, Stark won the Australian National Capital Artists Emerging Artist Support Scheme Exhibition Award.

Emotion 2, 2023

kilnformed glass

57 x 19 x 16 inches

Marzena Krzemińska-Baluch received an MA in 2006, and a PhD in 2018, both from The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland. Krzemińska-Baluch is currently Dean of the Glass and Ceramics Department at her alma mater. Her work is represented in a number of public collections, including Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld, Germany; Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, Netherlands; Marilyn K. Glick Centre for Glass, Muncie, Indiana; Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze, and Glass Heritage Centre, Krosno, Poland.

Module 1, Transferred Geometries Series, 2022

(collaboration with Pedro Cerisola)

fused, waterjet cut, and sandblasted glass

20 x 15 x 4 inches

Born in Colombia and currently based in Mexico City, Luisa Restrepo attended the University of Wolverhampton, UK, receiving a BFA specializing in glass. She completed an MA in Design Studies at CENTRO College for Design, Mexico. She has participated in North Lands Creative and CGSC residency programs, and taught at schools including Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, and Urban Glass, New York. Restrepo was the 2022 winner of The Glass Prize from Warm Glass UK, and awarded prizes from the Bogota Art Biennale, Colombia, and the Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan.