Jan 27, 2012. - Mar 18, 2012.
Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series
See Their Work, Then See Their Work Created Live
Benjamin Moore and Louis Mueller, detail from The Hungarian, 2009. Blown glass; clear with red spiral wrap, dark blue powder-coated bronze armature. Click to see the full piece enlarged. Photo by Russell Johnson. For more examples of works by these artists, scroll to the bottom of the page.
To highlight the skills of the participants in our Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series, we present a special exhibition of their previous works.
The first three artists in the series are Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni and Janusz Pozniak. They will be working live in our Glass Studio from Feb. 29 to March 4, and this exhibition will run from Jan. 27 to March 4. The exhibition, and the public demonstrations in the Studio, are free.
About The Artists
Benjamin Moore received a bachelor of fine arts degree in ceramics from the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, and a master in fine arts from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has been a designer for the Venini Studio in Murano, Italy, taught as faculty of the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and served as both a faculty member and Trustee Board Member at the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle. His work can be found in collections in Bavaria, Denmark, Austria, and Japan, the Venini Collection in Murano, Italy, the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, the American Craft Museum, New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Chrysler Museum.
Dante Marioni studied glassblowing at both Pilchuck Glass School and Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. He was honored in 1995 when his work was chosen to grace the jacket cover of The White House Collection of American Crafts. His glass can be found in major collections and museums throughout the world, including the Chrysler Museum, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Zealand National Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan. Marioni often mentions glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra, who was the inaugural artist at the opening of the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, as a major influence in his work.
Janusz Pozniak was born in Swindon, England. He received a bachelor of arts in glass from the West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, England. He also received a D.A.T.E.C. diploma from Southport College of Art, Merseyside, England. From 1992 to present, Pozniak has worked with various artists, including Dante Marioni, Sonja Blomdahl, Benjamin Moore, Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra and Dick Marquis, and has become one of Seattle's most distinguished young glass artists.
The series is made possible by the generous support of an anonymous foundation, The Norfolk Consortium, Delta Airlines, and the Business Exhibition Council of the Chrysler Museum of Art.
