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2012 Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series
The 2012 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series brought some of the world’s top glass art talent to the Hampton Roads area. A special nod goes to Lino Tagliapietra, who helped us break in our Studio with a visit during the very first week we were open.
Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni, Janusz Pozniak
Feb. 29–Mar. 4
Three internationally acclaimed glass artists graced the Studio for a week of public demonstrations in March, 2012. You can normally find Moore, Marioni and Pozniak at the Pilchuck Glass School outside of Seattle, WA, and find their work in museums worldwide.
Debora Moore
Apr. 25–39
Debora Moore brought her exquisitely textured style of floral glass designs to Glass Studio audiences, and her Chrysler exhibition of such works was positively received.
Moore has worked in glass since the late 1980s. Her awards and exhibitions include the prestigious Rakow Commission and the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. She has studied at both the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle and the Pilchuck Glass School.
John Miller
July 11–15
Beer glasses, donuts, chicken wings, ice cream cones — John Miller had our Glass Studio audience eating out of his hands while working in our Studio. He used fast food as inspiration for his glass sculptures.
Miller has worked on the staff and faculty of Pilchuck Glass School and in 1998 was awarded the C.G.C.A. Fellowship at Wheaton Village in Millville, N.J. Miller’s work is in the collections of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, and the Museum of Glass, Tacoma. His large-scale recreations of diner and fast food staples are among his most popular works.
Einar and Jamex de la Torre
Sept. 19–23
The De la Torre brothers are Mexican American artists that use modern icons and humor to make mixed-media installations and sculptures. They were invited to the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio as part of the 2012 Visiting Artist Series.
Brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre were born in Guadalajara, Mexico. Jamex started flame-working glass in 1977, attended California State University at Long Beach, and received a bachelor of fine arts degree in sculpture in 1983. Einar started work with glass in 1980 while also attending California State University at Long Beach. The de la Torres have exhibited their work in France, Japan, Canada, Germany, Venezuela, and Brazil—as well as in the U.S. and Mexico—and their work is in the permanent collections of some of the finest glass art institutions in the world.
April Surgent
Nov. 14–18
April Surgent brings a modern take to traditional glass cameo art and her work is prized by collectors. As part of our Glass Studio Visiting Artist Series, an exhibition of her work ran from Nov. 14 to Dec. 30, 2012, and she worked live in our Glass Studio from Nov. 14-18, 2012.
April Surgent studied glass production in Bornholm, Denmark as a teenager. In 2003, she received a scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School, where she learned cold-working and traditional cameo engraving techniques, studying with master Czech engraver and mentor Jiri Harcuba.
