New Work: The UrbanGlass MFA Exhibition
- June 10th – August 22nd, 2015
New Work features 4 artists from around the United States: Doreen Garner, Shaun Griffiths, Tatara Siegel, and Kim Watters, all recent MFA recipients.
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Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work
- March 18th – May 2nd, 2015
Nick Mount is one of Australia’s most accomplished and celebrated studio glass artists. He has been at the forefront of innovation and achievement since the early 1970s. Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work features a series of sculptural assemblages that range in scale and character and describe an aesthetic that is both provocative and playful, intimate, and spectacular.
Continue ReadingMaterial Location
- January 21st – March 7th, 2015
Material Location has two aims. First, to catalogue the range of glassmaking activities in New York City, both within and outside of the hub of UrbanGlass. Secondly, to explore the state-the conceptual location-of glassmaking and glass thinking at this time. To these ends, the artists included in Material Location explore a range of processes and conceptual approaches related to glass.
Continue ReadingThe Distance of the Moon
- November 21st – January 10th, 2015
Inspired by Italo Calvino’s short stories, mythology, and current technological advances, Alli Hoag’s glass and mixed media exhibition, The Distance of the Moon, explores the need to reach for the far away and how to negotiate with bridging that space.
Opening reception: November 21, 6 - 8 pm
Continue ReadingManuel Gorkiewicz: five glasses and a carafe
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November 21st, 2014
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Manuel Gorkiewicz
UrbanGlass|ware is pleased to present a new edition by Austrian artist Manuel Gorkiewicz. Curated by Rome-based curatorial agency GoldenRuler, and hand blown by maestro Davide Fuin in Murano, the glasses and carafe are loosely based on a famous series by Adolf Loos for Lobmeyr.
Anders Ruhwald: One Thing Follows Another (And You Make It Happen)
- September 3rd – November 8th, 2014
In the exhibition Anders Ruhwald: One Thing Follows Another (And You Make It Happen), the artist, who is artist-in-residence and head of Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, explores form, materiality, and perception through a series of installations that compare and contrast one design rendered in three diverse media: ceramics, wood, and glass.
Continue ReadingPotential Difference
- August 1st – August 23rd, 2014
Brett Swenson's Potential Difference explores the notion of transmutation. Physicalities of time, material anomalies, and a focus on electromagnetic phenomena provide the opportunity to experience objects and situations that vibrate between opposing states of being.
Continue ReadingThe Dominant Sophia
- June 11th – July 26th, 2014
For the exhibition The Dominant Sophia, British artist Joanna Manousis has created a series of sculptural objects and wall mounted installations that function as metaphors for the human condition. Central to the exhibition is a three-dimensional ‘rose window,’ reminiscent of the round church windows of 17th Century France. Comprised of individually cast forms in clear lead crystal, each segment within the multi-faceted installation contains the recessed detail of forms taken from nature.
Continue ReadingIlluminate: Design in Light
- April 2nd – May 31st, 2014
Illuminate: Design in Light looks at the many ways in which New York City designers use glass in their lighting. In these pieces, glass is an essential component of the design: creating form in curves and angles; modulating and reflecting light; and referencing its history as an agent of illumination, from Venetian chandeliers to neon signs.
Continue ReadingOFFCENTRE
- March 27th – June 28th, 2014
UrbanGlass is pleased to present the work of artists Romina Gonzales and Edison Zapata. This show will coincide with the first Spring season the studio is open to the public after 2 years of major renovations. These two artists are presenting their work and ideas as OFFCENTRE, a new design collective, that takes advantage of situations that can be seen as mistakes and exploits them to create a distinctive visual language.