John Drury is an artist, writer, independent curator, and instructor living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, with his wife. They have two adult children. John earned his Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1983, and a Master of Fine Art Degree in sculpture (including a minor in painting) from the Ohio State University in 1985. John is a founding trustee of Glass Axis (1987), a not-for-profit public access glass facility in Columbus, Ohio - celebrating their 35th year in 2022. Mr. Drury has instructed internationally in Australia, Canada, Norway and Turkey, and at universities and glass facilities throughout the US. John has received the prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant (1997) for his works in sculpture and is a contributing editor of Glass Magazine, for whom he has penned more than 100 features and exhibition reviews.