Katherine Gray (born 1965) is a Canadian
glass art
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ist and professor of art at
California State University, San Bernardino.
Her work includes
vases,
candelabra
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Although electricity has relegated candleholders to decorative use, interior designers continue to model light fixtures ...
s, and
goblets, and some of her pieces are designed to fit inside each other.
Early life and education
Gray was born in Canada in 1965. She received an undergraduate degree from the
Ontario College of Art and her
Master of Fine Arts
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from
Rhode Island School of Design.
Career
Her works are in the
Corning Museum of Glass, the
Museum of American Glass, and the
Tacoma Museum of Glass.
Her works have also been exhibited internationally at
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in
Denmark and Galerie Handwerk in
Munich,
Germany.
Gray has won several
grants
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United Kingdom
*Castle Grant
United States
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and
awards, including the Award of Merit from the
Bellevue Art Museum in Washington and the ARC Completion Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation in
Los Angeles,
California.
She created one of her most well-known pieces
Forest Glass by collecting glass from thrift shops and stores, then assembling the glass into the shape of trees.
Gray creates functional art, including chandeliers, as well as works that "defy functionality." She also makes use of transparency in her work.
Gray is an associate professor at
California State University, San Bernardino and teaches workshops elsewhere. In addition to serving on the board of trustees for th
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts(
Deer Isle,
Maine), Gray has contributed to ''Glass Magazine'' and ''Glass Gazette''.
[ Her solo show, "Katherine Gray: As Clear as the Experience," opened at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles in May 2018.]
References
Further reading
* Gray, Katherine. "The How and the Why." ''Glass Art Society Journal'' (March 1, 2012): 73–75. Personal narrative by artist.
* Ruzinsky, Debra. "Critical Issues: Creation/Destruction: A Review of Recent Work by Katherine Gray." ''GAS News'' 20, issue 3 (April/May 2009): 3.
External links
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20th-century Canadian women artists
California State University, San Bernardino faculty
1965 births
Living people
OCAD University alumni
Rhode Island School of Design alumni
21st-century Canadian women artists
Canadian expatriate academics in the United States
Glassblowers
Women glass artists
American glass artists