Australia

Sergio Redegalli Sergio Redegalli is an Australian glass artist specialising in glass sculptures. He is an owner of the Cydonia Glass Studio located in Newtown, New South Wales, Newtown, New South Wales. Redegalli graduated from Sydney College of the Arts with a ...

(b. 1962) * Zoja Trofimiuk (b. 1952)

Austria

* Ena Rottenberg (1893–19520)

Belgium

* Daniël Theys (b. 1953)

Canada

* Sarah Hall (b. 1951) * Catherine Labonté

Czech Republic

* Jaroslava Brychtová (1924–2020) * Stanislav Libenský (1921–2002) * Ivana Mašitová (b. 1961) * Bořek Šípek (1949–2016)

Estonia

* Meeli Kõiva (b. 1960) * Ivo Lill (1953–2019)

Finland

Timo Sarpaneva Timo Tapani Sarpaneva (31 October 1926 – 6 October 2006) was an influential Finnish designer, sculptor, and educator best known in the art world for innovative work in glass, which often merged attributes of display art objects with utilitaria ...

(1926–2006)

France

* Claire Deleurme *

Émile Gallé Émile Gallé (8 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement. He was noted for his designs of ...

(1846–1904) *

René Lalique René Jules Lalique (6 April 1860 – 1 May 1945) was a French jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments. Life Lalique' ...

(1860–1945) *

Louis Majorelle Louis-Jean-Sylvestre Majorelle, usually known simply as Louis Majorelle, (26 September 1859 – 15 January 1926) was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs, in the French tradition of the ''ébéniste''. ...

(1859–1926) * Maurice Marinot (1882–1960)

Germany

* Leopold Blaschka (1822–1895) * Rudolf Blaschka (1857–1939) *

Erwin Eisch Erwin Eisch (; 18 April 1927 – 25 January 2022) was a German artist who worked with glass. He was also a painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Eisch's work in glass, along with that of his friend and colleague Harvey Littleton, embodies the i ...

(1927–2022) * Hans Godo Frabel (b. 1941) * Nabo Gass (b. 1954) * Thomas Schütte (b. 1954)

Hong Kong

Carol Lee Mei Kuen Carol Lee, or Lee Mei-kuen (born 1963) is a Hong Kong-based contemporary artist. Her work speculates on the concepts of time, memories and human relationships, utilizing shape, juxtaposition, color, rhythm and intensity. She is one of the founding ...

(b. 1963)

Israel

Italy

* Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) *

Marietta Barovier Marietta Barovier (''fl.'' 1496), was a Venetian glass Glass is a non- crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and opt ...

(15th-century Venice) *

Silvia Levenson Silvia Levenson (born 1957, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine contemporary artist and political activist working in glass. Originally a graphic artist in her native Argentina whose political work was in direct conflict with the dictators ...

(b. 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) *

Lino Tagliapietra Lino Tagliapietra (born 1934) is an Italian glass artist originally from Venice, who has also worked extensively in the United States. As a teacher and mentor, he has played a key role in the international exchange of glassblowing processes and te ...

(b. 1934) *

Paolo Venini Paolo Venini (12 January 1895– 22 July 1959) emerged as one of the leading figures in the production of Murano glass and an important contributor to twentieth century Italian design. He is known for having founded the eponymous Venini & C. glass ...

(1895–1959) *

Silvio Vigliaturo Silvio Vigliaturo (born in Acri, Cosenza, in 1949) is an Italian artist. When still a child he moved to Chieri (Turin), where presently he lives and works. He is a glassfusion maestro and his technique is appreciated internationally and considere ...

(b. 1949) *

Hermonia Vivarini Hermonia Vivarini (16th-century), was a Venetian glass artist. She was born to the glass artist Alvise Vivarini Alvise or Luigi Vivarini (1442/1453–1503/1505) was an Italian painter, the leading Venetian artist before Giovanni Bellini. L ...

(16th-century Venice)

Japan

* Keiko Mukaide (b. 1954)

The Netherlands

* Antoon Derkinderen (20 December 1859 – Amsterdam, 2 November 1925)

New Zealand

Te Rongo Kirkwood Te Rongo Kirkwood (born 1973) is an artist from Auckland, New Zealand. She is known for her glass art, particularly in fused glass, fused and slumped glass.Linda George (2009)Te Rongo Kirkwood Toi Maori Aotearoa – Maori Arts New Zealand. Arch ...

(b. 1973) * Tony Kuepfer (b. 1947) * Elizabeth McClure (b. 1957) *

Ann Robinson Ann Robinson (born May 25, 1929) is a former American actress and stunt horse rider, perhaps best known for her work in the science-fiction classic ''The War of the Worlds'' (1953) and in the 1954 film '' Dragnet'', in which she starred as a L ...

(b. 1944)

Philippines

Marge Organo Marge Organo is a Filipina glass artist. She was born and raised in Ilocos Sur. Life Organo's interest in art started at a young age, however, she never fully dedicated herself to it. After graduating from college, she managed her family's phar ...

, contemporary glass artist

Poland

Zbigniew Horbowy Zbigniew Horbowy (28 October 1935 in Łanczyn – 17 June 2019 in Polanica-Zdrój) was a Polish artist working in industrial design, both artistic and applied glassmaking, professor at the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass and rector of the Wrocł ...

(1935–2019) *

Józef Mehoffer Józef Mehoffer (19 March 1869 – 8 July 1946) was a Polish painter and decorative artist, one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time. Life Mehoffer was born in Ropczyce, ...

(1869–1946) *

Tomasz Urbanowicz Tomasz Urbanowicz (born 1959 in Wrocław, Poland) is an architect and a designer of architectural glass art. Biography Tomasz Urbanowicz graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wroc ...

(b. 1959)

Sweden

* Vicke Lindstrand (1904–1983)

United Kingdom

Charles Bray Charles Bray (31 January 1811 – 5 October 1884) was a prosperous British ribbon manufacturer, social reformer, philanthropist, philosopher, and phrenologist. Life Bray was born in 1811 and his education included time in the school run by ...

(1922–2012) * Freda Coleborn (1911–1965) * Sam Herman (b. 1936, Mexico City) *

Jeremy Langford Jeremy Langford (born December 6, 1991) is an American football running back who is a free agent. He played college football at Michigan State, and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Early years Langfor ...

(b. 1956) * Danny Lane (b. 1955) * Peter Newsome (b. 1943) *

David Reekie David Reekie is an eminent English glass sculptor who uses drawing and glass casting to express his unique vision of the human condition. His art can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsbur ...

(b. 1947) * Salvador Ysart (1878–1955)

United States

Irving Amen Irving Amen (1918–2011Irving Amen: Obituary
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(1918–2011), stained glass *

Gary Beecham Gary Beecham is a studio glass artist of North Carolina. Education, work Beecham's attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Art in 1979. He worked for a year in 1978 at the J. & L. Lobmeyr ...

(b. 1955) *

Howard Ben Tré Howard Ben Tré (May 13, 1949 - June 20, 2020) was an American glass artist. He worked with poured glass, creating small sculptures and large scale public artworks. ''Glass'' magazine has called Ben Tré a pioneer in the technique of using hot g ...

(1949–2020) * Martin Blank (b. 1962) * Jean-Pierre Canlis (b. 1973) *

Frederick Carder Frederick Carder (September 18, 1863 – December 10, 1963) was a glassmaker, glass designer, and glass artist who was active in the glass industry in both England and the United States, notably for Stevens & Williams and Steuben, respective ...

(1863–1963, born in Staffordshire, England) * Ed Carpenter (b. 1946) *

Dale Chihuly Dale Chihuly () (born September 20, 1941) is an American glass artist and entrepreneur. He is best known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture". Early life Dale Patrick Chihuly was born on September 20 ...

(b. 1941) *

Deborah Czeresko Deborah Czeresko (born July 27, 1961) is an American glass blower known for winning the first season of the Netflix series, '' Blown Away.'' Education In 1983, Czeresko graduated from Rutgers University and graduated from Tulane University in 1 ...

(b. 1961) *

Dan Dailey Daniel James Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915 – October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor. He is best remembered for a series of popular musicals he made at 20th Century Fox such as ''Mother Wore Tights'' (1947). Biography Early life Da ...

(b. 1947) *

Fritz Dreisbach Fritz Dreisbach is an American studio glass artist and teacher who is recognized as one of the pioneers of the American Studio Glass Movement. Early life and education Dreisbach was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Hiram College in Hiram, Oh ...

(b. 1941) *

Robert C. Fritz Robert C. Fritz (1920 in Toledo, Ohio – April 9, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) was an American ceramics and glass artist and professor at San Jose State University in California. As a major player in America’s mid 20th century studio ...

(1920–1986) *

Michael Glancy Michael M. Glancy (February 11, 1950 – August 29, 2020) was an American glass and sculpture artist and arts educator. Biography Glancy was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1950. He began working with glass in 1970 and received a BFA from the Un ...

(1950–2020) * Katherine Gray (b. 1965) * Skowmon Hastanan (b. 1961) * Frances Stewart Higgins (1912–2004) * Michael Higgins (1908-1999) * Paul Housberg (b. 1953) *

Michael Janis Michael Janis (born 1959) is an American artist currently residing in Washington, DC where he is one of the directors of the Washington Glass School. He is known for his work on glass using the exceptionally difficult sgraffito technique on glass ...

(b. 1959) * Andi Kovel (b. 1969) *

Dominick Labino Dominick Labino (1910–1987) was an internationally known scientist, inventor, artist and master craftsman in glass. Labino's art works in glass are in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums throughout the world. Labino held over 60 ...

(1910–1987) *

Karen LaMonte Karen LaMonte (born December 14, 1967) is an American artist known for her life-size sculptures in ceramic, bronze, marble, and cast glass. Background LaMonte was born and grew up in Manhattan, New York. In 1990, after she graduated from the Rhod ...

(b. 1967) * Helen Lee (artist) (b. 1978) *

Marvin Lipofsky Marvin Bentley Lipofsky (September 1, 1938 – January 15, 2016) was an American glass artist. He was one of the six students that Studio Glass founder Harvey Littleton instructed in a program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in fall 1962 an ...

(1938–2016) *

Harvey Littleton Harvey Littleton (June 14, 1922 – December 13, 2013) was an American glass artist and educator, one of the founders of the studio glass movement; he is often referred to as the "Father of the Studio Glass Movement". Born in Corning, New Yor ...

(1922–2013) * John Littleton (b. 1957) * Linda MacNeil (b. 1954) *

Dante Marioni Dante Marioni (born March 3, 1964 in Mill Valley, California) is an American glass artist. Biography Dante Marioni grew up among many artistic influences. His father, Paul Marioni, was involved in the American studio glass movement and, as a ...

(b. 1964) *

Richard Marquis Richard "Dick" Marquis (born 1945) is an American studio glass artist. One of the first Americans ever to work in a Venetian glass factory, he became a master of Venetian cane and murrine techniques. He is considered a pioneer of American conte ...

(b. 1945) * Concetta Mason (b. 1952) *

Josiah McElheny Josiah McElheny (1966, Boston) is an artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects (see Glass art). He is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program. He liv ...

(b. 1966) * Nancy Mee (b. 1951) * Rick Mills (b. 1957) * Carol Milne (b. 1962) * Debora Moore (b. 1960) *

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

(b. 1957) * Jay Musler (b. 1949) *

Willemina Ogterop Willemina Ogterop (1881–1974) was a Dutch-American artist and stained glass window designer of almost 500 windows in 80 locations. Biography Ogterop was born in Maastricht in the Netherlands in 1881. After migrating to California in 1918 with h ...

(1881–1974) *

Andy Paiko Andy Paiko (born September 10, 1977, Woodland, California, United States) is an American Glass art, glass sculptor. He co-founded Central Coast Glass Artist Studio in 2002, was named Searchlight Artist 2008 by the American Craft Council, and was s ...

(b. 1977) * Kit Paulson (b. 1981) * Simon Pearce (born 1946 in Ireland) *

Flo Perkins Flo Perkins (born 1951) is an American glass artist currently working and residing in the Pojoaque Valley north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Philadelphia College of Art (1974), Master of Arts from the Universit ...

(b. 1951) * Seth Parks (b. 1984) *

David Patchen David Scott Patchen is an American glass artist who uses the techniques of cane and murrine in an American style. (Cane are colored and patterned glass rods, murrine are patterned cross-sections of glass 'tiles'.) Patchen's work is known p ...

(b. 1966) * Susan Plum (b. 1944) * Kari Russell-Pool (b. 1967) *

Christopher Ries Christopher Ries (born 1952) is an American Studio glass, glass artist and Sculpture, sculptor. Ries is noted for applying classical sculptural reduction to cold Crystal optics, optical crystal rather than using traditional hot techniques such as ...

(b. 1952) * Henry Richardson (b. 1961) * Richard Ritter (b. 1940) *

Stephen Rolfe Powell Stephen "Steve" Rolfe Powell (1951–2019) was an American glass artist based at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, who created elaborately colored three-foot glass vessels incorporating murrine. Early life and education Powell was born ...

(1951–2019) *

Ginny Ruffner Ginny Ruffner (born 1952) is a pioneering American glass artist based in Seattle, Washington. She is known for her use of the lampworking (or flameworking) technique and for her use of borosilicate glass in her painted glass sculptures. Many of ...

(b. 1952) *

Italo Scanga Italo Scanga (June 6, 1932 - July 7, 2001), an Italy, Italian-born List of American artists, American artist, was known for his sculptures, prints and, paintings, mostly created from found objects. Career Italo Scanga was an innovative neo-Dadais ...

(1932–2001) *

Mary Shaffer Mary Shaffer (born 1944) is an American artist who has worked primarily with glass since the 1970s. She was an early artist in the American Studio Glass Movement. Her works often take slumped (or molten) form, in which found objects are embedde ...

(b. 1947) * Josh Simpson (b. 1949) *

Paul Joseph Stankard Paul Joseph Stankard is an American artist, flameworker (or ' lampworker') and author. Early life Paul J. Stankard was born April 7, 1943, as the second of nine children in an Irish Catholic family. He lived in North Attleboro, Massachusetts in ...

(b. 1943) *

Therman Statom Therman Statom is an American Studio Glass artist whose primary medium is sheet glass. He cuts, paints, and assembles the glass - adding found glass objects along the way – to create three-dimensional sculptures. Many of these works are larg ...

(b. 1953) * Jack Storms (b. 1970) * Tim Tate (b. 1960) * Michael Taylor (b. 1943) *

Cappy Thompson Cappy Thompson (born January 22, 1952) is an American artist who works in the medium of Glass art, glass. The basis of her reverse glass painting technique is ''Grisaille'', which has been used on stained glass since the Middle Ages. She lives an ...

(b. 1952) *

Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 – January 17, 1933) was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art NouveauL ...

(1848–1933) *

Erwin Timmers Erwin Timmers (born 1964) is a Dutch-born American artist and the co-founder of the Washington Glass School in the Greater Washington, D.C. capital area. Timmers has been recognized as one of the early "green or environmental artists", working mostl ...

(b. 1964, in Amsterdam, Holland) * Kate Vogel (b. 1956) * Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, (b. 1960 Cincinnati, Ohio)

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