Ann Gardner

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Ann Gardener
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Eugene, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Oregon
Portland State University
OccupationArtist
Known for Glass Artist
Website www.anngardner.net

Ann Gardner (born 1947) is an American glass artist known for her large-scale sculptural and architectural installations. [1] [2]

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She was born in Eugene, Oregon. [3]

Career

Gardner began her career studying at the University of Oregon. In 1974, she received a degree in Ceramics and Fine Arts from Portland State University. [4] As a developing artist, she incorporated painting, ceramics, and drawing into her work. Gardener moved to Seattle in 1979 where she continues to work. [1]

Gardner's early training and work used hand-painted ceramics. [5] In 1985, Dale Chihuly invited her to be an artist-in-residence at the Pilchuck Glass School where she adapted her ceramics experience to working with glass. [6] During her second residency at Pilchuck, Gardener developed techniques that lead her towards the use of largely monochromatic glass tiles (tessera) and mosaics. [6] [7] [8] She is best known for using these techniques to create large-scale architectural installations and sculpture, such as Convergence, Lebeg, and Earth, Fields, Forest, Night, Sun and Water. [9] [10] [11] [5]

Gardner has her work featured in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Seattle Art Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, the American Museum of Crafts in New York City, among other places.

Awards

Gardner has worked as Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School and Museum of Glass, and received multiple National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. [12] In 1993 she was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. [13] Her work Ring of Water was recognized in 2004 as one of the best public art projects by Americans for the Arts. [14] [15] Fog received the Juror's Choice Award in New Glass Review. [16] In 2011, Gardener became the first mosaic artist to receive the Rakow Commission for her work Five Pods. [17] [18]

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  4. ↑ "Ann Gardner (2011) | Corning Museum of Glass". www.cmog.org. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  5. 1 2 Body of Work: Ann Gardener (3rd ed.). Mosaic Rocks, LLC. 2010. pp. 16–25. ISBN   978-0-9814905-4-0.
  6. 1 2 Klotz, Uta (Winter 2005). "Ann Gardner". Neues Glas/New Glass. 4: 30–37. ISSN   0723-2454.
  7. ↑ "Ann Gardner Creator Record". John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Corning Museum of Glass Unveils 2011 Rakow Commission by Glass Mosaic Artist Ann Gardner". Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Earth, Fields, Forest, Night, Sun, and Water". Indianapolis International Airport. Indianapolis Airport Authority. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lebeg (slight movement in the air)". ArtsWA. Washington State Arts Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Amazon Campus, South Lake Union: Reflecting on the 'Hood". City Arts Magazine. 2010-05-01. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "ARTIST". ANN GARDNER. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  13. ↑ "Previous Winners 1993". Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Ring of Water". Public Art Network Year in Review Database. Americans for the Arts. 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ring of Water". Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. City of Atlanta - Office of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  16. ↑ Corning Museum of Glass (2008). "Juror's Choice" (PDF). New Glass Review. 29. Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass: 82. ISSN   0275-469X. OCLC   16850502 . Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Corning Museum of Glass Unveils 2011 Rakow Commission by Glass Mosaic Artist Ann Gardner". Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Five Pods". Corning Museum of Glass.
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