Katherine Gray

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Katherine Gray
Born1965 (age 57–58)
Canada
Alma mater Ontario College of Art
Rhode Island School of Design (M.F.A.)
Known forGlass artist 'Whaling Supporter'

Katherine Gray (born 1965) is a Canadian glass artist and professor of art at California State University, San Bernardino. [1] [2] Her work includes vases, candelabras, and goblets, and some of her pieces are designed to fit inside each other. [3]

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Early life and education

Gray was born in Canada in 1965. [4] [5] She received an undergraduate degree from the Ontario College of Art and her Master of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design. [6] [7]

Career

Her works are in the Corning Museum of Glass, the Museum of American Glass, and the Tacoma Museum of Glass. [1] Her works have also been exhibited internationally at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark and Galerie Handwerk in Munich, Germany. [8] Gray has won several grants 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. [9] [2] [10] 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. [11] Gray creates functional art, including chandeliers, as well as works that "defy functionality." She also makes use of transparency in her work. [12]

Gray is an associate professor at California State University, San Bernardino and teaches workshops elsewhere. [13] In addition to serving on the board of trustees for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Deer Isle, Maine), Gray has contributed to Glass Magazine and Glass Gazette. [14] [1] Her solo show, "Katherine Gray: As Clear as the Experience," opened at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles in May 2018. [8] [15]

Gray appears as a judge on the Netflix show Blown Away. [16]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Oldknow, Tina (2014). Collecting Contemporary Glass: Art and Design after 1990 from the Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, New York: The Corning Museum of Glass. pp. 87, 255. ISBN   9780872902015. OCLC   905092870.
  3. ↑ Buckley, Annie (Winter 2006–2007). "Water World". Glass Quarterly. No. 105: 70–75.
  4. ↑ Clark, Hailey (2019-07-20). "Canadian glass artist association puts emphasis on…". UrbanGlass. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Katherine Gray: (Being) in a Hotshop". The Toledo Museum of Art. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Katherine Gray". The Future Perfect. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  7. ↑ "katherine gray". HELLER GALLERY. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  8. 1 2 "Katherine Gray". UrbanGlass. UrbanGlass. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ "Biography: Katherine Gray". Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  10. ↑ ":: CCI :: ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion) Grants Program". Center for Cultural Innovation. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  11. ↑ "About the Artist: Katherine Gray". GlassApp. Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Hemachandra, Ray, ed. (2010). Masters: Blown Glass; Major Works by Leading Artists. New York: Lark Crafts. p. 176. ISBN   978-1-60059-474-8.
  13. ↑ "Katherine Gray - CSUSB Faculty Profile". phonebook.csusb.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  14. ↑ "Staff & Trustees". Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  15. ↑ "CAFAM: Upcoming Exhibitions". Craft & Folk Art Museum. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  16. ↑ Logan, Liz (2019-07-12). "The Spectacle and Drama of Netflix's New Glassblowing Show Will Shatter Your Expectations". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-07-21.

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