Denver: Annual Bead Invitational.
Exhibition: May 2, 2008 – May 31, 2008.
Opening Reception: May 2, 2008 6-9pm
Artists include:
Jeff Barber, Anastasia (Anja) Basan, Jay Bridgland, Andrew Brown, Cindy Brown,
Patti Cahill, Deborah Carlson, Jane Burch Cochran, Patti Dougherty,
Kate Rothra Fleming, Kim Z. Franklin, Bernadette Fuentes, Beth Gaertner,
Greg Galardy, Patti Leota Genack, Dawn Harbor, Doni Hatz, JC Herrell,
Petra Janssen, Elizabeth Johnson, Yuka Kawakita, Sara LaGrand, Connie Lehman,
Kristina Logan, Kate Fowle Meleney, Christine Marie Noguere, Akihiro Ohkama,
Kristen Frantzen Orr, Jeanine Owen, Claudia Pagel, Karen Paust, Nancy Pilgrim,
Jenny Pohlman/Sabrina Knowles, Donna Powers, Isis Ray, Mario Rivoli,
Erica Rosenfeld, Audrey Schaub, Terri Caspary Schmidt, Dora Schubert,
Larry Scott, Stephanie Sersich, Mary V. Smith, Loren Stump, Emiko Tanoue,
Heather Trimlett, Kathy Wegman, Tom Wegman, Kim Wertz, Holly Wiese,
Beth Williams, Stephanie Woodams, Betsy Youngquist, and Nancy Zellers.
Aspen: Steven Weinberg. Transitions. A solo exhibition of the cast glass sculpture of Steven Weinberg.
Exhibition: March 14, 2008 – April 4, 2008.
Opening Reception: March 14, 2008 6-9pm
Denver: Glass and Photography. The exhibition, which coincides with the annual meeting of the Society of Photographic Education, will feature the work of two artists who incorporate glass and photography in their work: Elizabeth Mears and Nicole Ayliffe.
Exhibition: March 1, 2008 – March 31, 2008.
Denver: Lino Tagliapietra. A solo exhibition of the work of Italian glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra.
Exhibition: March 7, 2008 – March 28, 2008.
Opening Reception: March 7, 2008 6-8pm
Denver: Dale Chihuly. A solo exhibition of the work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.
Exhibition: January 11, 2008 – February 29, 2008.
Opening Reception: January 11, 2008 6-8pm
Beaver Creek: Dale Chihuly. A solo exhibition of the work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.
Exhibition: January 09, 2008 – February 29, 2008.
Vail: Stephanie Trenchard. A solo exhibition of the cast glass work of Stephanie Trenchard.
Exhibition: January 17, 2008 – February 7, 2008.
Opening Reception: January 17, 2008 6-9pm
Aspen: Matthew Curtis. A solo exhibition of the work of Australian artist Matthew Curtis.
Exhibition: February 7, 2008 – February 28, 2008.
Opening Reception: February 7, 2008 6-9pm
Aspen: Roger Thomas. A solo exhibition of the fused glass paintings of Roger Thomas.
Exhibition: December 27, 2007 – January 17, 2008.
Opening Reception: December 27, 2007 6-9pm
 Denver: Holiday Open House/Suzanne Williams.
Exhibition: December 1st, 2007. 10am-6pm
Featuring sterling, gold and glass jewelry by local artist Suzanne Williams. PISMO is very happy to welcome Suzanne back to the gallery after being on her own for the past few years. PISMO will be the exclusive representative of Suzanne’s beautiful work.
Denver: Murrini Mystique - Group Exhibition
Exhibition: October 5th, 2007 - October 31st, 2007.
Opening Reception: October 5, 2007, 6-8pm
Works by:
Alex Abajian, Gary Beecham, Scott Benefield, Paul Cunningham, Claire Kelly, Dante Marioni, Robin Mix, Martie Negri, David Patchen, Stephen Powell, Lynn Read, Kait Rhoads, Richard Ritter, Davide Salvadore, Anthony Schafermeyer, and Sam Stang
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Presented in conjunction with Cherry Creek North's "Art Within Reach"
Aspen: Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles.
Exhibition; August 10th, 2007 – August 31st, 2007.
Artist Reception: Friday, August 10th, 2007 from 6-9pm
Aspen: Dante Marioni.
Exhibition; July 5th, 2007 – July 26th, 2007.
Opening Reception Thursday, July 5th, 2007 from 6-9 PM.
Denver: It’s All About Beads II
Exhibition; May 4th, 2007 – May 31st, 2007.
Opening Reception Friday, May 4th, 2007 from 6-8 PM.
Individual beads and jewelry and sculpture made from beads by some of the top bead makers in the world.
Participating artists include, but are not limited to, Dan Adams, Kim Fields, Kate Rothra Fleming, Bronwen Heilman, Elizabeth Johnson, Linda Kalweit, Sara LaGrand, Laura Leonard, Kristina Logan, Melanie Moertel, John Olson, Kristen Frantzen Orr, Janice Peacock, Nancy Pilgrim, Emiko Sawamoto, Terri Caspary Schmidt, Barbara Becker Simon, Dustin Tabor, Emiko Tanoue, Heather Trimlett, Pati Walton, Beth Williams, Jennifer Wood, and Betsy Youngquist.
Example Work:
Kate Rothra Fleming
Linda Kalweit
Laura Leonard
Kristen Frantzen Orr
Nancy Pilgrim
Terri Caspary Schmidt
Emiko Tanoue
Aspen: Minimalism. Danish Glass Artists, Tobias Mohl, Stig Persson, Trine Drivsholm
Exhibition; March 1st, 2007 – March 22nd, 2007.
Opening Reception Thursday, March 1st, 2007 from 6-9 PM.
Tobias Mohl
Stig Persson
Trine Drivsholm
Aspen: Christopher Ries. Optical Reflections.
Exhibition; February 9, 2007 -February 28, 2007.
Opening Reception Friday, February 9th, 2007 from 6-9 PM.
Michelangelo said, "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Christopher Ries finds his "angels" in glass and uses high tech tools to cut, carve, grind, and polish the glass to release the sculptures that he sees. Although he carves glass, it is almost as though Ries sculpts light itself. With each cut and beveled edge he controls the way the light reflects and refracts, bending it into patterns and releasing all of the colors of the rainbow that clear glass contains.
Ries' work, which would have been impossible to produce or even envision even fifty years ago, is the perfect synthesis of science and artistic vision for our time-bending light to his will, he creates stunning abstract sculptures that engage the viewer on every level.
Ries who sculpts from blocks of pure lead crystal describes his work in musical terms.
I have chosen a pure material and a pure form. It is analogous to singing a cappella. Few singers have such a pure voice that they can rivet you in time and space, but it can be an even more powerful experience than singing with accompaniment and embellishment.
The clean lines of a Ries' sculpture are always pleasing, but it is the internal images that command our attention. They are constantly changing depending on the angle of viewing and the ambient light. However, these internal images don't actually exist. They are illusions created by Ries' skillful manipulation of the properties of light and they bring what he calls a fourth dimension to his sculpture. Ries can skillfully cut one notch into the glass that will blossom into an illusion of a 360 degree flower. His work is highly exacting and demands technical perfection at every stage of the process. One piece can take months and in some cases years to complete, but the result is well worth the effort, a pure elegance that sings to the soul.
For more information about Christopher Ries “Optical Reflections,” or fine glass art, contact Isabelle Loeb at PISMO Fine Art Glass at 970-920-1313 or isabelle@pismoglass.com
Beaver Creek: Douglas Rich. Feathers in the Snow.
Exhibition; February 17th, 2007 - March 3rd, 2007.
Opening Reception Saturday, February 17th, 2007 from 4-7pm.
Contact information:
PISMO Gallery at Beaver Creek
Village Hall
45 W. Thomas Place
Beaver Creek, Colorado 81620
970-949-0908 www.pismoglass.com nicole@pismoglass.com
Aspen: Illusions of Glass; The new work of mixed media artist Andrea Dasha Reich and glass artist Debra May.
Exhibition; December 27, 2006 - January 17, 2007.
Opening Reception Wednesday December 27th, 2006 from 6-9 PM.
Both Andrea Dasha Reich and Debra May work with the illusions inherent in glass. Reich begins with wood and builds layers upon layers of pure pigment with circles, spirals, slashes, drizzles, drops and washes of color followed by resin, until the finished product is an explosion of color and reflection, creating the illusion of glass.
Debra May’s intricately carved work requires a skilled artist with precise control. Her work is difficult and time-consuming to produce: one vessel might take as much as 40 hours to create. The result? Stunning vessels with designs deeply etched into glass the colors of a brilliant sky at dusk. May’s work evokes images of the deep canyons of the Southwest or tongues of fire leaping up the side of a bowl. The reflections are equally dramatic and often create the illusion of a separate piece of work.
Contact information:
PISMO Gallery at Aspen
433 E. Cooper Avenue. • Aspen, Colorado 81611
970-920-1313 www.pismoglass.com Isabelle@pismoglass.com
Denver: Noel Hart. Parrotism.
Exhibition; November 17, 2006 – December 8, 2006.
Opening Reception Friday, November 17th, 2006 from 6-8 PM.
Noel Hart lives in the Australian rainforest and paints on both canvass and glass. His brilliantly colored abstracts are inspired by the parrots and tropical birds that surround him at his home in the sub-tropical rainforest near Byron Bay in Northern New South Wales. Hart’s interest in tropical birds began more than 20 years ago. With their brilliant colors and plumage, he still finds parrots a fascinating subject, although according to Hart his representation of parrots has changed quite dramatically over the years.
“Originally they appeared quite figurative,” Hart says, “but over time they’ve been deconstructed, reconstructed, simplified and heavily abstracted to their present form (or non-form), in both the paintings and glass pieces.”
Hart’s blown glass work is quite complex and requires a team of skilled artisans to complete. One blown vessel may have more than 40 gathers of brilliantly colored hot molten glass that Hart paints onto a clear gather of glass. For Hart the hot glass is akin to hot paint with “someone else loading the brush and bringing it to me to apply to the canvas (the bubble.)”
As an artist, Hart is comfortable working in many different mediums, but he has been concentrating on blown glass and oil paint on linen for the last six years. As he continues to create both on canvas and with glass, each medium begins to take on the properties of the other. His large, expansive canvasses are feasts of brilliant color that have a glassy appearance and his blown glass pieces are becoming more painterly.
For more information about Noel Hart, “Parrotism,” or fine glass art, contact Sandy Sardella at PISMO Fine Art Glass at 303-333-2879 or info@pismoglass.com
Denver: TRUNK SHOW--Mariquita Masterson of Houston.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006 11 am-4 pm
Light refreshments served.
What fun! John Wright, jewelry designer with Mariquita Masterson of Houston, is bringing a large collection of Mariquita’s elegant jewelry to PISMO Fine Art Glass, August 9th, from 11am to 4pm. For those who know and those who would like to know Mariquita’s jewelry, this is a trunk show you won’t want to miss.
What you’ll see and be able to do:
You’ll see a large collection of glass art jewelry from Mariquita Masterson. You’ll also meet Wright, one of Mariquita’s designers and an expert in glass jewelry. At the trunk show you can purchase or order jewelry from the show or work with Wright to create a special order, which is always easier to do in person. This is couture jewelry. The craftsmanship and quality are excellent and each piece, as you should expect with couture jewelry, is unique allowing the designer room to be creative within the Mariquita style—a style that is totally recognizable even from a distance.
Mariquita Masterson grew up in Mexico City, was fascinated with glass as a child and loved to watch the glass blowers working at a local glass company. In the 1980’s she was chairing a museum ball in Houston and visited a local glass blower whom she’d hired to design unique vases for the event. There Mariguita spotted chunks of gorgeous glass that the artist didn’t plan to use and let her have—and quite by accident her new career was born. It wasn’t long before Mariquita was showing her first collection of unique jewelry.
With its brilliant colors and shapes, Mariquita’s jewelry is elegant and fun at the same time. It also mixes and matches with what you already own as it works well with precious stones, wood jewelry, other glass and especially pearls. That adaptability has always been part of Mariquita’s vision. Today Mariquita Masterson has a loyal clientele across the country. Prices for the collection range from $200-$3,600.
Aspen: John Lewis. Architectural Elements in Glass.
Exhibition; August 4th, 2006 - August 25th, 2006
Opening Reception Saturday, July 1st, 2006 6-9 PM
Most Americans, whether they know it or not, have seen John Lewis' work. His studio is perhaps best known for its contribution to the Oklahoma City Memorial Project. The 168 empty bronze and glass chairs, one for each of the persons killed in the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, evoke powerful memories of grief, shock and loss. The memorial was designed by Hans and Torrey Butzer. The John Lewis Glass studio constructed the cast glass used in the chairs, which are hollow, and illuminated with an internal light.
It wasn't the first monument the Lewis studio helped create. John Lewis Glass designed and built a memorial for the City of San Jose commemorating all branches of military service, and a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring Secret Service personnel killed in the line of duty. His large studio (10,000 square feet) allows him to create and produce very large work, and gives him the freedom to think big, a luxury most glass artists don't have.
John Lewis opened his art glass studio in 1969 after becoming fascinated with blown glass. A little more than a decade later, a $15,000 National Endowment of the Arts grant allowed him the freedom to begin exploring other methods of working with glass including cast glass. Over the years he's become famous for his cast glass sculptures, including vessels, tables, pedestals, benches and site specific architectural projects. His work is sculptural, solid and structural-- often incorporating simple shapes. The execution is offered in a variety of shapes, forms, textures and colors and fits with both classic and modern architectural styles.
For more information about John Lewis, "Architectural Elements in Glass," or fine glass art contact Isabelle Loeb, at PISMO Gallery at Aspen at 970-920-1313 or Isabelle@pismoglass.com
Denver: Magan Stevens. One-of-a-kind painted glass and metal sculptures.
Exhibition; July 1st, 2006 - July 21, 2006
Magan Stevens has had a long and enduring fascination and appreciation of what she refers to has “handsomely designed tools and similar articles from times gone by.” In her exhibit, One of a Kind Oil and Gas Cans, she gives new life to old objects that were once tossed aside as no longer useful.
Originally a painter, Magan brings a painterly approach to glass. She uses permanent glass paints to create a reverse-painted image on transparent flat glass. For example, she might paint a still life of some of the old oil cans that she’s collected or perhaps she will paint an old red pick up truck on the glass. As she describes the process, “…the painted glass is later ‘picked up’ hot on a three-dimensional glass form. The painted pane is smoothly melded to the form so that the shiny, glassy side is on the exterior, and the image is mildly distorted in the process.”
The result is an oil can that is elevated to a new status, much like the homeless man on the street dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit. The glass-wrapped oil can now commands our respect with its sculptured shape and elegantly arched spout. It is a transformation that Magan honors. Although she has dressed her oil and gas cans in age-befitting glass suits, she titles her exhibit simply One of a Kind Oil and Gas Cans. She seems to be saying they are what they are—tools, which once served a useful purpose in a world that no longer exists. Both deserve our appreciation and respect.
The Red Truck.
Aspen: Densaborou Oku. " Fish Out of Water."
Opening Reception Saturday, July 1st, 2006 6-9 PM
Exhibition; July 1st, 2006 - July 21st, 2006
PISMO Gallery at Aspen presents glass and metal artist, Densaborou Oku's new work.
"The Narrow Road to Oku" is a classic work of Japanese literature written by Matsuo Basho some 300 years ago. Ostensibly it is about a long journey to the town of Oku, but it is also a journey into the interior, deep inside what makes all of us human. With his new work, the Samurai Series, Densaborou Oku takes us on an artistic journey to his interior experience. His fish are out of water, nothing but a head and skeletal bones; but they are very much alive, their bones ever so slightly bending, propelling them through the flow; their brilliant colors stippled with water reflected sun. Oku's fish force us to look inside to the very structure of being. He sculpts the bones from molten glass. For the fish heads, he searches for old metal objects that have outlived their usefulness. Out of this conflation of the fragility of glass and useless objects, Oku creates new life, an artistic reincarnation.
About his new work, Oku's friend, former teacher and mentor, artist Steve Tobin writes:
"…Cast bronze and fabricated steel fish heads, expressively oil painted, combine with multi colored blown glass vertebrae to create quirky lifelike personalities. Seeing the anthropomorphic qualities of discarded metal implements such as an antique stove, a butcher's meat grinder and an art deco lamp base and more, Oku laboriously restructures them into lifelike characters that spark to life when combined with fleshy blown glass bones. While using a methodology that is quite Frankensteinian in process there is nothing awkward and stuck together about the result. Personalities emerge in the sculptures that resemble eccentric people one would hope to encounter in a crusty fishing boat in the Sea of Japan or in a bar where fishermen might lure their salty pals. They are the many faces of Oku. "
Source: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Winter 2005-2006
PISMO Gallery at Aspen is located at 433 E. Cooper Avenue, Aspen, Colorado.
For more information about Densaborou Oku and "Fish Out of Water" contact Isabelle Loeb, at PISMO Gallery at Aspen at 970-920-1313 or Isabelle@pismoglass.com
Denver: "It's All About Beads" - Bead Invitational including individual beads, and jewelry, paintings, and sculpture all made from (or of) beads from over 30 participating artists.
Opening Reception Friday, May 5th, 2006 6-8 PM
Exhibition: May 5th, 2006 - May 26th, 2006
Barbara Becker Simon
Heather Trimlett
Kristen Frantzen Orr
Kristina Logan
Featuring work by: Dan Adams, Dolly Ahles, Lucy Bergamini, Jo Bean Chambers,Julie Coogan/Ollie Appel, Ann Davis, Patti Dougherty, Melissa Earley, Diana East, Leah Fairbanks, Kim Fields, Kate Rothra Fleming, Jennifer Geldard, Karen Gilbert, William Glasner, Connie Grant, Sage and Tom Holland, Shari Hopper, Caitlin Hyde, Elizabeth Johnson, Sara LaGrand, Kristina Logan, Kate Fowle Meleney, Ralph Mossman/Mary Mullaney, Gail Crosman Moore, John Olson, Kristen Frantzen Orr, Connie Parkinson, Janice Peacock, Brad Pearson, Nancy Pilgrim, Jane Praxel, Mario Rivoli, Wayne Robbins, Erica Rosenfeld, Emiko Sawamoto, Terri Caspary Schmidt, Joyce Scott, Stephanie Sersich, Barbara Becker Simon, Dustin Tabor, Roxanne Taylor, Heather Trimlett, Veruska Vagen, Pati Walton, Holly Wiese, Kim Wertz/Greg Galardy, Beth Williams, and Betsy Youngquist.
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