Each year, GAS hosts a series of exhibitions in conjunction with our conference. These exhibitions highlight artwork that features glass as the primary element and showcases the artist’s originality, craftsmanship, intentionality, and the innovative or creative use of the material. A panel of professionals juries each exhibition and selects three exhibition winners.
Join us in congratulating our 2022 GAS exhibition winners and explore their amazing artwork below:
Connections 2022: Glass from Every Angle
MEMBER EXHIBITION
Wednesday, May 11 – July | Museum of Glass, Lobby + Hotshop
This special exhibition highlights the work and achievements of Glass Art Society members from around the world. This collection showcases the breadth of experience, methods, and vision of Glass Art Society members. Thank you to our 2022 Jurors: Ann Wåhlström (Sweden,) Anna Grigson (Australia,) Therman Statom (USA,) Shane Fero (USA,) and Sung Won Park (Korea.)
First Place Winner
Tali Grinshpan, HomeLand I, 2019
Second Place Winner TIED
Tuva Gonsholt, Creature(s) #jade, 2021
Second Place Winner TIED
Peter Borkovics, The Rising Sun, 2019
Evolution 2022: A Showcase of Emerging, International Talent
STUDENT EXHIBITION
Monday, May 16 – Saturday, May 22 | Tacoma Art Museum, Chaney Classroom
This special exhibition highlights the work of Glass Art Society student members from around the globe. This collection showcases the unique perspectives and emerging talent of student artists whose work continues to develop and evolve. Thank you to our 2022 Jurors: Audrey Handler (USA,) Jenni Kemarre Martiniello (Australia,) Richard Whiteley (Australia/USA,) Rachael Wong (Canada,) and Diane C. Wright (USA.)
First Place Winner
Eriko Kobayashi, Sunny Side Up, 2021
Second Place Winner
Jack Christeon, Wheel of Time, 2021
Third Place Winner
Cassandra Jasulevicz, Spectra, 2021
Student Exhibition Sponsors
Trace 2022: An Exploration of Sustainable Glass Art
GREEN EXHIBITION
Wednesday, May 18 – July | Online via glassart.org/trace-2022
Featuring both GAS members and non-members, our Green Exhibition has been exploring the possibilities of sustainable glass art since in 2021. Presented digitally to ensure the sustainability of this exhibition, artwork must feature glass as the primary element and is selected on the basis of either commentary on current global environmental issues; the use of sustainable materials such as upcycled glass; or work made using a sustainable process/practice. Thank you to our 2022 Jurors: Telesilla Bristogianni, Faidra Oikonomopoulou, and Min Haeng Kang.
First Place Winner
Karlis Bogustovs, Glass Skateboarding, 2020
The glass module was made from up-cycled float glass that was layered and cast together in a kiln at high temperatures. Locations for implementing the glass were a spontaneous choice made by each participant of the project, which led to new achievements of maneuvers in “Glass skateboarding”. The project concluded, when the glass module disintegrated into 4 pieces from a few frivolous installations. Overall, the glass held the toughest pressures of skateboarding and lived up to its expectations. With a sharp eye to what is relevant for representing local skateboarding grounds, the involved documentation was carried out by Latvia’s leading representatives of skateboarding.
Second Place Winner
Hannah Gibson, A Spoon Full of Sugar, 2021
This piece has been made from 100% recycled Insulin Vials. Particularly poignant as last year marked 100 years since the discovery of Insulin.
The number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014 and continues to rise at an alarming rate. Currently 537 million people are living with the disease. That’s one in every ten people. A silent epidemic. A Spoon Full of Sugar is made from 100% recycled Insulin vials. Inviting people to question… what happens to those Insulin vials? Are they recycled? Are they destined for landfill? What happens to other medical vials?
Third Place Winner
Angela McHale, Atmospheric, 2021
With this sculpture I am drawing a connection our impact on the environment via gasses in the sculpture, which are derived from the air we breath, as well as the impact the electrical field generated by the figure has on the gases within the jacket surrounding it. This sculpture is a “jacketed, double fill” plasma sculpture. This means that there are two separate chambers filled with two separate mixtures of gas, the sculpted figure and the outer chamber, or jacket. Only the figure is directly connected to the power supply, the jacket is passively illuminated by the electrical field generated by the figure. Just as we have directly impacted the air we breath through pollution, the figure directly impacts the activity in the outer chamber and if the electrical load is too great the piece will no longer light up.