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Exposure:
an Introduction
Each of the featured sculptors credits a different inspiration
(architecture, erosion, tribal culture, the natural world), and the
resulting sculptures speak in different tongues.
Works presented begin as a blown glass shape – then, through sandblasting or carving, the sculptor subtracts and hones, refining the finished work by exposing layers underneath – or in some cases, eliminating them altogether.
Embellishment via reduction – it is a very painterly approach, and one we think is going to gain in importance in the coming years.
Artists participating: Alex Fekete, Eoin Breadon, Sean O'Neill, Slate Grove and Devin Burgess

Opening Reception: February 8, 2008 - 5 to 8 p.m

COLLECTORS RECEPTION and ARTIST TALK
Saturday, February 9, 2008 1 to 4 p.m.
Eoin Breadon talks / 2 p.m. DETAILS

exhibition thru March 29, 2008
have a catalog mailed to you - Download a Catalog (pdf)

DANIELA TURRIN

Pieces to arrive February 2008!

We are pleased to present the US debut of Daniela Turrin; an Australian artist working in glass. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally, (including thrice as a filalist in New Glass Review) and has been selected as a part of numerous contemporary glass surveys, including twice as a finalist in the prestigious Ranamok Glass Prize. Most recently, a large outdoor work was awarded the Kodak Sculpture Prize.

Her current series of works has been described as three dimensional "paintings" in glass. These works present as flat glass panels in which forms exhist only as shadow and light within the material.

The scale and painterly allusions of Daniella's work draw on a historical tradition of glass used within the architectural context, although her use of sculptural techniques and concepts firmly place it within a contemporary art context.

Miroslaw Stankiewicz and Rafal Galazka
Miroslaw Stankiewicz was born in 1969 in Szczecin. He graduated from a Fine Arts High School in Szczecin after which he painted for small art galleries and engaged in the advertising field. In the early 90's he got married and moved to Brzeziny. Rafal Galazka was born in 1973 in Brzeziny, became a self-taught artist while working as an automobile mechanic. The two met in a pub and started working together with glass in 1992 in an old barn which they turned into an improvised studio. From there the rest is history.

through, November 24, 2007

PRISM Contemporary Glass is pleased to announce it is celebrating its Third Year Anniversary
with a spectacular show: our Anniversary Invitational! This exhibition will feature both the latest & best works from our usual roster of talent, as well as several artists new to the gallery. It is our intent to achieve a 50/50 balance between the two groups.
The exhibition also serves as a sneak-peek at the artists and works to be featured in our programming for the following year.

As such, PRISM’s Anniversary Invitational will feature new works by gallery favorites: Alex Bernstein, Afro Celotto, Kathleen Elliot, Greg Fidler, Janet Kelman, Elizabeth R. Mears and L Lindsey Mears, Martin Rosol... as well as new-comers such as Binh Pho, Matthew Cummings, Claudia Borella, Chuck Lopez, Nancy Klimley, Hugh McKay, Sean O'Neill, Paul Schwieder, Ben Sewell, Jeff Wallin, JB Wood... and others equally gifted.

Keep checking back for additional information and inventory !

Exhibiting excellence in contemporary glass sculpture.

SOLD OUT 2000 degrees has never been so cool ...

Join us for a Glass Blowing Experience
Watch demos
DESIGN, CREATE and BLOW
YOUR OWN GLASS PIECE to take Home!
dinner catered by Feed

SOLD OUT
Saturday, October 13
BLOWING TIME SLOTS - 4 to 7 p.m.
(assigned one hour sessions)
DEMOS AND AFTER PARTY - 7 to 10

MORE INFORMATION and SIGN-UP

Join in at any level you are comfortable with
Chicago Hot Glass located at: 1250 N. Central Park Ave

GLASSWeekend '07 at WheatonArts - Millville, NJ
July 13, 14 and 15, 2007

PRISM Contemporary Glass is proud to present an array of works by a vibrant and diverse gathering of talent, hand-picked to pique your interest. Anchored by a few names you might just recognize, our overall presentation is that of freshness and discovery. checking back for details!
Join us… Booth #18

NEW Work:
Kathleen Elliot, Elizabeth R. Mears & L. Lindsey Mears, Matthew Cummings, Nancy Klimley, Greg Fidler, Martin Rosol, Brian Benchek, Janet Kelman
NEW ARTIST:Claudia Borella, Sean O'Neill, J.B. Wood, Fritz Schomburg

FAST FORWARD 2:
through July 28, 2007

PRISM Contemporary Glass is proud to announce the opening of this years’ second installment of its ongoing commitment to merging artists: Fast Forward part 2. While we generally nurture emerging artists and typically expect relatively rapid success for them, the artworks in FF2 are of such striking originality and excellence in execution that we predict even more meteoric success for these artists, each of whom brings a unique vision and/or experience to bear. MORE DETAILS

Artists will include: JB Wood, Katrina Ruby, Matthew Cummings, Nancy Klimley, Fritz Schomburg.

Download our 2007 CATALOG (pdf) or call us for your copy today! 312.243.4885

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Alex Adams
Opens April 13 through May 12, 2007

PRISM Contemporary, in partnership with AM Projects, is pleased to announce: We’ve done it again! We are proud to introduce Alex Adams – a young talent whose message-laden sculpture transcends material.

Originally trained as a glassblower, Alex has worked with a number of the lauded artists in glass exhibiting today. However, he refuses to limit himself or his artworks to a particular medium, working with whatever material calls to him loudest.

Alex creates powerful, poignant, mixed media sculpture. His current “Boxcar” series combines glass, metal, and natural materials, and are metaphors for individual(s) in society, and at times the nature of society itself.

The boxcars imply motion, travel and movement. Though history, if not geography. At the same time, the box itself is a device to suggest containment – of the individual inside or of the trait of Society Alex wishes us to acknowledge.

For example, in “One Gallon Machine”, both the “car” and the jug are larger, more portly than the remaining pieces in the exhibition, suggesting consumption, gluttony, and waste. Is the reference to the individual, or to the whole of our society? In either case, the important questions of How and Why we consume are broached.

Similarly, the work entitled “Clean Sweep” fairly obviously references the act of cleaning, but goes beyond, asking us to identify and identify with the individual charged with that lowly task. Or perhaps it reminds us how we “sweep aside” those whose appearance or station makes us uncomfortable. Witness the dial on the side, clearly incremented, but lacking units – a joint reference to quantity and anonymity.

The remaining body of work is similarly charged with social commentary and challenge - each work is strong on its own merits; the body as a whole that much moreso.

MICHIGAN GLASS MONTH:
OPEN:
Wednesday, April 18 thru Saturday, April 21, 10am – 6pm
Sunday, April 22, noon - 5 pm

Receptions:
Thursday, April 19 and
Saturday, April 21
5 - 8 pm

FIVE DAYS ONLY -
PRISM at PF: "Full Spectrum"
A group exhibition, featuring new works from PRISM Contemporary’s exceptional roster of emerging talent. A full spectrum of Artists & works from across North America, with a special feature on MI artists.
ARTISTS INCLUDE: Paul Runde (MI), Katrina Ruby (MI), Andrew Wu (MI), JB Wood (MI), Martha Croasdale (MI), Alex Adams, Cali Balles, Brian Benchek, Afro Celotto, Kathleen Elliot, Greg Fidler, Kimberley Haugh, Martin Rosol, Etsuko Ichikawa, Scott Schroeder, Jeff Wallin , Matthew Cummings...
- Offsite show: PF Galleries: 213 E 14 Mile Rd. Clawson, MI 48017-2172
(312)371-1279 phone

Download our SPRING 2007 CATALOG (pdf) or call us for your copy today! 312.243.4885

Some of the participating Artists include: Cali Balles, Etsuko Ichikawa, Brent Cole, Ian Duncan (IL), Todd McClure, Beth Fishman, Anna Lee Chalos-McAleese, David Hering, Christopher Morrison, Joseph Hobbs, Martha Croasdale, Marc Vandenberg, Doug Randall, Ethan Stern, Jeremy Newman/Allison Ciancibelli, Bridget Boss, Gartner/Blade, Greg Fidler, Marc Leva/Ellen Abbott...more to be announced

SOFA Chicago 2006
November 10-12 @ Navy Pier
...the Show went great!

Function + Art and PRISM Contemporary Glass
were proud to once again participate in SOFA-Chicago (Booth #425)
– with a strong and varied lineup of artists working in all your favorite media.
For a PREVIEW of each artist, a
s well as special event times (demos & booksigning),
please visit our special SOFA page at

For more about these shows, see our Fall Newsletter (click to download)

2006 ANNIVERSARY INVITATIONAL

Opens Saturday, September 16, 2006
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Exhibition runs through November 30, 2006

PRISM Contemporary Glass had its beginnings in September 2002, with a stated mission to focus primarily on emerging and underrepresented artists. In the course of exhibiting such talent, the New become the Familiar, and the cycle begins again.

It is in the spirit of rebirth and renewal that we present to you our 2nd Anniversary Invitational. You will see exceptional new works from a broad array of artists; those we’ve represented before, some new to us, and some new to all – nearly two dozen, in all.

Whether new work or new artist… we are excited by both the vision and the method of expression. We are pleased therefore to share with you our Anniversary Invitational 2006!

Artists include:
Brian Benchek, Alex Bernstein, Bridget Boss, Robin Cass, Afro Celotto, Jessica Cope, Paul Elia, Kathleen Elliot, Greg Fidler, Kimberly Haugh, Henry Hillman, Jr., Kathleen Holmes, Peter Houk, Kay Hyewook Huh, Vlastislav Janácek, Janet Kelman, Jiyong Lee, Elizabeth Mears, Martin Rosol, Paul Runde, Scott Schroeder, Ethan Stern, Jeff Wallin...

A color catalog is available - Please inquire - 312.243.2780 / email