UrbanGlass - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for UrbanGlass. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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David King “Sanguine”
Sanguine is an exhibition of attempts to systematize nature. The artist hopes to convey the shortcomings of these attempts by celebrating the complication, confusion, absurdity, futility, and beauty that...More »
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Kris Rumman “Till Human Voices Wake Us, And We Drown”
The notions of balance, interconnectedness and codependency within living systems permeates Kris Rumman’s multimedia artistic practice. Working from a background in glass-making techniques, Rumman often...More »
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“UrbanSparkle 2020” Exhibition
UrbanGlass presents UrbanSparkle, an annual exhibition of artists exploring the material of glass as adornment. What sparkles better than fresh designs that change how both glass and jewelry can be used...More »
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Lucia Riffel and Lily Reeves “Outer Special”
Curated by Angelica Fox. Featuring the work of: Lucia Riffel and Lily Reeves Outer Special, illustrates the inherent human need to invent a personal reality through the connection of emotion and...More »
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Stephanie Sara Lifshutz “But I Don’t Mind”
But I Don’t Mind. is an installation of new works by Stephanie Sara Lifshutz, that embodies her experience as a feminist Jewish woman navigating the Neon Studio Industry. The phrases installed in this...More »
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Keith Lemley “More is Different”
Keith Lemley: More is Different curated by The Remix brings together neon, wood, and holographic effects, the exhibition transforms our ground floor gallery into a “forest” of hanging neon tube clusters...More »
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Anna Riley “Into the Same Someplace”
Anna Riley’s site-specific installation, Into the Same Someplace, presents one facet of the artist’s continued research into the history of colorless glass — the clear screen. From the production of the...More »
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“A certain set of dynamics” Exhibition
Curated by Sarah Rebekah Byrd Mizer Featuring the work of: Embodied Empathy, Christopher Mahonski, Valerie Shusterov, and Kristen Neville Taylor. Jurors: Will Hutnick and Gaby Collins-Fernandez Selected...More »
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James Corporan “Computronium”
An immersive installation of recent works by James Corporan. In this installation of new work, Corporan explores meditations on ideas of dissolving realities, quantum realms, and the future of technology....More »
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“Fresh Masters: The UrbanGlass MFA Exhibition”
Curated by Ben Wright. UrbanGlass presents our biennial exhibition of the best recent MFA work by artists incorporating glass. Chosen from a deep and talented field of graduates from across North America,...More »
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“Apparatus: The Art of Scientific Glass” Exhibition
Curated by Glenn Adamson with Dennis Brienning Scientific glass technologists are among America’s most skilled and inventive makers. They work with chemists and engineers to create bespoke pieces of...More »
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Leo Tecosky Exhibition
Leo Tecosky explores graffiti tropes and decorative Islamic art in this illuminated sculptural installation.More »
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Shari Mendelson “Glasslike”
Curated by Elizabeth Essner UrbanGlass presents Shari Mendelson: Glasslike, curated by Elizabeth Essner. New York-based artist Shari Mendelson interprets ancient art using the most modern of materials:...More »
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Paige Lizbeth Morris “If only you were lonely, too”
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Victoria Ahmadizadeh “why did you look up to me? i only ever looked across at you”
why did you look up to me? i only ever looked across at you, is a collection of images and objects that make lines from poetry tactile. Willing to plunge into the mysteries of inter-personal connections,...More »
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“Unresolved (Issues): New Glass from Israel” Exhibition
Curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken “Unresolved”: A word used to describe a situation that lacks certainty or finality, a status still open for examination or processing. Unresolved issues, residing...More »
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“CLUE: Mr. Drury with Eyes Wide Open” Exhibition
Curated by John Drury In CLUE artist and longtime member of the UrbanGlass community John Drury surveys the current output of artists in New York City creating with glass. Exhibiting artists include:...More »
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Aaron Pexa “The Spoils of Annwn”
UrbanGlass presents a solo exhibition of new work by Aaron Pexa titled “The Spoils of Annwn”. The exhibition, curated by Samantha De Tillio, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), is...More »
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“Llum/ Surface” Exhibition
Currently I make my work by using reflective material and light. When light hits the surface, a complex interplay of reflections and shadows are created. The relationship between my work and my interest...More »
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“Dead Horse Bay: The Glass Graveyard of Brooklyn” Exhibition
Curated by Allison C. Meier Exhbiting artists include: Nicole Antebi, Gerard Barbot, Alex Branch, Yael Eban, David Horvitz, Nathan Kensinger, Jackie Mock, Rose Nestler, Rachel Owens, Amanda Patenaude,...More »
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“The Lepidopterist” Exhibition
The Lepidopterist is an aesthetic and visual investigation into the world of moths. These mysterious nighttime friends are the inspiration for the surrounding objects and lighting, which incorporate black...More »
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“Let them Eat Cake” Exhibition
There are few mediums like glass, which can capture the magnificence of light. Lavish craftsmanship layered with rich color is easily devoured. However any type of extravagance can soon become gluttony....More »
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Nancy Cohen “Hackensack Dreaming”
Nancy Cohen’s installation creates its own environment and transports viewers to a wholly new space. Made of glass, handmade paper, rubber, and other materials, Hackensack Dreaming explores fragility,...More »
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“Material Location” Exhibition
To study the history of glass is to study geography. In each era, distinct regions shaped the production of glass either through the minerals in their soils or by fostering a vibrant culture of glassmakers...More »
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Anders Ruhwald “One Thing Follows Another (And You Make It Happen)”
In the exhibition Anders Ruhwald: One Thing Follows Another (And You Make It Happen), Ruhwald explores form, materiality, and perception through an installation that compares and contrasts one design rendered...More »
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Joanna Manousis “The Dominant Sophia”
Every object in the world, whether it is natural or man-made, conveys meaning to a universal audience or individual. Whether this meaning is instigated through material value or symbolic connotation, the...More »
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“Illuminate: Design in Light” Exhibition
Illuminate: Design in Light looks at the many ways in which New York City designers use glass in their lighting. In these pieces, glass is an essential component of the design: creating form in curves...More »
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“Constantin Boym: Learning from the East” Exhibition
Mabkahara is a traditional Arab incense burner, an authentic object in daily domestic use in the Arab world. In the larger sense, incense burners serve as representations of sensorial culture of the East,...More »
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MFA Exhibition
Started in 2004, UrbanGlass’s Annual MFA Exhibition highlights emerging artists who use glass in their work. This year’s show will present large-scale sculpture by artists whose work explores the natural...More »
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Katherine Gray “A Tree Grows”
Featuring almost 2,000 drinking glasses from artists, designers, and community members from around New York City and around the world, A Tree Grows is a site specific, participatory installation by Katherine...More »
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"Transitions: Artists of UrbanGlass" Exhibition
Transitions: Artists of UrbanGlass highlights the broad range of work made in the studios of UrbanGlass and will be the final show held in Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass until after UrbanGlass’ renovation...More »
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David Schnuckel "Parenthetical Admission (Things Eventually Recognized After the Fact...)"
Parenthetical Admission is inspired by the essence of human fallibility, thriving on personal limitation, and pursuing a sense of glory within the inglorious qualities of my own faults and failures…. It...More »
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Yumi Kori "Matsukaze"
Statement: I would like to create artistic methods to keep people’s eyes open to their surroundings. Unfortunately, we all so easily get used to our environment and lose our fresh impressions of the things...More »
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"Artists of UrbanGlass" Exhibition
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Sarah Michalik "Divided"
"For many years I have wondered what can be told of ones name, and to whom they are connected. These human links and relationships have been the basis of much of my artwork as an artist. I am drawn...More »
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"Fall Student" Exhibition
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Hiromi Takizawa "Spark"
The artist attempts to "translate the intangible nature of memory and emotion into concrete materiality" through the use of ethereal neon glass and reflective materials. Her goal is to have viewers rediscover...More »