Art
John Kiley
- Item Number
- 6
- Estimated Value
- 25000 USD
- Sold
- 10500 USD to georgemary
- Number of Bids
- 8 - Bid History
Item Description
John Kiley began his career at the age of 19 at The Glass Eye Studio. Promoted to Gaffer on Dale Chihuly’s chandelier team at the age of 21, he traveled to Finland, Ireland, Mexico and Italy as part of the Chihuly Over Venice Team. He was a principal member of Lino Tagliapietra’s team until 2011 when he became the Glass Director at the Schack Art Center in Everett, WA. Kiley has also worked with Dante Marioni and Benjamin Moore and has been a teaching assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Richard Marquis, Josiah McElheny, Checco Ongaro and Ben Edols.
“I ask myself the question why do I choose to work with glass? Transparency, optics, the physical challenge, or a primal fascination with fire, are valid reasons that many glass objects are created…it is important that these material attributes work in service of the sculpture, rather than be the reason for the sculpture. I am drawn to how glass, and its perceived delicacy and preciosity, can create a sense of tension, concern and longing in the viewer (and myself)… I hope that my work, seemingly stable or precarious, succeeds in evoking feelings that would not be present without this choice in material.”
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