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NEXT GENERATION GLASS
Oben Abright was born in 1980 in San Francisco. The son of artists, Oben spent his early years drawing, painting and making clay sculpture in his parents’ studio. He received a BFA in glass in 2004 from California College of Arts, Oakland. Since 2004, he has shown with Habatat Galleries, Chicago; Echt Gallery, Chicago; and Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California. He is currently represented by Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert. Abright maintains a studio in Oakland, California.
Abright is highly-acclaimed for his blown-glass and painted portrait sculptures. The intention of this gritty, lifelike work is to raise awareness on social issues in neglected, impoverished, and war-torn communities. The artist believes that the physicality of sculpture lends it more weight as a form of documentation than photography or written essays and articles. Several of his series focus on homelessness; the Market Street and West Oakland series depict members of the homeless population in San Francisco and Oakland.
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