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SINCE 1975 Victor Chiarizia has explored
many facets of glassmaking, including blown, flameworked, cast, etched
and sandblasted. Today, Chiarizia's sculptural works express his thoughts
about life, growth and renewal in art glass comprised of two distinctive
techniques--hot glass and flameworked glass with vitreous fired-on enamels.
Profound images from Chiarizia's Italian-American background coupled with
a boundless imagination give an earthy yet surreal style to much of his
sculptural work.
Victor Chiarizia's glass is well-known for
its technical innovations, organic forms and spirited colorations. His
most acclaimed work includes The Botanicals, a series of sculptures with
flameworked glass which is treated with multiple applications of enamels
to give luster and luminosity to the vines, blossoms, fruit, human hands,
and other elements that cling to amorphous hot glass vessels.
Chiarizia also creates limited-edition vessels
and sculptures which demonstrate an exceptional use of Incalmo, a 500
year-old Venetian technique that requires the artist to create cup-shape
vessels which are then connected to one another on the blow pipe. Incalmo
and reverse incalmo are complex and physically demanding processes for
even the most experienced glassblowers. Chiarizia uses this unusual technique
to produce large vertical and diagonal bands of color within a vessel.
In addition, he has also earned acclaim for the Volcanic Series of glass
sculptures with sand-carved and etched surfaces to reveal deeply organic
textures and colorations upon a Pate de Verre base.
Victor Chiarizia is represented by fine galleries throughout the United
States.
Education
The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass / CORNING, NY
Haystack School of Crafts / DEER ISLE, ME
Salem College / PENNSGROVE, NJ
Awards
2004 New Glass Review 25
Museum of Art and Design
NICHE Award for Excellence in Flameworked Glass
Commissions
The Palace Hotel / BEIJING
Absolut Vodka / TEANECK, NJ
Royal Caribbean / LONDON, UK
Herald Examiner Building / LOS ANGELES, CA
Sandwich Glass Museum / SANDWICH, MA
The Smithsonian / WASHINGTON, DC
Heublein Corporation / FARMINGTON, CT
In New York City:
St. Thomas Cathedral
AT&T
St. Ignatius Church
The Frick Collection
Tiffany's
Bulgari
Morgane Le Fay Fashion House
Barney's
Juried Shows
Philadelphia Museum of Art / PHILADELPHIA, PA
American Craft Council (ACC) / BALTIMORE, MD; CHICAGO, IL; and W. SPRINGFIELD,
MA
Buyers Market of American Crafts / PHILADELPHIA, PA
Crafts Park Avenue / NEW YORK, NY
Selected Gallery & Museum Exhibitions
Bella Vetri Gallery / KAPALUA MAUI, HI
Habatat Galleries / ROYAL OAK, MI
CODA Galleries / PALM DESERT, CA / NEW YORK, NY
Corning Museum of Glass / CORNING, NY
Wheaton Village Gallery / MILLVILLE, NJ
Turning Point Gallery / MEDIA, PA
Glass Reunion / KEY WEST, FL
Hudson Bay Gallery / VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
Don Muller Gallery / NORTHAMPTON, MA
Topeo Gallery / NEW HOPE, PA
Laughing Dog Gallery / VERO BEACH, FL
Thomas Riley Galleries / COLUMBUS, OH
Avalon Gallery / DEL RAY BEACH, FL
Vale Craft Gallery / CHICAGO, ILL
Dane Gallery / NANTUCKET, MA
Pinnacle Gallery / SCOTTSDALE, AZ
Susan Benjamin Galleries / SAFETY HARBOR, FL
Masterpiece Crafts Gallery / MARLTON, NJ
Kebanu / BEND, OR
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft / HOUSTON, TX
Gallery 1 / NAPLES, FL
Kuivato Gallery / SEDONA, AZ
Petri's Gallery / SAUSALITO, CA
Fusion Art Glass / SEASIDE, FL
Mostly Glass Gallery / ENGLEWOOD, NJ
Stein Gallery / PORTLAND, ME
Hsinchu Glass Art Museum / TAIWAN
Wadsworth Antheneum / HARTFORD, CT
American Craft Museum / NEW YORK, NY
Museum of Modern Art / NEW YORK, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art / SAN DIEGO, CA
Selected Books & Publications
Contemporary Glass: Color, Light & Form / Guild Publishing
Flameworking: Creating Glass Beads, Sculptures & Functional Objects
/ Lark Books
Contemporary Lampworking Vol. 1 / Salusa Glassworks
NEW GLASS REVIEW 25 / 2004
Housatonic Home / APRIL 2004
ArtisticFX Magazine (Featured Artist) / NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003
The Philadelphia Inquirer / NOVEMBER 15, 2003
Ornament Magazine / AUTUMN, 2003
American Style (Featured Artist) / SUMMER 2002
NICHE Magazine for Craft Retailers / WINTER & SPRING 2002, WINTER
& SPRING 2001
The Hartford Courant / NOV. 30, 2000
California Visitor Review / OCT. 20, 2000
NICHE Magazine / SUMMER 2000 and SUMMER 1999
The Boston Globe Magazine / DEC. 5, 1999
The Crafts Report / SEP. 1999
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