Ann Gardner: Expanding the Perception of Light

Ann Gardner Expanding the Perception of Light

November 20, 2021 – January 8, 2022

Gardner’s artistic practice stems from a life-long exploration of light, color, pattern, and volume. Using one of the most ancient man-made materials, glass, her sculptures are presented in a range of formats, shapes, and scales. Gardner hand-cuts colored glass into tiny mosaic pieces and reassembles them onto steel armature structures. These come in a variety of forms, such as curved geometric shapes, tubular ovals, waved panels, star bursts or round compositions created in a series. Their volumes protrude into space and recede into themselves, thereby allowing for additional flickering of light, color, and reflection to take place. Some of the sculptures are mounted onto walls while others are freestanding or suspended from the ceiling. Gardner has been the recipient of numerous awards and her work has been featured in many solo and group shows around the country. In addition to her large-scale public and corporate commissions, her work is included in the collections of the National Museum of American Art, the Detroit Institute of the Arts, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Corning Museum of Glass, to name a few.

Fuse, 2011 Glass, composite, concrete, steel, 108 x 132 x 240 inches

Early Light., 2017 Glass and steel, 30 x 84 x 3 inches

Summer, 2021 Watercolor and silver leaf on vellum, 25 pieces variable; 52 1/2 x 67 1/2 inches overall

Untitled Mosaic, 2021 Glass, concrete and steel, 44 x 88 x 2 1/2 inches

Blue Circles, 2021 Glass, metal leaf, grout, steel, 32 x 32 x 1 1/2 inches

Gold Circles, 2021 Glass, metal leaf, grout, steel, 32 x 32 x 1 1/2 inches

Ripple, 2021 Glass, steel, 30 x 62 x 3 inches

Cluster Z, 2019 Blown glass, 71 x 31 x 24 inches

Cluster NN, 2021 Blown glass, 34 x 20 x 20 inches

Cluster MM, 2021 Blown glass, 48 x 20 x 20 inches

Blown Glass D, 2017 Glass, 56 x 29 x 34 inches

Table Wave 5, 2019 Blown glass, 21 1/2 x 13 x 13 inches

Table Wave 4, 2019 Blown glass, 23 x 13 1/2 x 12 inches

Green Knot (series 4)

Knot (White), 2021

Silver Knot (series 4)

Glass, concrete and steel 23 x 11 x 11.34375 inches

Glass, composite material, concrete 22 x 16 x 10 1/2 inches

Glass, composite, concrete and steel 22 x 14 1/2 x 12 inches

ANN GARDNER (b. 1947) EDUCATION

1967-74

Studied at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; Portland State University, Portland, OR

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS SOLO

2020 2019 2017 2014 2011 2008 2007 2006 2005 2001 1999 1996 1994 1993 1992 1988-89 1987 1986 1985 1984

The Shape of Air, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID Vapor, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY Air, Water, Earth, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Variations, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Point in Time, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Lumen, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY Space, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Michelle Bello Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO Ann Gardner, Friesen Gallery Fine Art, Sun Valley, ID Light, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Mantra, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Continuum, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Studies in Geometry and Color, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Positioning, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA Soft Edges, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Patterns of Identity, Allrich Gallery, San Francisco Familiar Rhythms, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Sculpture in Glass and Mixed Media, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL Transitions, Heads and Faces in Clay and Glass, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Good Spirit Poles, Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID Five New Sculptures, Mahler Fine Arts, Seattle, WA

GROUP

2015 2014 2012 2010 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002 1999 Creek, MI 1998

New Arrangements, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT Variations, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Black + White, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT Contemporary Glass, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Eyes for Glass: The Price Collection, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA Shattering Glass, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY Please Do Not Touch, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY Lucky 7, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Expansion, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID Permanent Collection Highlights, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL 25th Anniversary Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Sloan Miyasato, San Francisco, CA Glass! Glorious Glass!, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC Breathless: The Figure in Contemporary Glass, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC

SELECTED AWARDS

2017 2008 2004 1997 1994 1993 1991 1987

Museum of Glass, Artist-in-Residence, Tacoma, WA Juror’s Choice Award, The Coming Museum of Glass, Urban Design Award, Purchase Award, Seattle Arts Commission, Individual Artist 1998 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Tulane University, Artist-in-Residence, New Orleans, LA Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York, NY Pilchuck Glass School, Artist-in-Residence, Stanwood, WA Centrum Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Port Townsend, WA Pilchuck Glass School, Artist-in-Residence, Stanwood, WA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA American Craft Museum, New York, NY Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, MI Hunstville Museum of Art, Hunstville, AL Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI Charles Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Washington State Arts Commission, Seattle, WA Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2022 Untitled, Glass hanging sculpture, Norfolk, VA 2020 Untitled, Blown glass hanging sculpture, Private commission, Seattle, WA 2018 Song of Night and Day, Exterior free-standing mosaic sculpture, Commissioned by the County of San Diego, San Diego, CA Phase, Mosaic, Commissioned by Bryn Mawr Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 2016 Journey, Glass wall-mounted sculpture, Ferris Highschool, Spokane, WA Yellow Orb, Hanging sculpture, White Center Library, Seattle, WA 2014 Day Light, Hanging sculpture, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Petal, Sculpture, Court of Light at the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 2013 Ripple, Hanging sculpture, Troxel Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Untitled, Glass wall-mounted sculpture, Private commission, Abu Dhabi, UAE Passage, Suspended glass sculpture, Private commission, Horseshoe Casino, Cincinnati, OH 2012 North Star, Exterior glass wall-mounted sculpture, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, DC Grace, Five glass wall-mounted panels, Gandhi Residence, San Francisco, CA Moonlight, Glass wall-mounted sculpture, Private commission, Barcelona, Spain 2011 Time, Glass panel, Swedish Medical Center Issaquah Hospital, WA Waterfall 2, Exterior glass wall-mounted sculpture, Private commission, San Diego, CA 2010 Lumen, Suspended glass sculpture, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, TX

2009 Morning, Suspended glass sculpture, Private commission, Washington, DC 2008 One Day, Glass sculpture, Regional Arts & Culture Council for Providence Medical Center, Portland, OR Long Day/Long Night, Suspended glass sculpture, Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, AK Untitled, Six glass wall-mounted panels, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, IN 2007 Link, Suspended glass sculpture, St. Alphonsus Medical Center, Boise, ID Sliver of Light, Two wall-mounted sculptural panels, The Metropolitan, Pearl District, Portland, OR 2006 Landscape, Glass wall-mounted sculpture, Miami Beach, Mosaic Condos, Miami Beach, FL Wave 2, Glass sculpture, Washington Mutual, Seattle, WA 2005 Circle, Wave, and Horizon, Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, Vancouver, WA Earth, Four wall-mounted panels, Westin Hotel, Bellevue, WA Untitled, Monoprint, ink on paper, Marriott Hotel, St. Louis, MO 2004 Weave, Hanging glass sculpture, St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, WA Land & Sky, Glass wall-mounted sculpture, Everett Events Center, Everett, WA 2003 Ring of Water, Hanging sculpture with terrazzo floor, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA Untitled, Suspended glass sculpture, Marriott Hotel, San Jose, CA 2002 Sunrise/Sunset and Circle, Two interior glass-mounted sculptures, Sato Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan 2001 Lebeg (slight movement in the air), Suspended and rotating glass sculpture with terrazzo floor, WA State Arts Commission and WA State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA 2000 Four Vessels, Found and blown glass sculptures, Las Vegas, NV Evidence, Glass panels, University Hospital, Seattle, WA Day & Night, Glass wall panels, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA 1998 Uno, Dos, Tres, Exterior wall, Target Stores, Walnut Creek, CA 1996 Danza del Cerchio, Exterior wall, Pier 66, Seattle, WA Untitled, Site-specific commission, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Early Light, 2017 (detail)

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Back Cover: Fuse, 2011 (detail)