From the exhibition 2024 Members Exhibition
Year: 2022
Material: Waterjet cut and kilnformed glass
Dimensions: 136 x 94 x 7 cm
About the Maker: Dr Jeffrey Sarmiento is a glass artist and Senior Lecturer at the School of Art and Design at the Australian National University, where he is Head of Glass. Previously he was Associate Professor in Glass at the University of Sunderland, UK, where he completed a PhD in 2011. Educated at the Rhode Island School of Design, he has also been a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark. He has taught workshops on glass and print internationally, from Pilchuck Glass School in the USA to China Art Academy Hangzhou and UCOL in New Zealand.
Known for his creative practice exploring cultural identity and the graphic image in glass, Sarmiento embeds layers of information in his intricately constructed kiln-formed objects, sculptures, and public commissions. He won the International Glass Prize at Glazenhuis, Belgium, and his 2013 solo exhibition at National Glass Centre in Sunderland toured to the US. His collaborative work was included in Glasstress at the 56th Venice Biennale, and recently showed with Bullseye Projects in Passage at the Byre, an alternative art space in the Scottish Highlands.
Photos: Brenton McGeachie
