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Tim Spurchise - "Watermelon Fish" Glass Sculpture
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"Watermelon Fish"
Blown Glass Sculpture
13 1/4" H x 11 1/2" W x 21 1/2" L.
Tim Spurchise
Tim Spurchise, originally from Syracuse, New York, is a career glass artist focusing in hot glass sculpting. His main series of work is a visual cacophony of whimsical and eccentric glass sea monsters as a response to his research of the sea monsters found on medieval and Renaissance maps. Even in the twenty-first century, one of the few places that can still evoke a sense of mystery is the ocean. Thousands of feet of cold dark waters beneath the surface creates the perfect canvas for the extrapolation of fantastic fish and denizens of the deep. Glass has a longstanding tradition of using complicated techniques of the time to create extravagant, nonsensical sculptures of monsters. Ancient glassblowers created small sculptural animals and monsters; and glassblowers of the Renaissance commonly adorned goblets with sea serpents, or utilized pulled cane to create small vessel-like monsters. This is a small facet in the history of glassblowing that Tim's research has focused on accentuating within his artwork.
Tim's glass work has been shown both nationally across the United States, and abroad in Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, and China. He received first place for the exhibit in Sweden, and received an excellence work award for the exhibit in China. In 2025, Tim will have a solo exhibition at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee which will feature a new series of sculptural glass monsters.
In 2022 he developed a line of luxury whiskey glasses to complement his sculptural glass works. This drinkware is designed and blown by the artist to achieve the same specifications every time and allows for a two-inch ice cube to sit comfortably within the glass. Within the thick layer of ice at the bottom of every cup is a fishbone murrine image which is a piece of imagery often utilized within his sculptures.
He received his M.F.A from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, and has a B.A. in Studio Art and a B.A. in Art History from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Tim has worked professionally as an instructor and technician at the Toledo Museum of Art, Bowling Green State University, the Appalachian Center for Craft, the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Third Degree Glass Factory, and Tidewater Community College. He was also recently hired to hot-sculpt a series of several Egyptian deity-themed sculptures for Mikael Owunna Studios.
Education
2020 Southern Illinois University | MFA glass specialization | Carbondale, IL
2014 Hartwick College | BA cum laude (dual major: Studio Art & Art History) | Oneonta, NY
Teaching Experience
2022-present Toledo Museum of Art | Glass Instructor (ten-week workshops of varying levels) | Toledo, OH
2022-2023 Bowling Green State University | Adjunct Glass Instructor (four semesters)| Bowling Green, OH
2022 Appalachian Center for Craft | Sculpting w. Whimsy Instructor (Summer) | Smithville, TN
2019-2020 Southern Illinois University | Foundations Sculpture GA | Carbondale, IL
2016-2017 Ghent Middle School | Glass Art Instructor | Norfolk, VA
2016 Boys & Girls Club at the Chrysler Glass Studio | Summer Glass Instructor | Norfolk, VA
2015-2017 Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio | Staff Instructor | Norfolk, VA
Teaching Assistant Experience
2024 Tulsa Glassblowing School | TA for Kelly O'Dell's workshop (forthcoming) | Tulsa, OK
2019 Southern Illinois University | TA for Grant Garmezy's Sculpting workshop| Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois University | TA for 414 Glass Class | Carbondale, IL
2015 Virginia Wesleyan College | TA for Julia Rogers' Intro to Glass Class | Norfolk, VA
Professional Experience
2022-2023 Mikael Owunna Studios | Contracted Hot Glass Sculptor
2021-2023 Bowling Green State University | Glass & Sculpture Studio Technician | Bowling Green, OH
2022-2024 Tulsa Glassblowing School | Contracted Technician and Consultant | Tulsa, OK
2020-2021 Third Degree Glass Factory | Glass Studio Technician | St. Louis, MO
2019 Wet Dog Glass | Summer Technician Intern | Star, NC
2018-2019 Southern Illinois University | Foundry Studio Technician | Carbondale, IL
2017-2020 Southern Illinois University | Glass Studio Technician | Carbondale, IL
2015-2016 K.Little Studio | Studio Assistant in Stained Glass to Kathy Little | Suffolk, VA
2015-2017 Tidewater Community College | Glass Tech and Instructional Assistant | Portsmouth, VA
2015 Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio | Studio Assistantship Program | Norfolk, VA
2012-2014 Hartwick College | Metal Studio Tech & Summer Studio Assistant | Oneonta, NY
2011-2012 Hartwick College | Glass and Sculpture Work Study | Oneonta, NY
Visiting Artist Residencies
2024 Tulsa Glassblowing School | Three-day Residency | Tulsa, OK
2023 Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center | Collaborative one-week Residency | Millville, NJ
2023 Hartwick College | Visiting artist | Oneonta, NY
2022 Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center | Invitational one-week Residency | Millville, NJ
Publications
2023 De Temperatuur Van Het Glazen Landschap Bij De Vierde International Biennale of Glass in Sofia, Modern Glass Magazine, Page 1, March 2023.
International Exhibitions
2024 Wilhelm Hallen Hall | 2024 GAS Juried Member Exhibition | Berlin, Germany
2023 National Gallery Kvadrat 500 | International Biennale of Glass Bulgaria | Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 Fine Art College of Qinghua University | China's 6th Handcrafted Glass Competition |Beijing, China (Excellence Work Medal)
2020 Glass Art Society | 2020 Student Exhibition (Online)| Smaland, Sweden (First Place)
2013 Palazzo Vagnotti | La Mostra Faculty and Student Show | Cortona, Italy
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Appalachian Center for Craft | Solo Exhibition | Smithville, TN (forthcoming)
2024 Janice Charach Gallery | Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition | Bloomfield, MI
2024 Janice Charach Gallery | Rockets, Robots, & Rayguns | Bloomfield, MI
2023 UrbanGlass Robert Lehman Gallery | Juried Exhibition of Recent MFA Graduates | Brooklyn,NY Axiom Glass Gallery | Glass Art Society
2023 Juried Member's Exhibition | Detroit, MI
2022 Martin D. Porter Gallery | BGSU Instructor, Alumni, and Student Exhibition | Toledo, OH
2022 Center for Visual Arts, University of Toledo | TFAS 100+5 Juried Exhibition | Toledo, OH
2022 Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery | 72nd Annual Faculty/Staff Show | Bowling Green, OH
2022 Appalachian Center for Craft | Instructor Exhibit | Smithville, TN
2022 Janice Charach Gallery | Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition | Bloomfield, MI
2021 Commune Gallery | X Marks the Spot: Decade of Glass at the Chrysler | Norfolk, VA
2021 Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery | 71st Annual Faculty/Staff Show | Bowling Green, OH
2021 Appalachian Center for Craft | State of Matter: Material Survey in Glass | Smithville, TN
2020 Toe River Arts | 14th Annual Blacksmith Exhibit | Burnsville, NC (Emerging Artist Award)
2020 Cape Girardeau History Center | Studio Glass Exhibition | Cape Girardeau, MO
2018 Surplus Gallery | Critical Forum Juried Exhibition | Carbondale, IL
2017 Norfolk Airport | Now Arriving | Norfolk, VA
2017 Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center | Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit | Portsmouth, VA
2017 Tidewater Community College | Breaking Barriers | Portsmouth, VA
2017 Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center | Embracing Narrative| Portsmouth, VA
2016 Charles Taylor Arts Center | Virginia Glass Guild 29th Juried Exhibition | Hampton, VA
2016 Vestibule 102 | Solo Show | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
2016 The d'Art Center | Spectrum - Invitational Exhibition | Norfolk, VA
2015 Foreman Gallery | Alumni Juried Exhibition | Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
2015 Piedmont Arts Center | Fired Up! Glass Exhibition | Martinsville, VA
Workshops Attended
2023 Corning Museum of Glass | Working it Out w. Karen Willenbrink & Jasen Johnsen
2022 Pilchuck Glass School | Animalistic w. Raven Skyriver | Stanwood, WA
2019 Pittsburgh Glass Center | Constructing Quirky Narratives w. Tom Moore | Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Corning Museum of Glass | Unblinded by Science w. Dr. Jane Cook | Corning, NY
2018 Pilchuck Glass School | A Playful Banter w. Devin Burgess | Stanwood, WA
2017 UrbanGlass | Furnace Building w. Eddie Bernard | Brooklyn, NY
2017 Chrysler Glass Studio | Glass Sculpting and Enameling with David Walters | Norfolk, VA
2015 Chrysler Glass Studio | Glass Sculpting w. Randy Walker & Ross Richmond | Norfolk, VA
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
Blown Glass Sculpture
13 1/4" H x 11 1/2" W x 21 1/2" L.
Tim Spurchise
Tim Spurchise, originally from Syracuse, New York, is a career glass artist focusing in hot glass sculpting. His main series of work is a visual cacophony of whimsical and eccentric glass sea monsters as a response to his research of the sea monsters found on medieval and Renaissance maps. Even in the twenty-first century, one of the few places that can still evoke a sense of mystery is the ocean. Thousands of feet of cold dark waters beneath the surface creates the perfect canvas for the extrapolation of fantastic fish and denizens of the deep. Glass has a longstanding tradition of using complicated techniques of the time to create extravagant, nonsensical sculptures of monsters. Ancient glassblowers created small sculptural animals and monsters; and glassblowers of the Renaissance commonly adorned goblets with sea serpents, or utilized pulled cane to create small vessel-like monsters. This is a small facet in the history of glassblowing that Tim's research has focused on accentuating within his artwork.
Tim's glass work has been shown both nationally across the United States, and abroad in Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, and China. He received first place for the exhibit in Sweden, and received an excellence work award for the exhibit in China. In 2025, Tim will have a solo exhibition at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee which will feature a new series of sculptural glass monsters.
In 2022 he developed a line of luxury whiskey glasses to complement his sculptural glass works. This drinkware is designed and blown by the artist to achieve the same specifications every time and allows for a two-inch ice cube to sit comfortably within the glass. Within the thick layer of ice at the bottom of every cup is a fishbone murrine image which is a piece of imagery often utilized within his sculptures.
He received his M.F.A from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, and has a B.A. in Studio Art and a B.A. in Art History from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Tim has worked professionally as an instructor and technician at the Toledo Museum of Art, Bowling Green State University, the Appalachian Center for Craft, the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Third Degree Glass Factory, and Tidewater Community College. He was also recently hired to hot-sculpt a series of several Egyptian deity-themed sculptures for Mikael Owunna Studios.
Education
2020 Southern Illinois University | MFA glass specialization | Carbondale, IL
2014 Hartwick College | BA cum laude (dual major: Studio Art & Art History) | Oneonta, NY
Teaching Experience
2022-present Toledo Museum of Art | Glass Instructor (ten-week workshops of varying levels) | Toledo, OH
2022-2023 Bowling Green State University | Adjunct Glass Instructor (four semesters)| Bowling Green, OH
2022 Appalachian Center for Craft | Sculpting w. Whimsy Instructor (Summer) | Smithville, TN
2019-2020 Southern Illinois University | Foundations Sculpture GA | Carbondale, IL
2016-2017 Ghent Middle School | Glass Art Instructor | Norfolk, VA
2016 Boys & Girls Club at the Chrysler Glass Studio | Summer Glass Instructor | Norfolk, VA
2015-2017 Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio | Staff Instructor | Norfolk, VA
Teaching Assistant Experience
2024 Tulsa Glassblowing School | TA for Kelly O'Dell's workshop (forthcoming) | Tulsa, OK
2019 Southern Illinois University | TA for Grant Garmezy's Sculpting workshop| Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois University | TA for 414 Glass Class | Carbondale, IL
2015 Virginia Wesleyan College | TA for Julia Rogers' Intro to Glass Class | Norfolk, VA
Professional Experience
2022-2023 Mikael Owunna Studios | Contracted Hot Glass Sculptor
2021-2023 Bowling Green State University | Glass & Sculpture Studio Technician | Bowling Green, OH
2022-2024 Tulsa Glassblowing School | Contracted Technician and Consultant | Tulsa, OK
2020-2021 Third Degree Glass Factory | Glass Studio Technician | St. Louis, MO
2019 Wet Dog Glass | Summer Technician Intern | Star, NC
2018-2019 Southern Illinois University | Foundry Studio Technician | Carbondale, IL
2017-2020 Southern Illinois University | Glass Studio Technician | Carbondale, IL
2015-2016 K.Little Studio | Studio Assistant in Stained Glass to Kathy Little | Suffolk, VA
2015-2017 Tidewater Community College | Glass Tech and Instructional Assistant | Portsmouth, VA
2015 Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio | Studio Assistantship Program | Norfolk, VA
2012-2014 Hartwick College | Metal Studio Tech & Summer Studio Assistant | Oneonta, NY
2011-2012 Hartwick College | Glass and Sculpture Work Study | Oneonta, NY
Visiting Artist Residencies
2024 Tulsa Glassblowing School | Three-day Residency | Tulsa, OK
2023 Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center | Collaborative one-week Residency | Millville, NJ
2023 Hartwick College | Visiting artist | Oneonta, NY
2022 Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center | Invitational one-week Residency | Millville, NJ
Publications
2023 De Temperatuur Van Het Glazen Landschap Bij De Vierde International Biennale of Glass in Sofia, Modern Glass Magazine, Page 1, March 2023.
International Exhibitions
2024 Wilhelm Hallen Hall | 2024 GAS Juried Member Exhibition | Berlin, Germany
2023 National Gallery Kvadrat 500 | International Biennale of Glass Bulgaria | Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 Fine Art College of Qinghua University | China's 6th Handcrafted Glass Competition |Beijing, China (Excellence Work Medal)
2020 Glass Art Society | 2020 Student Exhibition (Online)| Smaland, Sweden (First Place)
2013 Palazzo Vagnotti | La Mostra Faculty and Student Show | Cortona, Italy
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Appalachian Center for Craft | Solo Exhibition | Smithville, TN (forthcoming)
2024 Janice Charach Gallery | Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition | Bloomfield, MI
2024 Janice Charach Gallery | Rockets, Robots, & Rayguns | Bloomfield, MI
2023 UrbanGlass Robert Lehman Gallery | Juried Exhibition of Recent MFA Graduates | Brooklyn,NY Axiom Glass Gallery | Glass Art Society
2023 Juried Member's Exhibition | Detroit, MI
2022 Martin D. Porter Gallery | BGSU Instructor, Alumni, and Student Exhibition | Toledo, OH
2022 Center for Visual Arts, University of Toledo | TFAS 100+5 Juried Exhibition | Toledo, OH
2022 Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery | 72nd Annual Faculty/Staff Show | Bowling Green, OH
2022 Appalachian Center for Craft | Instructor Exhibit | Smithville, TN
2022 Janice Charach Gallery | Michigan Regional Glass Exhibition | Bloomfield, MI
2021 Commune Gallery | X Marks the Spot: Decade of Glass at the Chrysler | Norfolk, VA
2021 Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery | 71st Annual Faculty/Staff Show | Bowling Green, OH
2021 Appalachian Center for Craft | State of Matter: Material Survey in Glass | Smithville, TN
2020 Toe River Arts | 14th Annual Blacksmith Exhibit | Burnsville, NC (Emerging Artist Award)
2020 Cape Girardeau History Center | Studio Glass Exhibition | Cape Girardeau, MO
2018 Surplus Gallery | Critical Forum Juried Exhibition | Carbondale, IL
2017 Norfolk Airport | Now Arriving | Norfolk, VA
2017 Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center | Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit | Portsmouth, VA
2017 Tidewater Community College | Breaking Barriers | Portsmouth, VA
2017 Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center | Embracing Narrative| Portsmouth, VA
2016 Charles Taylor Arts Center | Virginia Glass Guild 29th Juried Exhibition | Hampton, VA
2016 Vestibule 102 | Solo Show | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
2016 The d'Art Center | Spectrum - Invitational Exhibition | Norfolk, VA
2015 Foreman Gallery | Alumni Juried Exhibition | Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
2015 Piedmont Arts Center | Fired Up! Glass Exhibition | Martinsville, VA
Workshops Attended
2023 Corning Museum of Glass | Working it Out w. Karen Willenbrink & Jasen Johnsen
2022 Pilchuck Glass School | Animalistic w. Raven Skyriver | Stanwood, WA
2019 Pittsburgh Glass Center | Constructing Quirky Narratives w. Tom Moore | Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Corning Museum of Glass | Unblinded by Science w. Dr. Jane Cook | Corning, NY
2018 Pilchuck Glass School | A Playful Banter w. Devin Burgess | Stanwood, WA
2017 UrbanGlass | Furnace Building w. Eddie Bernard | Brooklyn, NY
2017 Chrysler Glass Studio | Glass Sculpting and Enameling with David Walters | Norfolk, VA
2015 Chrysler Glass Studio | Glass Sculpting w. Randy Walker & Ross Richmond | Norfolk, VA
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
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