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Josiah McElheny.(Art 21: Artists Speak)(Biography)
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School Arts
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January 1, 2007
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Born
1966, Boston, MA
Education
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Apprenticeships with master glassblowers Ronald Wilkins, Jan-Erik Ritzman, Sven-Ake Caarlson, and Lino Tagliapietra
Lives and Works
Brooklyn, NY
Media & Materials
installation, sculpture, hand-blown glass
Biography
Josiah McElheny creates finely crafted, handmade glass objects that he combines with photographs, text, and museological displays to evoke notions of meaning and memory. Whether recreating miraculous glass objects pictured in Renaissance paintings or modernized versions of nonextant glassware from documentary photographs, McElheny's work takes ...