Anna Mlasowsky (born 1984) is a German artist. She is known for her experimental and boundary pushing work in glass and is recognized as one of the leading female artist working in glass today. Her work has been shown at the

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Bellevue Arts Museum The Bellevue Arts Museum is a museum of contemporary visual art, craft, and design located in Bellevue, Washington, part of the greater Seattle metropolitan area. A nonprofit organization established in 1975, the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) provide ...

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Glass Factory Museum
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Stockholm Architecture Museum
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Shanghai Museum of Glass
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Corning Museum of Glass The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning (city), New York, Corning, New York, United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Incorporated, Corning Glass Works and currently has a ...

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Toyama Glass Art Museum
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Biography

Mlasowsky grew up in East Germany and first encountered glass makers in 2005, while traveling in northern Norway during her European Volunteer Service there. She saw glass makers working in a small village on the Lofoten Islands and the following year she enrolled to study glass at Engelsholm Højskole in Denmark. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the

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in Glass, in 2011.She has worked as an independent artist, educator and curator since. In 2016 she completed a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

. She currently lives and works in Seattle, WA, USA. Anna received an Artist Trust Fellowship in 2017, was one of the Emerging Voices in Craft Shortlist Award recipients and was awarded an Emerging Artist residency at Centrum Foundation. In 2018 she received the Aldo Bellini Award, the John and Joyce Price Award of Excellence and was a Museum of Art and Design Burk Prize finalist. In 2021–2022, Mlasowsky is a Haas Short Term Fellow and Artist in residence at the

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, studying the history of

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. used in Glass today, the socio-ecologic impact of their extraction, and the way they enable a globalized society.

Awards

2021 Silver Prize, Toyama International Glass Prize, Japan 2019 Chihuly Emerging Artist Award, Seattle, USA Windgate Award, Suny Purchase College of Art, New York, USA 2018 Aldo Bellini Prize, Castello Sforzesco, Milano, Italy Finalist: Burke Prize, Museum of Art and Design, NY „BAM“, Biennial John and Joyce Price- Award of Excellence, Bellevue Arts Museum, USA 2017 Jurors Choice Award, Annual International Irvin Borowksy Prize in Glass, USA Finalist: Emerging Voices in Craft Awards, American Craft Council, USA 2015 Punch Gallery Award, Members Choice Award, USA 2014 Page Hazelgrove Annual Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA TAG Grant, Award for Advancement of Technology in Contemporary Glass, USA Silver Award Winner: Emerge Competition, Bullseye, USA Otto Waldrich Prize, Coburg Glass Prize, Germany 2013 UK Glass Prize, 1. Preis, England 2011 Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Projekt Award, Denmark Finalist: Stanislav Libenski Award, Tschechien Finalist: European Advancement Award for young Glass, Stadtmuseum Zwiesel, Germany 2010 Kaleidos Award, Upsala, Schweden

Grants

2021 Haas Short Term Research Fellowship,

, Philadelphia, USA Artworks Archive, Accelerator Grant, USA Awesome Foundation Grant, for “Das Schaufenster“, USA 2020 COVID-19 Relief Grants: The Artist Fellowship, Seattle Artist Relief Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Art, 4Culture Artist Relief, Artist Relief Project SmArt Venture Grant
Office Of Arts and Culture
Seattle, USA 2019

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, Project Grant, Seattle, USA Scholarship

Pilchuck Glass School Pilchuck Glass School is an international center for glass art education. The school was founded in 1971 by Dale Chihuly, Ruth Tamura, Anne Gould Hauberg (1917-2016), and John H. Hauberg (1916-2002). The campus is located on a former tree farm in ...

, Seattle, USA 2017 Artist Trust Fellowship, USA 2016 Artist Grant,

Vermont Studio Center The Vermont Studio Center (VSC) is a non-profit arts organization located in the town of Johnson, Vermont. It conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the United States, with a significant population of international artis ...

Residency, USA 2015 Scholarship, Glass Art Society, USA Scholarship, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists, USA 2013 IASPIS Grant, Swedish Ministry for Arts and Culture, Sweden 2012 Scholarship,

Pilchuck Glass school Pilchuck Glass School is an international center for glass art education. The school was founded in 1971 by Dale Chihuly, Ruth Tamura, Anne Gould Hauberg (1917-2016), and John H. Hauberg (1916-2002). The campus is located on a former tree farm in ...

, USA Artist Grant
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung
Germany 2011 Penland school of Craft: Isaac & Sonia Luski Scholarship, USA 2010 Danske Nationalbankens Jubilaeumsfond af 1968, Denmark 2009 Augustinus Fonden, Denmark Student scholarship

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, Helsinki, Finland 2008 Scholarship

, USA Scholarship, The Corning Museum of Glass scholarship, USA Artist Grant, Ingenör Vald. Selmer Trane og hustru Elisa Tranes Fond, Denmark Artist Grant, Krista & Viggo Petersens Fond, Denmark

Residencies

2022 Tacoma Museum of Glass, Glass Studio Residency Program 2021 Haas Short-Term Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at the

, USA Visiting Artist residency

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, Glass Department, USA Innovators in Glass Residency,

, USA 2020 Artist in Residence, Urban Glass, NY University and Pratt Institut New York, USA 2019 Windgate Artist in Residency, Suny Purchase College of Art, New York, USA 2018

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Residency, USA Visiting Artist, University of Hawaii Manoa, Oahu, USA 2017 Emerging Artist Residenc
Centrum Foundation
Port Townsend, USA

Residency, Johnston, USA 2016

Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company specializing in glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was name ...

Specialty Glass Residency, Corning, USA 2014 Bullseye Resource Center Bay Area Artist in Residence, Emeryville, USA 2013 Artist in Residence,

Pittsburgh Glass Center The Pittsburgh Glass Center is a gallery, glass studio, and public-access school dedicated to teaching, creating and promoting studio glass art. It is located on Penn Avenue in the Friendship neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It has features works by ...

, PA, USA Artist in Residence, The Glass Factory Museum, Boda, Sweden The Corning Museum of Glass Studio Residency, Corning, USA AA2A residency Program, National Glasscenter, University of Sunderland, UK 2012 International Ceramic and Glass Art Exchange Program, Seto, Japan 2011 Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, CGCA residency Fellowship, NJ, USA �
Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
residency, Toyama, Japan

Selected public lectures and performances

2021 Lecture: “Anders-artig-keit”, Konstfack University of Arts & Design, Sweden Lecture: “Enabeling Transparency” für das Symposium “Craft Ways-Tending through Craft�
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Warren Wilson College
USA 2019 Host of the Paneldiscussion: Suny Purchase College of Art, NY, USA, on issues faced by female immigrant artists in the US (invited speakers: Sera Boeno, Roxana Fabius, Katya Grokhovsky, Yulia Topchiy) 2018 Lecture: “Behind the Glass“,

, NY, USA Live-Performance:

, USA, “Chorus of One”, collaboration with Alethea Alexander and Alexandra Bradshaw-Yerby (University of Washington Dance Department) Lecture:

American Craft Council The American Craft Council (ACC) is a national non-profit organization that champions craft based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1943 by Aileen Osborn Webb, the council hosts national craft shows and conferences, publishes a quarterly m ...

Salon Series, Minnesota, USA 2017 Lecture: “Technology Advancing Glass”
Glass Art Society
Norfolk, USA 2016 Paneldiscussion: “Technology in Art” Panel, Atoms and Bytes Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, USA Live-Performance: “Straight Line Thinking”,

, USA 2015 Paneldiscussion: „kilnforming and new developments�
Bullseye Projects
Portland USA Live-Performance: of ''△▽'' with Ellen Jing Xu
Velocity Dance Center
Seattle, USA Live-Performance: “Lineage”, Per4m4rum,

, USA 2014 Lecture: „Page Hazelgrove Lecture“,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

, Boston, USA 2012 Lecture: „Emerging Artist Lecture“
Glass Art Society
Toledo, USA 2012 Lecture: Program-Seto City Art Museum, Seto, Japan

References

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