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Granite Calimpong | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, San Diego University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design |
Known for | Glass art |
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Granite Calimpong (born 1982/83 [1]) is a Pacific Northwest glass artist. He received an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts at University of California San Diego in 2007. [2] [3] [4] In 2013 he was artist-in-residence at Pittsburgh Glass Center for six weeks. [5] [6] [3] Calimpong was a Master of Fine Arts candidate at University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design as of 2018. [4]
In July–August 2018, Calimpong was scheduled to be an instructor at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. [7] He has also taught workshops at the Pilchuck Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts. [8]
His glass art is both blown and cold worked, and described as "form based". [9]