Marlene Rose | |
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Born | December 5, 1967 |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Tulane University,
New Orleans, Louisiana California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California |
Occupation | Glass artist |
Awards | National Endowment for the Arts grant, 2007 |
Marlene Rose (born December 5, 1967) [1] is an American glass sculptor. She specializes in sandcast glass work, a method inspired by bronze casting, and is a pioneer of the glass art equivalent.
Rose graduated from Tulane University, acquiring a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Glass. She then acquired a Master of Fine Arts at the California College of Arts and Crafts. [2] She also studied at the Pilchuck Glass School founded by Dale Chihuly and Anne Gould Hauberg. [3]
As she was starting her glass artistry, Rose recalls seeing many functional pieces, such as kitchenware, made from glass and thinking, “There wasn’t a statement. There wasn’t an expression, a communication, with this shape.” This helped further actualize her eventual predilection toward glass sculpture. [4] Rose is among the first artists to use traditional bronze casting methods with glass, having used and developed such practices since the 1980s. [3]
In 2007, Rose was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant. [3]
In 2016, Rose opened the Marlene Rose Gallery in Clearwater, Florida, which is the first gallery created for the sole purpose of exhibiting her artwork. [5]
On September 29, 2019, Rose was featured on a segment of CBS News Sunday Morning titled "Glass Cast in Sand", where she was interviewed by Lee Cowan. [6]
Rose's usual glass-making technique is inspired by bronze casting. Rose pours molten glass – which she refers to as "lava" – into a sand mold, then waits upwards of six days for her pieces to cool in the oven before removing the piece from the mold. [3]
Rose is strongly inspired by artistic traditions and past civilizations of African and Asian origin. [4] Frequent motifs in her sculptures include Buddha heads and butterflies.
She currently resides in Clearwater, Florida, where her gallery is based.
She is married to architect Thomas Coates. [4]