EVOLUTION 2024: A Showcase of Emerging, International Talent
GAS Student Exhibition
Our annual student exhibition showcases the emerging talent present in the global glass community. All artwork is submitted via an online application and then is juried for awards and inclusion into the show. This professional jury evaluates all eligible student entries and selects winners based on originality, intentionality, innovation, and considerable promise.
The 2024 Student Exhibition is generously supported by Warm Glass UK.
Our 2024 Student Exhibition jurors were:
Jens Pfeifer, head of glass at Gerrit Rieveld Academie, The Netherlands
Alyssa Rose Radtke, artist, United States
Leo Tecosky, artist, United States
Noemi Nieves-Hoblin (📍United States), "Brooklyn Roots, Boricua Branches: After Dos Corazones," stained glass, 2023. 15 x 15 x 1".
“The students represented in this year’s exhibition come from 14 countries and use an exciting array of glassmaking techniques. Their innovative and thoughtful work is a glimpse into the future of glass!”
First Place | “Brooklyn Roots, Boricua Branches: After Dos Corazones” by Noemi Nieves-Hoblin
Artist Statement: As a biracial glass artist of Puerto Rican descent, I merge cultural heritage and personal identity in my craft. Employing glassblowing, flameworking, and stained-glass methods, I translate ancestral narratives into tangible expressions. I attribute the liminal qualities of glass to the suspension and tension of biracial identity. My work is an investigation into the performance of identity. Examining how we adorn the body, and understanding this as a language, a way of signaling to the world around us. Ultimately, my art invites a visual dialogue, confronting themes of belonging, rejection, colonization, and racism while celebrating the resilience of multicultural narratives.
Second Place | “Particles of Freedom” by Xiaozhe Huang
Xiaozhe Huang (📍China/Italy), "Particles of freedom," lampworked Murano glass, sterling silver, 2023. 4.2 x 3 x 1.5 cm.
Artist Statement: Huang Xiaozhe grew up under an authoritarian system, where rules were strict and choices scarce. It was not until adulthood, when she physically left the environment that she was born into, that she realized wanting alternatives is not a sin. Through the process of making, she expresses her struggle between individual identity and external values. The metal component in the mixed-media ring represents ruthless ruling. The colorful glass serves as a metaphor for the newborn authentic self, particles of freedom, and the celebration of an independent identity free from profession, nation, language, and ideological exclusiveness.
Third Place | “Let’s meet in a better times” by Julia Ciułek
Artist Statement: I live in times when everything seems to be turned upside down, and the clock is ticking towards irreversible climate change. One would think that this would encourage society to make changes, but it's still difficult to believe that an individual can make a difference. We hope that someone else will solve the problems while we wash our hands of responsibility. Washing hands in the dish symbolizes denial, shedding responsibility for our bad behaviors and problems. While using the dish, it may seem senseless and even funny to us, but isn't it how we cope with our daily lives?
Julia Ciułek (📍Poland), "Let's meet in a better times," blown glass, plastic water pump, 2022. 40 x 45 x 15 cm.
Noa Agasi (📍The Netherlands), "The Petrified Connection: Optical Odes to Mother Earth," cold worked glass, 22-million-year-old petrified wood, 2023. 17 x 7 x 7 cm.
William Beattie (📍United States), "Wasp Nest (Prägnanz)," kiln cast and kiln slumped stained glass, found object, 2023. 16 x 20 x 20".
Grzegorz Bibro (📍Poland), "THE LEGACY," blown glass, 2023. 11 x 15 x 23 cm.
Tillie Burden (📍Australia/Sweden), "Balloon Cactus," blown and cold worked glass, 2023. 40 x 30 x 20 cm.
Wai Tung Jocelyn Chan (📍Hong Kong/United States/Japan), "Signature of Sounds," blown and cold worked glass, paper, electric roller screen, acrylic, 2023. 300 x 70 x 30 cm.
Julia Ciułek (📍Poland), "Let's meet in a better times," blown glass, plastic water pump, 2022. 40 x 45 x 15 cm.
MJ Golberg (📍United States), "Memories of the Mountains," hot-formed glass, decals, iron deposited prints, 2022. 11 x 5 x 5".
Xiaozhe Huang (📍China/Italy), "Particles of freedom," lampworked Murano glass, sterling silver, 2023. 4.2 x 3 x 1.5 cm.
Emily Innes (📍United States/Canada), "for your (His) pleasure," kiln cast and cold worked glass, synthetic hair, ribbon, 2023. 36 x 1 x 2" each.
Janika Karttunen (📍Finland), "Kuurankukkia/Frost Flowers," blown glass, wood, 2023. 7 x 8 x 7 cm and 7 x 10 x 8 cm, respectively.
Natalia Komorowska (📍Poland), "Asynergy," blown glass, 2023. 22 x 16 x 12 cm.
Yoanna Laskova (📍Bulgaria), "A stranger mostly to myself," fused glass, metal, print, 2023. 60 x 12 x 50 cm.
Sophie Longwill (📍England), "Resist," blown glass, welded copper-coated steel, 2023. 34 x 25 x 14 cm.
Coley (📍Canada), "Invasion," blown and sandblasted glass, 2023. 3 x 5 x 14", largest piece.
Rose Magee (📍United Kingdom/Germany/Estonia), "Twisted Mirrors," blown, cold worked, and silvered glass, 2023. 45 x 17 x 15 cm.
Tugce Makarnacı (📍Türkiye), "The Shore," kiln formed and fused glass, 2023. 25 x 6 x 6 cm.
Veronika Mileva (📍Bulgaria), "Tryptich; Part Two - Conch," fused and slumped glass, 2023. 70 x 50 x .4 cm.
Maria Missaoui (📍Morocco/The Netherlands/United States), "Material Test 1," flameworked borosilicate glass, 2023. 9 x 2.5 x 5".
Noemi Nieves-Hoblin (📍United States), "Brooklyn Roots, Boricua Branches: After Dos Corazones," stained glass, 2023. 15 x 15 x 1".
Amelia Nowak (📍Poland), "Simple and complicated," flameworked, cold worked, and sandblasted glass, 2022. 15 x 45 x 35 cm.
Caelan Nowicki (📍Canadian), "Organic Connections," blown and cold worked glass, crocheted cotton rope, 2023. Photo credit: Jonathan Creese. 5 x 3.5 x .5'.
Annie O'Brien (📍United States), "Mold Spore," blown glass, 2023. 14 x 9 x 2.5".
Patricia Overdam (📍The Netherlands), "Be Bee 'Creative minds as wild bees of our society'," blown, kiln formed, pressed, and flameworked glass, metal, 2022. Photo credit: OTTI fotografie. 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 m installation.
Ramona Pauli (📍Germany), "these are the always dirty glasses (partially supported by the Alexander Tutsek Foundation)," blown, cut, and painted glass, 2023. 10 x 40 x 25 cm.
Heather Phillips (📍Canada/United States), "Lava," pâte de verre, fused glass powder, wood, metal, 2023. 4 x 18.5 x 18.5".
Helen Restorick (📍England), "Perfusion," kiln formed and cold worked glass, 2023. Photo: Agata Pec. 25 x 13 cm, with varying depths.
Izzi Rothman (📍United States), "Anomalous Corpus," blown, kiln formed, and hand-torched glass, Prince Rupert's drop powder, satin, 2023. Photo credit: Sam Fritch. 15 x 20 x 20".
Liz Waugh McManus (📍England), "Jeopardy v.2," glass, animation, rock, raspberry pi microcomputer, electronics, battery, Internet connection, 2023. 74 x 37.5 x 46.5 cm.
Marzena Wilk (📍Poland), "More greenery for the earth," kiln formed glass, stone, 2023. 40 x 58 x 4 cm.