Artists selected for the 2009 BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass are:

Artist Statement
In recent years, the urban industrial environment has heavily influenced my work. Job opportunities and creative research have led to time spent in several factories. Some of the factories I have experienced manufacture glass objects at an impressive scale and rate. Interesting objects and processes exist within this manufactured landscape. I attempt to recreate objects and atmosphere with my own materials and process. In "The Stack", a repetitive curved form is used like a building block or Lincoln Log. The individual curved pieces are achieved through a process of blowing a long glass bubble into a sculpted metal mold. In "Glass Containers", a combination of bent glass and formed metal cones are combined to create a composition that evokes a precarious balancing act. The objects become visually weightless and begin to hover. Using glass as a form maker, objects become multi-dimensional. Negative space is revealed. Through this translation the objects represented are given new life. Hopefully, experiencing the work, relates to the feeling one gets in a place where the composition of the landscape, the identity of the objects within it, and a specific light quality, provide a significant moment that leaves a lasting imprint, a resonance of experience and place.

Biography
Andrew Newbold received his MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2005. After receiving his degree he taught at Tyler for three years. Currently he teaches at Kent State University. Andrew has received a fellowship from the Creative Glass Center of America. He has exhibited at several galleries in Philadelphia, PA and held a solo exhibition at the Robert Lehman Gallery of Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY.

Resume
Education
2005    Master of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
1999        Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

Professional Experience
2008    Assistant Professor, Glass Department, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
2005-07    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Glass Area, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Selected Exhibitions
2007    Object and Atmosphere, Solo Exhibition Robert Lehman Gallery of Urban Glass Brooklyn, New York
2006    Juried MFA Exhibition Robert Lehman Gallery of Urban Glass Brooklyn, New York

Awards and Honors
2006    Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship Recipient, Wheaton Village Millville, New Jersey

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