JOHN LEWIS
Born: Berkeley, CA
Resides: Oakland, CA
John Lewis founded his studio in 1969. He was one of the first artists to open a hot glass studio in the Bay Area where, for 10 years, his focus was blowing glass. After receiving an NEA grant in 1980, he started experimenting with the possibilities of cast glass as a sculptural medium. He built a furnace specifically for casting, which melted and poured glass, and began exploring the various forms possible with different types of molds.
EDUCATION
- 1967 University of California, Berkeley, BS
- 1972 University of California, Berkeley, MA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
- 2010 Madison Square Park: Cast Glass Cubes and Blocks, White Light Labs, NY, NY
- 2010 Louise Nevelson Plaza:Cast Glass Benches, Smith, Miller & Hawkinson Architects, LLP, NY, NY
- 2010 Israel Museum Jerusalem: Cast Glass Water Feature, James Carpenter Design Associates, Jerusalem, Israel
- 2009 Millennium Tower: Cast Glass Ornamental Bars, Progress Glass, San Francisco, CA
- 2008 Royal Conservatory of Music: Cast Glass Wall Blocks, Ferguson Neudorf, Toronto, ON
- 2008 Panorama on the Park: Cast Glass Fireplace Molding, Galaxy Glass, New York City, NY
- 2008 “M” Casino: Cast Glass Piers/Divider Wall, Powell Cabinet Fixture Co., Las Vegas, NV
- 2007 Battery Park City: Cast Glass Benches, James Carpenter Design Associates, Inc., NY, NY
- 2006 The Hearst Corporation, James Carpenter Design Associates, Inc., NY, NY
- 2006 Delta Marine, Pinwheel Corporation, Seattle, WA
- 2006 Busan Biennale, Lucia Warck Meister, Wellington, FL
- 2005 University of Colorado, James Campbell, Denver, CO
- 2005 Museum of Craft & Folk Art, MRCW Design/Build, San Francisco, CA
- 2005 Rolex Building, Shimoda Design Group, Dallas, TX
- 2005 Highlands Pond House, Antoine Predock Architect FAIA, Aspen, CO
- 2003 Canyon Ranch/Carillon Hotel, Rockwell Group, Miami Beach, FL
- 2003 Alameda Library, Aztec Constructors, Alameda, CA
- 2003 Bellarmine University, Architectural Glass Art, Inc., Louisville, KY
- 2003 Holy Rosary Church, Trahan Architects, Baton Rouge, LA
- 2003 Mikimoto, Beverly Hills, Shimoda Design Group, Los Angeles, CA
- 2003 Lookinglass Theatre Company, Morris Architects, Chicago, IL
- 2002 Coach Retail Store, Galaxy Glass & Stone, Inc., Japan
- 2001 Four Seasons Hotel, The Annex Gallery, Frank Nicholson, Inc.& Gary Edward Handel & Assoc. San Francisco, CA
- 2001 Morgan Stanley Project, James Carpenter Design Associates, New York, NY
- 2000 Singapore Fountain Project, Han Sai Por, Singapore
- 2000 Oklahoma City Memorial, Butzer Design Partnership, Oklahoma City, OK
- 1998 San Francisco Airport Addition, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Architects, permanent installation, CA
- 1997 San Jose Veterans Memorial Project, San Jose Veterans Administration, San Jose, CA
- 1995 Weyerhauser Headquarters, Berger Partnership, Seattle, WA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- American Craft Museum, New York, NY
- Craft and Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
- Darmstadt Museum, Switzerland
- Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX
- High Museum, Atlanta, GA
- Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, FL
- McDonalds Corporation, Chicago, IL
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
- Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, Japan
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
AWARDS
- 2005 IIDA Calibre Team Award
- 1987 10th Annual Design Review Award
- 1982 Design Competition Award, Young and Rubicam
- 1980 National Endowment for the Arts Grant