Brianna Gluszak received a bachelor’s in fine art with distinction in glass from The Alberta University for the Arts (formerly The Alberta College of Art and Design) in 2016 and a master’s in fine art from The Ohio State University in 2022. Gluszak has studied and worked at Pilchuck Glass School, The Corning Museum of Glass, The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, and STARWorks Center for Creative Enterprise. They have travelled internationally to participate in residencies at The Royal Danish Academy of Architecture, Design and Conservation in Nexø, Denmark, Northland’s Creative Glass in Lybster, Scotland, and Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Their work utilizes various playful motifs, gendered forms, materials, and captivating colour schemes. Often exploiting the hard-edged masculine architecture and the phallus form to transform the assumed gender of an object or space through the transition and translation of colour. Blurring the distinctions created between the ideals of feminine or masculine through glassmaking, textiles, and installation.

Image: Amber Elison