BRIANNA GLUSZAK
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​@studio.gluszak
b. Calgary, AB, Canada
based in Toledo, OH, USA. 
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EDUCATION

2019- 2022    Master of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2012- 2016    Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction in Glass, Alberta University of the Arts (formerly Alberta College of Art
                        and Design), Calgary, AB, Canada.
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 ​2024-2025    Adjunct Faculty, Intro to Glass FA2024/SP2025, Topics in Glass FA2025, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
                        Green, OH, USA.

2023               Lecturer, Intermediate Glass SP2024, Advanced Glass Studio G/UG AU2023, 3D Design AU2023, Intro to Glass
                        Art AU2023/SP2023, 2D Design SP2023/SP2024, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2020-2022     Graduate Teaching Associate, (Beginning Drawing [Instructor of Record], AU2020, 2D Design [Instructor of
                        Record], SP2021, Intro to Glass Art [Instructor of Record], AU2021, Advanced Glass Studio G/UG [Instructor of
                        Record], SP2022, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
 
AWARDS/ GRANTS
2024               Associated Faculty Research Grant, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2023               Award of the Karkonosze Museum in Jelenia Góra, Horbowy International Glass Competition, Poland.
                        Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada.
                        Funds for Artists, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH, USA.
                        Toledo Museum of Art Master Class Scholarship, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA.
2022               Individual Support for Professional Artists Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH, USA.
                        Small Research Grant, Arts and Humanities, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2021               The Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Grants for Research on Women, Gender and Gender Equity, The 
                        Women’s Place, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
                        Individual Support for Professional Artists Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH, USA.
2020               Individual Support for Professional Artists Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH, USA.
2019               Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA.
                        Craft Ontario Volunteer Committee Award, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2018               First-year Scholarship, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2017               Alberta Foundations for the Arts Individual Project Grant, AB, Canada.
2016               Board of Governors Award, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB, Canada.
                        Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB Canada.
2015               Louise McKinley Scholarship, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
                        Continuing Arts Association Travel Scholarship, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
                        Tyler Johnson Memorial Scholarship, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
                        Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Scholarship, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
                        Glass Student Fund Endowment, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
                        Janet Mitchell Award, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
2014               Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
 
 
EXHIBITIONS
 
Solo / Two Person
2025 
              (Upcoming), Vessel City, Cleveland, OH. USA
2024               Late Bloomer, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
2023               Soft Bodies, Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (With Marianne Burlew)
2022               AWOOGA, Urban Glass, New York, New York, USA.
2019               Open To Be, Samara Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (With Johanna Reynolds curated by Rafi
                        Ghanaghounian)
2018               Showcase, Alberta Craft Council, C-Space, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
                        Show and Tell, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art (KADK), Bornholm, Denmark.
2015-2016     Segments, Marion Nickel Gallery, Arts Common, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
 
Collaborative Projects
2021               A Prolonged Handshake, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH, USA. (Collaborative with Hannah Parrett)
                       Sad Lady Sad, Roy G Biv, Columbus, OH, USA. (Collaborative with Hannah Parrett)
 
Selected Group
2025               From the Ground Up, Brandt Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
                        Glass Without Borders, Dox by Qubus, Prague, Czech Republic.
                        The Roster, Brandt Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 

2024               Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
2023               Horbowy International Glass Competition Exhibition, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Gora, Poland.
                        
Horbowy International Glass Competition Exhibition, Geppart Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.
                        Abject Object, Thompson Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (Curated by Courtney Hunt)
                        Wonderland, Brandt Roberts Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA. (Curated by Terry Rodgers and Magnus Juliano)
                       Collective Mending, Brandt Roberts Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA.
2022              Brilliant, Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH, USA.
                     
  Wright Place at the R.A.T Time, Gas Filling Tube Suckers, Tacoma, WA, USA.
                        New Voices, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID, USA.
                       
This, that and the other thing, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH, USA.
2021               Resisting the Hard Edge, Brandt Roberts Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA. (Curated by Michelle Brandt)
 
                       Climate Changing: On Artists, Institutions, and the Social Environment, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH,
                       USA. (Curated by Lucy Zimmerman)
2020               24-hour Drama, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Hopkins Courtyard and Hybrid Arts Lab, The Ohio State University, 
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Columbus, Ohio, USA.
                       Vice Versa, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
2019               Comfort In, Samara Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Curated by Rafi Ghanaghounian)
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                        Glassfest, School House Gallery, STARworks, Star, North Carolina, USA.
                        Untapped, The Artist Project, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
                        Skew-wiff, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Curated by Emma Piirtoniemi)
2018               Cast and Cold Glass Exhibition, Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
2017               Home and Native Land, Ruberto Ostburg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
                        Juncture, Outside of the Box Gallery, STARworks, Star, North Carolina, USA.
                        Glassfest, School House Gallery, STARworks, Star, North Carolina, USA.
2016               International Student Online Exhibition, Glass Art Society.
 
 
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024               Artist Workshop, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Gora, Poland. 
                        Creative Glass Fellowship, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ, USA.
2018-2019     Artist in Residence, Harbourfront Centre Craft & Design: Glass, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2018               Artist in Residence, Contextual Fibre Arts Cooperative, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB, Canada.
2017-2018     Artist in Residence, The Royal Danish Academy of Design, Architecture and Conservation (KADK), Bornholm, 
                        Denmark.
 
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025               Lecmo (Lecture/demo) Can't buy it, Just make it, Glass Art Society Conference, Arlington, Texas, USA.
2024               Artist Lecture, E-glass Festival, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra, Poland. 
                        Wheaton Conversations, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ, USA.
                        Visiting Artist, Girlhood (taught by Dionne Lee), Women Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University,
                        Columbus, OH, USA.
                        Artist Lecture, Visiting Artist Speaker Series, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
                        Gallery Talk for Late Bloomer, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
2023               Visiting Artist Lecture and Metal Casting Demonstration, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, USA.
2022               Demonstrating Artist in Neon, Homecoming: 50 Anniversary, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA.
2021               Visiting Artist Lecture and Hot-glass Demonstration, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, USA.
2019               Visiting Artist, STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise, Star, NC, USA.

Teaching Assistant
2023               Teaching Assistant for Nate Riccutio, Optical Disillusion, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA.
2018               Teaching Assistant for Robert Lewis and Jin Hongo, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA.
2017               Teaching Assistant for Scott Darlington and Shunji Omura, Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA.
2016               Teaching Assistant for Rob Lewis, Pittsburgh Glass Center, PA, USA.
2015               Teaching Assistant for Melanie Long, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, AB, Canada.
2013-2015     Teaching Assistant for Rob Lewis, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB, Canada.
 
Employment Experience
2024 Current  Glass Studio Technician, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
2022-2023     Glass Studio Technician, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, USA.
2022               Studios Technician, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA.
2019-2020     Graduate Administrative Associate, Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2018-2019     Gallery Preparator/ Fabricator, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2017               Glass Blower, Lumel Studios, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
2016               Studio Assistant, Møhl and Drivsholm glas, Ebeltolf, Denmark. 
 
PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2025               Permanent Collection, Fine Arts Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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2024               Glass Permanent Collection, Karkonosze Museum, Jelenia Góra, Poland. 
2023               Artists Books Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2022               Permanent Collection, Arthur Baggs Memorial Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2021               Permanent Collection, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
2018               Permanent Collection, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art (KADK), Bornholm, Denmark.
2017               Private Collection, Lisa and Dudley Anderson, NC, USA.
                        Permanent Collection, STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise, Star, NC, USA.
 
PUBLICATIONS
2025               (forthcoming) GAS Journal, Glass Art Society, Print. 
2022               A Prolonged Handshake (in collaboration with Hannah Parrett), Hybrid Arts Lab, The Ohio State University,
                        Columbus, OH, USA.
2022               New American Paintings, No. 159, MFA Annual Issue, New American Paintings.
2014               International Student Online Exhibition, 2014 Juried Selection. Glass Art Society.
 
 


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Find my work at: 

Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa https://www.wallspacegallery.ca/
Harbourfront Centre Shop (Functional work only) https://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/shop/
STARworks School House Gallery, Star, North Carolina https://www.starworksnc.org/shop
Brandt-Roberts Gallery, Columbus, OH brandtrobertsgalleries.com/brianna-gluszak
Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID www.gilmancontemporary.com/artists/brianna-gluszak/ 


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  • Home
  • Selected Projects
    • Tucked Under That Yellow Peel
    • How I feel... as your two eyes lick the surface of my skin
    • Stuck between, you two, yelling at each other from across the room
    • Inclusive Spectacle
    • Joint Effort
    • "Show and Tell"
  • Collaborative Projects
    • A Prolonged Handshake
    • Sad Lady Sad
  • Tufted Rugs
  • About
  • CV
  • Contact
  • News