STEVEN M. MASLACH
Born: San Francisco California 1950
Studied glassblowing at California College of Arts and Crafts under
Marvin Lipofsky and Sam Herman 1969 – 1970
Toured American glass factories and schools 1971
Glassblowing instructor, University of California Extension 1973
Glass Art Society conference participant Madison, WI 1977, Tucson,
AZ 1983, Los Angeles, CA 1986, and Corning, NY 1992.
President, Maslach Art Glass, A Corporation founded 1971
Member - Board of Directors, Craft Emergency Relief Fund 1999-2003
Member - Board of Trustees, American Crafts Council 1986 – 1992
Member - Board of Directors, Glass Art Society 1984 – 1986
COMMISSIONS
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY. Bainbridge Island,
WA. July 1997. Suspended glass ceiling sculpture in the atrium
of the new library addition. 16ft. x 2ft. Completed in partnership
with artist Gayle Bard.
NESTLE CORPORATION. Glendale, CA. September
1993. Dichroic sculpture for the corporate board room. 12”h
x 10”w x 42”l.
EMERALD SHAPERY CENTER / PAN PACIFIC HOTEL. San
Diego, CA. November 1992. Outdoor glass sculpture “ The
Signal”. 9ft. x 9ft.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS. Los Angeles, CA. January
1992. Dichroic flame sculpture for company headquarters. 19”h
x 8”w x 7”l.
RIVERWOOD BUILDING. Atlanta, GA. March 1990. Two
glass sculptures each 36”h x 15”w x 15”l. A Portman
/ Barry Architects project.
NORTHERN TRUST BANK. Phoenix, AZ. January
1990. Glass sculpture “The Precipice”. 28”h
x 12”w x 12”l.
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MARKET STREET RENOVATION PROJECT. San
Francisco, CA 1976. 2,900 pressed glass lighting tiles.
CHANDELIER SERIES FOR THE HOTEL UTAH. Salt Lake
City, UT 1975. A total of 13 chandeliers comprised of 7,000 elements
and over 23,000 pounds of glass.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM. Collection. Tempe,
AZ 1990.
DAVID JACOB CHODORKOFF COLLECTION. Gift
to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI 1991.
AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM. Collection. New York,
NY 1987, 1988.
CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Collection. Norfolk, VA
1986.
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF ART. Collection. Oakland,
CA 1986, 1987.
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART. Collection. Atlanta,
GA 1986.
CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS. Collection. Corning,
NY 1983, 1986.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. Collection. Washington,
DC.
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
COLD FUSION. Prefectural Aichi Museum of Ceramics, Seto, Japan.
1998
L’CHAIM: A KIDDISH CUP INVITATIONAL. Jewish
Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. October, 1997.
LIGHT INTERPRETATIONS. Jewish Museum of San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA. November 1995.
COLLECTIVE BRILLIANCE: CONTEMPORARY GLASS. Albany
Museum of Art, Albany, GA. January – May
1994.
MORE THAN ONE: CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PRODUCTION. American
Craft Museum, New York, NY. August – November 1992.
STUDIO GLASS: SELECTIONS FROM THE DAVID J. CHODORKOFF COLLECTION. Detroit
Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. April – June 1991.
ART THAT WORKS: THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE EIGHTIES, CRAFTED
IN AMERICA. Tour 1990 – 1993. Mint Museum
of Art, Charlotte, NC. Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL. Albany
Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY. Minnesota Museum of Art,
St. Paul, MN. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK. Birmingham
Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL. DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln,
MA. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH. Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, AR. Hunter Museum of Art, Chatanooga, TN. Portland
Art Museum, Portland, ME. Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL. Columbus
Museum of Art, Columbus, GA.
CRAFT TODAY USA: EUROPEAN TOUR 1989 – 1993. Musee
des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France. Taidetollisuumuseoi, Helsinki,
Finland. Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany. Zacheta
Gallery, Warsaw, Poland. Moscow, USSR. Zurich, Switzerland. Stockholm,
Sweden. Ataturk Cultural Center, Ankatar, Turkey. Veletrani
Palace of the National Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Brussels, Belgium. Milan,
Italy. East Berlin, Germany.
CRAFT TODAY: POETRY OF THE PHYSICAL. American
Craft Museum, New York, NY 1986. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1987. Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA 1987. Milwaukee
Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 1988. J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville,
KY 1988. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 1988.
STUDIO GLASS: A CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SURVEY EXHIBITION. Redding
Museum juried invitational exhibition, Redding, CA. April 1985. SCULPTURAL
GLASS. Tucson Museum of Art. Juried Invitational Exhibition.
Tucson, Arizona 1983.
AWARDS AND HONORS
The Denji Takeiuchi Prize: “ The International
Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa ’90 ”.
Kanazawa, Japan. One of 12 prize winners from 385 juried entries, for
sculptural piece, “More Dangers No. 1”. October 1990.
Prize winner: “Essence of the Nineties: Celebrating
the Art and Design of Perfume Bottles ” perfume bottle competition
sponsored by St. Louis Glass, Indol, Preface, and Bloomingdale’s, June
1990.
Grand Prize Winner: “A Glass For Wine ” goblet
competition sponsored by Baccarat Crystal and Taittinger Champagne, 1988. Purchase
award: American Craft Museum. Merit Award: “ Feet
of Glass ”. The Art Glass Alliance of Maryland, 1985.