Dale Chihuly, American glass sculptor and entrepreneur, is considered to be the preeminent force for bringing glass as a material into the fine art form it is today. With his lust for travel, experimentation, and “letting the glass be the guide”, Chihuly’s defining principles of creation bring asymmetry, irregularity and color into the glass blowing medium. When speaking about his glass sculpture he said, “I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in some way that they’ve never experienced.”
Chihuly creates unexpected experiences in unlikely places all over the globe from Venice, to Jerusalem, to Montreal. He is by far the most formidable and easily the most recognized artist working in glass today. Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA in 1971; bringing artists in from around the world to share new ideas, new techniques and new meaning to art forms made with glass.