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DEANNA CLAYTON - MODERN GLASS ARTIST

I love the versatility and freshness of glass as an artistic medium. The potential for expression in contemporary glass is limitless.

                                                        - Deanna Clayton

D.C. Studios LLC represents 25 years of glass making.  The owner/operator Deanna Clayton creates glass sculpture in vessel form as well as figurative works. She specializes in the glass casting technique called pate de verre. She has taught classes in her techniques at places such as Corning Glass in  New York, The Cleveland Institute of Art, DMG Glass Project in St Petersburg, Florida.

D.C. Studios LLC is dedicated to creating unique and exciting works in glass that embrace the technique of pate de verre. The technique is a very approachable way for others to experience the joy of working with glass as a medium for expression. D.C. Studios LLC is designed to educate others in this ancient and rewarding process.

Deanna Clayton was introduced to glass right out of high school while earning her Associates in Fine Arts degree in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Deanna wanted to continue her education in glass. Research showed the glass program, taught by Henry Halem, at Kent State University to have produced some of the most successful glass artists working at the time. After two years at Kent State University she moved to Champaign-Urbana, IL to attend the University of Illinois and finished her Bachelors Degree. While still attending the University she started her glass studio. She worked in central Illinois for ten years and then discovered beautiful Door County, Wisconsin which is where she lives and works currently. Today Deanna's work can be seen in public and private collections around the world.

Education 

B.F.A. University Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 2002

Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1988-1990

Exhibitions

2020

48th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan

2020

Art Palm Beach, Mattson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia

2020

Luminaries in Glass, Duncan McClellan Gallery, St Petersburg, Florida

2019

Wisconsin Ideas, Global Influences, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin

2019

"International Awards Exhibition" Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2019

47th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan

2019

Art Palm Beach, Mattson Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida

2019

Art Expo New York, Mattson Fine Art, New York, New York

2019

"Casting A Different Light", Kitrell Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, Texas

2018

Sharper Edges: Women Working on the Edge of Glass, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin

2018

ArtExpo New York, Mattson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia

2018

Vessouls, Duncan McClellan Gallery, St Petersburg, Florida

2017

Fineline Designs, Ephraim, Wisconsin

2014

Solo Exhibit, Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida

2017

Habatat 44th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan

2016

SOFA Chicago, K. Allen Gallery, Sister Bay, Wisconsin

2015

Art Breda, Netherlands, Continuum Galleries, Konigswinter, Germany

2015

Luminous Allure, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania

2015

Art Expo Toronto, K. Allen Gallery, Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Group Exhibitions

2017

Habatat 44th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan

2016

SOFA Chicago, K. Allen Gallery, Sister Bay, Wisconsin

2015

Art Breda, Netherlands, Continuum Galleries, Konigswinter, Germany

2015

Luminous Allure, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania

2015

Art Expo Toronto, K. Allen Gallery, Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Awards

2019

Collectors Choice, 47th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan.

2008

SAC Award, Professional Dimensions Group, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

2008

Most Unique Interpretation Of A Vessel, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida

 

2007

35th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan

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