American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement
May 15 - August 24, 2003

William Carlson
Quadrant Construct
Granite, glass, steel
1998 28 x 23 x 13

William Carlson (born 1950; resides Urbana, IL)

William Carlson earned a B.F.A. at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1973, and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics. He also studied at the Art Students League in New York. Carlson currently serves as a Professor of Art and Head of the Crafts and Sculpture Programs at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. An artist and an educator, Carlson has received awards ranging from University of Illinois Scholar to the International Glass Award from the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan. His list of exhibits encompasses a broad range of elite one-man and group shows, including Craft Today USA, an exhibit that traveled to museums in European cities from Paris to Moscow. In 1985, Carlson was the keynote speaker for the First International Glass Conference of Japan in Tokyo. His work resides in permanent collections of an impressive list of institutions from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the U.S., to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Kyoto Museum of Modern Art in Japan. Bold, engaging geometry, impeccable craftsmanship, a range of media, and an even wider range of scale characterize the work of William Carlson.

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