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

Paul Marioni
Black Jaquar
Blown glass
1997 14.5 x 7.5 x 5.5

Paul Marioni (born 1941; resides Seattle, WA)

Paul Marioni earned a B.A. in English and Philosophy from the University of Cincinnati, OH, in 1967. He is a Fellow of the American Crafts Council, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Glass Art Society, and a three-time recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship. Marioni has taught coast-to-coast, from Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina to Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Paul Marioni has received impressive commissions including Liquid Light, SAFECO Campus, Redmond, WA, in 2001, and Hetch Hetchy, 150 California Street Financial Building, San Francisco, CA, in 2000. He is currently working on a commission entitled Reflection Fountain for the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle scheduled for completion in 2004. Marioni has enjoyed regular one-man shows at the William Traver Gallery, in Seattle. In 1998, he and his son Dante were given a two-man show entitled Marioni/Marioni at the Fresno Art Museum in California. His work has been featured in an array of group shows including Trashformations: Recycled Materials, which traveled to a dozen museums nationwide from 1997 to 2000. Marioni’s artwork resides in collections ranging from the the Corning Glass Museum to the Oakland Art Museum in California, the Verein Steinsches Glaskunstmuseum, Barnbach, Austria, and the Yamaha Corporation in Tokyo. Marioni’s work is generally figurative, intelligent, and witty. Some of his recent works, including those from his whistling series, re-introduce humor into notions of sexuality to confront taboos.

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