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

Jeremy Popelka
Birch Obelisk
Sand cast glass
1999 36 x 10 x 7

Jeremy Popelka (born 1960; resides Sturgeon Bay, WI)

Jeremy Popekla earned a B.F.A. in 1984 at Illinois State University in Normal, where he studied under Joel Philip Myers. He went on to earn an M.F.A. from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA, where he studied under Marvin Lipofsky. From 1993 to 1997, Popelka served as Teacher and Lecturer at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He has also served as Teaching Assistant to Bertil Vallien at The Pilchuck Glass School, and studied there under legendary German artist, Erwin Eisch. Jeremy Popelka owns and operates Popelka Glass Arts Studio, located blocks from the Fairfield in Sturgeon Bay, WI. It is the only hot glass studio currently operating in the art colony of Door County. Popelka, along with his wife, Stephanie, produces cast glass there and conducts glass workshops. Jeremy Popelka has exhibited in important exhibitions worldwide, ranging from Almost Alchemy, at The Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, in San Francisco, CA in 1996, to World Glass Now, organized by the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo, Japan in 1994. His work has been published in American Craft Magazine, The Corning Glass Review, and Glass Magazine. Popelka is represented in this exhibition with sand cast sculptures from his recent Obelisk series. Their worn surfaces reflect his interest in geological time and archaeological evidence of an ordered creation.

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