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

Paul Seide
Crystal Crackle Construction
Glass, neon
1984 18 x 18 x 18

Paul Seide (born 1949; resides New York, NY)

Paul Seide earned a certificate from the Egani Neon Glassblowing School in New York in 1971 and his B.S. at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1974. Seide served as Vice President and Design Director of Milropa Studios in New York City since 1975, and Instructor. Seide has exhibited his work at Leo Kaplan Modern and Heller Gallery in New York City, and at Habatat Galleries nationwide. Seide lost his entire New York Studio and inventory as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attack; he has since been working to rebuild it. In 1995, Seide received an architectural commission for the Swarovski World of Crystal, in Wattens, Australia. His work has been widely published and exhibited both in one-man shows and group shows ranging from every Americans in Glass exhibition ever held to the Biennale Internationale De Verre D’Art Contemporain in Biot, France. Seide’s work is included in permanent collections ranging from the Corning Museum of Glass, to the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, WV, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan. Paul Seide has been an innovator of neon technologies including vacuum systems and remote radio oscillators to activate his sculptures. Seide creates one-of-a-kind neon sculptures that he lights and colors with low-pressure ionized gases.

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