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Born 1943 Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Known for: Blown glass vessels.
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Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom Patti has been blind in one eye since childhood, which has contributed to his interest in perception. His fascination with art and science is expressed in glass... Read full biography
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom Patti has been blind in one eye since childhood, which has contributed to his interest in perception. His fascination with art and science is expressed in glass by creating spatial voids and depth to manipulate scale and perception. Patti works glass in an... Read full biography
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom Patti has been blind in one eye since childhood, which has contributed to his interest in perception. His fascination with art and science is expressed in glass by creating spatial voids and depth to manipulate scale and perception. Patti works glass in an inventive and distinctive manner to create exquisitely precise vessel-oriented forms. Despite their small size, Patti's sculptures have a commanding presence. Thomas Patti studied fine art and design at... Read full biography
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom Patti has been blind in one eye since childhood, which has contributed to his interest in perception. His fascination with art and science is expressed in glass by creating spatial voids and depth to manipulate scale and perception. Patti works glass in an inventive and distinctive manner to create exquisitely precise vessel-oriented forms. Despite their small size, Patti's sculptures have a commanding presence. Thomas Patti studied fine art and design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he earned a BID in industrial design in 1967 and a MFA two years later. During this period Patti developed a dual interest in art and science, studying with both Rudolph Arheim and Sybil Moholy-Nagy at the New... Read full biography
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Tom Patti has been blind in one eye since childhood, which has contributed to his interest in perception. His fascination with art and science is expressed in glass by creating spatial voids and depth to manipulate scale and perception. Patti works glass in an inventive and distinctive manner to create exquisitely precise vessel-oriented forms. Despite their small size, Patti's sculptures have a commanding presence. Thomas Patti studied fine art and design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he earned a BID in industrial design in 1967 and a MFA two years later. During this period Patti developed a dual interest in art and science, studying with both Rudolph Arheim and Sybil Moholy-Nagy at the New School for Social Research in New York in 1969. Involvement with EAT (Experiments in Art and Technology), a project co-founded by R... Read full biography
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Keywords (8)
Art Method
- •Glassblowing, Glassblower
- •Industrial Design
Art Media
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
Art School
- •Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, Student
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Corning Specialty Glass Resident
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art