SIDNEY HUTTER
Sid Hutter at Schantz Galleries. photo: Lisa Vollmer
“I make objects that suggest containment. My interests in design and architecture and my background in glass blowing and fabrication formed the foundation for my body of work. The concept of the vessel has played a significant role over the years and my work has focused on creating non-functional vessels using plate glass rather than the traditional blown glass. I have explored and incorporated numerous combinations of colors, surfaces and forms to create solid, fragmented, airy, helical, circular and flat vessels by cutting, grinding, twisting and constructing individual pieces of plate glass.
In this way my artwork reflects the evolutionary part of my life - ever changing and always developing.
Over the years I have built up a vocabulary of materials and working processes by researching historical and contemporary glass cold-working and fabrication techniques. This, along with my interest in technological advances of various formulations of commercially available ultraviolet adhesives, dyes and pigments lead to the incorporation of pieces with an amazing spectrum of colors.
My sculptures focus on both the exterior and the interior form of the vessel. I describe volume on the outside while portraying an interior landscape of color and light. By laminating a combination of rough and highly polished surfaces using dyed adhesive, I create three-dimensional paintings. Each piece is handcrafted and meticulously sculpted to emphasize its unique intersection of form, color and light.
At heart, I am a formalist. I am intrigued by forms and structures in our environment and create art that adds to our enjoyment of that environment. As a visual artist, I make three-dimensional pieces that are best experienced by walking around each piece to view how it reacts to light, movement and the environment.”
Education
1975 The Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, WA
1972-1977 BS in Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1980 Lowell Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
1977-1979 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA - MFA in Sculpture & Glass
1980-1981 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA - Fifth Year Certificate in Art Education
Awards
2000 The University High School Alumni Pioneer Hall of Fame Award
1989 American Craft Awards, Merit Award
1988 American Craft Awards, Merit Award
1985 Art Quest, Los Angeles, CA, Finalist
1980 Boston Art Week, Open Studio (juried)
1979 Massachusetts College of Art, Academic Honors, Art School Associates Award
Selected Collections
Art in Embassies Program:
U.S. Ambassadorial residence
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
U.S. Ambassadorial residence
Rangoon, Myanmar
Bain Company, Boston MA
Bet Tzedek, The House of Justice Award, NY
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Corning Museum of Glass, NY
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Dewey Associates, New Rochelle, NY
Dykma-Gossett Attorney at Law, Detroit, MI
Dymax Corporation, Torrington, CT
Forum Corporation, Boston, MA
Foundation for the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
George Washington University, DC
Headly-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
Headly-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
Hyatt-on-Collins, Melbourne, Australia
Honle UV Group, Grafelfing, Germany
Jewish Big Brother and Big Sister of Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art and Design, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Cash Register, New York, NY
Northwater Capital, Toronto, Canada
Nuveen Investments, Chicago, IL
Park Synagogue, Cleveland Heights, OH
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of
American Art, Washington, D.C.
RIHGA Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, MA
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
Total System Service, Columbus, GA
Town of Normal, Normal, IL
Total Systems Service, Columbus, GA
The Henry Ford Museum of Art, Dearborn, MI
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
The White House Craft Collection, DC
University of Michigan at Dearborn, MI