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Henry Halem Brief Bio
Henry Halem has been
working in glass since 1968. He holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of
Design and an MFA from George Washington University and did post graduate work
at the University of Wisconsin. Halem came to Kent State University to start
their glass program in 1969. He retired from teaching glass at KSU in 1998 after
29 yrs. He now devotes himself to working full time in his studio as well as
trying to lower his golf handicap. Halem, along with a few other artists,
founded the Glass Art Society and served as its first president. This June he
will receive the prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Glass Art
Society at its annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. Henry is a Fellow of The
American Crafts Council and in 1994 Received the Governor’s Award from the State
of Ohio. In 1998 Halem received the President’s Medal for Outstanding
Achievement from KSU. He has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S., Europe
and Japan. His work can be found in important major collections in both the
private and public sector. In 1997 the Cleveland Museum of Art acquired two of
Halem’s works which are now included in their permanent collection. Some other
major museums where his work is collected include the Corning Museum,
Smithsonian Institution, Toledo Museum, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the
Philadelphia Museum of Art and internationally at the Hokkaido & Niijima Museums
in Japan and the UMPRUM Museum in the Czech Republic. Halem’s public art
commissions include a large cast glass wall executed along with Brinsley Tyrrell
for the RTA of Cleveland, four large decorative glass panels for the
headquarters of the Ferro Corp. in Cleveland and most recently a large window
and door installation for the Ironton Branch Campus of Ohio University.
Henry's Statement about this Kent
Exhibition
“For
nearly 40 years I have called Kent home. While I have exhibited my work all over
the world, this is the first time this new Gallery, on Main Street offered me
the first real opportunity to show my work locally. The addition of the Black
Squirrel Gallery reflects Bob and Cass Mayfield’s commitment to local artists
and I believe it can help spark a real renaissance downtown. It will be
wonderful to share my art with so many of my friends, neighbors and those
collectors of my work who live right here in northeast Ohio. Glass has been my
material of choice, but how I use it in my art is constantly changing. These new
pieces, all made in my home studio, are very personal and reflect an inner
world.
Henry Halem
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