Rob Stern

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Rob Stern, the son of two artists attended Northside High school for preforming arts in Atlanta GA where he was part o an elite group that performed internationally. He pursued visual arts receiving a BFA from San Francisco State U (1989) and an MFA from the University of Miami (2003).. He apprenticed for 5 years for John Lewis Glass (Oakland, CA.) where he trained to be  metal  fabricator and expert glass caster/cold-worker. Rob then assistant/ lesion to Czech  master Petr Novotny and worked in the Czech glass factories Huntig and Ajeto as a designer/maker where he trained to be a master craftsman for two years. Rob held a lecture position for ten years at the University of Miami , and acted as interim professor at University of Texas Arlington in 2009. Rob has frequented the premier glass institutions most notably Pilchuck Glass school, (Stanwood Washington) for a 30 year consecutive run where he has taught, been a gaffer, TA, AA, and work with the most notable international artists. He has also taught at Corning (New York), Penland (North Carolina)), The Glass furnace (Istanbul, Turkey), Frauenau, (Germany), Ways of Glass (Czech Republic). Rob has conducted many demonstrations and workshops at leading universities, and museums as well as holding numerous workshops in University glass programs, private studios, public events, and  conventions including GAS conferences. Sofa- Chicago on the Corning mobile studio and at The Tacoma museum of Glass (Washington). Rob has also designed and created many centerpiece collections for various institutions including Pilchuck glass school 2011.

In 2003 Rob founded Rob Stern Art Glass inc. in the Wynwood Arts district, Miami Fl. where he and his team design and create original sculpture, architectural commissions, and unique lighting which has been commissioned, exhibited, and collected internationally. Rob has worked for many notable professional artists world wide realizing their designs as a master gaffer and consistently collaborated with many artists at the top of the field.

Rob has also assisted/ collaborated together with many masters such as: Dale Chihuly, William Morris, Martin Blank, Richard Royal, Richard Jolley, Dante Marioni, Therman Statom, Stanislav Libensky, Rene Roubicek, Vladimir Klien among many others who are recognized leaders of the contemporary studio glass movement.

“My aesthetic resides at the crossroads where humans and nature intersect. Between organic and angular, a space, which connects the temporary man-made to the pre-existing and eternal cosmos. Here we begin to measure our perspective and contemplate the perception of our place in the world as it is one that is always changing with the evolution of space, light, and time. I venture to capture moments with materials that speak to a fleeting sensibility of the permanence or importance of this balancing act. Color and form dictate emotion and humanity is transcended as we reflect in the inherent rhythm and fractal patterning in this natural world. My constant observation of details persuades my attention to nuances in an attempt to mimic the complexity of its simplicity. My creative endeavors and sculptures are mere stepping stones towards my search for understanding life. Harmonic instances between what I sense and do are the signals which guide me through my processes and prompt daily decisions. My works act as a communicative device which seek to connect my thoughts and my actions to the collective human consciousness. A path seeking insight and enlightenment which carries me forwards and always seems to bring me back to the glass.”