David Patchen

David Patchen is internationally known for his colorful and intricate blown and hot-sculpted glass created with meticulous craftsmanship and detail. His mastery of the murrine and cane patterning techniques and use of vibrant colors results in large-scale work that is exciting and precise.

For two decades David's creative energies primarily found an outlet in music, but a blowpipe and furnace have replaced his guitar and amp. A former corporate marketing professional, a glassblowing class in 2001 ignited such a passion that he transitioned his career from technology to full-time glass artist.

David's work is shown internationally at galleries and shows including SOFA Chicago, ART Shanghai and COLLECT London. David has been guest artist at the Corning Museum of Glass, Artist in Residence in Seto City, Japan and demonstrated at multiple times at the Glass Art Society's annual conferences. His work is in museum collections in the U.S., Japan and Germany.

Primarily self-taught, David grew his skills through experimentation informed by observing local artists and a few brief visits with Afro Celotto, maestro and former assistant to Lino Tagliapietra from Murano, Italy. His book David Patchen, Glass is in the permanent collection ...

Founder, Murrine Institute of Technology
Post-Grad Studies, Pilchuck Glass School
BS, University of Arizona; Marketing, Finance, English

- PAD London, UK, Oct. 2024
- Toyama International Glass Exhibition, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan, July 2024
- Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak MI - GLASS52 International Exhibition, May, 2024
- Shaw Gallery, Naples, FL "Masters of Glass" Mar 2024
- Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL - "David Patchen; Details" demo, lecture, show, Nov. 2023
- Schack Art Center, Everett, WA - Connections: Celebrating Creative Collaborators, Oct 2023
- Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak MI - GLASS51 International Exhibition, June, 2023
- Kittrell/Riffkind Galllery - David Patchen (solo show) May, 2023
- Collect 2023 - Somerset House, London, UK Mar. 2023
- Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak MI - 33rd MasterWorks Contemporary Glass Art Auction Dec. 2022
- London Glassblowing, London, UK - "Vetro II; Exploring the Venician Influence" Oct. 2022
- Shaw Gallery, Naples FL - "Masters of Modern Glass" Mar. 2022
- Collect 2022 - London, UK Feb. 2022
- Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC - "Winter Selects", Dec. 2021
- Collect 2020 - Somerset House, London, UK Feb. 2020
- Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts - Solo Show and Demo Jan. 2020
- Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI - "International Glass Exhibition", May 2019
- Montague Gallery, San Fra...