Greg Owen

Greg Owen is a Washington state based artist and educator. He began blowing glass in 1986 at Pratt Fine Arts Center, and started working for artist Dale Chihuly in 1987, both in Seattle, Washington. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass from California College of the Arts, Greg moved back to Washington State to work for the Pilchuck Glass School. For the last five years he has worked at Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington in Audience Engagement and Education, and as Program Manager for Hot Shop Heroes: Healing with Fire, a series of classes designed to teach soldiers and veterans how to blow glass. In addition to creating his own artworks and wildly popular Instagram videos (), Greg enjoys teaching yoga, hiking and lots and lots of music.

I envision my Masks as ritual objects, to be used as masks have been used since time immemorial: to focus and elevate those aspects of culture and humanity which the world requires more of at the moment. The beauty of masks is that they can conjure different meanings and stories depending on who is looking at them, regardless of culture or epoch.

The human face is the most common currency of human recognition. It is the first visual object we as humans learn to recogniz...

The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York; September 1998
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington; August 1998 and June 1994
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California; Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass, 1994
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York; 1989
New York University, New York, New York; 1988
Pomona College, Claremont, California; 1985-1986

"Bearded Vizards" (Solo Show), ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, Washington, September - October 2016
“A Colorful Character” (Solo Show), Revive, Tacoma, Washington, March 2015
“Trinkets & Bells” (with Anthony Lang), Viscosity Gallery, Seattle, Washington; September, 2010
“Minimalism”, D&A Fine Arts, Studio City, California; September 2005
“Approaching the Fire: The Creative Tradition” (Solo Installation), Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington; July 2004-July 2005
“Come See” (Solo Show), The Rose Club, Seattle, Washington; February 2003
“Dynamism” (Solo Show), The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington; December 2002
“Right Now!” (Solo Show), Nation, Seattle, Washington, July 2002
“New Artists, New Work”, The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington; February 2002
“Pilchuck Glass School Auction Preview Exhibition”, The Westin Hotel, Seattle,
Washington; October 1999-2005
“Comfort” (with Anthony Maglalang), Café Venus, Seattle, Washington; January 2001
“Onaforma-Intimate” (Solo Show), Vetri Glass International, Seattle, Washington;
September 2000
“Paper Work” (Solo Show), Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, Washington; February 2000
“Pretty Things 1999” (Window Installation), Milky World Gallery, Seattle, Washington; ...