Thaddeus Wolfe

American, born 1979

Biography[Biography provided by Freidman Benda]

Brooklyn-based Thaddeus Wolfe has developed a wholly original approach to sculpting glass. Combining techniques of glassblowing and casting, Wolfe achieves what would not otherwise be possible in the material--developing his signature vocabulary of angular, highly textured forms.

Wolfe was born in Toledo in 1979 and graduated from St. Francis in 1997. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2002. Originally intending to study painting, Wolfe decided to pursue glassmaking after taking an elective during his second year. Upon graduation, he moved to New York where he started working for Jeff Zimmerman and Josiah McElheny until establishing his own studio practice in 2009.

Wolfe has held residencies at Creative Glass Center of America Millville, NJ; Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA; and Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Wolfe’s work is in the permanent collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, NY (where he was awarded the 2016 Rakow Commission); Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN; Musée de Arts Décoratifs de Montreal, Canada; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI; and Yale University Art Gallery, CT.

Wolfe lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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