Jon Kuhn
Jon Kuhn
Artist processes
Jon Kuhn is regarded as one of the leading glass artists in the world. With works featured in over 40 international museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Vatican Museums, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the White House Permanent Collection, the National Museum of American Art and hundreds of private residences and public spaces, millions have enjoyed his beautiful works.
Where the majority work with molten or blown glass, Mr. Kuhn works in cold glass that is cut, polished, and fused into a myriad of shapes from the inside out. The result is a sculpture that takes in surrounding light, then reflects and refracts it back into space much like a fine diamond. No two are alike, and once created they appear to change color and radiance when viewed from different angles and lighting. His desire is to continue creating beautiful works, every one unique, bringing light and joy to those who experience them.
“My philosophical expression in glass has always been a reflection of my interest in eastern mysticism. Recently it has come to focus on the inspiration from several personal meditative experiences. For specific subject matter, I make reference to my interests in architecture, music, mathematics, and textiles, as well as the formal considerations of structure and color. The pieces, in a sense, become architectural models for an inner world, possibly a better world.” -Kuhn
Asheville Art Museum Asheville, North Carolina
Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, Virginia
Corning Museum of Glass Corning, New York
Denoss Museum Traverse City, Michigan
de Young Museum San Francisco, California
Ernsting Stiftung Glass Museum Coesfeld, Germany
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft Ebeltoft, Denmark
High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia
Hsinchu Museum of Cultural Arts Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, Tennessee
Huntington Museum of Art Huntington, West Virginia
Lowe Art Museum Coral Gables, Florida
Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mulvane Art Museum Topeka, Kansas
Musée des Arts Décoratifs Lausanne, Switzerland
Museo del Vidrio Monterrey, Mexico
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Museum of American Glass Millville, New Jersey
Naples Museum of Art Naples, Florida
National Museum of American Art Washington, D.C.
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Owensboro, Kentucky
Racine Art Museum Racine, Washington
Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Canada
Scottsdale Center for the Arts Scottsdale, Arizona
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.
Tampa Museum of Art Tampla, Florida
The Columbus Museum Columbus, Georgia
The Dayton Art Institute Dayton, Ohio
The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, Michigan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York
The Mint Museums Charlotte, North Carolina
The Speed Art Museum Louisville, Kentucky
The White House Permanent Collection Washington, D.C.
Vero Beach Center for the Arts Vero Beach, California
Museums
2004 Janice Charach Epstein Museum West Bloomfield, Michigan
2003 Mint Museum of Craft & Design Charlotte, North Carolina
2000 Janice Charach Epstein Museum West Bloomfield, Michigan
1998 Mulvane Art Museum Topeka, Kansas
Museo del Vidrio Monterrey, Mexico
1996 Asheville Art Museum Asheville, North Carolina
1993 Denoss Museum Traverse City, Michigan
Galleries
2006 Sandra Ainsley Gallery Toronto, Canada
Hawk Galleries Columbus, Ohio
2005 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
2004 Sandra Ainsley Gallery Toronto, Canada
Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Oisterwijk Sculptuur The Netherlands
2003 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Hawk Galleries Columbus, Ohio
Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago Illinois
2001 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Heller Gallery New York, New York
Hodgell Gallery Sarasota, Florida
Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago, Illinois
2000 Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Riley-Hawk Gallery Cleveland, Ohio
1999 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Riley-Hawk Gallery Columbus, Ohio
Riley-Hawk Gallery Seattle, Washington
1998 Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
Heller Gallery New York, New York
1997 Habatat Galleries Aspen, Colorado
Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Riley-Hawk Gallery Cleveland, Ohio
Riley-Hawk Gallery Columbus, Ohio
1996 Grohe Glass Gallery Boston, Massachusetts
Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
1995 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
Marx-Saunders Gallery Chicago, Illinois
1994 Habatat Galleries Aspen, Colorado
Riley-Hawk Gallery Cleveland, Ohio
Riley-Hawk Gallery Columbus, Ohio
1993 Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
Heller Gallery New York, New York
1992 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
Sandra Ainsley Gallery Toronto, Canada
1991 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Heller Gallery New York, New York
Riley-Hawk Gallery Cleveland, Ohio
Riley-Hawk Gallery Columbus, Ohio
1990 Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
Sandra Ainsley Gallery Toronto, Canada
1989 Grohe Glass Gallery Boston, Massachusetts
Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Riley-Hawk Gallery Columbus, Ohio
1988 Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
Riley-Hawk Gallery Cleveland, Ohio
1987 Heller Gallery New York, New York
Riley-Hawk Gallery Cleveland, Ohio
1985 Heller Gallery New York, New York
1984 Habatat Galleries Boca Raton, Florida
Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
1983 Heller Gallery New York, New York
1982 Grohe Glass Gallery Boston, Massachusetts
Habatat Galleries Pontiac, Michigan
1981 Heller Gallery New York, New York
1980 Heller Gallery New York, New York
