Artist of the Month
December 2023
Steven A. Hagan
Through color and texture, Steve Hagan’s glass citrus sculptures evoke culinary icons. The attention to details of the murrini patterns and surface carving elevate these often used kitchen ingredients into glass artworks on a level of the semi-monumental, with their larger-than-life size and vibrance. Steve is represented by Kay Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Pink Grapefruit Half, 2023; 9 x 10 x 9.5 inches; blown and carved glass
Bright Lime Wedge, 2023; 12 x 5 x 5.5 inches; blown and carved glass
Blood Orange Wedge, 2023; 13.5 x 4 x 5.5 inches; blown and carved glass
Lemon Half, 2023; 10 x 10 x 10 inches; blown and carved glass
Orange Half, 2023; 9 x 11 x 10 inches; blown and carved glass
Bright Orange Wedge, 2023; 12 x 4 x 5.5 inches; blown and carved glass
Dark Lime Wedge, 2023; 12 x 4.5 x 6 inches; blown and carved glass
Orange Wedge, 2023; 14 x 5 x 6 inches; blown and carved glass
Steven A. Hagan
About Steven A. Hagan
Steve Hagan is a glass artist, foodie, and proponent of pure beauty. His works combine a love of function with modern form and design, while often creating a mix of both vessels and citrus-nspired sculpture. A Philadelphia native, Steve attended Tyler School of Art, formerly in Elkins Park, PA, where he was first able to witness the fluid and spontaneous nature of glass. Graduating in 2002 from Temple University, he spent the next few years invested in the public access glass scene of Philadelphia, teaching at Crefeld School, Hot Soup, and East Falls Glassworks. In 2008, he re-entered academia and began his graduate studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His thesis exhibition titled “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” in 2011 opened up a more sculptural approach to his studio practice, combining both extensive murrini pattern applications and non-vessel glass blowing. Since that time he has lived all around the US while traveling to make his work through residencies and as a visiting artist. Currently residing in Tucson, he runs a private glass studio with Mark Leputa where they have a warm, flame, and cold shop while utilizing Sonoran Glass School’s public access hotshop for their glassblowing applications.
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Acknowledgment of Gallery:
We are grateful to Kay Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for providing the Artist of the Month.
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