Meet Carrie

Carrie Gustafson working on the design of a new hand-blown glass vessel

Stillness Speaks

The luxury of quiet and peace everyday as I work in my studio is immeasurable. More remarkable is how my work creates tranquility in others.

Crafted with love, care and time, I want serenity, light and joy to shine back into the world.

Time in the studio is akin to cultivating a garden with a daily routine. The organic rhythm of the studio is a space for discovery and finding balance.

Like breathing – I inhale my surroundings and exhale life into new pieces.

New work shifts my kaleidoscope, uniquely informing what will follow.

“Material is a means of communication. The listening to it, not dominating it makes us truly active, that is: to be active be passive. The finer tuned in we are to it, the closer we come to art”

- Anni Albers

Curriculum Vitae

1994 Rhode Island School of Design; B.F.A, Printmaking – Providence, RI
2022 Parco Fine Art Award - RAA&M National – Rockport, MA
2020 Bank Gloucester Sculpture Prize – RAA&M National – Rockport, MA
2020 Juror’s Choice Award - New Glass Northeast - Guilford, CT
2018 Juror’s Choice Award – Craft Forms – Wayne, PA
2017 Massachusetts Cultural Council Craft Fellow – Boston, MA
2015 Arts and Crafts Design Award
2014 Niche Awards Winner – Niche Magazine
2013 Exhibitor’s Choice Award - Silver – The Smithsonian Craft Show
2012 Niche Awards Finalist – Niche Magazine
2011 Massachusetts Cultural Council Craft Fellow – Boston, MA
2011 Visiting Artist Residency – The Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2011 Best in Show 3D – The Temple Arts Festival, Nashville, TN
2009 The Susan Morgan and Joseph Scott Award for excellence in glass – The Smithsonian Craft Show
2004 The Cohn Family Trust Prize for excellence in glass – Philadelphia Museum of art Craft Show
1998 Scholarship Recipient, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, MA
1997 Scholarship Recipient, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, MA
1992/3 European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design – Rome, Italy
2022 The Mueso D. Diogo D Sousa – Braga, Portugal -
International Glass Biennial
2021 The Sandwich Glass Museum – Sandwich, Massachusetts –
In her Voice: Influential Women in Glass
2019 The Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida - Pivot
2016 Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft Denmark - Ornament
2007 The Fuller Museum of Craft – Brockton, MA – RISD Routes
2006 The Bellevue Arts Museum – Bellevue, Washington –
Studio Glass – Decorative and Functional Objects
2018 Visual Rhythm - Vetri Gallery Seattle, WA
2012 Lori Warner Gallery – Chester, CT
2010 Lori Warner Gallery – Chester, CT
2008 CGallery – Santa Fe, NM
2002 Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks – West Tisbury, MA
2025 HUB - The Venice Glass Week - Venice Italy
2022 The Mueso D. Diogo D Sousa – Braga, Portugal –
International Glass Biennial
2022 Gallery Joseph - Paris, France – 1000 Vases
2021 The Sandwich Glass Museum – Sandwich, Massachusetts – In her Voice: Influential Women in Glass
2020 The Art League of Hilton Head – Hilton Head, South Carolina - Craft Hilton Head 2020
2020 The Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT - New Glass Northeast
2019 The Imagine Museum, St. Petersberg, Florida - Pivot
2019 + 18 +15 +14 +13 +12 +9 +08 +05 +04 +03 The Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington D.C
(earlier exhibitions in 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2005, 2004, 2003)
2017 The Wayne Art Center – Wayne, PA – Craft Forms
2016 Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft Denmark - Ornament
2014 +12 +11 +10 +09 +08 The North Water Gallery – Edgartown, MA
(earlier exhibitions in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)
2011 The Wayne Art Center – Wayne, PA – Craft Forms
2011 The Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY – Out of the Blue
2007 CGallery, Santa Fe, NM - Carrie Gustafson and Orfeo Quaglita
2007 The Society of Arts and Craft, Boston MA – Boston, MA – Timeless Vessels
2007 The Fuller Museum of Craft – Brockton, MA – RISD Routes
2006 Crafts at the Castle – Boston, MA
2006 The Bellevue Arts Museum – Bellevue, Washington – Studio Glass – Decorative and Functional Objects
2006 Cervini Haas Gallery Materia – Scottsdale, Arizona – Glass Invitational
2005 The Washington Craft Show – Washington D.C
2005 The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA – Craft Show
2005 The John Michael Kohler Arts Center – Sheboygan, WI – One and Only
2004 The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA – Craft Show
2004 SOFA New York – Weiss-Pollock Gallery – NY, NY
2004 Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks – West Tisbury, MA – Cut Glass
2003 Chappell Gallery, NY, NY -Young Americans
2002 Chappell Gallery, NY, NY - Textural Glass –
2002 The Wayne Art Center – Wayne, Pa – Craft Forms
2002 Craft Boston - Boston, MA
2001 Philabaum Gallery – Tucson, AZ – New Faces
1998 Philabaum Gallery – Tucson, AZ – Deep Relief
1997 The Philadelphia Museum of Art - Philadelphia, PA – Craft Show
2000 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC - Low voltage light fixtures, Dan Joscz.
1998 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY - Hot & Cold Work Shop, Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott
1997 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY - Glass Engraving, Jiri Harcuba
1995 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC - Teachers Assistant for Walter Lieberman
1994 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA - Glass Painting, Eva Vlasakova
2015 Boston Magazine – True Blue
2015 The Robb Report – Home and Style
2014 American Art Collector – March 2014
2014 American Craft – Beautiful Impulse – Feb/March 2014
2014 New England Home – Glass Act – January 2014
2013 Ornament Magazine VOL. 36, NO. 3
2010 Best of America Glass Artists Vol. 2 - Kennedy Publishing
2010 New England Home – November/December 2010
2010 Boston Home – The Hot 50 - Spring 2010
2008 Boston Home – Best of Boston 2008 – Winter 2008
2007 Santa Fe Times, NM- The Fire Within March 16, 2007
2006 This Side Up! Quarterly, the Netherlands –Vol. 35 3/2006: Agenda
2005 This Side Up! Quarterly, the Netherlands – Vol. 32 4/2005: New England Glass: Craft to Tech City
2005 New Glass Review 26 – The Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY
2003 New Glass Review 23 –The Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY
2002 International Glass Art 2002, Richard Wilfred Yelle, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
2002 This Side Up! Quarterly, The Netherlands, Vol. 20 4/2002: Stand: Carrie Gustafson
2001 New Glass Review 21 - The Corning Museum of Glass – Corning, NY
2000 Martha’s Vineyard Magazine - Summer 2000 – Vineyard Haven
The Lune Rouge, Montreal, Canada
The Tacoma Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
The Corning Museum of Glass - Corning, NY
The Chrysler Museum of Art – Norfolk, VA