Barbara Galazzo is a New York fused glass artist originally from New Orleans, LA. Over the last few years she has also added mosaics as a medium.
It is the brilliant, lush colors of glass that rejuvenates my soul and ignites my passion as they flow into objects. Based on the celebration of color; I meld light and color into kaleidoscopic windows of movement in fused glass.
At the end of my 16 years as a professional ballet dancer I found myself searching for a new identity and found my calling in glass. Brilliant, lush colors that rejuvenated my soul, flowed into objects and were so mesmerizing I had to learn glassmaking. The transparency of glass reminds me of the strength and at the same time the fragility of life. I love melding light and color into a kaleidoscopic window of movement, through this seductive medium. The movement, the vibrancy of the colors, and the light reflecting off the colors pull you into a hypnotic state and demands that you look at it in awe.
My intention is to create a sense of joy, beauty and healing in and thru my work to its owner and last long after I am gone. My inspiration comes from the vivid colors themselves, textures, patterns in architecture, textiles, shapes, and even my daughter’s drawings. After so many years I am still in awe of the capabilities and possibilities in creating beautiful glass.
Galazzo is an artist, art promoter, curator and gallery director. Galazzo has curated and promoted an art Designer Show House as well as directing Gallery 66 NY. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in numerous galleries, museums, and commercial installations.
Her work can be found as far away as the Cafesian Center for the Arts Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia. She has participated in Glass Now, the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia; and Urban Glass in New York. Some of her exhibitions include Bullseye Glass at WG@BEII, Portland, Oregon; the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, Chicago, ILL; the Chicago S.O.F.A. show, Chicago, ILL; the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY and Skylight Gallery, NYC, NY.
In 2003 her “Boat – Collage Series” was a Niche award nominee and in 2004 the “Ribbon Sculpture – Collage Series” won a Niche Magazine Award. A few of the corporate settings her work can be found include Kaiser Permanente, Washington DC; Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA; Mayo Clinic, MN; Northwestern Hospital, Chicago, Il; the Fairmont Princess Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ; and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Knoxville, TN; and the Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh, NY.