Alton Bucheimer

BIO

Alton Bucheimer is a trans AFAB Filipino glass artist working in Seattle, WA. He was raised in a small farm town in Maryland. He started blowing glass in 2009 at the age of sixteen. After high school he went on to receive his BFA in 2014 from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a concentration in glass, then relocated to Seattle. He currently works as the supervisor for the glass demonstration team at Chihuly Garden and Glass. Alton has recently built a hotshop at his home in White Center, WA where he lives with his wife and two dogs. Alton has a small business, Resonant Glass, which is a production line of hand-blown home goods. He also has a studio practice devoted to fine art.

ARtist Statement

Alton’s studio work is an exploration of both his gender and racial identity using pattern and form. Heavily focusing on negative space utilizing the transparent properties of glass he explores the multiple dualities of his identity and how he fits into the world. He finds inspiration in community, written language, and society.

Exhibitions