Morgan Gilbreath

Bio

Morgan Gilbreath is a glass and mixed-media artist currently based in Richmond, Virginia. She received her BFA in Glass and BA in Art History from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Gilbreath has completed various artist residencies and exhibited her work nationally and internationally.

Gilbreath’s design work is sustainably created to enshrine the everyday. She uses glass as a material for its uniquely sustainable and infinitely recyclable nature and strives to maintain a studio practice that creates little waste. Through years of research, testing, and refinement, Gilbreath has created a modular glass-casting system that is designed to cherish and honor every small particle of this world.

Artist Statement

My design work is sustainably created to enshrine the everyday. After several years of research, testing and refinement- I created a modular, versatile and scalable glass casting system that is designed to cherish & honor every small particle of this world, both in the production process and in the function of the resulting vessels.

I’m committed to the material of glass because of its uniquely sustainable and infinitely recyclable nature. I try to maintain a studio practice that creates very little waste. I strive to re-use and re-melt every small piece and particle of my work into a new form that is both physically and conceptually transformed.

Exhibitions