Ann Wolff | |
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 Ann Wolff. | |
| Born | 1937 (age 87–88) Lübeck |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Ulm School of Design (1956-1959) |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Website | www |
Ann Wolff (born 1937,Lübeck, Germany) is a glass artist who lives and works in bothGotland, Sweden, and inBerlin, Germany. Wolff's blown, engraved, and cast work explores the lives of women, their relationship with one another, and their position in society.[1] She is considered one of the founders of the internationalStudio Glass movement.[2]
Born inLübeck, Germany, Wolff moved to Sweden after graduating from theUlm School of Design in 1959.[2] Her career as a glass designer and artist led to her involvement as an instructor at thePilchuck Glass School inSeattle, Washington, as early as 1977.[3] Wolff was born Ann Schaefer, but changed her last name to Wolff in honor of her maternal grandmother in 1985 after a divorce from fellow glass artist Göran Wärff. She established a non-profit foundation, AWC (Ann Wolff Collection Foundation), in Berlin, Germany, in 2008.
Wolff trained atHochschule für Gestaltung,Ulm, Germany between 1956 and 1959.[2] She has worked as a designer at Pukeberg Glasbruk, Sweden, andKosta Boda,Kosta, Sweden.[4] She established an independent studio practice in Transjö, Kosta, Sweden in 1978, later opening studios in Kyllaj andVisby inGotland, Sweden, and in Berlin, Germany.[3]
Her work resides in many international public collections including: TheChrysler Museum of Art,Norfolk, Virginia;Corning Museum of Glass,Corning, New York;Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art,Hokkaido, Japan;Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),Los Angeles, California;Mint Museum of Craft + Design,Charlotte, North Carolina;Musée des Arts Décoratifs,Paris;National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo; and theVictoria and Albert Museum,London.[5]
Wolff is the recipient of numerous awards. Some of her more recent acknowledgements include[6] the Jurors Award,Toledo Museum of Art,Toledo, Ohio (2005); Jurors Award,Muskegon Museum of Art,Muskegon, Michigan (2006); Award of Excellence,Smithsonian Renwick Collections,Washington, DC (2008); Award of Excellence,Tacoma Museum of Glass,Tacoma, Washington (2010); and the Lifetime Achievement Award, Glass Art Society (2011). Older awards Wolff has won range from theLunning Prize,New York, NY in 1968,[6] to the Rakow Commission in 1997The Corning Museum of Glass,Corning, NY.[7]
