Marc Petrovic received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art. His work is included in the collections of the Niijima Museum of Glass in Tokyo, Japan, the Charlotte Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Tucson Museum of Art in Tucson, Arizona, the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin, the Arkansas Art Center Foundation in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts.

In Petrovic’s Find and Seek Series, letters, in the form of air bubbles, are trapped in clear glass spheres. In some pieces, these spheres are, in turn, trapped in clear glass bottles spelling out words, such as ‘ship’, offering a modern take on ‘ship in a bottle’. In other pieces, these spheres are organized in a grid forming magnified Word Searches with various themes. In each of these works, Petrovic’s intense skill is on full display. His glass work is absolutely exquisite. His complete command of craft allows the artistic intent to drive his work far forward of other glass artists. The work of the Find and Seek Series is extremely demanding and only successful in the hands of a master. The spheres are formed in halves, the letters pressed into the center, the two halves fused, and the final sphere ground and polished to utter perfection. In the Bottle pieces, the spheres are carefully faceted, stacked, bonded, and enclosed in an equally pristine bottle. In the Word Search pieces, the spheres are carefully bonded to a precision formed stainless steel dish and pin which secures it to a given substrate. In both styles of work, the reflections and shadows are absolutely alluring.

Petrovic’s already strong reputation continues to grow with newfound excitement around his latest work. His Hope in a Bottle piece was recently chosen as one of fifteen from across the country for the Manifest Hope Exhibition in Washington, D.C. during Barak Obama’s Inauguration.

commissioned & site specific works are available from each artist; please call the gallery for details.

education

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Recipient of Agnes Gund Memorial Scholarship

collections

Niijima Museum of Glass, Tokyo, Japan
Charlotte Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
The Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
The Vero Beach Art Museum, Vero Beach, Florida

solo exhibitions

2009     Marc Petrovic: Navigators, Vero BeachMuseumof Art, Vero Beach, Florida
2009     SOFA Chicago, Thomas R. Riley Gallery, Chicago, Illnois
2009     The Admiralty Gallery, Vero Beach, Florida
2007     Solo Exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
2007     Solo Exhibition, Dane Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
2004     Whisper, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
2003     Sense of Place, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2002     Dane Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
2001     Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
2001     Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
2000    Riley Hawk Galleries, Kirkland, Washington
1998     Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1998     Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
1994     Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
1994     Heller Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1993     Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

group exhibitions

2011     Synesthesia, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010    Art Hamptons, with eo art lab, Bridgehampton, New York
2010    San Francisco Fine Art Fair, with eo art lab, San Francisco, California
2010     Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, New York
2010    Art Chicago, with eo art lab, Chicago, Illinois
2010     Shared Response, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     Give & Take, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Group Experiment, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Manifest Hope, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
2009     Ashes to Ashes: Life and Death in Contemporary Glass, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia
2008    Red Dot Miami, with eo art lab, Miami, Florida
2008    Reflects, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2008    New and Notable, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2008    On View, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2008    Group Dynamics, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2007    Sofa Chicago, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
2007    Glass Lovers Weekend, Heller Gallery, Wheaton, New Jersey
2006    Sofa New York, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
2005    Sofa Chicago, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
2004    Sofa Chicago, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
2000-  Sofa New York, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
1998
2003-  Sofa Chicago, Riley Hawk Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
1991
2002-  Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
1994
2002-   Habatat Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1998
2001-   Glass Lover’s Weekend, Riley Hawk Galleries, Milleville, New Jersey
1993
1997    Directionals and Markers, Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
1997    Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1997    !Calido!, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1997-    Sofa Miami, Riley Hawk Galleries, Miami, Florida
1996
1997    In Celebration of Tea, Celestial Seasonings Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
1996    Form From Pattern, Heller Gallery, New York, New York
1996    New Work, Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio

group workshops

Toledo Museumof Art, Instructor, Toledo, Ohio
Distinguished Artist Series Program-Workshop & Lecture, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Spring Craft Weekend, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
Bay Area Glass Institute, workshop iInstructor, San Jose, California
Espace Verre, Instructor, Montréal, Québec
Niijima Glass Festival, Visiting Artist, Niijima, Japan
Harbour Front Centre, Instructor, Toronto, Ontario
Penland School of Crafts, Instructor, Penland, North Carolina
Corning School of Glass, Instructor, Corning, New York
Cleveland Institute of Art, Instructor, Cleveland, Ohio
Toyama Institute of Glass, Visiting Artist, Toyama, Japan
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Illinois State
University of Illinois
Sheridan College
University of Miami
Massachusetts Institute of Art
Glass Art Society Conferences, demonstrating artist, Corning, New York
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, instructor- summer workshop, Deer Isle, Maine

publications

Ink Magazine, April 2011
American Craft, April/May 2011