Preston Singletary

Preston Singletary learned to work with glass by assisting artists such as Dante Marioni (born 1964) and Benjamin Moore (born 1952) and alongside masters of the Venetian tradition of glassmaking including Lino Tagliapietra (born 1934) and Pino Signoretto (born 1944). He also traveled to Sweden to study Scandinavian design at Kosta Boda. He credits his mentor Northwest Coastal artist Joe David (born 1946) with helping him better express his own Native heritage through his work. Singletary’s sculptures can be found in museum collections in Sweden, Boston, Corning, New York and Seattle, among others. He also teaches and lectures internationally. In 2009 the Museum of Glass held a mid-career survey of his work.