About the Artist: Loy Allen
Loy Allen is a South Dakota native who returned to the Black Hills after studying design at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (B.A., 1975).
After learning basic lampworking in South Dakota, Ms. Allen studied advanced glass techniques at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and at The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. She has been self-employed as a flameworker since 1979.
Ms. Allen is a member of the South Dakota Artists Network, the Black Hills Artists Network, the Glass Art Society, the American Craft Council, sits on the Board of Directors of the Rapid City Arts Council and chairs the Programming Committee of the Dahl Fine Arts Center of Rapid City, South Dakota.
My inspiration comes from the natural world, the hills and plains of Dakota. Stylistically, I am inspired by the art of the Art Nouveau Age. Like the artists of that time, I am interested in a depiction of plant and animal life in a pantheist spirit. My natural forms are meant to be expressive without being strictly realistic. I hope my work evokes the mystery and power of nature in a feminine, celebratory voice.
Recent Shows
June, 1996: Group Show
Prairie Edge Gallery, Rapid City SD
September, 1997: Juried Exhibition
Sioux City (IA) Art Center
July, 1998: Clearly South Dakota; group glass show
Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City SD
April, 1999: Cool Women, Hot Glass
Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak MI
June, 1999: Glass Invitational
Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison WI
July, 1999: Invitational Goblet Show
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA
September, 1999: Glass Invitational
Carlyn Gallerie, Dallas TX
January - March, 2000: The Artistry of Orchids
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
February, 2000: Flameworked Glass Show
Art Elements Gallery, Mequon, WI
April, 2001, James Renwick Alliance Craft Auction
Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
June, 2002, Glass Flower Event
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge MA
Loy Allen Art Glass is available at more than 140 retailers worldwide. |
