About
Photograph by Myscha Oreo
Marc Barreda (PERU/USA/NL, 1977)
After receiving a bachelor's degree in Biology from Williams College, Marc started a career in the arts, working as a mixed-media sculptor and training as a glassblower. He developed an understanding of glass by working for a variety of artists and by taking and assisting with classes at glass schools around the United States and Europe. This commitment to the medium opened a variety of doors for him, both domestically and abroad. In 2005, Marc made his first trip to Holland to help develop the Vrij Glas Foundation. In 2009, he moved to Amsterdam full time to pursue a master's degree at Sandberg Institute. His work is shown internationally and is housed in the collections of The Creative Glass Center of America, the Museo Nacional del Vidrio in Spain, the Nationaal Glasmuseum of the Netherlands, and elsewhere. Marc works with artists and designers, museums, historians and archaeologists to help realize their ideas in explore questions about glass. He also teaches at the Design Academy in Eindhoven and is a glass advisor at Make Eindhoven.
Together with his long time collaborator Kitty Lameris, a glass expert and historian, Marc published a book that is the product of an ongoing fascination: Schertsglazen: Vernuftig Drinkvermaak (Walburg Pers, 2022) in Dutch and Trick Glasses: Devious Drinking Devices(NAI010, 2023) in English.
"My work develops through a reciprocal relationship between scientific explorations and the drama of existence, emphasizing an attention and devotion to fine craftsmanship and phenomenological explorations."