Biography
Monica Guggisberg 1955, Bern, Switzerland
Philip Baldwin 1947, New York, USA
Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin have been working as a team since 1980. For twenty years their studio was in Switzerland, and in 2001 they moved to Paris. Since 2015 they have been based in rural Wales, with a view over the hills; a third act in a long nomadic journey.
Solo Museum Exhibitions
2023 “Dans le Labyrinthe : Un voyage Liminal, Vitromusée, Romont, Switzerland (cat.)
2022 ‘Amphore Metaphore’, Musée du Verre, Conches, France (cat.)
2020/2021 ‘Walking in the Void’, Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Danemark (cat.)
2018 ‘Under an Equal Sky’, Canterbury Cathedral, UK (cat.)
2016 ‘The Cathedral Collection’, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, UK (cat.)
2012 'Au delà du verre', Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)
2011 'Au delà du verre', Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland (cat.)
2006 ‘McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2004 'Cirque de Spheres', Mudac Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland (cat.)
2002 'Battuto 2002', Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Danemark (cat.)
2001 ‘hot glass - cold glass’ Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (cat.) 1998 “We never promised you a Rose Garden”, Kunsthalle, Bern
Installations
Installations in numerous public and private spaces across Europe and the USA.
Design Collaborations
Best & Lloyd, London, UK
Hergiswil Glas, Hergiswil, Switzerland
Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland
Nouvel Studio, Mexico City, Mexico
Rosenthal Glas & Porzellan AG, Selb, Germany
Steuben Glass, Corning NY, USA
Venini, Venice, Italy
Atelier du Vin, France
Public Collections
Achilles Stiftung, München, DE; Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, München, DE; Berner Design Stiftung, Bern, CH; Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, USA; Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, UK; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg PA, USA; Charleroi Musée, Charleroi, BE; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk VA, USA; Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, USA; Denver Art Museum, Denver CO, USA; Die Neue Sammlung, München, DE; Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, IL; Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof, Coesfeld-Lette, DE; Fond Cantonal de Beaux Arts, Lausanne, CH; Fond Cantonal de Décoration, Genève, CH; Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, DK; Glasmuseum Hentrich, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, DE; Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn NY, USA; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, JP; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX, USA; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX, USA; IMA, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN, USA; Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, DE; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, USA; Mudac, Lausanne, CH; Museum of Glass Art, Ebeltoft; DK; Musée Ariana, Genève, CH; Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, FR; Musverre, Sars Poteries, FR; Museo del Vetro, Murano, IT; Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, CH; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Berlin, DE; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston MA, USA; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs CA, USA; Raccolta Arte Applicata, Castello Forzesco, Milano, I; Speed Museum, Louisville, USA; St. Mary Cathedral, Edinburgh; UK; Swiss National Collection of Applied Art, CH; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH, USA; Vitromusée Romont, Romont, CH; Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI, USA
Selected Publications
Dans le Labyrinthe: Un Voyage Liminal - Vitromusée Romont 2023, 90 pages
Amphore Metaphore - Musée du Verre Conches 2022, 120 pages
Walking in the Void – Glassmuseum Ebeltoft 2020, 144 pages
Under an Equal Sky - Friends of Canterbury 2018, 90 pages
Au delà du Verre/Beyond Glass - 5 Continents, 2011, 192 pages
L’Arche de Verre - Ceramique et Verre, 2011, 96 pages
Circus of Spheres - Mudac, 5 Continents, 2004, 88 pages
Battuto 2002 - Ebeltoft Glass Museum, 2002, 60 pages
Hot Glass Cold Glass - Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 2001, 84 pages
In Search of Clear Lines - Benteli Verlag, Bern, 1998, 178 pages
Awards
Glass in Venice Prize, 2017
Bavarian State Prize, 1997
Grand Prix des Arts Appliqués, Lausanne, 1999 German Design innovation Award, 1987
Grants
Commission for Applied Art, Canton of Bern
Federal Commission for Applied Arts
Ikea Foundation
National Endowment of the Arts
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