4939, Leib

*1975

North America

Leib

Shayna

4939

Artist ID:

Exhibitions | Awards

2023 | Charleroi Museum of Fine Arts | Belgium | Acquisition; Regards au Feminin | Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, FR

2017 | Into the Deep | Tacoma Museum of Glass | WA; Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Expo | Chicago, IL

Biography

Shayna Leib is a glass artist with 30 years of experience in the field and works in a variety of mediums including ceramics, stone, metal, photography, and illustration. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with her MFA in 2003 and taught sculpture and drawing at Cal Poly State University, and glass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shayna Leib’s work is in numerous private and public collections internationally, including the Tacoma Museum of Glass, the Henry Ford Museum, the Charleroi Museum in Belgium, The Deep Aquarium in Hull, England; The Four Seasons in Washington D.C., the private collection of the Princess of Morocco, and various public corporations. Her Pâtisserie Series has toured museum exhibits in France, Belgium, and the US. Additionally, her work has been featured in worldwide blogs and magazines, and in the books Contemporary Lampworking, The Best of American Glass Artists Volume L-Z, and A História Do Vidro (A History of Glass). In 2023, she became the author and illustrator of the children’s book Finding Figgins.

Growing up on the Central Coast of California connected Ms. Leib to the sea, which has been the greatest influence on her work. In 2009, she became a diver and underwater photographer, developing a passion for deep-sea and night diving. The ocean has always been a source of inspiration and mystery to her, and it is a lifelong goal to dive in all of the Earth’s seas.

Biography

Shayna Leib is a glass artist with 30 years of experience in the field and works in a variety of mediums including ceramics, stone, metal, photography, and illustration. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with her MFA in 2003 and taught sculpture and drawing at Cal Poly State University, and glass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shayna Leib’s work is in numerous private and public collections internationally, including the Tacoma Museum of Glass, the Henry Ford Museum, the Charleroi Museum in Belgium, The Deep Aquarium in Hull, England; The Four Seasons in Washington D.C., the private collection of the Princess of Morocco, and various public corporations. Her Pâtisserie Series has toured museum exhibits in France, Belgium, and the US. Additionally, her work has been featured in worldwide blogs and magazines, and in the books Contemporary Lampworking, The Best of American Glass Artists Volume L-Z, and A História Do Vidro (A History of Glass). In 2023, she became the author and illustrator of the children’s book Finding Figgins.

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Shayna N. Leib | Artist Statement

My work explores two of the most powerful forces on our planet, wind and water, whose direct forms are nearly indiscernible to the human eye. We perceive their presence only indirectly through the effects they have on the world around us. The subtle imprint of water’s touch on sea life and the wind’s passage over marshlands and wheat fields are just a few ways these elements sculpt our visual landscape. Their nature is inherently contradictory, embodying both fragility and violence, tranquility and turbulence — mirroring the poetic nature of glass itself. Glass, an ancient and enduring material, uniquely captures the flow, transparency, and delicacy of landscapes shaped by wind and water. My artistic vision is to accentuate the movement and breathtaking beauty of these formidable, majestic forces.

Exhibitions | Awards

2023 | Charleroi Museum of Fine Arts | Belgium | Acquisition; Regards au Feminin | Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, FR

2017 | Into the Deep | Tacoma Museum of Glass | WA; Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Expo | Chicago, IL