Robert Lewis

Mr. Lewis spent most of his childhood growing up on the rocky coast of Maine. He received his BFA, with honors in glass, from The School for American Crafts, at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY.  He lived in Seattle for seven years, working summers at the Pilchuck Glass School, and assisting various glass artists throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2004 he became a hot glass instructor at the Hilltop Artists in Residence program in Tacoma WA. In 2005, he was invited to be an Associate Professor at the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art in Japan. Because he did not speak Japanese before moving to japan, he learned the language through total immersion after arriving. While living abroad, Robert did not return to the U.S., but taught numerous glass workshops throughout Japan, and traveled extensively throughout Asia.  He returned to the U.S in 2009, after four years of living abroad, and received his MFA with honors from the Department of Art, at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.  Mr. Lewis has exhibited his work internationally and his work is a part of many private collections worldwide. Robert is presently a Lecturer in Glass at the Ohio State University. Beginning in January of 2012 he will be the Visiting Instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. Next summer he will assist Japanese Glass Master Jin Hongo in teaching a workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, in Deer Isle, Maine.