Glass Artist Martin Blank at the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005.

Martin Blank is an American glass artist. He received a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984 with a major in glass. He studied with Dale Chihuly and by the 1990s was working independently. Blank has taught at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington and Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington. He lives and works in Seattle.

The Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, New York), the Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii), the Mary & Leigh Bloch Museum of Art (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois), the Millennium Museum (Beijing, China), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Palm Beach Community College Museum (Palm Beach, Florida), the Shanghai Museum of Fine Art (China), and the Tampa Museum of Art (Tampa, Florida) are among the public collections holding glass sculptures by Martin Blank.

 

Martin Blank, right, adjusts some live nude models in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank, right, adjusts some live nude models in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank's Amber Landscape II on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank’s Amber Landscape II on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank's Female Amber Torso on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank’s Female Amber Torso on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank's Convergence on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank’s Convergence on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank's Whispering Tales on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank’s Whispering Tales on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank makes a sketch from some live models in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank makes a sketch from some live models in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank's Veils on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank’s Veils on display in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank, right, sketches some live models in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]

Martin Blank, right, sketches some live models in the Hawk Gallery during a gallery open house of his work Thursday night November 17, 2005. (© James D. DeCamp | http://www.JamesDeCamp.com | 614-367-6366) [Photographed with Canon 1D MkII cameras in RAW mode with L series lenses]