Colecciones de Estudio de Invierno
Colecciones de Estudio de Invierno brings together new and recent work by Omaha sculptor and glass artist Therman Statom, one of the defining figures of the contemporary glass movement. The title points to the nature of the work itself: pieces that emerged from sustained studio practice, gathered here as a kind of personal inventory, objects that carry the accumulation of a long creative life.
Statom works by cutting, painting, and assembling sheets of plate glass, gluing them together into large-scale sculptural forms—chairs, ladders, houses, wall-mounted constructions—and sandblasting their surfaces into canvases for color and line. Found objects enter the work along the way, adding texture and narrative. The resulting pieces are at once structural and painterly, drawing from the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionism and the economy of Minimalism without settling comfortably into either tradition.
The work is vivid and physical—glass that catches light, holds color, and invites close looking. But there is also something quieter running through these pieces: a sense of objects observed, collected, and reconsidered. Statom has described art as a tool for empowerment and exploration, and that conviction is legible throughout the exhibition.
Colecciones de Estudio de Invierno is accompanied by a series of public programs, including artist conversations and workshops led by Statom during the run of the exhibition.
About Therman Statom
Therman Statom is a sculptor, glass artist, and painter widely recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary glass movement. Working with assembled plate glass, blown-glass elements, and found objects, he has developed a body of work that spans large-scale sculpture, site-specific installation, and works on glass that function as paintings. His work is held in public collections and permanently installed at institutions including the Los Angeles Public Library, the Mayo Clinic, and the Toledo Museum of Art. A resident of Omaha and a longtime board member of KANEKO, Statom has devoted much of his recent practice to arts education, teaching students with intellectual and developmental disabilities through KANEKO’s Arts for ME! program.
