Doreen Garner

Teaches at UrbanGlass

Born and raised in Philadelphia, artist Doreen Garner exercises stereotypes of normality and abnormality associated with the body through performance, video and sculpture. She received her BFA in Glass at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in 2009 and her MFA in Glass at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. Her awards include the Toby Devan Lewis Award in 2014, The Wood Institute Fellowship Research Grant in 2013, The Presidential Scholarship Award in 2012, and the Creative Research Fellowship Grant in 2010. She's been an artist in residence at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center through the Creative Glass Center of America in 2010, and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2014. Currently based in Brooklyn New York, Doreen Garner is participant in LMCC's 2014–2015 Workspace Residency program.