Born in New York City, Paul Housberg currently lives and works in Jamestown, Rhode Island. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and master of Fine Arts degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has also served as an instructor. Early in his career, Housberg studied painting, but was drawn to glass for its atmospheric color. After his graduate work, he studied in England with Patrick Reyntiens, a pioneer in contemporary stained glass and the author of an international standard
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work on the technique. Later, as a Fulbright Scholar, Housberg worked at the International Center for Glass Research (CIRVA) in Marseilles, France. Paul Housberg is noted for his inventive applications of glassworking technologies in architectural settings. Central to his work are the tactile qualities of glass and the expression of its materiality. |
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