"Glass is the perfect medium to capture motion. It is the fluid nature of hot glass that allows me to create and freeze a moment in time forever."

-Eli Cecil

GALLERY

ARTIST BIO

 ​Eli Cecil (b. 1988, Frederick, MD; B.F.A. Salisbury University, 2012) is a south Florida glass artist currently working and residing in Palm Beach County. Much of Cecil’s work orbits the dialogue of a conscious and sustainable future. His sculpture reflects on the balancing act between humanity and nature. Many of the themes are a narrative about growth, causality and the legacy left from one generation to the next.

In 2018 the Imagine Museum recognized Cecil with the “Artist of the Future Award.” This same year the Duncan McClellan Gallery presented him with an “Emerging Artist Residency” in St. Petersburg Florida. Cecil was also a speaker and presenter at the Glass Art Society National Conference “Charting a Course to the Future” in 2019. 

He is currently the Resident Artist at the Benzaiten Creative Arts Center in Lake Worth, Florida.

RESUME

Education

2O11- BFA, Salisbury University, Concentration in Hot Glass and Sculpture, Salisbury, MD

Residency

2O18- Duncan McClellan Gallery, Emerging Artist Residency, St. Pete, FL

2020_ Benzaiten Creative Arts Center, Resident Artist, Lake Worth, FL

Honors & Awards

2O19- GAS Conference Presenter, St. Pete

2O18- Imagine Museum, Artist of the Future, Emerging Artist Award, St Pete, FL

2O17- AACG, Emerging Artist Grant

2O13/2O15- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Scholarship, Norfolk, VA

2O14- Pratt Fine Arts Center Studio Scholarship, Seattle, WA

2O12- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Assistantship, Norfolk, VA

2O11- Best in Show Award, BFA Senior Exhibition, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

2O11- Library Award, BFA Senior Exhibition, Blackwell Library Permanent Collection, SU, Salisbury, MD

2O11- AHTES Award, Urban Salisbury Foundation, Salisbury, MD

2O1O- Fulton Student Research Grant, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

Selected Exhibitions

2020- Habatat Galleries, Solo Exhibition, West Palm Beach, FL

2020- Palm Beach Cultural Council, “Reflections” Exhibition, Lake Worth Beach, FL

2O18- New Horizons, DMG, St Pete, FL

2O17- Imagine Museum, Opening Show, St. Pete, FL

2O17- Beverly Brass Show, Ocean City Art League, Ocean City, MD

2O17- Annual Gala, Benzaiten Creative Arts Center, Lake Worth, FL

2O16/2O15- Exquisite Corpse International, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

2O15- 1st Glass National Exhibition, Juried by Maurine Littleton, Work House Arts Center, Lorton, VA

2O14- We Love Baltimore, Metro Gallery, Rebuild Baltimore Foundation, Baltimore, MD

2O14- Cartography “Mapping the next Generation,” Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Portsmouth, VA

2O14- Emergence, St. Petersburg Warehouse Arts District, St. Petersburg, FL

2O13- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Solo, Vestibule Gallery 102, Norfolk, VA

2O12- BFA Senior Exhibition, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD   

Visiting Artist & Lecturer

2O18- Seattle Hot Glass, Seattle, WA

2O17- Benzaiten Creative Arts Center, Lake Worth, FL

2O16- Visiting Artist/Mobile Unit Demonstration, Year of Glass, Academy Arts Museum, Easton, MD

2O15- Visiting Artist Demonstration, Lecture, & Featured Workshop, Sonoran Glass School, Tucson, AZ

2O14- Duncan McClellan Gallery, Demo Artist, St. Petersburg, FL

2O14- Glass Art Society Conference, Featured Artist Demo Team w/ Robin and Julia Rogers, Chicago, IL

2O14- Visiting Artist Demonstration, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA

2O14- Member of Resident Artist Demonstration Team, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WN

2O14- Visiting Artist Team, Hollywood Hot Glass, Hollywood, FL

2O12- Glassblowing Demonstration and Lecture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

Performances

2O17- Benzaiten Creative Arts Center, Last Call, Monthly Performance Glass, Lake Worth, FL

2O17- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Third Thursday Performances, Norfolk, VA

Professional Experience

2O18- T.D. Glass, Contracted Artist, St. Pete, FL

2O17- Habatat Gallery, SOFA, Art Basel/ FORM

2O16-2O17- Benzaiten Creative Art Center, Assistant Studio Manager, Lake Worth, FL

2O14-2O15- McFadden Art Glass, Gaffer & Studio Tech, Baltimore, MD

2O14- James Mongrain Glass Studio Inc, Studio Assistant, Mukilteo, WA

2O14- Ryan Staubb Glass, Studio Assistant & Contracted Artist, Columbia City, WA

2O14- Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Gaffer Team &Instructor, Seattle, WA

2O13-2O14- Studio Manager, Phoenix Glass Studio, Contracted Artist for Susan Gott, Tampa, FL

2O12- Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, Assistantship, Norfolk, VA

2O12- Salisbury University Glass Program, Studio Tech, Salisbury, MD