William Carlson is an Endowed Chairman of The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Miami, and former head of the Crafts and Sculpture programs at the University of Illinois, Urana-Champaign.

He creates laminated sculptures that incorporate materials ranging from glass of his own making, to bits and bands of commercially produced safety glass, Vitrolite and Carrarra glass, as well as a wide variety of granites.

He employs impeccable craftsmanship to cut, polish and laminate these materials, transforming them into austere constructions that address the artist's concern with issues of interior space, geometry, texture and color.

EDUCATION

1976 MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1973 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (Gund Award)
1971 Pilchuck Glass Center (Founding year)
1967, 1968 Art Students League, New York, New York

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
St. Louis Museum of Art - St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
British Petroleum - Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Detroit Institute of Art - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Milwaukee Museum, Milwaukee - Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Los Angeles County Museum - Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, New York, U.S.A.
Krannert Museum of Art, University of Illinois - Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - Wausau, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Columbus Museum of Art - Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Illinois State Museum - Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
Evansville Museum of Art - Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A.
Kyoto Museum of Modern Art - Kyoto, Japan
Museum of Decorative Arts - Lausanne, Switzerland
Shimonseki Art Museum - Shimonseki City, Japan
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art - Sapporo, Japan
Huntington Museum of Art - Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Lannon Foundation - Palm Springs, Florida, U.S.A.
Hunter Museum - Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Corning Museum of Glass - Corning, New York, U.S.A.
Illinois Center Building - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Yokohama Museum of Art - Yokohama, Japan