Rick Mills (born 1957) is an American glass artist who was born and raised in Marion, Ohio.

He received his bachelor of fine art degree in sculpture from Ohio State University, where the art department reopened its glass program in 1980, during Mills last semester. He moved to Hawai'i in 1981 and earned a master of fine art degree, also in sculpture, from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he is currently professor and director of the glass art program.[1]

His recent works often encapsulate figurative elements in cast glass, as in Once Empty, Twice Full in the collection of the Hawaii State Art Museum. The Glasmuseet Ebeltoft (Ebeltoft, Denmark), the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Museum of American Glass (Millville, New Jersey), and the Royal College of Art (London) are among the museums holding works by Mills.[2] His creations are permanently installed in these public locations:[3]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Haitsuka, Jayme, "Glass Blowing a hot creative art form for students", Kalamalama
  2. ^ "Rick Mills". Department of Art and Art History: University of Hawaii at Manoa. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  3. ^ "Image search results - Art in Public Places Collection". dags.hawaii.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ^ "RICK MILLS". Department of Art and Art History: University of Hawaii at Manoa. Retrieved 2021-09-13.


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