Charlie Manion is a Midwestern glass and sound artist who makes devices that connect emotional experiences to material facts and processes. He has worked as a scientific glassblower, educator, fabricator, and touring musician. His work has been exhibited at Westbeth Gallery, the Hyde Park Art Center, Design Museum of Chicago, Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, the Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, and in residence at Millennium Park’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, in collaboration with the Experimental Sound Studio and Antennae Journal. He was the public glass studio manager at Firebird Community Arts in Chicago before pursuing an MFA at the NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, where he builds sculptural installations and writes about material culture. He also composes music and builds sets for CAROL Performance Group, an experimental theater company in Brooklyn.

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