Bonnie Rubinstein

medium: glass

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River Fusion 2010 Glass	Living Waters 2016 Glass	Luminous Flight 2015 Metalwork
Layered Life 2014 Glass	Landscape Sculpture 2014 Metalwork	Luxury Amber Chandelier 2018 Glass
Sheer Inspiration 2016 Glass

Contact information
309 N River Rd
River Falls, WI 54022
Phone Number: 715-220-8105
Email Address: bon.rubinstein@gmail.com
Web site: www.rubinsteinstudio.com

Artist statement
Bonnie has a long-term commitment to dynamic, creative, balanced design. She obtained an advanced degree in urban design/planning and environmental sciences, and worked on master planning and design for resorts, parks, college
campuses, and urban spaces in NY, OH, CO and MN. She also designed an exclusive line of high-end accessories sold at better stores and art galleries nationwide.

It was glass and metal that was always most enthralling. Mesmerized by the clarity, color and the light playing its games with the mediums, she dove in: from glass blowing at the Toledo Museum of Art; stained glass; neon at Minnesota Institute of Art; and building her glass-fusing studio in a former dairy barn in Wisconsin. Fusing glass allows control of the design outcome, through integrating glass shapes that remain intact in the kiln at specific temperatures. The work often has themes inspired by nature, science, or philosophy. Much of her work is water inspired. Her urban design background shows itself in the ‘scapes’ that appear. Visual textures and hand-created elements are formed from glass drippings in the kiln at 1400 to 1700 degrees, and hand-burnishing textures on aluminum and steel. Since 1990, she has also been an environmental advocate for business sustainability, via EcoSource Inc. This is demonstrated in her pieces.

Bonnie integrates the burnished metal shapes into her interior wall art, landscape sculptures and aerial sculptures. Her aerial art pieces are lightweight, appear to ‘float’, and provide brilliant color to atriums and skylights. Bonnie’s reflective and transparent glass/ metal designs for hospitals, universities, restaurants, and residences are award-winning. She has taught workshops and lectured at universities on the importance and significance of art in public spaces.

Biography
Commissioned art clients include:
Yale University
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Hennepin County Medical Center
Mother Baby Centers, Mpls., & Coon Rapids, MN
Children’s Hospitals, Mpls. and St. Paul
People’s Organic Café, 6 sites, MN, ND
Universities of Wisconsin- River Falls and Whitewater
University of MN - Mpls./St. Paul
Westfields Hospital & Clinic, New Richmond, WI
St. Joseph Hospital, Oakland, MI
Mount Zion Synagogue
St. Joseph Church, Rice Lake, WI
ESG Architects
Frisbie Architects
Meritas
The Goodman Group
Dacotah Properties
…and dozens of residential commissions

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Education
S.U.N.Y, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, Syracuse, New York
BS in Environmental Studies, 1974; Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Professional Degree 1975
The Toledo Museum of Art, glass blowing, The Minnesota College of Art and Design, neon