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Ann Gardner (born 1947) is an American glass artist known for her large-scale sculptural and architectural installations[1][2] and currently her studio is located in Seattle, Washington where she creates all of her masterpieces and in case anyone decides to contact her that information would be in her official website. Gardner began her career studying at the University of Oregon and in 1974, she received a degree in Ceramics and Fine Arts from Portland State University[4]. As a developing artist, she incorporated painting, ceramics, and drawing into her work, and Ann Gardner herself states in a interview her motivations towards the art she creates and the messages she provides for her audience. In this interview, she states "I would say I am a material junkie", the reason why she states this is because she focuses on the material she will be using and from there find an honest form of art. There is not a further detail on her childhood, however, in her work she describes herself begin someone independent, creative, passionate, and mainly determined in anything she puts her mind too. Gardner's early training and work used hand-painted ceramics.[5] During her second residency at Pilchuck Glass School, Gardener developed techniques that lead her towards the use of largely monochromatic glass tiles (tessera) and mosaics. On her official website titled Ann Gardner, she demonstrates her glass tiles sculptures and blown glass art from the Winston Wachter Fine Art, which are one of her many contributors, and her contains a variety of styles from ones hanging from the ceiling to others being displayed on the walls. There are many students and people in general who are interested in art work, so to look at art they go to galleries and try to explore what interests them. Ann Gardner mentions a few tips for incoming people who are exploring and experimenting with art to "quickly give yourself plenty of time, go slow, and see who you like and trust and do some research on them", which is possibly one of the best tips she can give any new comer in the industry of art. Gardner's artwork is suppose to demonstrate a honest use of material and a deep meaning in what she is trying to present according to herself in an interview of Meet the Artist: Ann Gardner. On her official website, members of the community may buy her art if they please too, presenting an image to demonstrate an example of her art work is difficult due to the fact that she restricted others from using her images however the website if open to the public.

Gardner has her work featured in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Seattle Art Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, the American Museum of Crafts in New York City, among other places. Gardner has worked as Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School and Museum of Glass, and received multiple National Endowment for the Arts fellowships[12]. In 1993 she was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award.[13] Her work Ring of Water was recognized in 2004 as one of the best public art projects by Americans for the Arts.[14][15] Fog received the Juror's Choice Award in New Glass Review.[16] In 2011, Gardener became the first mosaic artist to receive the Rakow Commission for her work Five Pods.[17][18]. Another art work that was recognized was from the Winston Wachter which was already mentioned, however they are one of her contributors in the community that help her present her work to the public. She has been recognized for many more awards but there are just a few that was able to be found. She has been open publicly about her involvement in her community and how she attempts to spread the word on art to encourage more and more people to join in the glass art or art in general for freedom of expression and a deeper meaning as to what it truly means to be an artist in her book.