GEORGE WILLIAM BELL | Material Narratives.
JOIN US! Tuesday, April 29, at 1 pm (PST) for a virtual Zoom conversation with featured artist George William Bell and Sheila Strobel. We will walk through Bell’s current exhibition, Material Narratives, as he shares insights into his process, influences, and studio practice.
We are excited to announce our first-ever Vetri pop-up exhibition! After closing out our space at 1404 First Avenue, we’re embracing the opportunity to feature Vetri artists in diverse new settings. We begin this new adventure in a temporary space located directly above Traver Gallery’s new home at West Canal Yards in Seattle. We are excited to kick off this new chapter with a remarkable show by an artist we have long admired, George William Bell!
With a deep understanding of materiality, Bell embraces the marks of the making process—gathering lines, tool impressions, and traces of movement—rather than erasing them. His forms are dynamic, capturing the moment when glass shifts from liquid to solid, and his surfaces are sumptuous, reflective, and organic.
Bell’s work has been widely exhibited, including in New Glass Now at the Corning Museum of Glass, the exhibition of the European Award for Applied Arts in Belgium, and the Glass is Tomorrow touring exhibition across Stockholm, Milan, and London. Before rooting himself in Monterey, California, Bell worked in glass factories in the UK, trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and built an extensive career as a designer in Scandinavia.
At the intersection of craft, design, and fine art, Bell creates glass sculptures that balance precision with experimentation. His reflective surfaces, bold forms, and innovative use of Venetian cane techniques push material and scale in ways that feel entirely fresh. We can’t wait to share it with you.
We invite you to experience George William Bell’s work in our new Vetri pop-up. On view through Wednesday, April 30th