Victor Chiarizia is a nationally recognized glass artist who has worked with a variety of processes for over 30 years. In his current work, he combines handblowing and flameworking to create textured, sculptural forms. Victor is noted for his exceptional use of incalmo, a Venetian technique used to connect glass forms using the blow pipe.

Victor studied at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass in New York and at the Haystack School of Crafts in Maine. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and he has completed commissions for Tiffany & Co., New York; Royal Caribbean in London and the Palace Hotel in Beijing. Victor’s glass has been featured in publications including The Penland Book of Glass (Lark Books) and AmericanStyle magazine. After losing his Connecticut workshop to fire in 2004, the artist relocated to Fairview, NC where he completed a new studio in 2007.