Jon Nathaniel Cotterman
Biography
Jon Nathaniel Cotterman addresses issues of problematic social behaviors and identities in disarmingly elegant glass sculptures.
"Through the filter of my own cultural history, juxtaposed with iconic objects of everyday life, my work questions the reality in which we live, as well as the significance of seemingly mundane, everyday objects in relationship to individual identity. Through the hybridization of pop culture icons and the technical excellence of Venetian-inspired glass, a dialogue is created that addresses both my interest in glass as a craft and my interest in culture's relationship to individual identity.
The aesthetics of craft, perceptions of reality, and icons of popular culture, combined with my own interests, have created compositions that reference the individual within the complexity of modern society. Each construction is a hybridized manifestation of my interests in glass as a craft and the effect of culture upon individuality, resulting in conceptually based, functionally inspired objects."
Jon Nathaniel Cotterman is a graduate of Cleveland Institute of Art. His glasswork has been shown at Krikorian Gallery Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA; Pomerene Art Center, Coshocton, OH; The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH; The Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio; and Johnson Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, Ohio, among others.
