Art Glass by Trefny Dix & Bengt Hokanson

Hokanson • Dix Glass

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Tapestry	Blue Sail

$1,025. 18¾" h. x 6¾" dia.	$645. 22¼" h. x 11¼" w. x 4½" d.

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Quilted bowls		White Sail	Quilted Cylinders

$195. 6" h. x 7¼" dia.	$195. 6" h. x 6½" dia.	$645. 21½" h. x 11¼" w. x 4½" d.	$195. 14" h. x 2¾" dia.	$195. 13¼" h. x 2½" dia.

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Artist Info:

Hokanson•Dix Glass, formerly known as Boar Glass, is a hot-glass blowing and casting studio founded in 1996 by artists Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix. Hokanson and Dix are known for their distinctive blown glass vessels and mixed media sculpures. Their blown glass work has been influenced by contemporary Italian and Swedish glass artists and forms and color patterns from nature.

Bengt Hokanson graduated from Tulane University with a degree in Anthropology and a minor in Glass. He has attended Pilchuck Glass School many times between 1990 and 2001 as a student and a teaching assistant. Trefny Dix earned a BFA in sculpture from Indiana University at Bloomington and has been a student at Pilchuck Glass School and New York's Art Students League.

Glass artist Trefny Dix

Trefny Dix

Education:

Pilchuck Glass School, June 2001
Indiana University Bloomington, B.F.A. in Sculpture, 1993
Art Students League, New York, 1987-88

Awards:

PFFS 1st prize Hot Materials Award, 2004
SOFA Outstanding Sculpture Student Award, 1993
New York Foundation for the Arts Special Opportunity Grant, 2002

Experience:NJM Gallery, Portsmouth NH (603) 433-4120.

1996 - present: Artist & Co-owner of Boar Glass, Inc.
1995 - 2001: Design assistant for Carol Horn, New York, NY
1994 - 95: Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA.
Caster in production glass studio.
1990 - 93: IUB Aviary, Bloomington, IN.
Aviary and Lab assistant
1987 - 88: Cera-Cast Foundry, Long Island City, NY.
Bronze Chaser
1986 - 85: Strumlauf Foundry, Charlottesville, VA.
Bronze Caster's assistant

Bengt Hokanson

Education:

Tulane University, B.A. in Anthropology, 1991

Awards:

PFFS 1st prize Hot Materials Award, 2004
Ronald Katz Award for Outstanding Sculpture, 1991

Experience:NJM Gallery, Portsmouth NH (603) 433-4120.

1996 - present: Artist & Co-owner of Boar Glass, Inc.
1998: Teacher's Assistant for Gene Koss, Pilchuck Glass School
1995: Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA.
Caster in production glass studio.
1993: Teacher's Assistant for Pike Powers and Fred Kahl
Pilchuck Glass School
1992: Staff, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
1990 - 93: Gaffer for Gene Koss, Head of Glass department
Tulane University

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