Mark Peiser (Born 1938) American, Art Glass Sculpture. Titled "Evening Still". 1990. Engraved signature, date, and number to underside. 

Size: 8 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
#5068 . 

Mark Peiser, an internationally known glass artist, was born in Chicago in 1938. After studying Electrical Engineering at Purdue University (Lafayette, Indiana, 1955-1957), he received a Bachelor of Science in Design from Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, 1961). Peiser studied Piano and Composition at DePaul University School of Music (Chicago, Illinois, 1965-1967) before attending Penland School of Crafts (Penland, North Carolina) in 1967. After five weeks of glass classes, he became the first Resident Craftsman in Glass at the school. Peiser is a founder of the Glass Art Society, of which he is now an honorary member, and a leading presence in the Studio Glass Movement.

Peiser has exhibited worldwide and is in many public and private collections and was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Craft Council (1988) and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (2004), the North Carolina Governor’s Award (2009), the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Glass Art Society (2010) and the North Carolina Living Treasure Award (2011) among others.

Mark Peiser lives and works in Penland, North Carolina.