Chad J Holliday Biography

Chad Holliday currently works for Martin Blank. He is Martin’s cold sculptor , performing all of his cutting and polishing. In addition Chad Holliday owns third-hand, Glass Cutting & Polishing Tools, works as a consultant to artists and glass studios and makes his own sculpture.

Prior to this he held the position of Glass Technician at Pratt Fine Art Center. Before accepting this in the fall of 2003, he was Lead Hot Shop Technician for the Museum of Glass. Chad teaches through Pratt and is an adjunct professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma. In addition to his roles as an artist, educator and technician, he has created a small business distributing and promoting glass equipment from the Czech Republic.

He received a BFA from Emporia State University, Kansas and an MFA in glass sculpture and metal fabrication/jewelry design from the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. After completing graduate study, Chad spent time as the artist in residence at the Grand Crystal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. He also helped create collaborative art with students and other art educators during his time abroad.

Chad’s artwork has been published by New Glass Review and exhibited by numerous national galleries including the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery and the Memorial Art Museum.
He is currently represented by the Elizabeth Collection in New York.