Nicole Stahl

Luminous cast glass succulents stuffed next to shiny crystals are frozen under a hardened gooey liquid. Cavities lined with golden lips sparkle and sit agape next to others that explode with a luscious, alluring cornucopia of femininity and sensuality. These organic forms are intended to challenge the viewer to question whether they are of the desert, the sea, or even the forest. Not looking exactly like one or the other, they emit a sense of belonging everywhere and nowhere at the same time. 

Born in Dayton Ohio, Stahl graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass and holds a Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from California State, San Bernadino. She was awarded the Dr. Jerrold Bellitz fully supported scholarship at the Penland School of Craft in 2014, a teaching assistant scholarship to Haystack Mountain School of Craft and a fully supported scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass school, both in 2016. Stahl has shown her work in exhibitions across the country including venues such as the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri, Huntington Beach Art Center in Huntington Beach, California, and Flame Run Gallery, in Louisville Kentucky.

Stahl is currently a 3D Visual Arts teacher at Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California, where she teaches Ceramics, Glass and Sculpture and creates work alongside her adored students.