Mieke Groot Explained

Maria Margaretha Cornelia Anna Groot (born 21 November 1949) is a Dutch glass artist.[1] Her work is part of the collection of the Corning Museum of Glass, the National Glasmuseum in Leerdam, Netherlands and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England.[2] [3]

Biography

Groot was born in Alkmaar and studied contemporary artistic jewelry art at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. In 1976, she opened a studio in the city, General Glass.[4] In the 1980s, she became director of the glass department at Rietveld Academie.[5]

During the 2000s she began to produce glass jewellery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discover sculptor, glass artist, jewelry designer Mieke Groot (1949). 2020-11-14. rkd.nl. en.
  2. Web site: 2020-11-14. Vase Groot, Mieke V&A Search the Collections. 2020-11-14. V and A Collections. en.
  3. Web site: Artists and Instructors Corning Museum of Glass. 2020-11-14. www.cmog.org.
  4. Web site: Glass is more! People MIEKE GROOT. 2020-11-14. www.glassismore.com.
  5. Web site: Mieke Groot: Vases & Jewellery. 2020-11-14. The Venice Glass Week. en-GB.