ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is centered on memory, loss, perception, and shifting ideas of home. I use glass not just because of it's allure and inherent beauty, but because it has the ability to mediate the environment around us. It is a medium in all senses of the word. It can distort, reflect. refract, amplify, and even hide.
Nature has always influenced my work. While I continue to look at the movement of water, shifting clouds, and organic forms for inspiration, my focus has expanded beyond those references. My work has become centered on comfort, memory, loss, and shifting ideas of home. I use glass not just because of it's allure and inherent beauty, but because it has the ability to mediate the environment around us. It is a medium in all senses of the word. It can distort, reflect. refract, amplify, and even hide.
Most recently, I have been creating sculptures and installations that combine glass with light, video, and sound to create immersive environments. I am interested in how these materials can alter perception and encourage viewers to slow down, becoming more aware of their own bodies, memories, and relationship to the space around them.
BIOGRAPHY
Isabella Condorelli is an Italian-American artist born in Monza, Italy. Raised between New York and northern Italy, her experience moving between countries and cultures has shaped an ongoing interest in home, memory, and belonging.
Working primarily in glass, Condorelli creates sculptures and installations that explore the natural world as well as perception, vulnerability, and the relationship between the body and place. Drawn to the material's fluidity and its unique optic qualities, she uses traditional glassmaking techniques alongside contemporary installation practices to examine how memory shifts over time and how places and experiences continue to shape us long after they have changed.
Condorelli earned an Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts and Humanities from Dutchess Community College before receiving her BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She is currently a Glass MFA candidate at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
RESUME
EDUCATION
MFA | Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. May 2027
BFA | NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. May 2021
EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Private Collections | Australia, England, Italy, Switzerland, USA.
Corn Hill Arts Festival Emerging Artist Expo - Third Place | Rochester, NY. 2026
Graduate Showcase: CAD Visual Exhibition Finalist | RIT, Rochester, NY. April 2026
Systems of Tension, Experiment, and Wonder | RIT City Art Space, Rochester, NY. 2025
Currents: BFA Solo Exhibition | Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 2021
Pop-Up Art Show | Wappingers Falls, NY. 2019
Temporary Collection | Career Development Center at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 2020-Present
Temporary Collection | Alfred University Public Safety Office, Alfred, NY. 2019-2020
Glassartengine Exhibition | Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 2019
Fresh Meet Incoming Student Exhibition | Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY. 2018
Hudson Valley Creator Fest | Poughkeepsie, NY. 2018
Holiday Craft Fair | Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY. 2017
Student Art Exhibition | Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY. 2016, 2017, 2018
HONORS AND AWARDS
GS School for American Craft Scholarship | RIT, Rochester, NY. 2025
Betty Oliver Scholarship | Penland School of Craft. 2022
Art Portfolio Scholarship | NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. 2018-2021
Visual Arts Award in Ceramics | DUE Award for Academic Excellence. 2018
Michael J. O’Dell Scholarship | Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY. 2017
Certificate of Merit for Costume Design Nominee | Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). 2016
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society | 2016-Present
EXPERIENCE
Gaffer for Vignelli Center for Design Workshop | Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY. 2026
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Teaching Assistant | Brendan Miller: Hot Phenomena. Spring 2026
Teaching Assistant | Gracia Nash: Mold and Kiln. Fall 2025
Hotshop Assistant | David Schnuckel, Rochester, NY. 2025
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Teaching Assistant |John Clay: Intro to Glass 2023-2025
Teaching Assistant |Ché Rhodes: Intro to Glass and Advanced Glass 2021-2025
Glass Departmental Assistant | University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. 2021- 2025
Assistant to Ché Rhodes | Louisville, KY. 2021- 2025
New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Teaching Assistant | Angus Powers: Glassblowing, NYSCC. Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant | Rïse Peacock: Introduction to Glass, NYSCC. Spring 2020
Teaching Assistant | Angus Powers: Introduction to Glass, NYSCC. Fall 2019
Ceramics Counselor | Camp Fernwood, Poland, ME. Summer 2019
Teaching Assistant | Erin Hoffman: Beginning Glass Studio, NYSCC. Spring 2019
Ceramics Studio Technician | Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY. 2017-2018