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.[1] 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.[4]

References

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