Biography
Karina Guévin fell in love with glass while studying at UQTR (Québec University in Trois-Rivières), where she started making mixed-media sculptures, including glass.
This led her to Montréal’s Glass School Espace Verre, where she perfected her glass blowing skills during 3 years. Her approach to glass is very innovative. She always tries to push the envelope when it came to developing her idea. The form and the color come from the bottom of her soul and reflect her crazy bubbly personality.
Karina has been working with Laura Donefer for the past 7 years now as a teaching assistant at Pilchuck, Ezra Studio in Japan and at the Studio in Corning. She currently work as one of the flamework teacher at Espace Verre and the Red Deer College in Alberta.
She has receive grant from the Canadian Consul for the Art, a grant from ‘’La SODEC and the Gilles Verville grant in visual art.
Her work is now showed in Canada as well as in the United States, France and the United Kingdom, where she exhibits glass sculptures and jewelry.