Philip Baldwin (1947) and Monica Guggisberg (1955), have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.

Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold -working « battuto » combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colors. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Color, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.

Increasingly they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, primarily through blown glass, but also using steel, and constructions in other materials.

In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral in 2018, and The Glasmuseum Ebeltoft in Denmark 2020-2021, reflect their concern for the shared conditions of our times, highlighting some of the challenges while continuing to express their love for beauty in form and object.

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Museums & Collections

Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, US
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, US
Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Museum Bellerive, Zürich, Switzerland
Berner Design Stiftung, Kantonale Sammlung angewandte Kunst, Bern, Switzerland
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, US
Castello Forzesco, Milan, Italy
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, US
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, US
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, US
Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany
Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Fond Cantonal d'art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne Switzerland
Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasmuseum Hentrich, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, US
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, US
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Rosenau, Germany
Museo del Vetro di Murano, Venice, Italy
Musée du Verre, Sars Poteries, France
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, US
Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France
Mudac (Musée du design et d'arts appliqués contemporains), Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Berlin, Germany
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Hamburg, Germany
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, US
Pictet Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
Swiss National Collection of Applied Art, Zürich, Switzerland
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, US
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, US

Past Exhibitions & Shows

2020 — Creative Journeys, Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
2020 — Generations of Genius of Glass, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2019 — ‘You, Me and the Rest of Us’, Galleri Glas, Stockholm
2019 — BRAFA, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2019 — Baldwin & Guggisberg, Schiepers Gallery, Hasselt
2018 — ‘Under an Equal Sky’, Canterbury Cathedral (i, cat.)
2018 — SOFA, Bender Gallery
2018 — Homo Faber
2018 — Tresor, Taste Contemporary
2018 — BRAFA, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2018 — Design / Miami Basel, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2018 — Collect, Vessel Gallery
2018 — Art Aspen, Montague Gallery & Raven Gallery
2017 — Montague Gallery (s)
2017 — BRAFA, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2017 — 'A Festival of Glass', Etienne Gallery
2017 — 'Thinking in Glass', Sandra Ainsley Gallery
2017 — Design Miami/Basel, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2017 — Tresor Contemporary Craft, TASTE
2017 — Installation at Palazzo Loredan, Glass in Venice Award - The Venice Glass Week (i)
2017 — 'Blown.Cut.Glass', Sanske Galerie (s)
2017 — SOFA, Bender Gallery
2017 — The Salon Art + Design, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2017 — Collect, Vessel Gallery
2016 — Art Palm Beach, Bender Gallery
2016 — Artgenève, TASTE contemporary craft
2016 — 'Life is Not a Beach', Alexander Tutsek Foundation
2016 — BRAFA, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2016 — Artmonte-carlo, TASTE contemporary craft
2016 — Habatat International, Habatat Galleries
2016 — Design Miami/Basel, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2016 — The Cathedral Collection, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (i, cat.)
2016 — 35th Anniversary Show, Etienne Gallery
2016 — Art Toronto, Sandra Ainsley Gallery
2016 — SOFA, Bender Gallery
2016 — The Salon Art + Design, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2016 — PAN Amsterdam, Etienne Gallery
2015 — New Work, Etienne Gallery (s)
2015 — BRAFA Bruxelles, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2015 — Artgenève, TASTE contemporary craft
2015 — Design Miami / Art Basel, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2015 — The International Show, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2015 — Art Toronto, Sandra Ainsley Gallery
2015 — SOFA, Bender Gallery
2015 — PAN, Etienne Gallery
2014 — Amphores Boats and Journeys: New Work, Sandra Ainsley Gallery (s)
2014 — PAN Amsterdam, with Etienne Gallery
2014 — SOFA, David Richard Gallery
2013 — Suspended Mobility, David Richard Gallery (s)
2013 — SOFA, Chicago, David Richard Gallery
2013 — PAN Amsterdam, Etienne Gallery
2013 — Salon Révélations, Grand Palais, Paris
2013 — BRAFA Bruxelles, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2013 — Sanske Gallery, Zürich (s)
2012 — "Au delà du verre / Beyond Glass", Museum of Applied Art, Frankfurt (s, cat.)
2012 — SOFA, Chicago, David Richard Gallery
2012 — "Au-delà du verre / Beyond Glass", Oisterwijk, Etienne Gallery (s, cat.)
2012 — BRAFA Bruxelles, Galerie Marc Heiremans
2011 — "Au-delà du verre / Beyond Glass", Geneva, Musée Ariana (s, cat.)
2011 — SOFA, NYC + Chicago, David Richard Contemporary
2011 — Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Basel
2011 — Publication of new book “L'Arche de Verre" by Revue de la ceramique et du verre, Paris, France
2011 — "Vessel on Vessel", Pismo Gallery, Aspen CO
2011 — Galerie Lafôret, Verbier
2010 — SOFA, Chicago, David Richard Contemporary
2010 — SOFA West, Santa Fé, David Richard Contemporary
2010 — London, Vessel Gallery at TG
2010 — Zürich, Sanske Galerie (s)
2010 — Bruxelles, BRAFA, Marc Heiremans Galerie
2009 — Bruxelles, Marc Heiremans Galerie (s)
2009 — Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, European Design since 1985 (cat.)
2009 — Milano, Euroluce with designs for Venini
2009 — London, Collect, Vessel Gallery
2009 — Oisterwijk, Oisterwijk Sculptuur, Etienne Gallery (cat.)
2009 — Oisterwijk, Etienne Gallery (s)
2009 — Paris, Galerie Hélène Porée, (s)
2008 — Oisterwiijk NL, Oisterwiijk Sculptuur, EvdDoel (cat.)
2008 — Chicago, Habatat Galleries (s)
2008 — European Glass Context. DK (cat.)
2008 — Paris, 6 Mandel (s)
2008 — London, Vessel Gallery (s)
2008 — Zurich, CH, Sanske Galerie (s)
2007 — Toronto, Sandra Ainsley Gallery (s)
2007 — Oisterwiijk NL, Oisterwiijk sculptur, EvdDoel (cat.)
2007 — Milano, Euroluce with new designs for Venini
2007 — Tampa, FL, Baisden Gallery (s)
2007 — SOFA, Chicago, Sanske Galerie
2006 — Oisterwijk, NL. EvdDoel, 25th Anniversary Exhibition (s)
2006 — Oisterwiijk NL, Oisterwiijk sculptur, EvdDoel (cat.)
2006 — Morat, Vieux Manoir (s)
2006 — Charlotte, NC, McColl Center for the Arts (s)
2006 — SOFA, Chicago, Riley and Wexler Galleries
2005 — Zürich, CH, Sanske Galerie (s)
2005 — Cleveland, OH, Tom Riley Galleries (s)
2005 — Oisterwiijk NL, Oisterwiijk sculptur, EvdDoel (cat.)
2005 — SOFA, Chicago, Riley and Wexler Galleries
2004 — Sunderland UK, "Cirque de Sphères" National Glasscenter (s, cat.)
2004 — Venezia, Vetri, Nel mondo. Oggi, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (cat.)
2004 — Leusden NL, "Cirque de Sphères" het Koopmanshuis,EvdDoel (s, cat.)
2004 — Lausanne, "Cirque de Sphères”, Mudac (s, cat.)
2004 — Oisterwiijk NL, Oisterwiijk sculptuur, EvdDoel (cat.)
2004 — Chicago, Habatat (s)
2004 — Cornelus, NC, Christa Faut Gallery (s)
2004 — Milano, Salone del Mobile avec VENINI
2004 — Royal Oak, MI, Annual Invitational, Habatat Galleries, (cat.)
2004 — Aspen Colorado, Pismo Gallery (s)
2004 — SOFA, Chicago, Riley Galleries
2003 — Toronto, Sandra Ainsley Gallery (s)
2003 — Zürich, Sanske Galerie (s)
2003 — Oisterwiijk, NL, Oisterwiijk sculptuur, EvdDoel (cat.)
2003 — Tampa, Baisden Gallery (s)
2003 — Den Haag, Etienne & van den Doel (s)
2003 — Royal Oak MI, Annual Invitational, Habatat Galleries (cat.)
2002 — Ebeltoft, D, Battuto 2002, Ebeltoft Glasmuseum (s, cat.)
2002 — Kijkduin, NL, Boulevard des Sculptures, (cat.)
2002 — New York, Barry Friedman Gallery (s)
2002 — Öland, Borgholm Castle, “Global Art Glass” (cat.)
2002 — Aosta, Glass Way, Museo Archeologico (cat.)
2002 — The Rachael Collection, Aspen (s)
2002 — Louisville, Glassworks Gallery, KY
2002 — SOFA, Chicago, Habatat Gallery
2001 — Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel Museum (s, cat.)
2001 — Paris, Eclat du Verre (s)
2001 — Bejing and Shanghai, Habatat Galleries (cat.)
2001 — Pontiac, Annual Invitational, Habatat Galleries (cat.)
2001 — Kijkduin, NL, Boulevard des Sculptures (cat.)
2001 — Chicago, Portia Gallery (s, cat.)
2001 — Den Haag, Etienne & van den Doel (s)
2001 — Beaver Creek, Pismo (s)
2001 — SOFA, NYC + Chicago, Portia Gallery
2000 — Kentucky, “Millenium Glass”, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation (cat.)
2000 — Pontiac, Millenium Exhibition, Habatat Galleries (cat.)
2000 — Cincinnati, Marta Hewitt Gallery (s)
2000 — Zulte, Belgium, Goed Werk Gallery (s)
2000 — Atlanta, Fay Gold Gallery (s)
2000 — SOFA, Chicago, Portia Gallery
1999 — Chicago, Gallery Portia (s, cat.)
1999 — Den Haag, Gallery Rob van den Doel (s)
1999 — Öland, Borgholm Castle, “Global Art Glass in Sweden 1999” (cat.)
1999 — Zürich, Sanske Gallery (s)
1998 — Sinzheim, Galerie B (s)
1998 — Kunsthalle, Bern, “We Never Promised You A Rose Garden” (i)
1998 — Venezia, Galleria San Nicolò, “Making Connections” (s)
1998 — Venezia, “ Venezia Aperto Vetro II” (cat.)
1998 — Lausanne, Espace Arlaud, “ In Search of Clear Lines” (s)
1998 — Sars Poteries, Musée Atelier du Verre Sars Poteries (s)
1998 — New York, Barry Friedman Gallery, "In Search of Clear Lines" (s)
1997 — Zürich, Museum Bellerive (s)
1997 — Den Haag, Gallery Rob van den Doel (s)
1997 — Pontiac, "25th Annual International Invitational", Habatat Galleries (cat.)
1997 — London, Stair & Company
1997 — Avenches, Les Galeries du Château (s)
1997 — Paris, Galerie l'Eclat du Verre (s, cat.)
1996 — Hamburg, Gallery L (s)
1996 — Pontiac, “24th Annual International Invitational”, Habatat Galleries (cat.)
1996 — Hergiswil Glasi (s)
1996 — Venezia, Galleria San Nicolò (s, cat.)
1996 — Venezia, "Venezia Aperto Vetro" (cat.)
1996 — München, Galerie Waldrich (s)
1995 — Zürich, Sanske Galerie, “Murano-Nonfoux, collaboration with Lino Tagliapietra”
1995 — Laren, NL, Singer Museum, with Gallery Rob van den Doel (s)
1995 — Venezia, “A Venitian Love Affair”, (New Glass a Venezia), Galleria Marina Barovier (cat.)
1995 — Martigny, “Venitian Tendencies”, Fondation Louis Moret (s)
1995 — Genève, Baldwin/Guggisberg, Centre des Arts Appliqués(s)
1994 — La Robellaz, Gallery Garance (s)
1994 — Venezia, Zitelle, “Trasparenze d'Arte” (cat.)
1994 — Nonfoux, “Murano-Nonfoux, collaboration with Lino Tagliapietra”, video, filmed and edited by Alex Erik Pfingsttag
1993 — Den Haag, Galerie Rob van den Doel (s)
1993 — Zürich, Rennweg Galerie (s)
1993 — Bremen, Kito (Monica Borgward)
1991 — Bruxelles, Galerie Transparence, with Floris Meydam
1991 — Lausanne, Musée des arts décoratifs (s, cat.)
1991 — Zürich, Maya Behn Gallery (s)
1991 — Düsseldorf, Galerie Ingrid Mensendiek (s)
1990 — Zürich, Maya Behn (s)
1989 — New York, New Glass Gallery (s)
1989 — Lausanne, Musée des arts décoratifs, “Autour de la table”, traveling exhibition : Zürich, Museum für Gestaltung, Leuven, 1989 — Museum Van Humbeeck-Piron (cat.)
1989 — Frankfurt a.M., Galerie Gottschalk-Betz (s)
1989 — Genève, Galerie Trois (s)
1989 — Lausanne, Musée des Arts décoratifs, “Expression en verre II”, Acquisitions 1987-1989 (cat.)
1988 — Kanazawa, Messegelände, “The International Exhibition of Glass Craft 1988” (cat.)
1988 — Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, “World Glass Now '88”, traveling exhibition : Shimonoseki, Shimonoseki City
1988 — Art Museum; Tokyo, Daimaru Grand Hall; Gifu, The Museum of Fine Arts; Osaka, Daimaru Museum (cat.)
1988 — Zürich, Margrith v. Castelberg-Stutz (s)
1988 — Lausanne, Midi-Pile (s)
1987 — Hamburg and Berlin, Rosenthal Studio-Haus (s)
1987 — Arnheim, NL, Galerie Arti-Choque (s)
1986 — Genève, Galerie Trois (s)
1986 — Köln, Glasgalerie (s)
1986 — Lausanne, Musée des arts décoratifs, “Expressions en verre 1'200 sculptures contemporaines”, Europe, USA, Japon (cat.)
1986 — Liège, Générale de Banque, “Contemporary Western European Sculptures in Crystal and Glass” (cat.)
1986 — Zürich, Schweizer Heimatwerk, “Schweizer Glas '86”
1985 — Coburg, Kunstsammlungen der Veste, “Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis für moderne Glasgestaltung in Europa” (cat.)
1985 — Horgen, Galerie Heidi Schneider, “Glaskünstlerinnen aus Europa” (only M.G.)
1985 — Luzern, Glas-Galerie (s)
1985 — München, Kunst in Glas GmbH with Wilke Adolfsson
1985 — Paris, Galerie Quartz, with W. Adolfsson and M.Bouchard
1985 — Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, “L'art du verre, Actualité Internationale”
1985 — Stuttgart, Kunsthaus Schaller (s)
1984 — Boston/MA, David Bernstein Gallery (s)
1984 — Bremen, Galerie Monica Trüjen (s)
1984 — Düsseldorf, Galerie Ingrid Mensendiek (s)
1984 — Genève, Galerie Kara (s)
1984 — Luzern, Kornschütte, “Skulpturen in Glas, Situation 1984”,Glas-Galerie (cat.)
1984 — Miami/FL, Center for the Fine Arts, "Glass that Works" (cat.)
1984 — Saint-Emilion, Syndicat d'initiative, “Art Verre Vin”
1984 — Strasbourg, Galerie Paskine de Gignoux, "Verre contemporain en Europe" (cat.)
1983 — Alkmaar, Galerie Het Glashuis
1983 — Bern, Käfigturm, “Vitrine 83”
1983 — Lausanne, Château de Renens (s)
1983 — München, Galerie Nordend (s)
1983 — Winterthur, Gewerbemuseum, “Schweizer Handglashütten heute”
1983 — Zürich, Schweizer Heimatwerk, “Schweizer Glaskunst”
1983 — Zürich, Galerie Margrith v. Castelberg-Stutz (s)
1982 — Lausanne, Galerie Bellefontaine, "European Studio Glass '82” (cat.)
1982 — Nonfoux, Verrerie de Nonfoux (s)

(s) indicates a solo show
(cat.) indicates there was a catalogue produced for the exhibition
(i) indicates an installation exhibition 

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