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Montreal-born Charlie Larouche-Potvin is a glassblower, artist and designer. He graduated from Espace Verre in 2020. He has trained at the Corning Museum of Glass and in Murano, Italy, where he began his ongoing work with Maestro Davide Fuin. He has continued to travel internationally, serving as associate-in-residence at the Jam Factory in Adelaide, Australia and visiting artist at Sheridan College, Ontario and at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. His expertise has also earned him several scholarships, prizes, and mentions. In 2024 he was awarded the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery’s RBC Award in Glass as well as the François Houdé Award from the city of Montréal. He is now artist in residency at the Harbourfront Centre.
The critical reappraisal of traditional Muranese forms is fertile ground for imaginative play. The technical precision of these functional works necessitates my perfection of proportion, construction, and balance, while their fanciful adornments allow me to explore the aesthetic of fantastic and supernatural worlds that have always fascinated me. Whether it's in simplicity or extravagance, I am always exploring new ways to engage the material peculiarities of glass in articulations of traditional Venetian forms. By bridging the gap between function and fantasy, my works tell both new stories and stories of the past in order to simultaneously honour my predecessors and carry our art into the future.
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