Artist: Bertil Vallien (1938)
Bertil Vallien (1938) is a Swedish sculptor, ceramist, glass artist and designer, who mainly works in glass casting.
Bertil studied at Konstfack under Stig Lindberg, and graduated as the school's best student in 1961. He then received the King's Scholarship and with it he went to Southern California, USA, to study. When he returned to Sweden in 1963, he was commissioned to produce glass objects for Boda Glassworks' 100th anniversary. He was subsequently employed by Åfors Glasbruk, and since 2012 he has worked at Kosta Glasbruk, where he has made a name for himself as the master of sand casting.
Today, Vallien is considered one of the world's leading glass artists and is represented in many international museums.
