Gini Garcia has been active as glass artist and designer for over 20 years at her studio in San Antonio Texas. She is the first artist to be chosen as a woman of influence in the arts by the San Antonio Business Journal and has received a Citation of honor for contributions to the built environment in the State of Texas by The American Institute of Architects, highest award to a non-architect. Commissioned by both public institutions and private corporations, Garcia has completed more than 50 site-specific works. Recent corporate collectors include AT&T, Wells Fargo, The United Way, Volvo, Warner Brothers, Benchmark Hospitality, Hyatt International, Westin Hotels International and Philippe Starke International. Ms. Garcia also creates dignitary gifts and countless residential commissions worldwide. Lately, she has been exploring the world of art furniture, working with blown glass and metal. Bronze, iron and stainless steel are materials that she regularly uses in her work. This amazing contemporary art glass furniture was first lunched at HD Design Boutique Show in Miami, FL. on September 2012, where it received rave reviews.
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In 1983, Gini received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in Industrial Design. She has been training in glass techniques since 1994 at numerous institutions such as Urban Glass in New City, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, The New Orleans School of Glassworks and Texas Tech University. In December of 1998 she opened Garcia Art Glass, inc. and in August of 2003 Gini spent 6 months in Murano, Italy where she became certified from the Scola del Vetro Abate Zanetti in the art of the Venetian chandelier. Since her return she has worked confidently on numerous lighting projects both in the United States and abroad including the Marriott Aruba Ocean Club. In recent years, the scope of her work has broadened. She made 150 glass pieces for Warner Brothers’ Harry Potter premiere party in London. In 2011, she installed a massive Chandelier at the Lingner Castle in Dresden, Germany. She is currently exhibiting at the Frauenau Glass Museum and the European Museum for Modern Glass, both in Germany. 

Broadly published at national publications include Western Interiors (May 06), Southern Living (Aug 06) and Empresarios AEM Magazine (Feb 11). Ms. Garcia currently serves on four different boards including the Craft Emergency Relief Board (CERF.org) providing aid to artists with career threatening illness or those displaced by natural disaster.  In January of 2008, Garcia Art Glass has opened its’ second gallery location along the famed San Antonio River Walk.

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​Maria Eugenia (Gini) Garcia / born: Monterrey, Mexico, N.L
1998 - President, Garcia Art Glass, inc., G3 Advanced, G4 Art International llc, Lives and Works in San Antonio, TX
Glass Blower / Industrial Designer/ Furniture Maker​

 

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS / RECENT PUBLICATIONS/ RECOGNITION

 

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• April 2006  / Featured on Home and Garden Television (HGTV)   
• May 2006 / Featured in Western Interiors Magazine
   
• August 2006 / Featured in Southern Living Magazine
   
• August 2006 / Named San Antonio’s only Texas Original Artist by the Texas Commission on the Arts
   
• September 2006 / First place winner Signature Kitchens and Baths Magazine
   
• October 2006 / Innovator of the Year , National Association of Women Business Owners
   
• November 2006 / Featured in San Antonio Women Magazine
   
• February 2007 / Featured on UNIVISION’S, Lo Mejor de lo Nuestro​
   
• September 2007 / Recipient, San Antonio Public Library, Arts and Letters Award
   
• January 2008/ Chosen as the one of the 5 faces of San Antonio by the CVB
• February 2008/ Recognized by the City of San Antonio for the creation of 2000 branding gifts
   
• March 2008/ Chosen as a woman of influence in the Arts by The San Antonio Business Journal    October 2010/ American Institute of Architects, Texas Chapter, Citation of Honor for contributions to the built environment in the State of Texas.
   
• February 2011/ One of the TOP fifteen women of San Antonio/ Empresarios Magazine
   
• May 2011/ Installation Chandelier  at the Lingner Castle/150 anniversary Dresden Germany
   
• May 2011/ European Museum fur Moderne Glass, Rodentag GE, Sculpture, Pulque Tree
   
• May 2011/ Frauenau Museum of Glass, Bavaria Germany, Sculpure, entitled Black Forest orchid​ 

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PARTIAL COLLECTORS LIST

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

American Bar Association

AT&T

Marriot Global

Miller Global

Mercedes Benz

Volvo

Warner Brothers

Muscular Dystrophy Association

South San Antonio, Chamber of Commerce

Hyatt International

The Valencia Hotel

Hotel Contessa

Westin Hotels

Benchmark Hospitality

Marrott Riverwalk Hotel

Marion Ocean Club, Aruba

Drury Hotels

American Dental Association

The RK Group

NCAA

Main Plaza Conservancy

City of Phoenix

Herman Hospitals

Citizents Medical Plaza, Victoria

YMCA

Christus Santa Rosa

Kell Munos Architects

Lake Flato Architects

Overland Partners Architects

SA Partnership Architects

Girl Scout of america

Ed Eubanks Architects, Houston

Kinetic Concepts International

Sterling Bank of Texas

South Texas Money Management

University of Texas HEalth Science Center

Texas Cultural Trust

Bexar County

City of San Antonio

City of San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau

City of San Antonio Office of International Affairs

 

 

*References Available Upon Request