Madeline Rile Smith uses glass as a performative vehicle to consider notions of intimacy, compromise, and embodiment. Informed by her background in music, she creates objects and videos that explore connection and isolation. Her experience of chronic pain is used as a generative force in her work. Madeline’s work has been exhibited in venues throughout the US and internationally, and has been featured in New Glass Review 41 and 35. She earned an MFA in glass at Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BFA in glass from Tyler School of Art. She is currently an adjunct professor of glass art at Rochester Institute of Technology. Madeline has instructed glassworking in schools and institutions throughout the east coast, including UrbanGlass and Salem Community College. She is a recipient of a commission award for Glass Meet the Future 2021 with North Lands Creative. You can see more of her work at madelinerilesmith.com or @madhotglass.