Anna Alsina Bardagí | Bio
Anna Alsina Bardagí is a contemporary glass artist exploring how light, heat, and gravity interact within optical glass. Her sculptures investigate the relationship between perception and space. She uses kiln-casting and precision polishing techniques to reveal optical illusions that change with the viewer’s perspective.
Each sculpture is the result of a carefully planned casting process. Before firing, surface treatments and internal arrangements guide the final composition. She works exclusively with eco-optical glass made by Ohara in Japan, which is free from lead and arsenic and valued for its optical purity.
Her interest in physics, the universe, and perception fuels her research into the visual possibilities of glass. In her words: “Optical glass allows me to investigate movement against stillness. A single sculpture can reveal different shapes, depths, and perspectives depending on where it is viewed from.”
Anna’s work is held in private collections internationally and has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and biennials across Europe and North America. Selected exhibitions include London Glassblowing (UK), the Morean Arts Center (US), the Charleroi Museum of Fine Arts (Belgium), Galerie Artes (France), and the Museum of Contemporary Glass Art (Spain).
“My art stems from a desire to capture light, transparency, and the optical illusions that only glass can create.”
Born in Madrid (Spain) and raised near the Mediterranean in the village of Begur, Anna first pursued a career in journalism and worked in science communication.
She discovered glass art in 2011 during a summer workshop with local glassmakers in Barcelona. Since then, she has developed her kiln-casting skills through years of independent research and experimentation in her studio in Barcelona.
In addition to her studio practice, Anna has taught workshops at educational institutions like EINA University School of Design in Barcelona, sharing her knowledge with emerging artists.
