Glory Day Loflin was raised in a rural setting in South Carolina. She graduated with concentrations in Painting and Sculpture from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2014 and earned her MFA in Painting and Sculpture from Clemson University in 2023. She has participated in numerous assistantships at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Penland School of Craft as well as admission to the Penland Winter Residency for ceramics in 2020. Her work can be seen in New American Paintings, Southern Living, Traditional Home, Create! Magazine and HGTV's series "Happy at Home with the Benkos" via Magnolia Network.Loflin works out of her studio at Oyé Studios, an artists’ cooperative in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina. Her work has been collected by cooperate entities such as Baptist Medical Center Clay (FL), the Wolfson Children’s Hospital New Tower of the Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (FL), Credit Karma Charlotte (NC), Canvas (SC), ScanSource (SC), and the Mayo Clinic (FL). She also creates work for residential homes and is in the private collection of Mark Peacock and Jonathan Van Ness. She has shown work nationally and is represented by multiple galleries in the Southeast. Education2010-2014 BFA: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City, NY2008-2010 South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, Greenville, SC2006-2008 The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC Work Experience2017- 2020Artist Assistant to Signe & Genna Grushovenko2014- 2020Artist Assistant to Joseph Bradley Studio2016-2017Artist Assistant to Darin Gehrke2016-2017Framer at Bennetts’ Frame and Gallery2015-2016Artist Assistant to Alice Ballard at Arrowmont Workshops (20015, 2018), Penland Workshop (2016)2013-2014Typesetter (Work Study) at the Cooper Union Type Shop2012-2014Resident Assistant, Freshman Housing at The Cooper Union2013Art Staff (Ceramics), Ramapo Country Day Camp, Airmont, NY2011-2012Sculpture Teacher, The Saturday Program at The Cooper Union Awards & Residencies2020Penland Winter Residency (Ceramics) , Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC2019Award of Merit (Painting), Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA 2019Mayor’s Choice Award, Artisphere, Greenville, SC2018MAC Project Grant Recipient, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC2015-2016Brandon Fellow, Greenville Center for the Creative Arts, Greenville, SC2014Jack Stewart Memorial Prize, The Cooper Union, NYC, NY2011Irma Weiss Cultural Fellow, The Cooper Union, NYC, NY Exhibitions2019Artisphere (Juried Show), Main Street, Greenville, SCTempo (performance), Savereign, Greenville, SCBig and Tall (two person show), Junto & Southern Bleachery, Taylors, SCSouth Carolina Festival of Flowers (Juried Show), Greenwood, SCSausalito Arts Festival (Juried Show), Sausalito, CAIndie Craft Parade (Juried Show), Furman University, Greenville, SCGreenville Open Studios, Greenville, SCRhymes With Orange (solo show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC2018WITNESS MATERIAL/MATERIAL WITNESS (performance), Knockdown Center, Queens, NYWet Paint, Center Stage, Greenville, SCAs the Crow Flies (solo show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SCIndie Craft Parade (Juried Show), Southern Bleachery at Taylors Mill, Taylors, SCGreenville Open Studios, The Village Studios, Greenville, SCIn Flight (collaboration with Darin R. Gehrke), Darin R. Gehrke Ceramics, Greenville, SC2017Pots on Pots, Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SCIn Sight (three person show), Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC Indie Craft Parade (Juried Show), Huguenot Mill at the Peace Center, Greenville, SCPotter & Painter (collaboration with Darin R. Gehrke), Darin R. Gherke Ceramics, Greenville, SC2016Greenville Open Studios, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SCBrandon Fellowship Exhibition (three person show), Greenville Center for Creative Arts, SCFlat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC Unseen Greenville, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, SCCurrent, The Artistry, Greenville, SC Hoods Up, Belton Center for the Arts, Belton, SC Far and Wide (solo show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC 2015 Christmas Show, Warehouse Theater, Greenville, SC Unseen Greenville (non juried participant) Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SCNext in Show (Solo Show), Joseph Bradley Studio, Greenville, SCFirst Friday: Open Studios, (September, October) Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SCResident Work (Group Show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC2014 Art on the Trail, Travelers Rest, SCINFJ/ENTP (with Emilie Gossiaux), The Cooper Union, NY, NYEOYS, The Cooper Union, NY, NY2013 Hook, Line, and Sinker (with Daniel Schroeder), The Cooper Union, NY, NYDrawn (Day Gleeson’s Drawing Class), The Cooper Union, NY, NY Grid Off; Lights On, Ideas City Festival, NY, NYGrid Off; Lights On, SUSTAIN festival, NY, NY2012 EOYS, The Cooper Union, NY, NYParallax (William Downs’ Drawing Class), The Cooper Union, NY, NY