Dutch artist Peter Bremers was born in 1957 in Maastricht, where he studied sculpture at the University of Fine Arts from 1976 to 1980 and three-dimensional design at the Jan van Eyck Academie from 1986 to 1988. Searching for suitable ways of realizing his artistic ideas, he at first worked with a wide range of materials, including glass, plastic, steel and stone. He became interested in glass as a sculptural medium after attending a glassblowing workship with Dutch glass artist Andries Copier (1901-1991) and Bernard Heesen at the van Eyck Academie. From 1987 on, he tried to learn as much about glassblowing as possible, assisting Heesen at his studio and taking other workships. In 1989 he attended a course given by Lino Tagliapietra at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Two of Bremer’s designs executed by Lino at that workshop were purchased by the Municipal Museum of the city of The Hague. That same year, Bremers went to work with English glass artist Neil Wilken and they worked together for many years. Today, Bremers works with a team of assistants who carry out ideas at the furnace that the artist has acquired on extensive travels in Asia, New Zealand, Africa and Antarctica. His Icebergs series is based on his journey to Antarctica in a deep-sea sailing ship in 2001, reflecting his impressions of the glaciers and of the waves glistening in the dawn sunlight. After the trip, Bremers traveled to the Czech village of Pelechov, near Zelezny Brod, to have his designs cast after blowing the work failed to create the effect he wanted. In Icebergs Bremers uses undulating wave-like shapes, along with angular holes and arches to evoke a combination of ice and fire, light and color. He recreates in glass the openings and fissures in the glaciers, together with the unfathomable depths of the ice.“After the cold must come the heat,” Bremers writes about his “Canyon and Deserts” series that followed the “Icebergs” series. This work is inspired by landscapes in the four corners area of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado, including the slot canyons of “Antelope,” the Sedona Red Rocks and the Grand Canyon. Another recent series, “Transformations,” gives expression to personal changes as a process of spiritual growth. These objects reflect movement and rhythm; change in line, volume, direction, color and shape. They can be perceived as growth forms in different dynamics – sometimes very calm and subtle – sometimes explosive and dramatic. The idea behind this series is that personal transformations are mostly subtle changes on the outside but can have a deep impact and even be life changing. Bremers’ work is featured in the public collections of Boymans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, The Netherlands and National Glassmuseum in Leerdam, The Netherlands; Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Cosefeld, Lette, Germany; AON, London, England Museo de Arte en Vidrio MAVA, Madrid, Spain; Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark; National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia; Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT; Mobile Museum of Art, AL; Palm Springs Art Museum, CA.