- email clurrata@massart.edu
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education
- BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Caterina (Trina) Urrata is a glass artist and Visiting Lecturer in Glass at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she earned her BFA in Glass in 2012. Her work draws on childhood memories and dreams, using glass to create playful objects, sculptures, and installations that evoke sentiment, wonder, and unease.
Urrata works across a range of glassmaking techniques, including flameworking, glassblowing, kiln casting, fusing, slumping, and coldworking. She is also co-owner of Fiamma Glass Studio in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she creates work and teaches alongside fellow glass artist and MassArt alumnus David Weintraub.
Industry Experience
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2015-Present: Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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2010-Present: Co-owner/Operator, Fiamma Glass Studio
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2011: Internship, Dan Daily Studio, Kensington, NH
- 2011: Internship, Bel Vetro Glass, Brockton, MA
- 2007-2012 – Glassblowing Assistant, Christopher Watts, Boston, MA
- 2008-2011 – Glass Casting Assistant, Linda Ross of Ross Art Studio, Dedham, MA
- 2007-2011 – Glass department Work Study Program at MassArt
- 2009-2012 – Teaching Assistant, MassArt
- 2004-09 – Built and maintained private flameworking studio, Boston, MA
Awards
- 2023: Habatat Gallery International Award
- 2019: Habatat Gallery International Award
- 2019: Corning Museum of Glass, General Scholarship
- 2013: Corning Museum of Glass, General Scholarship
- 2012: Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award
- 2012: MassArt Presidential Recognition Award
- 2012: Windgate Fellowship Nominee and Finalist
- 2011: George Greenamyer Scholarship
- 2011: MassArt Foundation Award
- 2011: MassArt All School Show Award
- 2010: Corning Museum of Glass, General Scholarship
- 2009: Penland Flameworking Scholarship, Founded by Jim and Judy Moore
- 2009: William Wyman Fellowship
- 2009: Corning Museum of Glass, General Scholarship
- 2008: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Award in Honor of William Brant
Exhibitions
2026 — 54th Glass International, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2023 — Sweet Scenes & Amusing Things, solo exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2023 — All Creatures Great & Small, Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, MA
2021 — Beyond the Ceiling: Women of Studio Glass, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2021 — Glass Lifeforms, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2019 — 47th Glass International Awards Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2018 — 10Trends, Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
2019 — SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL
