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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 05/07/2026

TODAY, SUNDAY JULY 5! If you’re in #Columbus, OH, come see my work in the “Material Dialogue” group show at Hammond Harkins Gallery! Opening Reception from 2-4 103 N High St., Columbus OH www.hammondharkins.com

Prayer: Stability, a yellow glass triangle panel made up of smaller triangles.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 30/06/2026

If you are in #Columbus, OH, come see my work at Hammond Harkins Gallery beginning this Sunday (July 5th). I’ll be there for the opening reception (2-4pm), and the show continues on through the rest of the month! #fusedglass #glassart

Yellow and white glass triangle on flier for art show. Material Dialogue at Hammond Harkins Gallery, July 5-12 at 103 N High St, Columbus Ohio. Opening reception on July 5, from 12-5.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 06/12/2025

Come visit me at my studio today and tomorrow for #EastBayOpenStudios! I’ll be there from 11am-5pm both days. If you can’t be there this weekend, it’ll be open next weekend too!

East Bay Open Studios, Dec 6-7 & 13-14 from 11am-5pm. 2441 Magnolia, Oakland CA 94607

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 25/11/2025

My partner, @mikealtman.bsky.social, made some #fusedglass ornaments to sell during #EastBayOpenStudios. Visit my studio Dec 6-7 & 13-14. We’ll be there 11am-5pm each day. More info at the link below. www.eastbayopenstudios.com/artist-direc...

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 11/09/2025

It’s official. I’ll be participating in the East Bay Open Studios, December 6-7 + 13-14. www.eastbayopenstudios.com/artist-direc... #oakland #eastbay #oaklandartist #fusedglass #glassart

Flyer for East Bay Open Studios featuring one of my white and yellow striped triangular glass panels.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 21/08/2025

Working on the next piece. Not totally sure how I feel about it yet- but that’s part of the fun in these: I might go in with a plan, but I the material doesn’t always act like I expect. I have to be open to some improv. #fusedglass #glassart #oaklandartist

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 20/08/2025

It survived! Now just one last pass in the kiln to bring it to its full shine. #fusedglass #glassart #oaklandartists

My hand holding a glass art panel. It consists of smaller squares of white and clear class in hatched patterns.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 19/08/2025

Update: I’ve repaired it twice now. Last time, it was so close to being finished before I found a hairline crack in it. I’ve fixed it, and polishing it again- hopefully just one more time. Fi gets crossed… #fusedglass #glassart

Closeup of a hairline crack in white border of transparent glass panel

White and clear glass art panel made up of smaller hatched squares on table with polishing tool.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/08/2025

This one has been a pain in the butt. Broken twice while I was working on it. But I think I’ve not only saved it, but made it better! …Let’s just hope it survives the last round of polishing. #fusedglass #glassart #oaklandartist

Clear glass art panel made up of smaller squares and white hash marks. It is broken.

The fixed glass panel is on the work table, ready to be polished with an angle grinder.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/08/2025

The ending of Felix the Cat’s first (and last?) appearance, I kid you not. This is after he’s discovered he’s the father of a litter of kittens. 1919’s Feline Follies.

Final shot of the short Feline Follies from 1919.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 08/07/2025

The final piece that I’ll be selling this summer. This was the first panel I created of the five, and it might be my favorite piece I’ve ever made. It was as an experiment to use up scrap glass left over from the large installation panels. #fineart #glassart #fusedglass #oaklandartist

Yellow and white triangular fused glass panel made up of smaller triangles. The glass is streaked with variations in color.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 03/07/2025

Of the 5 pieces I’ll be selling this summer, this one most resembles the panels from the full installation. I learned a lot after making 25 of these for the installation, so this one-off is even more refined than the ones in the installation. #fineart #glassart #fusedglass #oaklandartist

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 02/07/2025

I have come to love creating white-on-white pieces. With such a minimal palette, their subtle color shifts and changes in opacity become more apparent. This is the third panel of five which I will be selling in late summer. #glassart #fusedglass #abstract #oaklandartist #glassfusing

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 30/06/2025

Doing a little trip in France this week. Here are some sketches so far… #sketches #travelsketches #traveljournal #markerdrawings

Sketches of pastries and coffee, done in a cafe in Annecy.

Corner Parisian cafe, roughly sketched in grey and brown markers.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 29/06/2025

The second Limerent Object I’ll be selling later this summer. In Limerence, yellow triangles represent hope. Making these helped me through some difficult times, and have become a sort of meditative practice. They are my version of prayers for protection & peace. #glassart #fusedglass #oaklandart

Glass triangle panel made of yellow and clear glass. The glass has streaks in it.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 28/06/2025

The first of 5 pieces I’ll be selling later this summer. These are offshoots of a project called “Limerence”. Its pieces large and meant for an industrial space, but I’ve made smaller works (“Limerent Objects”) to fund the full project and to experiment with new techniques. #glassart #fusedglass

Glass triangle panel made with strips of yellow and white colored glass

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 05/06/2025

It actually looks nicer in person than the photos. The black almost looks grey in every photo I’ve seen, but the matte and shiny surfaces play nicely with each other.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 04/06/2025

Not gonna lie- I’m excited about this!

Nintendo Switch 2 Pre-order Screencap, ready tomorrow!

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 04/06/2025

Coldworking at the studio- and creating my first IG reel! Follow me at www.instagram.com/gtron3000

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 14/01/2025

Apparently it’s #PortfolioDay. I don’t have a formal portfolio photos for my glass work yet- that’s something I’m working on this month. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what I’ve been making.

Triangular glass panel consisting of smaller yellow, brown, and white triangles.

Triangular glass panel made up smaller streaky white and clear triangles.

Triangular glass panel made up of a mixture of smaller streaky and iridescent triangles.

Square glass panel made up for smaller squares featuring white and red streaks.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 11/01/2025

Adding (metal) nipples to my pieces today!

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 02/12/2024

Did a little test of video projection onto one of my glass panels in the studio last night. The video is meant for the big 25-panel installation piece, but it worked surprisingly well on this single panel. #fusedglass #installationart

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 17/11/2024

The paper triangles are placeholders. I already have these pieces made. I just have to attach the hanging hardware to them. #fineart #artiststudio

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 17/11/2024

I’m super proud of these pieces! #fusedglass #glassart

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 17/11/2024

Mike and I spent the afternoon hanging up work at the studio! The place is starting to look official!

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

But over the last few years (and especially after this election) I can see its cycles of idealism, disillusionment, and healing are very much of the moment. Working on Limerence has taken on a different importance to me now.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

Those who know me would have a hard time believing I could feel so dark. Thankfully, working on Limerence has given me perspective, and I'm no longer in that bad mental space. I was actually getting worried that I wouldn't have enough emotional material to draw from now that I've worked things out.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

So far, I've only worked on two shapes of the series, the squares and triangles. Even though the triangles were meant to be the second in the sequence, I started with them because those pieces represented hope and optimism, things I really needed at the time.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

The first three pieces are based on basic geometric shapes. Eventually the shapes and colors (and emotions)mix to become more complicated. Since I was learning a new medium (glass), I planned this project to become more complex as it progressed.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

The Limerence project is deeply personal to me. They were born from a challenging time in my life which filled me with disappointment and disillusionment. Working on them became a practice of meditation, a way for me to transform those negative emotions into beautiful objects.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

Eventually, I shifted gears to pursue the project I'm working on now. I've already been working on it for a few years. Here are some original sketches for it. It's an ambitious project with 11 pieces. I'm not sure all will make it, but getting it out in some form has been a bucket-list item.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

I've worked in social gaming and educational apps. Here are some characters I designed for a game called Jet Set Secrets back in 2012. The game wasn't around for long, but I'm still really proud of our work on it.

Villains from a social game called Jet Set Secrets.

Character design packet for the player's assistant.

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Steve Galgas @galgas.art · 12/11/2024

Hi all! My name's Steve. I've been on here for a while, following people's posts. Now that Bluesy is finally taking off, I'm planning on using it more often! I'm an artist living in the Bay Area. I've been working on a big video and glass installation series called Limerence.

An image from my Limerence project. Yellow triangular fused glass panels.

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