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Steven Lundberg was born in Chicago in 1953, the third son of Norman & Jean Lundberg. The family moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1958 where Mr. Lundberg worked as a telephone technician. Steve's career in glass began in 1972 when he became apprentice to his older brother James, a pioneer in the studio glass movement. In August 1973, the brothers formed Lundberg Studios in the small coastal town of Davenport, California.
Since then, Steve has mastered nearly every aspect of glass. His skills include shaping, decorating, casting, lampworking, torchworking, and lapidary. He is an inventive fabricator of technical equipment who has gained acclaim for his ability to create complex glass formulas.
After the untimely passing of his brother in 1992 Steve continued to pursue his art at Lundberg Studios. In January 1997, along with his wife Ola and their son Justin, Steve formed his own studio near his home in California. In 2002 while in the midst of moving the studio to Oregon, Steven was diagnosed with ALS. In the family tradition, son Justin has shown himself to be a talented glass blower and is continuing the family legacy by creating his own series of vases and paperweights. Justin's new Oregon studio was recently completed under the supervision of Steven and now is starting to create new works of art.
Steve's work is on display in a number of permanent collections including The Smithsonian Institute, the White House, The Corning Museum of Glass, the Philadelphia Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of American Glass, and the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, to name a few. Steven Lundberg Glass Art is exhibited in top galleries and catalogs throughout the world. Steve has lectured and demonstrated from New Jersey to Tokyo and has been privileged to collaborate with many distinguished glass artists, including Rick Ayotte, Bob Banford, Randall Grubb, Barry Sautner and Victor Trabucco. |
