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Title
Echoes of the Sound
Artist
MiNHi England
Year
2024
Medium
Glass, Steel, Acrylic, LED
Dimensions
7'-2" x 4'-0" x 0'-4”
Description of Artwork
Echoes of the Sound is a light-based installation inspired by the shifting surfaces of the Salish Sea. Through layered materials and reflection, the work creates a sense of depth and movement that evokes water, atmosphere, and horizon. Situated within the airport, it offers travelers a moment of pause: a quiet, immersive encounter within a space defined by constant motion. As viewers move through the work, it creates a visual transition between travel and arrival, inviting them to enter their next destination with a heightened awareness of place.
About the Artist
MiNHi England is a Seattle based, multi-disciplinary artist, working primarily in glass. She earned her BFA from Alfred University in 3D studies, focused in glassblowing and metal casting. Since graduating in 2010, MiNHi has established herself as a professional glassblower, designer, and independent artist across the US.
From the artist’s website
Utilizing the unique properties of molten glass, MiNHi personifies the material and imbues a sense of self. Her current artistic practice explores transformative life experiences, conveying the complexities in emotional cognizance. MiNHi’s work serves as a conduit for processing loss, grief, and the inevitable specter of mortality. Her work employs reiteration to convey the intricacies of turbulent emotional patterns, the cyclical rhythms of life, and the nuances of self-awareness.
MiNHi England has been awarded several artist residencies such as the Hauberg Residency at Pilchuck Glass School, the Hilltop Artists Residency in Tacoma, WA, Pittsburgh Glass Center Residency and has shown at Bellevue Art Museum. She is featured as a finalist in the Netflix Series, “Blown Away” Season 3.
