Artist

Maria Sheets

Maria Sheets is a contemporary American stained glass artist whose kiln-fired painted glass portraits give physical form to women whose lives were too often erased from history. Working across multiple panels per piece, Sheets builds her subjects from layers of pigment fired into the glass — a slow, demanding process that produces images of remarkable depth and presence.

Her ongoing portrait series at The Glass Gallery honors activists, anarchists, and revolutionary thinkers — including Louise Michel, Lucy Parsons, Voltarine DeCleyre, and Alexandra David-Néel. She has also collaborated with Judy Chicago and Scottish Stained Glass on contemporary works exhibited here.

Works on exhibition

Leah Feldman

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Voltarine DeCleyre

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Alexandra David Neel

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Lucy Parsons

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Lucia Sanchez Saornil

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Kanno Sugako

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Louise Michel

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass / 2 Panels

Flowering Glass

Water Image / Airbrushing / Slowly Cooled

Queen Victoria

Pigment on Glass, Airbrush Mask Technique

Motherboard Madonna

Kiln Fired Painted Stained Glass

Trinity Wave

Stained Glass