Our 2026 Jurors
Tami Landis
Tami Landis joined the Corning Museum of Glass as Curator of Postwar and Contemporary Glass in 2023 where she oversees the vision, strategic direction, and management of the Museum’s respected Postwar and Contemporary Glass collection, which includes 13,000 works made nationally and internationally dating from 1945 to the present. Landis serves as the editor of New Glass Review, an annual “exhibition in print” featuring the most timely, innovative glass art projects produced during the year. She also oversees the Museum’s prestigious Rakow Commission, awarded annually to a contemporary artist.
Before joining the Museum, Landis held curatorial and educational appointments at the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) and the Western Gallery & Outdoor Sculpture Collection at Western Washington University. At the TMA, Landis held the role of curatorial assistant in the Modern and Contemporary department and then served as the inaugural Hirsch Fellow where she assisted Diane C. Wright, Senior Curator of Glass and Contemporary Craft, in the acquisition, management, interpretation, and display of the encyclopedic and contemporary glass collection, encompassing around 6,000 objects. During this year-long fellowship, she contributed to the exhibitions Now & Then: Moments in Glass History, a major re-installation of the historical and contemporary glass collection; Katherine Gray: (Being) In a Hot Shop, a multi-sensory exhibition of contemporary glass.
Landis holds a Master’s in Art History/Museum Studies from Bowling Green State University and a Bachelor’s in Art Education from the University of Toledo.
Jeffrey Sarmiento
Jeffrey Sarmiento was recently appointed Senior Lecturer in the School of Art and Design at The Australian National University. He was previously Associate Professor in Glass at the University of Sunderland, where he completed a PhD in 2011. Educated at Rhode Island School of Design, he has been a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark and artist in residence at UrbanGlass in New York, S12 in Bergen, Norway, and Pilchuck Glass School. A pioneer of print techniques for kiln glass, he has taught workshops in China, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland, Ireland, the UK and the USA. He has recently been a guest critic at UMPRUM Academy in Prague, Czech Republic, a Jury member for Young Glass at Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, and a co-curator for European Glass Context.
Known for his creative practice exploring cultural identity and the graphic image in glass, Sarmiento embeds layers of information in his intricately constructed objects, sculptures and public commissions. The cutting and pasting of printed glass involves kiln formed lenticular imagery and a graphic ‘swim’ within the transparent medium. He won the International Glass Prize 2012 at Glazenhuis, Belgium, and his 2013 solo exhibition at National Glass Centre in Sunderland toured to the USA. His collaborative work was included in Glasstress Gotika at the 56th Venice Biennale.
Louis Thompson
Artist Louis Thompson has worked with glass for over 30 years, working independently and collaboration with artists, art consultants, galleries and museums. Louis completed his Masters degree at the Royal College of Art, London. in 2011. He was the recipient of two prestigious awards in 2012, the Jerwood Makers Prize Commission and the Best Exhibit Prize at the British Glass Biennale. His work has been exhibited extensively at international galleries and his artworks can be found in museum collections in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Japan and the USA. He has been invited to create installations and art works for various museums and public spaces. He has completed residencies at the Glazenhuis Museum in Belgium, The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, and at Soneva Art and Glass on the Maldives. In 2022 Louis had his first major solo exhibition Ebb and Flow at One Canada Water, London. He lives and works in London where he shares a studio with two other artists.