Jeffrey Sarmiento is Reader in Glass at the University of Sunderland. A Filipino- American artist, his work centers on constructed ethnicities, expressed through collisions of layered images within glass.
He has worked widely in the US and Europe, including fellowships at
UrbanGlass New York, and a Fulbright to Denmark. He was a finalist for the 2008 Bombay Sapphire Prize and has shown in Collect at Saatchi
Gallery. His work in the collection of Sunderland Museum, UK and the Speed Museum, USA. He has recently installed a monumental glass sculpture for the new Museum of Liverpool, UK.