Resurrect Studio (Nancy Wu and Jean Davis, Co-Founders) creates sculptures from Victorian-era NYC landfill glass that collectively narrate a tale of hope and inspiration, blending elements of the sacred and the profane. They collect glass fragments decomposing in the bay that have been tumbling for a century. Depending on the tide, the inventory varies greatly like the catch of the day. Fragments are sculpted into “3D watercolors.” How has one generation’s garbage become another’s gemstones? What will our children be mining? Resurrect Studio’s non-traditional approach to glasswork is aimed at finding the transcendent in the everyday.
Nancy Wu and Jean Davis co-founded Resurrect Studio LLC in 2021. Nancy holds a Master’s in Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jean received a Master’s in Art Therapy, is a tenured professor at Pratt, and maintains a private practice. Their complementary artistic backgrounds fuel their collaborative practice. Resurrect Studio’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in various venues including The Venice Glass Week (Venice Biennale 2025) and the Brooklyn Museum, and featured publications such as New Glass Review and Glass: The UrbanGlass Quarterly. This award-winning duo invites audiences to see forgotten materials anew, illuminating what was lost and celebrating transformation, memory, and meaning.
