Collection: Trenton Quiocho

Trenton Quiocho is a Filipino-American, Tacoma, WA native who has worked with glass for over 15 years in various capacities. He has held positions as a glassblower, hot shop technician, and teaching artist with organizations including Chihuly Boathouse, Glassybaby, Hilltop Artists, and the Museum of Glass. Currently, he is a glassblower at the Chihuly Boathouse in Seattle. 

"Through glass, I explore the ways in which I can preserve and reimagine the rich histories, folktales, and Filipino traditions that have been lost through colonization. I’m inspired by the lived experiences of diasporic Filipinos, such as the Sakadas who worked in the sugar cane plantations in Hawai’i, the Manongs who tilled the land in California, the Alaskeros who worked in the salmon canneries in Alaska and Washington, and the motherland from which they came. Glass provides the opportunity for me to create a revitalized, visual language that speaks to this cultural history, and through this, breathe new life into the folktales and stories behind them."