Innocence, vulnerability and analysis are recurring themes in my work. I like to bend reality to incorporate odd positions, to bend forms to follow my own quirky sensibility.

Many of my goblets express a childlike delight with simple things, or novel combinations of forms. Some are funky, some are elegant They can be considered a "toast" to various manifestations of Innocence.

Some of the works carry scars, like an ancient artifact or a primordial carnivorous plant, full of warts and tentacles. They imply growth over time or an unspoken history. Like "old souls," they come into this world already wounded by exposure.

I find glass the perfect medium for this kind of work: its fluidity, malleability and paradoxical nature bring out the mysterious parts of myself that I seek to explore and express through art. I enjoy and have pursued lampworking since 1975 because of its immediacy and practicality. The beauty, transparency and fragility of glass are especially well-suited for exploring the themes that interest me.  

Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1959, Bandhu began to teach himself lamp work technique in 1975, while still in high school. As an undergradu­ate at Princeton, he received informal training from the University's glassblower before completing his apprenticeship under American and European masters at Urban Glass, the Pi[chuck Glass School and the Penrand School of Crafts. He regularly teaches workshops at craft schools and private studios around the United States.  

1999:

Solo Exhibition (Scherar Gallery, Sedona, AZ)

Tip of thc locberg (Norida CrafT;men Gallery, Tampa)

Sculptural Glass (Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT)

Featured Artist (Kittralt/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas)

Flame Shapes (Solo Exhibition) (RASberry's Art Glass, Yountville,CA)

Glass Act (Prism Gallery, Detroit)

1998

Solo Exhibition (GSass Canvas Gaffsty, Tampa, FL)

Aperto Vetro (Centro Studio Vetro, Venice, Italy)

Objects of the Spirit (Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ)

Solo Exhibition (Berman/Davis Garlery, Seottsdale, AZ)

lampworking '98 (Vetro Matron Arts Gallery, Columbus, OH)

North American Glass 1998 (Guifiord Handcraf~ Cir. Guilford, CT}

1997

S.O.F.A. Chicago (with Vetro Marmo Arte Gallery)

Glass (Scherer Gallery, Marlboro, NJ)

Regions of the Flame (Phitabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ)

Glass Act (Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ)

Glass and Gas (Crafts Alliance, St. Louis, MO)

From the Flame (Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL}

Arizona's Touch of Glass (Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ)

1996

A Year At Pentand (Vitrum Gaberie, Asheville, NC)

A Gathering of Glass (Sable V Gallery, Wimbedy, TX)

Goblet Invitational (Kittrall/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX)

Desert Heat (Philabaum Contemporary Art Grass, Tucson, AZ)

New Mexico invitational Glass Art Show (Albuquerque, NM)

Olympic Goblet Invitational (Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA)

1995:

Solo Exhibition (Vetro Marmo Arte Gallery, Columbus, OH)

Bare Essentials (Signature Gallery, Boston)

Arizona Glass invitational (Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ)