Tim Spurchise, originally from Syracuse, New York, is a career glass artist specializing in hot glass sculpting and metal fabrication. His glass work has been shown both nationally throughout the United States, and abroad in Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, and China. He received first place for the exhibit in Sweden, and received an excellence work award for the exhibit in China. He also has work on display in the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Glass from the International Biennale of Glass in Bulgaria. Most recently, Tim had a solo exhibition at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee  featuring a new series of sculptural glass monsters.

Tim received his M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and holds both a B.A. in Studio Art and a B.A. in Art History from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Currently, Tim works as the Studio Technician at Tulsa Glassblowing School. As a professional fabricator, technician, and instructor, Tim has worked a combination of these roles at the Toledo Museum of Art, Bowling Green State University, Third Degree Glass Factory, the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, and Tidewater Community College. He was also recently hired by Mikael Owunna Studios to hot-sculpt a series of several Egyptian deity-themed sculptures for a major exhibition at Pittsburgh Glass Center.