Kait Rhoads

Kait Rhoads (born 1968) is an American glass artist. Her work incorporates traditional Italian glassmaking techniques, including murrine and filigrana, in the creation of sculpture, vessels, jewelry, and public art. Her practice draws on marine and aquatic forms, reflecting an interest in ocean environments shaped in part by her childhood experiences in the Caribbean. Based in the Pacific Northwest, her work also engages with coastal ecosystems such as kelp forests.

Early life and education Rhoads was born in 1968. She spent part of her childhood in the Bahamas and the Caribbean, an experience that informed her later interest in marine environments.

Career Rhoads has taught at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, and the Penland School of Craft in Penland, North Carolina. She was an artist-in-residence at the Corning Museum of Glass in April 2008.

Artistic style Rhoads' work is influenced by natural forms, especially marine and aquatic subjects, and incorporates environmental themes.

Awards and honors Rhoads has received a Fulbright Scholarship for study in Venice, Italy (2001–2002), a residency at the Corning Museum of Glass (2008), and the Hauberg Residency at Pilchuck Glass School (2014). She has also received the Doug and Dale Anderson Scholarship and the Anne Gould Hauberg Award. In 2018, she completed a commissioned installation titled Salish Nettles for the Pacific Seas Aquarium in Tacoma, consisting of large-scale glass sculptures.