About Naomi

Naomi Edelberg is a classically trained stained glass artist with more than three decades of experience. Naomi works entirely by hand, cutting each piece using traditional techniques as she cuts and craves each piece. This foundation brings authenticity and integrity into contemporary contexts where glass functions as art, education, and architecture.

Her practice centers on large-scale, site-specific installations in both public and private settings. These works transform spaces by weaving light, movement, and color into the built environment. Each commission is approached as a collaboration with business and home owners, architects, designers, and public art administrators, ensuring that Naomi's finished work is visually compelling, deeply connected to its surroundings, educational, story-telling, and built with structural integrity.

Naomi's installations become part of the ongoing story of a space and place, offering both immediate impact and lasting meaning for the viewer, the owner, and for all who encounter her work. Years of travel and living with varying cultures in some of the world’s most extreme environments, from above the Arctic Circle in Northern Sweden to the depths of the ocean as an avid scuba diver, have helped shape her perspectives and inspire the many layers of meaning, the beauty, and the resilience which are present in her work.

A prominent foundation of Naomi's work is the preciousness of water, while atmospheric phenomena, the natural world, and its forces inform much of her creative language. These elements are translated into compositions that celebrate transformation, fluidity, and endurance. Whenever possible, salvaged glass and upcycled materials are incorporated, expanding the medium’s possibilities in support of environmental stewardship and reducing waste. Stained glass becomes not only a vehicle for beauty but also a reflection of nature’s power, the passage of time, and the endurance of community

Naomi's work exists in dialogue with art, science, education, and society, pushing the boundaries of where stained glass can live and how it can engage people, inviting them to look inward and connect with the senses and the emotions it may stir. Her installations range from intimate interior panels to expansive architectural works, all united by a focus on connection, transformation, light and form.

Her long-standing commitment to mentorship complements her artistic practice and her commitment to working with emerging artists, encouraging them to look deeper into understand themselves and experiment, as they work to find their voice and vision. Teaching and collaboration remain constants throughout her career which are rooted in the belief that art’s transformative power should be widely experienced. 

For Naomi, stained glass is not simply a historic art form but a living medium. One that continues to evolve, inspire, and shape the spaces we inhabit. It is simply, her autobiography and her lifelong story told through glass, light, and time.

Public Art Installations:

Caduceus
2002, Arecibo Medical Center - Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Cellular Reflections
2008, Fort Lewis College Biology Department - Durango, Colorado

Shades of Wind
2010, The Nederland Community Library - Nederland, Colorado

Unstable Equilibrium
2011, The National Science Foundation - Arlington, Virginia

Phoenix Rising
2017, Anchorage Fire Department - Anchorage, Alaska