Howard, Ben Tré, 1949-2020

Howard Ben Tré was an American glass artist. He worked with poured glass, creating small sculptures and large scale public artworks.

In the 1970s Ben Tré left New York with his wife, Gay, for Oregon. At Portland State University he learned about the university's well-known glass-blowing shop and began studying the creation process, finding influence in religious objects. He would obtain his bachelor's degree at Portland State. Dale Chihuly recruited Ben Tré to the Rhode Island School of Design from Portland, Oregon where he would graduate with a Masters of Fine Arts in 1980.