Glory Day Loflin was raised in a rural setting in South Carolina. She graduated with concentrations in Painting and Sculpture from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2014 and earned her MFA in Painting and Sculpture from Clemson University in 2023. She has participated in numerous assistantships at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Penland School of Craft as well as admission to the Penland Winter Residency for ceramics in 2020. Her work can be seen in New American Paintings, Southern Living, Traditional Home, Create! Magazine and HGTV's series "Happy at Home with the Benkos" via Magnolia Network.
Loflin works out of her studio at Oyé Studios, an artists’ cooperative in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina. Her work has been collected by cooperate entities such as Baptist Medical Center Clay (FL), the Wolfson Children’s Hospital New Tower of the Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (FL), Credit Karma Charlotte (NC), Canvas (SC), ScanSource (SC), and the Mayo Clinic (FL). She also creates work for residential homes and is in the private collection of Mark Peacock and Jonathan Van Ness. She has shown work nationally and is represented by multiple galleries in the Southeast.
“My work is an extension of who I am; a student of life and art. This practice combines observation of my everyday experience and constant material investigation. I make art that brings me joy and keeps me curious. I hope, in turn, my work sparks both joy and curiosity in my collectors.”
“I make art that brings me joy and keeps me curious.
I hope, in turn, my work sparks both joy and curiosity in my collectors.”
