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Chelsea (Carol) Rousso was born in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania then moved to New York, New York, and lives and works in Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida. Rousso received an BFA from Pratt Institute in Fashion Design (1982) and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College (2010).  Rousso combines her love of fashion and fused glass into a unique form of wearable glass including corsets, masks, and swimwear called “glasskinis”. Rousso held a wearable glass fashion show “Believe the Impossible: Glass Fashions in Wonderland”  (January 22, 2022) at Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts in Dania Beach, Florida. Rousso held a virtual art show “Plunge into the Arts'' at Plunge Beach Resort, Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida (May 22, 2020). Rousso held a wearable glass show at Benzaiten Art Center, Lake Worth, Florida (March 23, 2019).

Group exhibits include Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC (April 5, 2013), “Verre Couture” at Centre Des Sciences de Montreal, Canada, (May 29,2010), The Glass Art Society’s Conference shows in Corning, New York and Toledo, Ohio (2009 & 2012). Rousso received an artist in residency from WMODA, Dania Beach, Florida (2020-2021), Artist of the Month at Benzaiten Art Center, Lake Worth, Florida (March 2019), Best in show at Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, Florida (October 2018) and Honorable Mention at Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2019). Rousso’s work is in several private collections.