Ari Glass is an American painter and scenic artist. He was born and raised in Seattle. Glass is emerging artist and storyteller who seek to transform the world through his innovative forms of media and entertainment. His paintings reveal personal narratives inspired by historical and fictional concepts of kings, queens and kingdoms, and deal with concepts such as sovereignty and independence. His intention is to showcase the deep, personal and positive effect that art and art history had on him while growing up in the Rainier Valley district of Seattle. Glass made his debut on film in 2015 with the movie Hagereseb (2015).