Nadège Desgenétez has been a lecturer in the Glass Workshop at the Australian National University since 2005. She has also taught numerous workshops in the US, Europe, Australia and Japan.

Born in France, Nadège started her glass education at CERFAV (Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation aux Arts Vérriers) in 1993. After working in studios in Europe and travelling the US as a teaching assistant to Lino Tagliapietra in 1996 and 1997, she moved to Seattle in 1998 where she worked as a hot shop team member for artists such as Dale Chihuly, Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni, Dan Dailey, Preston Singletary, and others.

Nadège has been the recipient of several prizes and awards including the prix d'honneur de la Foundation de France (Paris, France), the Saxe Award from Pilchuck glass school in 1997 and 2004 (Stanwood, USA), the Cheryl Yokohama Scholarship from Pratt (Seattle, USA), the Prix de la Vocation from the Foundation Marcel Bleustein Blanchet (Paris, France), and most recently, grants from Arts ACT and the Australia Council for the Arts. She has been awarded residencies at Northlands Creative Glass in Scotland, at Pittsburgh Glass Center, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and the Canberra Glassworks and her work has been exhibited in Europe, the USA and Australia.