Education

 

2011           M.F.A in Glass, The University of Texas in Arlington, Arlington, TX

2004           B.A. in American Studies, Minor in History, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

 

Academic Positions

2013-Present            Head of Glass Program, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2014-Present            Assistant Professor of Practice, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 2013-14                  Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2011-13                  Adjunct Instructor, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2009-11                  Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (Instructor of Record)

 

Academic Awards / Grants

 

2017           Outstanding Teachers Award, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at

Arlington, Arlington, TX

Dean's Accolade Endowment Mentoring Award, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

McDowell Center’s Supplemental Faculty Research Grant, for International

Research, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2016           Outstanding Service Award, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2015           Teaching Award, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Outstanding Service Award, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2014          McDowell Center’s Supplemental Faculty Research Grant, for International Research, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX

2013          Research Travel Grant awarded by the Vice President of Research

at The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2011           University Scholar, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2009           Excellence Award for Graduate Research/Creative Activity, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

 

 

 

Work Experience

 

2016           Teaching Assistant, Matt Szosz and Anna Mlasowsky, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2015           Artist Assistant, Mona Hatoum, Pilchuck Glass School Stanwood, WA

2014           Teaching Assistant, Richard Whiteley and Heike Brachlow, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA

2014          Hot & Casting Studio Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2012           Casting Studio Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA Glass Studio technician, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA

Teaching Assistant, Norman Courtney, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA

2009-13      Technician IV, Glass Studio, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2006-8        Teaching and Studio Assistant, Martin Janecky, USA

2006           Glass Studio Technician, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2004-6        Studio Assistant, Randy Strong, Berkeley, CA

2005-7        Studio Assistant, Laboratory Glass Apparatus, Scientific Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

 

 

 

Workshops Taught

 

2017           Materials Science: Glass, Ceramics, Metals, co-taught with Dr. Jane Cook

The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

Materials Science: Glass, Ceramics, and Metals, co-taught with Dr. Jane Cook

The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.

2016           Visiting Artist Workshop, Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan

 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2018           Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (Upcoming: February 1- March 4, 2018)

2017           Considerations and Ants, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway

2016           What is Known is Unknown, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015           Light of Other Days, West TX A&M, Canyon, TX

2014           Décadence, Berlin Glas e.V., Berlin, Germany

Upside Down B, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, TX (an Apophenia

Underground Collaboration)

2013           Mesophase, Ro2 Art: Downtown Project Space, Dallas, TX

2012           A Study of Motion and Gesture, PEEL Gallery, Houston, TX

2011           Glass Calligraphy, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

 

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2017           Momentum, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

Texas Glass, Nave Museum, Victoria, TX, curated by Eric Hess

Video Exhibition, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, curated by Charlotte Potter

2016           Emancipation, Corning Gallery, Corning, NY, curated by Yuka Otani

It’s So Hot Right Now, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX curated by Lindsey Brown

2015           InLight, 1708 Gallery and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA

(juried by Alex Baker, former Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and associate curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art)

COExist, Gaffer District and Arts Council Gallery, Corning, NY (2 person)

2014           Taos International Biennial, David Anthony Fine Art, Taos, NM

(juried by Tina Oldknow, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, The Corning

Museum of Glass, New York, Herb Babcock, Stephanie Grilli)

48 TIMER FESTIVAL on NØRREBRO, KoncertKirken, Coppenhagen, Denmark,curated by Michael Mazurek

A Pack of Camels, A Zippo, and a Bottle of Jack, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Michael Mazurek

2013           Objectified, Ro2 Art: Downtown Project Space, Dallas, TX

NOFEST, .pdfazing digital media exhibition, Sophia, Bulgaria (Juried) Aurora, Outdoor Digital Media and Light Exhibition, Dallas, TX (Juried) Texas Art Now, Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX

Amarillo Entropy, The Power Station, Dallas, TX (An Apophenia Underground

Collaboration)

DallaSites: Available Spaces Performance, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX ( An

Apophenia Underground Collaboration)

My My Misfire, Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX

2012           Award Recipient Exhibition (from Seeing, Seeing), Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (curated by Felice Frankel)

Master’s of Glass, the 2nd Generation, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX (Curated by

Patricia Meadows)

2011           Thesis Exhibition, The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Seeing Seeing, Capturing a Moment, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (Juried by Felice Frankel)

2010           Texas/Oklahoma Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX (Curated by Janis Goodman)

Sustenance, 337 Singleton Blvd, Dallas, TX (Curated by Stephen

Lapthisophon and Anne Lawrence)

It Began With Experiments, Audible Gallery at the Experimental Sound Stage, Chicago, IL (Curated by Darryl Lauster and Stephen Lapthisophon)

2009           Stimulate, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

2008           Emerging Texas Artists, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007           SOFA Chicago, represented by Micaela Gallery from San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL

 

 

 

Juried Publications

 

2016           New Glass Review 37, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York (juried by artist Geoff Isles, artist Silvia Levinson, Tina Oldknow (Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass), and Charlotte Potter (director of the Chrysler Museum of Art, glass studio, Norfolk, VA))

2015           New Glass Review 36, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,

New York (juried by artist Beth Lipman, Tina Oldknow (Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass), Angus M. Powers (Chair of Sculpture, Area Head Glass, and Associate Professor of Glass at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University), and artist/designer Laura de Santillana))

2014           New Glass Review 35, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,

New York (Juried by Paul Haigh, principal, HAIGH Architects + Designers,

Greenwich, Connecticut; Tina Oldknow, (senior curator of modern and contemporary glass, The Corning Museum of Glass); Caroline Prisse, (director, Van Tetterode Glass Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), and James Yood, (director, New Arts Journalism M.A. Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

2013           New Glass Review 34, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,

New York (Juried by Hank Murta Adams, (artist and glass studio creative director, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, New Jersey); Jeroen Maes, (artistic coordinator and curator, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium); Tina Oldknow, (curator of modern glass, The Corning Museum of Glass); and Jutta-Annette Page, (curator of glass and decorative arts, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio))

2011           New Glass Review 32, published by the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,

New York (Juried by Diane Charbonneau, (curator of contemporary decorative arts, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada); Richard Harned, (director, Ohio State University Glass Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio); Mark Zirpel, (assistant professor, Dale Chihuly Endowed Chair of Glass, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington); and Tina Oldknow, (curator of modern glass, The Corning Museum of Glass.)

 

 

 

Permanent Collections

 

The Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan

The Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

The Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Arts, Millville, New Jersey

The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

Kunstpalast Museum, Helmut Hentrich Glass Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany

AT&T Corporate Collection, Dallas, TX (An Apophenia Underground Collaboration) Pilchuck Glass School Print Collection, Seattle, WA

The University of Texas at Arlington, Art + Art History Department, Arlington, TX

 

 

 

Residencies/Fellowships

 

2017           Artist in Residence, S12 Studio, Bergen, Norway (June 5 – August 8)

2016           Artist in Residence, Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan (September 26th – October 3)

2015           Artist in Residence, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA (December 9 – 16) Artist in Residence Fellowship, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ (June 3 – July 15)

Artist in Residence, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (April 27 – May 31)

Artist in Residence, West Texas A & M, Canyon, TX (April 2-9)

2014           Artist in Residence / Fellowship, Berlin Glas e.V. Berlin, Germany (June 1 – July 15)

 

 

 

Professional Awards/Grants

 

2017           Nominated for the Irwin Borowosky Prize, Philadelphia, PA

Nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, NY, NY (pending)

2016           Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA

Nominated for the Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA

Nominated for the Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2014           Nominated for the Irwin Borowsky Prize, Philadelphia, PA

2013           Award, “Best New Art Movement of 2013”, Dallas Observer, Dallas, TX (An

Apophenia Underground Collaboration) Scholarship, The Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA

2011           Award, Honorable mention, Seeing Seeing, juried exhibition, awarded by

Felice Frankel, New Haven, CT

 

 

 

Professional Academic Lectures and Panel Discussions

 

2017        “Subverting a Mandatory Arbitrary System of Rules” Issues in Glass Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, presenter, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at Urban Glass, New York, NY, October 12-14.

“How Professors Stay Current to Changing Art Scenes”, Issues in Glass

Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, presenter, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation Academic Symposium at Urban Glass, New York, NY, October 12-14.

2015         “Approaches to Glass Education for Undergraduates and Graduates” The Confluences of Art-Making Disciplines with Glass, presenter, Southeastern College Art Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 23.

“Artist Presentation” Emerging Artist Presentation (juried), International Glass Art

Society Conference, San Jose, CA, June 4

2014          “An Artistic Method: Two Non-Traditional Approaches to Glass” Exceptionally Hard and Soft Meeting, presenter, DESY Particle Accelerator, Hamburg, Germany, June

28.

“Artist Presentation: Process”, PechaKucha, Ft. Worth Modern Museum of Art, Ft.

Worth, TX, April 22.

2013           “Utilizing Abandoned Real Estate to develop Artistic Growth”, presenter, TREC Associate Leadership Council, Dallas, TX October 12.

 

Visiting Artist Lectures/Presentations/Critiques/Demonstrations

 

2017             Lecture, Graduate Critique, Royal College of Art, London, England

2016             Lecture, workshop, undergraduate and graduate critique, Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan

2015             Lecture, Graduate Critique, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Lecture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Lecture, Demonstration, CGCA Weekend, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ

2014             Demonstration, DMY International Design Week, Berlin, Germany

2013             Demonstration, Berlin Glas e.V., Berlin, Germany

Lecture, workshop, undergraduate critique, Visiting Artist, University of South

Alabama, Mobile, AL

2010             Lecture, demonstration, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

 

Curatorial Projects

 

2017           434_Glass Vol. 5, creator and editor of Annual Juried Publication

2015           434_Glass Vol. 3, creator and editor of Annual Juried Publication

2014           434_Glass Vol. 2, creator and editor of Annual Juried Publication CPR, The Lullaby Set, Arlington, TX (Group exhibition) Bildungsroman, Main Street Gallery, Dallas, TX (group exhibition)

Shadow Genics, The Lullaby Set, Arlington, TX (Solo Exhibition Christine

Heimmerman)

A Vulnerable State, The Lullaby Set, Arlington, TX (Solo Exhibition: Michelle

Pennington)

Negative Capabilities, Red Arrow Contemporary, Dallas, TX (An Apophenia

Underground Collaboration)

Deep Ellum Windows II, A series of pop-up exhibitions in abandoned spaces, Dallas, TX. February – May (An Apophenia Underground Collaboration):

Sheer Speed, solo exhibition, Art Beef (artist Collaborative)

Nothing Lasts, solo exhibition, Art Peña

Performance Artifacts, solo exhibition, Randall Garrett

SHAPE, solo exhibition, Randy Guthmiller

WHAT R U WAITING 4 ME 2 SAY, solo exhibition, Pierre Krause

Expected Development, solo exhibition, Emily Peacock

60 Second Steinbeck’s, solo exhibition, James Michael Starr

Turbomeca, solo exhibition, Jesse Morgan Barnett

Kayla: Now and Then, performance, Kayla Escobedo

Brush Muscle, solo exhibition, Art collaborative Brush Muscle

Crane, solo exhibition, Mariko Spigner

Cast Off, solo exhibition, RE Cox

Foe da International Artist Only, solo exhibition, Mark Pieterso

(in)between, solo exhibition, Melissa Tran

Just Can’t Help But, solo exhibition, Shawn Mayer

 

2013             434_Glass Vol. 1, editor and creator of Annual Juried Publication

This Life Will Self Destruct in 10…9…8…, Berlin Becher Triennial, Berlin

Glas e.V., Berlin Germany

Deep Ellum Windows I - A series of pop-up exhibitions in abandoned spaces, Dallas, TX. February – May(An Apophenia Underground Collaboration):

American Redoubt, solo exhibition, Michael Mazurek

Zimmerplatz, solo exhibition, Stephen Lapthisophon

Compliance, solo exhibition, Hannah Hudson

She Was Long Gone, solo exhibition, Kristen Oppenheim

99 poem(s), solo exhibition, Laura Theobald

Oligotokous, group exhibition

Interaction, solo exhibition, Jesse England

Sprawl, solo exhibition, Joshua Hargrave

 

Published Writings

“Subverting an Arbitrary Mandatory System of Rules”, Issues in Glass

Pedagogy: Curriculum and Career, The Robert M. Minkoff

Foundation Academic Symposium publication, Urban Glass, New York, NY, 2017 (upcoming)

“Northern Outpost”, Glass Quarterly, Winter, 2017 (upcoming)