EDUCATION
2001 BFA in Glass and Glass Sculpture, Rochester Institute of Technology, School For American Crafts, Rochester, NY
Glass Forming and Sculpture with Robin Cass and Michael Taylor
WORK EXPERIENCE
2002- pres. Museum of Glass,Tacoma, WA, Lead Gaffer & Hot Shop Manager, public demonstrations,
product design, and visiting artist support
2012 International Glass Symposium, Novy Bor, Czech Republic, demonstrating artist, artist support
The Glass Factory, Boda, Sweden, visiting artist
2008 Glass Art Society, Demonstration on Corning Mobile Hot Shop, Portland, OR
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Gaffer for artist in residence Trimpin
2003 Glass Art Society, Demonstration on Corning mobile stage Seattle, WA
2002 Bacchus Glass, Gaffer and assistant to Frank Cavaz Sonoma, CA
California Glass Exchange, Assistant to Robin Cass, demonstrator
2001 Glass Art Society Demonstration, Assistant to Robin Cass, hot glass demonstration Corning,NY
1999 Blenko Glass Factory, Assistant for Hank Murta Adams, hot glass casting Milton, West Virginia
1994 Thames Street Glass, Newport, RI
1999 Gaffing position for production line; responsible for charging, light up and shut down of studio
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012 Twelve Hands, Sixty Toes, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2011 10”x10”x10”, a small works show, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Fertile Ground, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Teapots!, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Natural Progression, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2009 Blue Room, Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Looking Forward, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Inspired By, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2008 SOFA, Chicago, IL, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Kinesthesia, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Work, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Gesture and Cadence, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Pilchuck Glass Exhibition: Each Year the Fire Burns Brighter, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Life Forms, solo, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2006 Framework, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Exhibit, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
SOFA New York, New York, NY
Spotlight on: Glass, Cervini Haas, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Glass Invitational, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Cocktails at Fire, Facere Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2003 Artists of My Era, Area, Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
2001 Glass Art Society Student Exhibition, second prize, Corning, NY
58th Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Sculptural Glass Exhibition, Gallery R, Rochester, NY
Senior Thesis Show, The Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
Student Honors Show, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
James Renwick Alliance Annual Gala and Auction, Second Prize
2000 Haystack TA Exhibition, Haystack Benefit Auction, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Outdoor Light Exhibition, The Museum of Luminous Phenomena, Alfred, NY
1999 Permanent installations commission, Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013 Collaboration: Ideas to Execution, Pilchuck Glass School, instructor with Ann Wahlstrom
2012 From the Sketchbook to the Blowpipe, The Studio at Corning Museum of Glass
2011 Getting It Done, Pittsburgh Glass Center, one week workshop
2005 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, Teaching Assistant for Robin Cass, glassblowing
2002 The Studio at Corning, Teaching Assistant for Robin Cass, beginning glassblowing
2000 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant for Robin Cass, beginning glassblowing, Deer Isle, ME
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2002 The New Glass Review, number 23
2001 Niche Award Winner, Glass-Sculptural
2000 President, RIT Glass Club
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Kids Design Glass, (exhibition catalog) Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA. Essayist.
2006 500 Glass Objects, By Maurine Littleton
2006 American Craft, portfolio section, Oct./Nov. 2006
25 Years of New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
500 Glass Objects: A Celebration of Functional & Sculptural Glass, Lark Books
