EDUCATION
1993 BFA in Glass, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987-88 Four quarters in Sculpture, Silvermine Guild of Arts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School
2010 Nuutajarvi, Finland - Assistant to Dale Chihuly
2008 Poces De Caldos, Brazil - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra at C'a D'oro Factory
Istanbul, Turkey - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra at Cam Ocagi Glass School
2007-08 Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School
2006 Glass Arts Society, Demonstrator and Guest Artist
Pilchuck Glass School, Guest Artist and Demonstrator, Stanwood, WA
2005-06 Gaffer for Susan Stinsmuhlen-Amend
2005 Centre College, Guest Artist and Demonstrator, Danville, KY
Gaffer for Chris Tarpley
2003 Pilchuck Glass School, Guest Artist and Demonstrator, Stanwood, WA
Gaffer for Flora Mace & Joey Kirkpatrick
Gaffer for David Levi
2002-05 Gaffer for Sonja Blomdahl, Seattle, WA
2002 Pilchuck Glass School, Guest Artist and Demonstrator, Stanwood, WA
Appalachian School of Crafts, Guest Artist and Demonstrator
2001-pres. Contractor to Chihuly Incorporated, Gaffer
1998-01 Chihuly Incorporated, Gaffer Full Time Employee, Seattle, WA
1998 Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, 4th Session, Stanwood, WA
Gaffer for Wendell Caslte
1996-97 Manifesto Corporation, Glassblower
1996 Gaffer for Michael Scheiner
Gaffer for Jeff Koons
1994-pres. Lino Tagliapietra, Seattle, WA
1993-95 Assisted: Richard Royal, Benjamin Moore Inc., Dante Marioni, Flora Mace & Joey Kirkpatrick, Josiah McElheny
1993-98 Chihuly Incorporated, Glassblower, Seattle, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 The Other Side of the Looking Glass, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Living Legacies: Homage to a Maestro, curated by Margery Aronson, Museum of Glass,
Tacoma, WA
2007 Once Upon a Time, solo, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Painting with Light: Artists that paint on and with glass, Palos Verdes Art Center, Ranch Palos Verdes, CA
2006 SOFA, William Traver Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Seattle Artists Exhibition, D&A Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Creative Glass Center of America, show of past fellows, Millville, NJ
Group Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
Group Show, Green Goat Gallery, Salsbury, NC
2002 Group Show, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
2001 Lino & Friends Show, Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA
1998 Group Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
1997 Paintings on Glass, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
1994 Group Show, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007 Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
2005 Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004 3-Month Residency, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
1998 Corning Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997 Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1995 John and Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
3-Month Residency, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
1993 Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1994-96 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Glass Instructor, Seattle, WA
1996-02 Haystack School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Deer Isle, ME
