Born in 1974 in Fort Belvoir, VA
EDUCATION
2013 PhD Candidate at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia
1996 Student of Stephen Paul Day (Hot Glass Casting), Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1993-97 BFA in metal and glass, minor in education and art history, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 Guest Lecturer, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, England, UK
Guest Lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Guest Lecturer, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Lecturer for the 2013 series of Masterclasses in the Applied Arts, Applied Arts Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Guest Lecturer, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
2012 President and Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Custom design and fabrication for Bryce Courtenay, Canberra, Australia
Consultant and fabrication assistant to Lucy McRae, Canberra, Australia
Fabrication assistant to Warren Langley, Canberra, Australia
Consultant and fabrication assistant to Nadege Desgenetez, Canberra, Australia
Consultant and fabrication assistant to Brian Corr, Canberra, Australia
Participant, Coldworking and Gluing Workshop with Jiyong Lee, Canberra , Australia
2011 President and Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Panelist, “Hired Guns Panel” 41st Glass Art Society’s Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
2011 Artist in Residence at the Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australia
Interim Major 1 Kilnforming Lecturer, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2010 President and Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Guest Lecturer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Technical Assistant to Richard Jolley, Knoxville, TN
Instructor, “Lines and Layers”, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Co-Instructor with Mel George, Kilnforming Workshop, TIGA, Toyama, Japan
Fabrication assistant to Warren Langley in construction of “Touching Lightly”, Canberra, Australia
Assistant to Warren Langley in construction of “Microscopia”, Canberra, Australia
2009 Owner and operator of Studio Ramp LLC, Portland, OR
Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Artist in Residence, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australia
Visiting Artist, Australia National University Glass Workshop, Canberra, Australia
Instructor, “Lines and Layers” Master class, Warm Glass UK, Wrington, England, UK
Guest Lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2008 Owner and operator of Studio Ramp LLC, Portland, OR
Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Co-Chair for "Forming Frontiers", Glass Art Society Conference, Portland, OR
Presenter, Ausglass "Open House" Conference, Canberra, Australia
2007 Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Guest Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2006 Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA
Juror, "Emerge 2006", Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland, OR
Juror, "Working Glass: Employee Show", Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland, OR
Guest Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Guest Lecturer, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
Guest Lecturer, Illinois Wesleyan University, IL
Guest Lecturer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2005 Glass Art Society, Member of the Board of Directors
California College of Art, Guest Lecturer, Oakland, CA
Bullseye Conference 2005, Guest Presenter, Portland, OR
2004 Glass Art Society, Current Board of Directors Member, USA
Lowe Art Museum, Guest Lecturer, Personal Works, Miami, FL
Pilchuck Glass School, Studio Coordinator Session Four, Stanwood, WA
Technical Resource Center, Guest Lecturer, "Kilnforming; Exploration of Firing Techniques", Glass Art Society,
New Orleans, LA
2003 Los Angeles Glass Alliance, Guest Presenter, "Artworks by Jeremy Lepisto", Los Angeles, CA
Oregon Glass Guild, Guest Presenter, "Painting with Light and Dark", Eugene, OR
Pilchuck Glass School, Studio Coordinator Session Three, Stanwood, WA
Oregon Glass Guild, Guest Presenter, "Thinking Outside the Glass Box" (Panel Discussion) Portland, OR
2002 Pilchuck Glass School, Flatshop Coordinator Session Five, Stanwood, WA
Pilchuck Glass School, Campus Technician Session Two, Stanwood, WA
Contemporary Glass Makers of Ireland, Guest Presenter, Dublin, Ireland
2001 Co-Founder of Studio Ramp L.L.C., kilnformed glass production, commissions, classes, equipment design
Bullseye Glass Company, Lead Furnace Builder, Portland, OR
1999-01 Bullseye Glass Company, Research and Education lead Tech., Portland, OR
-Developed testing procedures for new glasses and anomalies
-Lead in the production of commissioned works
-Assist all visiting artists in production of their work
-Designer/fabricator for tools and equipment
2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Glass technician Session Five, Stanwood, WA
1997-99 Bullseye Glass Company, Production Manager Apprentice, Portland, OR
1997 Chimicum Glass Studio, Studio Technician, Chimicum, WA
River Dog Fine Arts Foundry, Production Assistant, Assisted in the production of bronze sculpture, Chimicum, WA
1995-97 Libbey Glass Company, Sales Representative, Toledo, OH
Tidal Wave Glass Studio, Glass Blower, Kalamazoo, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Of Import, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
2009 New Work, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
New Work, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Drawn Across, Canberra Glassworks Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2007 A Place in Between, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
New Work, D&A Fine Art, Studio City, CA
2005 Intersecting Lines, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 New Works, Museum of Northwest Art (MoNA) La Conner, WA
2003 Monuments to Moments, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Alphabet, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia
40th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Translucence, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Tracing Lines, OSU Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH
2011 SOFA Chicago 2011, with Beaver Galleries, Chicago, IL
2010 Fertile Ground: Recent Masterworks from the Visiting Artist Residency Program, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
SOFA Chicago 2010, with Beaver Galleries, Chicago, IL
Sum of Parts, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia
ExperTease, Morgan Contemporary Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Utopia, New Glass Art and Photography, Berlin, Germany
Glass Uprising, Swanson Reed Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009 SOFA Chicago 2009, with Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL
Rising Stars, Museum of American Glass, Wheaton, NJ
Wheaton Glass Weekend, featured by Thomas Riley Galleries, Wheaton, NJ
Narratives from the Kiln, Columbia Art League, Coumbia, MO
Portland Presence, three-person exhibition with Mel George and Deborah Horrell, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glass Unexpected, Space 301, Mobile, AL
2008 SOFA Chicago 2008, Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL
New Work, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
House Guests, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australia
Repair and Replenish, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
2007 Glass at Daniel Kany Gallery, Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland, ME
SOFA Chicago 2007, Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL
Architecture/Structure in Contemporary Craft, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Young Glass 2007, Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Blend, Minthorne Gallery, Newberg, OR
2006 SOFA Chicago 2006, Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL
Synthesis: Fusing and Kilnforming, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Annual Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL
20/20: Twenty Artists/Twenty Years, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
North West Visits North East, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
SOFA New York, Thomas Riley Galleries, New York, NY
Emerging Artists '05 Exhibition, Parada Hall, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Contemporary Glass, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
New Gallery Artists, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ
Coefficients: A Selection of Contemporary Kiln-formed Glass," Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR
Seven Emerging Artists, Linda Greene Contemporary Glass, Dallas, TX
2003 Legacy, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Light and Line, Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Cast Glass, Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA
2001 Bullseye Employee Show, Bullseye Connections, Portland, OR
1997 Monuments to Moments, BFA Exhibition, Harder Hall, Alfred, NY
1996 Three Walls and a Floor, Alfred University Student Gallery, Alfred, NY
Chosen Works, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007 Summer Hot Shop Artist Series Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2005 Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997 Alfred University, Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005 Pilchuck Glass School, Co-Instructor, "Concept to Construction," Stanwood, WA
Bullseye Conference 2005, Instructor, "In Depth Imager," Portland, OR
Urban Glass, Instructor, "Imagery in Kiln Formed Glass," Brooklyn, NY
2004 University of Miami, Instructor, "Basic Kilnforming Techniques" FL
Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant for Deborah Horrell, Stanwood, WA
Canberra School of Art Summer School, Instructor, "Kilnforming with Mel George and Jeremy Lepisto", Canberra,
Australia
2003 Rochester Institute of Technology, Instructor, "Kilnforming Techniques", Rochester, NY
Bullseye Conference, Instructor, "In Depth Imagery" and "Slumping Demo" and "Coldworking Demo", Portland, OR
2002 Warmglass.com conference, Instructor, Portland, OR
Firehouse 12, Instructor, Hot Glass Casting, Vancouver, WA
12, Teaching Assistant for Steve Klein and Johnathan Schmuck, Vancouver WA
Contemporary Glass Makers of Ireland, Furnace and Kiln, workshop instructor, Fermanaugh, Ireland
National College of Art and Design, Visiting Instructor, Dublin, Ireland
2001 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant for Kelly McLain and Cathy Chase, Stanwood, WA
Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant for Henry Halem, Stanwood, WA
1998 Pratt Fine Arts, Hot Glass Casting Instructor, Seattle, WA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS, COMMISSIONS AND INSTALLTIONS
2012 “X ray: Exposure 1”, Part of the Alphabet! Exhibition, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2011 “Drawn Across” Slider Series, ACT Legislative Assembly Collection, Canberra, Australia
“All the stories” Crate Series, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
2009 “Each Unto Its Own” Watertower Series, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
“Shade of Support” Bridge Series, Knoxville Museum, Knoxville, TN
2007 “Coming Together” Building Block Series, Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
“Between Destinations” Building Block Series, collection of Lani McGregor and Dan Schwoerer, Portland, OR
2006 “Separate Views”, commission, Stoel Rives LLC, Seattle, WA
“Honor” and “Ernie” Awards, commission, Dance USA 2006 Conference, Portland, OR
2004 “Drawn Conclusion” Bridge Series, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2012 Graduate Materials Award in the Visual Arts, Semester 2, Australian National University
Critic's Award of Excellence, Habatat Galleries 40th International Glass Invitational Exhibition, Royal Oak, MI
New Glass Review 32, Neues Glass, Corning, NY
Finalist for the 2012 Tom Malone Prize, The Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Translucence: contemporary glass, Author Robert Cook, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
2011 Finalist for the 2011 Tom Malone Prize, The Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Transition of Nostalgia, article and cover, Craft Arts International 82, Australia
2009 Contemporary Kiln-Formed Glass, by Keith Cummings, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009, pgs 12,92,93,94
New Glass Review 30, Neues Glass, Corning NY
2008 Seckler, Judy. Glass Quarterly, Review, Spring, No. 110, p. 63
“Contemporary Glass”, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK, pg. 38, 39.
Pilchuck Glass School, 30th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA
New Glass Review 29, Neues Glass, Corning, NY
2007 Pilchuck Glass School, 29th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA
Young Glass 2007, Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Emerge 2006, Juror, Jurors Statements, Emerge 2006 Catalog, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Glass Notes: Fourth Edition, Kilnforming Basics by Jeremy Lepisto, Franklin Mills Press, OH
25 Years of The New Glass Review, The Corning Glass Museum, NY
Pilchuck Glass School, 28th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA
500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, NY
2005 Ruhling, Nancy. “Glass Breaks: Through the Art Ceiling”, Art and Antiques Magazine, Sept.05, pg. 84
“Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture”, Product Catalog 3, pg. 13
Pilchuck Glass School, 27th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA
UrbanGlass 2005 Auction and Glassblowers Ball
2004 “Kilnforming; Exploration of Firing Techniques” by Jeremy Lepisto, Glass Arts Society 2004 Journal New Orleans, pg.
78-79
“Kilnforming by Jeremy Lepisto”, Gloine: The Journal of the Glass Society of Ireland, Number XXXVII, DEC 04, Ireland
"Portfolio: Jeremy Lepisto", American Craft, Dec ‘04/Jan ‘05, p. 54
Pilchuck Glass School, 26th Annual Auction, Live Auction p. 31
"Glass Now 2004", Annual Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
New Glass Review 25, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2003 Pilchuck Glass School, 25th Annual Auction, Live Auction. p. 36
2002 Pilchuck Glass school, 24th Annual Auction, Live Auction. p.23
2001 Pilchuck Glass School, 23rd Annual Auction, Silent Auction. p.40
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2000-2012 GLASS ART SOCIETY MEMBER
GLASS ART SOCIETY CONFERENCE COCHAIR 2008
GLASS ART SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2005-2012
GLASS ART SOCIETY VP 2010
GLASS ART SOCIETY PRESIDENT 2011-2012
2009-2012 AUSGLASS MEMBER
2012 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS PROFESSIONAL MEMBER
