Born July 4, 1973, in France
EDUCATION
2003 Kiln Casting with Lou Lynn, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998 Advanced Glassblowing with Dante Marioni and Benjamin Moore, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997 Advanced Glassblowing with Dante Marioni & Richard Marquis, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1995 Italian Glassblowing with Checco Ongaro & Lino Tagliapietra, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1993-95 CERFAV, European Glass School, Vannes Le Châtel, France
1992 ADAC, Glass Center, Paris
1991-93 ENSAAMA, Ceramics Section, National College of Applied Arts and Crafts, Paris, France
1988-91 BA, Industrial Design Section, Caen, France
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999-04 Glassblower at Benjamin Moore, Inc., with artists: Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dan Dailey, Dale
Chihuly, Paul Cunningham and Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA
Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Gaffer at "Verrerie de l'Opera" for Monica Guggisberg, Paris, France
2001 Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2000 Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Work with Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, James Mongrain, Katherine
Gray and Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA
1998-00 Work with Dale Chihuly,Benjamin Moore, Dan Dailey, Dante Marioni, Richard Royal, Paul Cunningham, Katherine
Gray, Preston Singletary, Sonja Blomdhal, David Levy, Joh de Witt, Deborah Moore, Janusz Posniak, Seattle, WA
1997 Assistant for Stephen Gillies and Kate Jones, Glass Design, Rosedale, England
1996-98 Assistant for Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg, Verrerie de Nonfoux, Switzerland
1995 Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Symposium at Cristallerie de Viannes, France
Assistant for Nanna Backhaus & Andrew J. Brown, Glas Smedjen, Kregme, Denmark
1994 Assistant to Yonel Faure, Martine Durand, Gasselin, Alain Guillot, Beda Maria Johanson, Carsac, France
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Touch, solo, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Viva Vetro, Glass Alive, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Pilchuck Glass Exhibition: Each Year the Fire Burns Brighter, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Australian Glass, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Pilchuck 20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2005 Australian Glass, Museum of Liberty, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Golden Cages, solo, Hodge Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
The Language of Color, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 It's Not All Black and White, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2001 Things Amongst Others, solo, Seattle, WA
2000 Galleria Rossella Junck, Venice, Italy (group exhibit)
The Year of Young Glass (group exhibit), Marta Hewitt Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1999 Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Marta Hewitt Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1997-98 Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Galleria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
Bragiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995 Maison & Object, Salon, Paris, France
Claret, France
1994 Galerie Art du Verre, Luxembourg Ville
Salon du Paas, Paris, France
SEMA, Nancy, France
PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Imunex, Seattle, WA
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2006 Arts ACT, Project Funding, Canberra, Australia
Artist Residency at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2004 Artist Residency at Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Prix de la vocation, Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, Paris, France
Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Cheryl Yokomono scholarship: Creative Artist Fund, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
1998 Full scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997 George & Dorothy Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Technical Assistant Grant, Mary Beasom Bishop & Francis Sumner Merit Scholarship Fund, Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts, Deere Isle, ME
Prêt d'honneur de la Fondation de France, Grant for Vocation
1996 Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Isle, ME
1995-96 Léonardo European Training Grant
1995 Georges Stroemple Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005-pres. Glass Workshop of the School of Art, Instructor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, "Collaborations in Design", with Monica Guggisberg, Stanwood, WA
2004-05 CERFAY, "Incalmo Techniques", France
2003 Pratt Fine Arts Center, "Incalmo Techniqes," Seattle, WA
2002 Workshop in Kanazu, with Boyd Sugiki, Forest of Creation, Japan
Teaching assistant for Andrea Zilio, advanced Venitian glass blowing, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2001 Pratt Fine Art Center, Blown Glass and Design, Seattle, WA
2000 Pratt Fine Art Center, Incalmo Techniques Workshop, Seattle, WA
Teaching assistant for Dante Marioni, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, and Pilchuck Glass School,
Stanwood, WA
1999 Demonstration and lecture, CERFAV, France
Incalmo Technique Workshop and Design and Functional Glass Workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Teaching assistant for Harumi Yukutake (From Micro to Macro) and teaching assistant for Ruth King and Katherine
Gray, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998 Teaching assistant for Katherine Gray, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1997 Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, the Studio, Corning, NY, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME,
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant for Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1996 Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
PUBLICATIONS
2006 New Glass Review 27, major acquisitions
2005 "Glass Breaks Through the Art Ceiling", Art & Antiques
2004 Shaw, Curt. Pittsburgh Tribune
Thomas, Mary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2003 Kangas, Matthew. Glass Magazine
2002 New Glass Review 23
