RIK ALLEN
Born: Providence, Rhode Island
EDUCATION
1991 BA, Anthropology Franklin Pierce University, NH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present - Sculptor, Owner/Operator Scavo Studios
2013 Presenter, Demonstrator: Glass Boston Boston, MA
2012 Designer, Venetian Collaboration Project, Davide Salvadore and Shelley Muzylowski Allen Venice, Italy
2009 to present Glass Art Society, Board of Directors, Member
2008 May/August Assistant Artistic Program Director Pilchuck Glass School
2007 Scholarship Juror, Glass Art Society
1995 to 2007 Primary team; Finisher/Engraver William Morris Sculpture Team
1995 to 2002 Coordinator Pilchuck Glass School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 "Out There" Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 “New Work” Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2013 “Seeker” Museum of Northwest Art La Conner, WA
2012 “Launch” SOFA Chicago/Blue Rain Gallery Chicago,IL
2011 “Adrift” Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2010 “Incortex” Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2009 “Transience” Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2007-2008 “Innersphere: Sculptural Works of Rik Allen” Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, November 16, 2007 - April 28, 2008 Seattle, WA
2007 “Innersphere” Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Thomas Riley Galleries Cleveland,OH
2003 “Vestiges of Galactic Craft” Vetri Gallery Seattle, WA
2001 R. Duane Reed Galleries St.Loius, MS
1998, 2000 Foster/White Gallery Kirkland, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Harwood Museum of Art, ”ORALE!” Taos, NM
2014 Blue Rain Contemporary Scottsdale, AZ
2013 Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM
“The Art of Glass” Lanoue Fine Art Boston, MA
Thomas R. Riley Galleries at WheatonArts Millville, NJ
Schantz Gallery Stockbridge, MA
2012 “Yesterday’s Tomorrow” Museum of Northwest Art La Conner WA
“50 Year International Invitational” Habatat Galleries Royal Oak, MI
2010 “Fertile Ground” Museum of Glass Tacoma, WA
2009 “Inspired by” Traver Gallery Tacoma, WA
2009 “Weird Science” Flame Run Gallery Louisville, KY
2009 SOFA NY New York, NY
2005 -2012 SOFA Chicago Chicago, IL
2007 Palm Beach 3 West Palm Beach, FL
Pratt Fine Arts Center Seattle, WA
2006 SOFA Chicago Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3 West Palm Beach,FL
LewAllen Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2005 Thomas Riley Galleries Cleveland, OH
2003 William Traver Gallery Seattle, WA
“Looking North from Pilchuck” Group show Camano Island, WA
2002 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Houston, TX
Goldesberry Gallery Houston, TX
Solomon Dubnick Gallery Sacramento, CA
2001 Holsten Gallery Stockbridge, MA
Gallerie Dorita Atlanta, GA
2000 Baisden Gallery Tampa, FL
SOFA Chicago Chicago, IL
R. Duane Reed Gallery St. Louis/Chicago
Gallerie Dorita Atlanta, GA
1999 R. Duane Reed Galleries Chicago / St. Louis
Holsten Gallery Stockbridge, MA
Gallerie Dorita Atlanta, GA
Gallerie Alegria Birmingham, AL
Arts of Utah Gallery Salt Lake City, UT
1998 Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Port Angeles, WA
Pilchuck Staff Exhibit Foster/White Gallery Seattle, WA
1997 William Traver Gallery Group Show Seattle, WA
Poncho Juried Auction Seattle,WA
Vetri International Glass Seattle, WA
1996 Jewish Federation Menorah Show Seattle, WA
History of the World Gallery Camano Is., WA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Josslin, Victoria, “Review: Group Exhibition,” The Urban Glass Quarterly, Fall/Issue 132, p. 56
DeCagna, Gina, “Rik Allen’s Futuristic ‘Seeker’ Museum Exhibition,” The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet, June
Zoellner, Andrew, “The Outer Limits,” American Craft magazine, June
2012 Cheek, Lawrence W., “Rik Allen’s Rockets,” Western Art & Architecture, October/November, p. 150
2011 New Glass Review 33, Reviewed, and Significant Accusations; The Corning Museum of Glass Annual
Gutierrez, Jason, “Rik Allen boldly goes where no Glass Artist has gone before,” Glass, The Urban Glass Quarterly, Fall, pp. 12-13
“Adrift,” American Art Collector, October, p. 156
Jackson, Devon, “To Infinity and Beyond,” Santa Fean, Fall
2010 Carver, Jon; “Rik Allen”, THE magazine, Critical reflections : page 53
Borgwardt, Michelle, “Incortex,” American Art Collector, Fall 2010
Dewalt, Robert,” Space Modulator,” Pasa Tiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican October 1, 2010
2009 Josslin, Victoria, “Morris Code,” Glass, The Urban Glass Quarterly
Davison, Dave, “Emerging artists reveal their inspirations at Traver Gallery,” Tacoma Weekly, May 2008 Simon, William, “Dreams Lift off at the Science Fiction Museum,” Launch Magazine, May
Hackett, Regina, “Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 25
Glowen, Ron, “Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen,” American Craft Magazine, March/April
Wagoneer, Shawn; “Innersphere, Sculptural Works by Rik Allen,”Art Glass Magazine, March, pp. 64-68
2008 Cass, Robin, “Innersphere; Sculptural Works by Rik Allen,” Critical Issues, Glass Art Society News, March
2007 Goffredo, Theresa. “Blast off into a world of space imagination,”The Herald, Everett, WA
Lintereur, Josh. “Space Sculptures-the Voyages of an Artist,”Skagit Valley Herald, November 22
2006 500 Glass Objects, pg. 384, Lark Publishing
2005 “Team Effort,” Artisan Northwest Magazine, Spring Issue, p.24
2002 Carol Duvall Show, Aired May 23, 2002
“Marriage in Glass” Interviewed/filmed working in glass studio
2001 American Craft magazine June/July, Portfolios Section p76
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009, 2012, 2014
Instructor- Sculpture Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2008 Instructor -Glass Penland Craft Center, Penland, NC
2007 Instructor- Sculpting techniques Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
2006 Instructor – Sculpture Techniques International Glass Festival, Stourbridge,
England
2006, 2011 Instructor –Surface + Sculpture Pittsburgh Center for Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Elon Musk, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Eugene Roddenberry, Los Angeles, CA
Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham, WA
Blue Origin Aerospace, Kent, WA
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
Boeing World Headquarters, Chicago, IL
Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
Jeff Bezos Collection, Seattle, WA
Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA
