EDUCATION
2002 - 2005 Appalachian Center for Craft /
Tenn.Tech Univ, Smithville,TN ,Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Glass, Graduated Cum Laude
2004 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA
2003 Pratt Fine Arts Center - Seattle, WA
2000 - 2002 Lewis & Clark College - Portland, OR
EXHIBITIONS
2009 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA - Solo Exhibition - Passage
Pratt Gallery at Toshiro Kaplan Studios, Seattle, WA - Artbridge Fellowship Recipient Exhibition
Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - The New Glass Movement of the Southwest
William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA - Inspired By
2008 The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL - Glorious Glass: Translucent and Opaque
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA - Pilchuck Emerging Artists in Residence
Butter's Gallery, Portland, OR - King Street Concentric
Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA - Live Section, Annual Auction
Prism Contemporary, Chicago, IL - Exposure: Emerging Artists
Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Invitational Glass Exhibition
William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA - Now: Glass on the Cutting Edge
2007 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark - Young Glass 2007
Prism Contemporary, Chicago, IL - Annual Invitational Exhibition
William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA - Solo Exhibition - Natural Abstractions
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA - Live Section, Annual Auction
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA - Pilchuck Glass Exhibition
2006 The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland - Reflections: A Decade of North Lands Creative Glass
The Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID - Pilchuck 20
The Lybster Gallery, Lybster, Scotland - Northlands Artists In Residence
D'Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle, WA- Seattle Emerging Artist's
2005 Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction, Seattle, WA - Live Auction
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN- B.F.A Thesis Exhibition
Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY - Hot Glass in the Blue Grass
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 Pratt Fine Arts Center
Artbridge Fellowship Recipient
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Jurors Choice Award
2007 Pilchuck Glass School
Emerging Artist in Residence
2006 Northlands Creative Glass Center
Artist in Residence
2005 Glass Art Society
Student Scholarship to attend conference in Adelaide, Australia
Pratt Fine Arts Center
John and Mary Shirley Emerging Glass Artist Scholarship
Niche Student Competition
Glass Sculpture Finalist
2004 Pilchuck Glass School
Partner Scholarship with Appalachian Center for Craft
2002 Lewis & Clark College
Grant for independent studies with Lynn Read in Portland, OR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA
Member of the Board of Trustees
Artist Trust - Seattle, WA
Edge Professional Development Program
Pratt Fine Arts Center - Seattle, WA
Auction Centerpiece Designer
2006- Present Benjamin Moore Inc. - Seattle, WA
Hot Shop Assistant to Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dan Dailey, Preston Singletary and Dante Marioni
2008- Present Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA
- Member of the Artistic Program Advisory Committee
- Summer Hot Shop Coordinator
2007 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA
Hot Shop Coordinator
2006 Tacoma Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
Guest Artist
2006 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA
Hot Shop Technician
2003-Present Ethan Stern Design
Hot Shop Assistant to Ethan Stern, Coldworker
2002 - 2005 CB Glass - Smithville, TN
Hot Shop production assistant to Curtiss Brock
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA - Teaching Assistant to Michael Fox
2006 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA - Intro to Glassblowing - Instructor
Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA - Teaching Assistant to Richard Royal
2005 Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, WA - Teaching Assistant to Bettina Visentin
2004-05 Appalachian Center for Craft - Smithville, TN
- The Fundamentals of Glassworking: Hot & Cold - Instructor
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 New Glass Review 30 Corning Museum of Glass p. 35
2008 St. Petersburg Times - "The Chihuly Effect", Nov. 30, sec. L
2007 Young Glass 2007 - Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, 2007
2007 Tacoma Weekly "Traver Gallery Unveils New Talent" p. D2
2006 New Glass Review 27 Corning Museum of Glass, p. 46
2006 Reflections - A Decade of Northlands Glass, p. 47
