Born in 1962 in Tamworth, N.S.W., Australia
EDUCATION
2005 MA in Psychology and Art Therapy, Antioch University, Seattle, WA
1991 Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship with Kurt Wallstab, Stanwood, WA
1986-89 Tama Art University, Research Scholarship to Masters Program, Tokyo, Japan
1982-84 BA in Jewelry Making, Glass and Silversmithing, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002 Established flameworking studio and school, Misioneros Del Camino Foster Home, Sumpango, Gautemala
Ausglass Conference, Lecture/ Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2001 "The Contemporary Flameworking Movement, Is There One?" presentation, "Exploding the Myths" workshop, Ausglass
Conference
"Contemporary Flameworked Glass", presentation, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
1999 Presentation/Workshop, Jewelry/Metal Symposium, University of Washington and Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Kent State University, Workshop/Lecture, Kent, OH
James Renwick Alliance, Workshop/Lecture, Washington, DC
1998 Workshop/Lecture, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
1994-05 Awards and Auction Items, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
1991-95 Designed Boeing Computer Services, Vice President's Award, Boeing, Seattle, WA
1991 Speaker at Glass Art Society Conference, "Contemporary Lampworking: An International Overview," Corning, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2004 Go for Baroque, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2000 Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
1999 Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1997 Foster/ White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1996 Foster/ White, Kirkland, WA
1995 Fruits of Thought, Foster/ White Gallery, Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Cálido, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2006 Glass Jewelry, two-person exhibition with Renata Crowe, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Razzle-Dazzle, Chandelier Exhibit, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI
2004 Currency, Glass Jewelry Exhibition, Bullseye, Portland, OR
2003 Wearable Works, with Blanche Tilden, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Wearable Works, with Blanche Tilden, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia
2002 New Artists, New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Strung Out, International Jewelry Exhibition, Bullseye, Portland, OR
2000 Group Glass Jewelry Exhibition, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Glass/Metal Connection: A Jewelry Art Show, Facere, Seattle, WA
Assemblage, Group Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Too Hot to Handle, Group Exhibition, The Hope Collection, Santa Fe, NM
1999 The Tip of the Iceberg, Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
L'Eau Claire De Cristal, Scalzo Fine Art Gallery, Bellaire Bluffs, FL
1998 New Glass Jewelry, Joan Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1983-97 Group Exhibitions: Australia, Europe, Japan, and North America
1997 Survey: Flame Working ‘97, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
The Goblet: Artistry, Ritual, and Function, TriArt Gallery, Louisville, KT
1996 Contemporary Lampwork, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Glass and Gold, Arts Afire Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1995 23rd International Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, MI
Pilchuck 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Foster/ White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
International Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, FL
American Contemporary Art Jewelry, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992-95 Pilchuck Glass Exhibit, Seattle - Tacoma International Airport, SeaTac, WA
1993-92 International Pilchuck Exhibit, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991-92 Glas Schmuck, Touring various European destinations
1990 3 Person Show, Seibu Art Salon, Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Neus Glas - Vor Der Lampe Gelasen, Monica Borgward Gallery, Bremen, Germany
1989 Diversions, 2 Person Show, Glass Artists' Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1989 2 New Glass Artists, Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Variations, 2 Person Show, Glass Artists' Gallery, Sydney, Australia
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Alan Benaroya
Donna Benaroya
Charles A. Wuston Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, NY
Don Foster
Bill Gates
Alice Greene McKinney
Anne Gould - Hauberg
John H. Hauberg
Henry Hillman Jr.
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, IL
Gary Larson
Ruby Z. Montana
Orange City Art Gallery, Australia
Paul & Elmira Parkman
Mary Tyler-Moore
The Perlen Museum, Berlin, Germany
The Power House Museum, Sydney, Australia
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Ginny Ruffner
Jon & Mary Shirley
Paul Stankard
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Australia
Don & Carol Wiiken
Theodore Wight
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1991 Scholarship recipient with Kurt Wallstab, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1989-90 Artist in Residence, Niijima Glass Art Center, Niijima, Japan
1986-89 Research Scholarship, Master's Program, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
1986 A.C.I. "Glass In Public Places" Prize, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
The Glass Furnace, Turkey
2004 Touchstone School of Crafts, PA
2003 The Australian National University,
The Glass Furnace, Turkey
2002 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
1999 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
The Studio at Corning Glass Center, Corning, NY
Kent State University
1998 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
1997-98 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1994-96 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
Pratt Fine Arts School, Seattle, WA
1994 Urban Glass, New York, NY
Espace Verre, Montreal, Canada
1992-93 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood,WA
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1991 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant to Cesare Rossit, Stanwood, WA
1989-90 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant to Ginny Ruffner, Stanwood, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2006 500 Glass Objects, Lark Books
2000 "New Talent for the Millennium," Glass Magazine, Number 78, Spring 2000
"Glass Art", Urban Glass, pg. 169
1998 "Glorious Goblets," American Style Magazine, Fall Issue
1995 "The Flame Grew Brighter: A Lampworking Overview," Glass Art Magazine
1993 "Fragile Enhancements," Glass Magazine
1991 "Lampworked Glass Outside Europe," Neus Glas Magazine
1990 Corning New Glass Review 11
