Artists

Orfeo Quagliata

EDUCATION

1985-present        Began apprenticing at age 12 with his father, the acclaimed artist, Narcissus             Quagliata
1993-98                 BFA, dual major: Industrial Design and Furniture, California College of Arts and Crafts. Graduated with high

                                distinction

1990-92                 Apprenticed under Catalonian glass artist, Joseph Fernandez Castrillo, in Barcelona, Spain

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001-present        Design Director, PHUZE, a glass fusing company based in Mexico City
1999-present        Designer, NOUVELL, a glass company based in Mexico City
1995-present        Commissioned works for Bill Rush, Raoul Kennedy, Steve Levine, Danny Coster
1996-99                 Design Assistant, CCD, the studio of furniture designer, Christopher C. Deam
                                Assistant to Narcissus Quagliata, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome, Italy       

                                Helped design and fabricate a crystal dome for the last architectural work of Michael Angelo Bonarotti at the

                                National Church of Italy. Installation completed in Oct. ‘99

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006                       Under the Microscope, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2001                       Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
1999                       Between the Lines, James Irvine Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                                Craps, installation, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2001                       Bullseye Connection, Portland, OR
2000                       A New Wave in Glass, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
                                Form Follows, University of California Davis, department of environmental design, Davis, CA
                                Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction, Seattle, WA
1999                       4@3A, 3A Garage South Park, San Francisco, CA
                                Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction, Seattle, WA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1999-01                 Instructor, "Three-dimensional Thinking", California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1997-00                 Teaching assistant and translator for Venetian glass master Mario Seguso, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood,

                                WA
                                Teaching assistant for Lee Lyon, Jacqueline Spiro and Narcissus Quagliata

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