Born in 1963 in Endicott, NY
EDUCATION
1986 BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, PA
1999 Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, Stanwood, WA
1997 Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, Stanwood, WA
1996 Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, Stanwood, WA
1991 Corning Business Development Center, Instructor, Corning, NY
1989 Assistant to Dan Dailey and Lino Tagliapietra, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
1988 Tunbridge Glassworks, Gaffer, VT
1986 Artpark, Assistant, Lewiston, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Verve, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2006 Bunt, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Farbenfreude, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1994 Objects, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 Artspace, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1992 AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
1991 Drawings, Paintings and Glass, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
Glass: Paintings on Traditional Vessels, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Clay and Glass, Atrium Gallery, Corning, NY
2004 Objects in/and Visual Culture, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
2002 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Forms, Red Bank, NJ
2001 Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
2000 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1999 Glass Art Documents '98, Kanazu, Japan
New Directions, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1998 Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Young Glass, The Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Transformation, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Horses, Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
The Ripple Effect in Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
1996 Breaking the Mold: New Directions in Glass, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1995 American Glass Now, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Paint and Glass - The Expressive Connection, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Pilchuck Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
East Coast Glass, Charlotte Rowe Arts Galleries, The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
Glass as Art: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Glass Art Society, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
1994 The Beauty of Painted Glass: New Directions in the Northwest, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Habatat Galleries, Birmingham, MI
Judy Youens Gallery, TX
Focal Points, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
Pilchuck in New York, Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Appropriations & Assimilations, Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Pilchuck Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 Susan Duval Gallery, Aspen, CO
Plaza of the Americas Gallery, Dallas, TX
A Glass for Wine, Christies, New York, NY
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1992 Contemporary Painting on Glass, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glass America, Heller Gallery, NY
1991 World Glass Exhibition, Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
NYEGW Auction, Christies, New York, NY
Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Glass America, Heller Gallery, NY
Past and Present, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
From the Creative Workshop, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY
1990 Pilchuck Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
C.G.C.A. Auction, Sotheby's, New York, NY
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1989 C.G.C.A., Seven Year Legacy, Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1988 Young Americans, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Taking Shape: Sculptural Glass Now, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Pilchuck Show, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
RIT Past and Present, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Glass Sculpture 1987, Stein Gallery, Portland, ME
Pilchuck Show, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Works in Glass, Crafts Alliance, St. Louis, MO
The Show, Ward Gallery, Rochester, NY
Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY
Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY
E.S.C.A. Benefit Auction, Steuben Glass, New York, NY
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Pilchuck Show, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
American Craftsmen, Rice Gallery, Albany, NY
Through the Looking Glass, New Bedford Glass Museum, New Bedford, MA
Stein Gallery, Portland, ME
Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
C.G.C.A. Auction, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
New American Glass: Focus 2 West Virginia, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Robert L. Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Maryland Crafts Council; National Crafts Exhibition, Courtyard Galleries, Baltimore, MD
1985 New Jersey Arts Annual: Clay and Glass, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Crafts: National, Upton Hall Galleries, Buffalo, NY
Michael Taylor + 11, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
1984 Capital Glass Invitational, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
RIT Glass, Germanow Gallery, Rochester, NY
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
American Craft Museum, NY
Davis, Wright and Jones, WA
Ezra Foundation, Japan
Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
Huntington Museum of Art, WV
Pilchuck Glass School, WA
Prescott Collection, WA
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Japan
Wheaton Museum of American Glass, NJ
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2002 Creative Glass Center of America, Fellowship, Wheaten Village, NJ
1994 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Recipient
1990 Creative Glass Center of America, Fellowship, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Grant
1988 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship Recipient
Pilchuck Glass School, Saxe Emerging Artist in Residence, Stanwood, WA
1987 Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
1985 Creative Glass Center of America, Fellowship, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007 Penn State University, Drawing and Design Instructor, PA
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Workshop with Therman Statom, PA
2006 Penn State University, Instructor, PA
Pittsburgh Glass Center, with Joe Cariati, PA
Urban Glass, Faculty, with Paul Cunningham, New York, NY
2005 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Faculty, with Paul Cunningham, PA
2004 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Faculty, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
Penland School of Crafts, Faculty, Penland, NC
1999 Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty, Providence, RI
1997 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
Rochester Institute of Technology, Faculty / Lecturer, School for American Crafts, NY
1994 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty with Kiki Smith, Stanwood, WA
Rochester Institute of Technology, Faculty, NY
1993 Penland School of Arts and Crats, Faculty, NC
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Faculty, Deer Isle, ME
Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1992 Urban Glass, Faculty, NY
1991 Tyler School of Art, Faculty, PA
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant with Dan Dailey, Ben Moore and Billy Burnstein, Deer Isle, ME
1990 Golden Glass School, Instructor, Cincinnati, OH
Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant with Danté Marioni, Stanwood, WA
1988 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant with Paul Marioni, Stanwood, WA
1987 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant with KeKe Cribbs, Patrick Wadley, Willie Dexter and James Harmon,
Stanwood, WA
1986 Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant with Ulrica Vallien, Stanwood, WA
PUBLICATIONS
1999 Glass Art Documents '98 in Kanuzu, Exhibition Catalog, pp.12-13, 37
1997 Porges, Maria. Glass Magazine #68, Fall issue, p. 59
The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Exhibition Catalog, PA, pp. 6, 25
Young Glass, Exhibition Book, pp. 78-79, 152
1996 Huntsville Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalog, AL
1994 Heartney, Eleanor. "Thomas Farbanish, Traditionalist", Glass Magazine #57, Fall issue, pp. 30-35
1993 Douglas, Mary. Glass Magazine #53, Spring issue, pp 48-49
1992 Miro, Marsha. "Sea of Glass", Detroit Free Press, April 3
Kelley, Gail. "Bigger is Better at Lebonon Exhibit", The Boston Globe, Nov. 8
Kangas, Matthew. "Exhibit at Traver Gallery Reflects the Many Facets of Glass Art", Seattle Times
1991 Tucker, Patrick. "Glass in Fashion", Museum and Arts
Jacobsen, Sebby. "Glass in All It's Variety", Rochester Times-Union, May 2
Glasswork Magazine, Japan
Christies Catalogue for NYEGW
1990 Sotheby's Catalogue for CGCA, March issue
Portfolio, American Craft, Oct. issue
New Glass Review 11, Corning Museum of Glass
Glasswork Magazine, Japan, Oct. issue
1987 New Glass Review 8, Corning Museum of Glass
1986 New Glass Review 7, Corning Museum of Glass
"RIT, A School For Craftsmen", New Work Magazine
1985 New Glass Review 6, Corning Museum of Glass
"Surprises At the Morris Museum", New York Times
