EDUCATION
1994 Haystack School of Craft
1993 Rhode Island School of Design - BFA Glass
1992,93,98,05,16 Pilchuck Glass School
1987-88 Silvermine Guild of Arts - 4 quarters in Sculpture
AWARDS
2022 Biot International Glass Festival- Honored Artist alongside Lino Tagliapietra and Julie Legrand.
2022 Centre d’Art du Verre Pierini- Artist Residency
2019 Star Works Firefest Featured artist and residency Star NC.
2019 Ignite Artist Studios Artist Residency Chicago Ill.
2017 FOCI Artist Residency, Minneapolis Minn.
2017 Henry Ford Museum artist residency Dearborn Michigan
2016 Fuel Their Fire Residency Museum of Glass Tacoma
2007 Summer Artist Residency at The Museum of Glass Tacoma Washington
2004 Creative Glass Center of America – 3-month artist residency
1998 Pilchuck Glass School - Scholarship Corning Award
1995 Pratt Fine Arts Center - John and Mary Shirley Scholarship
1995 Creative Glass Center of America – 3-month artist residency
1993, 1995, 2005 Pilchuck Glass School - Full Scholarship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Tulsa Glassblowing Center- Glass Instructor
2022 Pittsburg Glass Center- Glass Instructor
2019 Toyama Glass School Japan- visiting artist demonstration
2018 Pilchuck Glass School-Glass Instructor
2017 Jam Factory Adelaide Australia- Glass instructor
2017 Australia National University-Guest artist visiting critic
2017 Penland School of Crafts NC- Glass Instructor
2014 Pratt Fine Arts (Seattle)- Glass Instructor
2014 Penland School of Crafts NC- Glass Instructor
2012 Toyama Glass Center, Toyama, Japan- Visiting Artist and instructor
2010 Emporia State University - Visiting Artist
2009,13 Pilchuck Glass School -Glass Instructor
2009 Illinois State University - Visiting Artist
2008,13 Pittsburgh Glass Center - Glass instructor
2005 Centre College - Visiting Artist
2002 Appalachian School of Crafts - Visiting Artist
2002-14 Pilchuck Glass School - Guest Artist
1996-07 Haystack School of Crafts - Teaching Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
1994-96 Pratt Fine Arts Center - Glass Instructor
WORK EXPERIENCE
1994-present - Assistant to Maestro Lino Tagliapietra
2019- Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Toyama Museum of Glass, Toyama Japan
2018- Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, GAS conference Venice Italy
2016- Assitant to Lino Tagliapietra, Maldives Soneva Fushii
2014-present Preston Singletary Studios- glass blower
2013 Canberra, Australia- Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
2012-13 Bullseye Glass Factory Portland Oregon- Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
2010 Nuutajarvi, Finland – Glass blower for Dale Chihuly
2007,08,11,12 Pilchuck Glass School- Gaffer
2008 Istanbul, Turkey - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra at Cam Ocagi Glass School
2008 Poces De Caldos, Brazil - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra at C'a D'oro Factory
2006 Adelaide, Australia, Jam Factory - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
2005 Venice, Italy - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
2005 Nuutajarvi, Finland – Glass blower for Dale Chihuly
2002-2004 Sonja Blomdahl - Gaffer
1998-99 Bulls Eye Glass Factory, Portland, OR - Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
1999 Kona, Hawaii – Glass blower for Dale Chihuly, youth outreach promotional
1998 Pilchuck Glass School - Gaffer
1997 Bulls Eye Glass Factory, Portland, OR – Glass blower for Dale Chihuly
1993-1998 Chihuly Inc. - Glass Blower
1998-01 Chihuly Inc. – Head Gaffer at Chihuly Boathouse
1996-97 Manifesto Corp - Glassblower
1993-95 Assistant to Benjamin Moore Inc., Dante Marioni, Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Traver Gallery-Seattle, WA-“Not So Funhouse” Solo Show
2019 Anno Domini Galleries- San Jose, CA- “Transmutation” Group Show
2018 Hawk Gallery Group Show with Nancy Callen and Rik Allen, Columbus, OH
2016 International Traveling Show, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2014 New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut- “21stCentury Glass” June/September
2014 Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin- “Once Upon A Time: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Contemporary Art” May/Sept
2011 Traver Gallery Seattle August/September
2010 Museum of Glass- Tacoma, WA- "Fertile Ground" Group Show
2010 Schantz Galleries- Stockbridge, MA- Group Show
2009 William Traver Gallery- Seattle, WA-"Inspirations" Group Show
2008 Holsten Galleries- Stockbridge, MA- Group Show
2007 Museum of Glass- Tacoma, WA- Lino Tagliapietra Living Legacies Show
2007 D&A Fine Arts- Los Angeles, CA- Solo Show
2006 William Traver Gallery- Seattle Wa.-Solo Show
2005 SOFA Chicago with William Traver Gallery
2004 D&A Fine Arts- Los Angeles, CA- Group
2003 Creative Glass Center of America- Millville, NJ- 20/20 Show of Past Fellows
2001 Fuller Museum of Art- Brockton, MA- Lino and Friends Show
1997 Creative Glass Center of America- Millville, NJ- Exhibit of Glass Painters
1995-04 Museum of American Glass- Millville, NJ- Permanent Collection
1994 Leedy Volkos Gallery- Kansas City, MO- Group Show