EDUCATION
2001 BFA in Glass and Glass Sculpture, Rochester Institute of Technology, School For American Crafts, Rochester, NY
Glass Forming and Sculpture with Robin Cass and Michael Taylor
1998-00 Blown Forms and Coldworking Techniques with Jane Bruce, Fired Enamels and Flat Glass with Denise Stillwagon
Leone, Flameworking with Emilio Santini, Advanced Blowing Techniques with William Gudenrath and Louis Olsen,
The Studio at Corning, Corning, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002- pres. Museum of Glass, Lead Gaffer, Tacoma, WA
2008 Glass Art Society, Demonstration on Corning Mobile Hot Shop, Portland, OR
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Gaffer session 1, for artist in residence Trimpin
2003 Glass Art Society, Demonstration on Corning mobile stage Seattle, WA
2002 Bacchus Glass, Gaffer and assistant to Frank Cavaz Sonoma, CA
California Glass Exchange, Assistant to Robin Cass, demonstrator
2001 Glass Art Society Demonstration, Assistant to Robin Cass, hot glass demonstration Corning,NY
1999 Blenko Glass Factory, Assistant for Hank Murta Adams, hot glass casting Milton, West Virginia
1994 Thames Street Glass, Newport, RI
1999 Gaffing position for production line; responsible for charging, light up and shut down of studio
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Kinesthesia, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Work, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Gesture and Cadence, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Pilchuck Glass Exhibition: Each Year the Fire Burns Brighter, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Life Forms, solo, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2006 Framework, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Exhibit, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
SOFA New York, New York, NY
Spotlight on: Glass, Cervini Haas, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Glass Invitational, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Cocktails at Fire, Facere Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2003 Artists of My Era, Area, Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
2001 Glass Art Society Student Exhibition, second prize, Corning, NY
58th Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Sculptural Glass Exhibition, Gallery R, Rochester, NY
Senior Thesis Show, The Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
Student Honors Show, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
James Renwick Alliance Annual Gala and Auction, Second Prize
2000 Haystack TA Exhibition, Haystack Benefit Auction, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Outdoor Light Exhibition, The Museum of Luminous Phenomena, Alfred, NY
1999 Permanent installations commission, Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, Teaching Assistant for Robin Cass, Session 3, glassblowing
2002 The Studio at Corning, Teaching Assistant for Robin Cass, beginning glass blowing class Corning, NY
2000 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant for Robin Cass, beginning glassblowing class, Deer Isle,
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
2002 The New Glass Review, number 23
2001 Niche Award Winner, Glass-Sculptural
2000 President, RIT Glass Club
PUBLICATIONS
2006 American Craft, portfolio section, Oct./Nov. 2006
25 Years of New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
500 Glass Objects: A Celebration of Functional & Sculptural Glass, Lark Books
