Born in 1952 in Norwalk, CT

EDUCATION

1974-79            Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1972-76            BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006                  Museum of Glass, Guest Artist, Tacoma, WA
2005                  Ajeto and Kavalier, Czech Rep., produced for Chihuly and Kelley
2004-05            Kavalier Glass Works, Guest Designer, Sazava, Czech Rep.
2004                  Glass Furnace, Guest Artist, Istanbul, Turkey
                           International Festival of Glass, Participant, Stourbridge, UK
                           Guiness Book of Records Award, World's Largest Bottle of Wine
                           Sunderland University, Guest Lecturer, England
2003-05            Dual Purpose Project, Founder, President, Seattle, WA
2002                  Third International Engraving Symposium, Czechoslovakia
2001-03            Museum of Glass, Founding Hot Shop Director, Tacoma, WA
1988-01            Chihuly Studio, Designer and Colorist, Seattle, WA
1999                  Experience Arts Camp, Master Artist, Seattle, WA
1998                  Experience Arts Camp, Master Artist, Seattle, WA
1988                  Cultural Specialist to Czechoslovakia, US Information Agency
1985-00            International Glass Symposium, Invited Artist, Novy Bor, Czechoslovakia
1978-86            Co-Founder Glass Eye Studio, Seattle, WA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006                 Soldier Factory, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1993                 Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992                 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1990                 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1982                 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2001                 Whidbey Invitational Glass Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2000                 Whidbey Invitational Glass Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
1999                 Whidbey Invitational Glass Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
1998                 Narration in Contemporary Glass, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
1996                 Glass '96 in Japan, Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1995                 Contemporary Glass, New Workshop, Taipei, China
1993                 Chicago International New Art Forms Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1991                 Libensky Alumni 1976-1989, Manes Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia

PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS

Doug and Dale Anderson
Mr. John Hauberg
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Safeco
Seattle Portable Works Collections, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2001                 Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School
1997                 American Scandinavian Foundation
1995-96           Fulbright Scholar to the Czech Republic
1990                 National Endowment for the Arts and Crafts Fellowship
1985-86           International Research and Exchanges Research Grant, Czechoslovakia
1984                 Saxe Emerging Artists Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1976                 Artistic Merit Award, C.C.A.C., Oakland, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2001                 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1996                 Tacoma Art Museum, Instructor
                          Wetterhoff Institute, Glass Instructor, Nuutajarvi, Finland
1995                 Hilltop Artist in Residence Glass, Founding Instructor, Tacoma, WA
                          Wetterhoff Institute, Glass Instructor, Nuutajarvi, Finland
1994                 Hilltop Artist in Residence Glass, Founding Instructor, Tacoma, WA
1993                 Wetterhoff Institute, Glass Instructor, Nuutajarvi, Finland
1992                 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1989                 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1988                 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1987                 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA