EDUCATION
2001 Student of Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Haystack, ME
2000 Student of Dante Marioni & Ann Wahlstrom, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1994 BFA in Metal Sculpture & Hot Glass Sculpture, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1993 Student of Michael Scheiner
1992-93 Concentration on Mig, Tig, Stick & Flux Core Welding, Welder Training & Testing Institute, Allentown, PA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 Residency, Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, WA
2002-present Team Member for Lino Tagliapietra, Seattle, WA
Designer, Gaffer & Teacher, Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
Assistant to Josiah McElheny, caneworking and traditional Italian style blowing techniques, Seattle, WA
2000-present Primary Assistant to Sonja Blomdahl, encalmo techniques, Seattle, WA
2001-present Gaffer and Assistant for Ginny Ruffner, blown & solid sculptures, Seattle, WA
2000-03 Assistant to Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, blown & solid sculptures, Seattle, WA
2000-01 Assistant to Dale Chihuly, member of Chandelier production team, Persian Studio Editions, Chihuly, Inc., Seattle,
WA
1998-00 Welding and Fabrication: Glass Equipment Fabrication, Combustion Systems Pluming, Mold Making, Tig Welding
& International Hotshop Installations, Spiral Arts, Seattle, WA
1996-97 Assistant to Dale Chihuly, member of Chandelier production team, Persian Studio Editions, Chihuly, Inc., Seattle,
WA
1995-97 Assistant at Denny Park Glass Studio, Seattle, WA
1995 Member of production team, Manifesto Glass, Seattle, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Living Legacies: Homage to a Maestro, curated by Margery Aronson, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007-08 Now: Glass on the Cutting Edge, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2004 The Human Factor, Solo Show at Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck 20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
Cocktail & Barware Show, Houston Center for Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Long Live the Lamplighter, Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Bubba Mavis Artist's Drawing Group Show, Seattle, WA
1998 Westering Neon Group Show, Seattle WA
1997 Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
AWARDS
2000 Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Stanwood WA
1993 Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Stanwood WA
Alfred University First Place in Junior Art Exhibition, Alfred, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1993-94 Outdoor Light Exhibition , Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2006 Blow and Sculpt!, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2002-present Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2003 Beginning Glassblowing instruction for at-risk youth, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2002 Teaching Assistant for Josiah McElheny & Jan Erik Ritzman, & Nancy Callan, Haystack Mountain School of
Crafts, Haystack, ME
2001 Teaching Assistant for Nancy Callan & Bronze Casting and Resin Bonded Sand
2000 Teaching Assistant for Ben Moore & Checco Ongaro
Artist's Assistant for Johnathan Seliger
Teaching Assistant for Nancy Callan, The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
1999 Instructed intensive workshop focusing on sculpting techniques & team working Toyamma Glass Art Institute,
Toyamma, Japan
1998 Teaching Assistant for Nancy Callan & Bronze Casting and Resin Bonded Sand, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle,
WA
1997 Intermediate Glassblowing Instructor, Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
The UrbanGlass Review, Art Quarterly, Autumn ‘04
