Born in 1963 in San Francisco, CA
Tribal Affiliation: Tlingit
EDUCATION
1984-99 Pilchuck Glass School, studied with Lino Tagliapietra, Cecco Ongaro, Benjamin Moore, Dori Brand, Judy Hill, Dan
Dailey and Pino Signoretto, Stanwood, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1985-pres. Assistant Glass Blower to Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Fritz Dreisbach, Dante Marioni,
Lino Tagliapietra, Temo Sarpenava, Stanislav Libensky, Sonja Blomdahl, Ann Wåhlstrom, Marvin Lipofsky
2004 Museum of Art and History, Lecturer, Anchorage, AK
Native Heritage Center, Lecturer, Anchorage, AK
2003 The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Guest lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Lecturer, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty Instructor, Stanwood, WA
Museum of Northwest Art, Guest Lecturer, LaConner, WA
University of Washington's Native Studies, Guest Lecturer, Seattle, WA
California College of Art and Crafts, Guest Lecturer, Oakland, CA
San Francisco State University, Guest Lecturer, San Francisco, CA
2002 Microsoft Art Collection Panel Discussion, Guest Lecturer, Collecting Glass Today
The Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian, Guest Lecturer and Demonstration, The James Renwick Alliance
Museum of Northwest Art, Guest Lecturer, The Shaman Who Went into the Fire
2001 Native American Art Society Association Conference, Guest lecturer, From the Fire Pit of the Canoe People
Instructor and Co-Creator, Founders Totem Pole, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Artist Assistant to Joe David, Artist in Residence Program, Stanwood, WA
Taos Glass Arts and Education, Visiting Artist, Taos, NM
1992-99 Pilchuck Glass School, Collectors Conference Workshop, Stanwood, WA
1999 Glass Art Society, Blowing Demonstration, Tampa, FL
1998 Ezra Glass Studio, Visiting Artist, Documents 98, Kanazu, Japan
1993 Kosta Boda, Workshops & Demonstrations, Sweden, Itala and Nuutaajarvi, Finland
Co-Founded Maggio Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1988-90 Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, Stanwood, WA
1982-85 The Glass Eye Studios, Glass Blower, Seattle, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Uncle Who Walked into the Forest, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2005 From the Fire Pit of the Canoe People, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Effigy, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Boreal Traditions, Anchorage, AK
2003 Vision Quest, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Threshold, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2002 Vision Quest, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Clan House, William Traver Gallery, Seatlle, WA
Glass Potlatch, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Glass Formline, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Current Work, Gallery San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
New Work, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA
One Man Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 Jeff Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1991 -97 Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1991 The West End Gallery, Bethesda, MD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Living Legacies: Homage to a Maestro, curated by Margery Aronson, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007 Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Hybrid Harves: Contemporary Native American Arts, Visual Arts Center, University of California, Fullerton, CA
Fusing Traditions, The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2, Museum of Art +Design, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
Visions in Glass, Collaboration with Tammy Garcia, Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
2nd Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2004 Vetri. Nel Mondo. Oggi., Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere de Arti, Venice, Italy
Group Exhibition, Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
Our Universe, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC
Multiplicity: Glass in All its Glory, Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Sea-Tac, WA
Traveling Road Show, Blue Rain Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA
1995-pres. Instructor's Exhibitions, Center on Contemporary Arts, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1989-pres. The Annual Pilchuck Glass Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Blue Rain Exhibition, Traveling Road Show, Palm Springs, CA
2003 nDn Art, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Representing Representation VI, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Anniversary Exhibition, Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
Group Exhibition, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Fusing Traditions, Traveling Exhibition: Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA; Craft and Folk Art Museum,
Los Angeles, CA; Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA; Anchorage
Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK; Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK; Mashantucket Pequot Museum
and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT
Art & At.oow!, Sealaska Juried Art Show, Juneau, AK
25th Anniversary Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 Collaborations in Glass, Quintana Gallery, Portland, OR
Lino Tagliapietra et Amici, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA
2000 Traditions in Glass, Sheldon Museum, Haines, AK
Blue Rain Roadshow, San Francisco, CA
Head, Heart, and Hands, DeLand Museum, DeLand, FL, Birmingham International Festival & the American Folk Art
Museum, Orlando, FL, Yakima Nation Museum & Cultural Center and American Craft Museum, New York, NY
2000 Indian Art Northwest & Butters Gallery, Festival & Gallery Show, Portland, OR
Millennium Glass, Kentucky Arts & Crafts Gallery, Louisville, KY
Cultural Edge: Contemporary Views of Native Artists, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
1999 Glass Formline, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Invitational Road Show, Blue Rain Gallery, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
Port of Seattle Show, Sea-Tac Airport, Sea-Tac, WA
1998 Premonitions, Spirit Wrestler, Vancouver, B.C.
Head, Heart & Hands, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Head, Heart & Hands, Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
Invitational Exhibition, Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
Port of Seattle Show, Sea-Tac Airport, Sea-Tac, WA
1997 Four in Glass, Fova Gallery, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
Kiva Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Passion Afire, Seattle, WA
NW Coast Images in Glass, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
1993 -97 Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR
5 NW Artists, Gumps, San Francisco, CA
1988 -96 Annual Goblet Show, The Glass House, Seattle, WA
1996 A New Generation, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 A Powerful Presence, Pilchuck 25 Years, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
1994 Six Glass Artists, Gallery Glass 1, Stockholm, Sweden
1991-92 Goblet Show, Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
1992 New Visions, The Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
1990 Goblet Show, Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989 International Glass Trade Show, Tokyo, Japan
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
City of Seattle, Portable Art Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (Rakow Commission)
Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA
Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Heard Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, NC
The Museum of Natural History, Anchorage, AK
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of the Red River, Idabel, OK
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
St. Paul's Cathedral, Oklahoma City, OK
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Washington Mutual Savings Bank, Seattle, WA
Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2004 1st Place Contemporary Art, Sealaska Heritage Foundation, "Celebration 2004," AK
2003 Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2002 Purchase Award, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
2nd Place Sealaska Juried Art Show, "Art & At.oow!" Juneau, AK
2000 Mayor's Award and 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR
1999 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place, Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR
Study Grant, Washington Mutual Foundation, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998 First Place, Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR
1996 The Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1995 Study Grant, Washington Mutual Foundation, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1988, 90 The Glass House Goblet Competition Purchase Award
1985 Work Study Grant, The Institute of Alaska Native Arts
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Enriques, Lucia. "Reflecting Traditions," Seattle Times, Northwest Life section, p. 1, 4, Oct. 18, 200
2004 "Glass Acts," Art & Antiques, May 2004, pp. 43-49
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, 2004, pp. 77-79
Kangas, Matthew. "Vision Quest," Glass Magazine, June 2004
2003 Yelle, Richard Wilfred. International Glass Art, Shiffler Publishing, pp. 304-305
Kastner, Carolyn and Tunis, Rosalyn. "Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American Artists,"
American Indian Art Magazine, Spring, P.56
Gurt, Carl Johan. "Preston Singletary, Tlingit," Fjärde Världen, January 2003, pg. 5-11
Indyke, Dottie. "Preston Singletary" Southwest Art Magazine, June 2003, pg. 32-34
Worssam, Nancy. "Crossing the Threshold," Queen Anne Magnolia News, June 11, pg. 14
Wagonfeld, Judy. "The Perfect Couple: Native American artifacts and glass art," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 6,
pg.18
Villani, John Carlos. "Breaking Into Glass," The Arizona Republic, May 11, pg. E1
Herem, Barry. "A Seattle Collection," Native Peoples, July/August, pg. 64-66
"Vision Quest," Art Access, January, 2003
"SAM Merges Native Art from the Past with Modern Styles," The Daily, University of Washington, May 29, pg. 7
2002 Falk, Lars. "The Jet City," Gant Fall and Winter Catalogue, 2001
Hackett, Regina. "In the Galleries," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 7. P. D-1
"Tradition and Experiment Fuse. . .," Anchorage Daily News, June 13,2002, pg. D6
2001 Wyatt, Gary. "Cross Cultural Fusion," Native Peoples Magazine, November Issue, Pilchuck Totem Pole
Wichert, Geoff. "Clan House: Preston Singletary at William Traver," Glashaus, 4th ed.pg. 6-7
2000 "Modern Masters," HGTV Artist Profile, aired January 25
1999 LeDuff, Charlie. "Native Art You Won't See in the Casinos," New York Times, September 19
Ganglehoff, Bonnie. "Artist Profile," Southwest Art, August
Native and European Traditions Meet," Native Peoples Magazine, Creating Section, Spring
Wyatt, Gary. "Mythic Beings," Spirit Art of the NW Coast. Pub. by Douglas & MacIntyre
1998 Brown, Glen. "Four in Glass," New Art Examiner, March
King, Gail. "Tackling Tradition with Style and Wit," The Wall Street Journal, September 4
1997 Gault, Ramona. "Feature Article," Indian Artist Magazine, Winter
Kangas, Matthew. "Four in Glass," Fova Galleries, Lubbock, TX,
St. James Guide to Native North American Artists, Bio
Updike, Robin. "A Place to Reflect." The Seattle Times, March 30
1996 Wichert, Geoff. "A New Generation," Glass Magazine, No. 63
1995 Stone, Lage. Sköna Hem, (interior magazine), Sweden, July
1990 Weiss, Dick. "The Glassblowers of the Pacific NW," Glasswork Magazine, Japan, No.11
