Artists

Richard Royal

Born in 1952 in the USA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006                Museum of Glass, Featured Artist, Chihuly in Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
                         Museum of Glass, Guest Artist, Tacoma, WA
                         Bay Area Glass Institute, Featured Artist, Visiting Artist Program, San Jose, CA
2004                Museum of Glass, Featured Artist, Leap into Leap Year Event, Tacoma, WA
2003                Glass Art Society, Featured Lecturer, 33rd Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
                         ARTform Exposition, Featured Lecturer, West Palm Beach, FL
                         Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Featured Lecturer & Demonstration, A Celebration of Glass, Louisville, KT
2001                The Studio, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
1999                Waterford Crystal Factory, Artist in Residence, Waterford, Ireland
1998                Waterford Crystal Factory, Artist in Residence, premier program, Waterford, Ireland
1996-98          Dale Chihuly Studio, Gaffer on Special Projects, Seattle, WA
1997                Crystalex, Novy Bor, Czechoslovakia, Symposium
1995                New Orleans School of Glassworks, Workshop Instructor, New Orleans, LA
1978-95          Dale Chihuly Studio, Gaffer, Seattle, WA
1994                University of Illinois, Workshop Instructor, Champagne Urbana, IL
1993                New Orleans School of Glassworks, Workshop Instructor, New Orleans, LA  
                         Ausglass Conference, Speaker, Canberra, Australia
                         Ausglass Summer Workshop, Instructor, Canberra, Australia
1992                Pilchuck Seminar, Collector's Conference, Instructor, Stanwood, WA
1985-92          Benjamin Moore Studio, Gaffer, Seattle, WA
1990                Niijima Glass Art Center, Workshop Instructor, Niijima, Japan
                         Pratt Fine Art Center, Workshop Instructor, Seattle, WA
                         California College of Arts and Crafts, Workshop Instructor, Oakland, CA
1983-90          Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, Stanwood, WA
1989                California College of Arts and Crafts, Workshop Instructor, Oakland, CA
1990                San Francisco State University, Workshop Instructor, CA
1987                University of Minnesota, Workshop Instructor, Minneapolis-St Paul, MN
1982-84          Glass Eye Studio, Design/Production Artist, Seattle, WA
1979-84          Rhode Island School of Design, member of Chihuly Glass Blowing Team, Providence, RI
1983                Summervail/Colorado Mountain College, member of Ben Moore Glass Blowing Team, Minturn, CO
1982                Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, member of Chihuly Glass Blowing Team, Normal, IL
1978-82          Pilchuck Glass School, Hot Shop Technician, Stanwood, WA
1981                Lobmeyer Glass, Artist-in-Residence, Vienna, Austria
1972-80          Owner/Artist, Long Lake Pottery, Olympia, WA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007                Move, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006                Marta Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005                Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004                William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002                Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001                Resurrections: New Work in Glass, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         Glass Weekend, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
2000                Riley Hawk, Cleveland, OH
                         Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999                Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR
                         Friesen Fine Art, Sun Valley, ID
1998                Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL            
1997                Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portaland, OR
                         Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                         Marx Gallery, Chicago, IL
                         Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1996                Lyons/Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
                         Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995                Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
                         Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
                         Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL        
1994                Friesen Fine Art, Sun Valley, ID
                         Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                         Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1993                LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                         Friesen Fine Art, Sun Valley, ID
                         Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
                         Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992                Lyons/Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
                         Maveety Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1991                Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                         Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
                         Christy Taylor Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1990                The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1989                Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                         Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                         Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988                The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1987                Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986                Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985                Richard Ian Green Gallery, Seattle, WA

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
2006                SOFA Chicago, Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL
                         3rd Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
                         Kuivato Glass Gallery, Sedona, AZ
                         Brilliant: Celebrating Pilchuck Glass, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
2005                2nd Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
                         Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, OH
                         D&A Fine Arts, Studio City, CA
                         Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
2004                Palm Beach 3, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
                         Art Miami, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Miami, FL
                         1st Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
                         SOFA Chicago, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
                         Vesperman Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                         Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
                         Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
2003                Group Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         CEO Organization Annual Conference, Glass Exhibition, Seattle, WA
                         LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
                         American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement, The William S. Fairfield Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI (Travelled

                         to Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg,

                         VA, Bertstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, International Museum of Art

                         and Science, McAllen, TX, The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR)
2002                William Traver Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         Through the Generosity of Friends, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
                         Instructor Exhibit, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2001                William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
                         Lino Tagliapietra e Amici, Fuller Museum or Art, Brockton, MA
2000                LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
                         Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
                         Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
                         Millenium Glass, Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation, Louisville, KT
                         Founder's Circle Collection, Mint Museum of Art and Crafts, Charlotte, NC
1999                Outbound: Art at the Forefront of International Exchange, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA
                         17 Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
                         Masters of Contemporary Glass, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                         International Glass Masters Invitational, A.N. Bush Gallery, Salem, OR
                         Enduring Form, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
                         Progressions in Glass, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA
1998                Invitational, Jerald Melburg Gallery, Charlston, SC
                         Invitational, Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997                Hsinchu Cultural Center International Glass Festival, Taiwan
                         Habatat Galleries' 25th Annual International Glass Invitational, Pontiac, MI
                         Heir Apparent: Translating the Secrets of Venetian Glass, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1996               Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
                        Glass Invitational, Jerald Melburg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
                        Invitational Exhibition, J. Gallery, Hong Kong
                        Glass Evolution, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
                        Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                        Glass Invitational, Susan Duval, Aspen, CO
1995               Invitational Exhibition, Monte Cristo Hotel, Everett, WA
                        Northwest Glass: Part I & II, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
                        Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
                        Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
                        Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
                        Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA
1995-98         Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
                        American Art Glass, Hall's Corporation, Kansas City, MO
                        Taipei International Glass Exhibition, Traveling throughout Taiwan
                        Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1994               Contemporary Glass: Process and Techniques, The Gallery at Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
                        Northwest Glass Invitational, Lyons/Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
                        Pilchuck Invitational, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
                        Collective Brilliance: Contemporary Glass, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
                        Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
                        Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
1993               Pilchuck Invitational, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
                        Glass Invitational, Susan Duval, Aspen, CO
                        Harmony in Glass, Marx Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        International Exhibition of Glass, Juried Show, Ka Nazawa, Japan
                        Out of the Fire, Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
                        Nine Decades: Northern California Craft Movement, 1907-Present, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
                        Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
                        Tuscan Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
                        Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs,CA
                        Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
1992-95         Clearly Art: Pilchuck's Glass Legacy, Traveling to fourteen Museums, USA  
1992               LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM    
                        Works in Glass, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
                        Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
                        Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
1991               Chihuly, Scanga and Royal: Works in Glass, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
                        Masterworks: Pacific NW Arts and Crafts Now, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1990-91         Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
1990               Art Work for AIDS, Seattle Center Pavilion, Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA
                        Art in Form, Betsy Rosenfield, Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
                        Fine Art Associates at the Artloft, Honolulu, HI
                        C. Corcoran Gallery, Muskegon, MI    
                        Seattle Plus, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
                        Pacific NW Arts and Crafts Festival, Juried Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue,WA
1989               Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
                        Elegant Vessels, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
                        Glass Invitational, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                        International Glass Exhibition, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
                        Glass 1989, C. Corcuoran Gallery, Muskegon, MI
1988               Pilchuck Glass Show, American Embassy, Prague, Czechoslovakia
                        Northwest Glass Exhibition, Kerns Art Center, Corvalis, OR
                        National Glass Invitational 1988, C. Corcoran Gallery, Muskegon, MI
                        Pilchuck School-The Northwest Glass Experiment, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1987               Glass and Clay, Joanne Lyons Gallery, Aspen, CO
                        Visions in Glass, National Invitational Glass Exhibition, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
                        American Crafts at the Armory, Sponsored by the American Craft Council, NY
                        A Pilchuck Collaboration, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                        Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
                        Contemporary Glass 1987, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX
1986               1986 Glass Invitational, GH Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD
                        Five Northwest Artists, Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978-93         Annual Pilchuck Glass School Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS

Ben Bridge Jewelers, Seattle, WA
Daiichi Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
IBM Collection, New York, NY
Mint Museum of Art & Crafts, Charlotte, NC
Monte Cristo Hotel, Everett, WA
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Price/Waterhouse, Phoenix, AZ
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Rigel Capital Management, Seattle, WA
SAFECO Collection, Seattle, WA
Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle, WA
Seattle First National Bank, Seattle, WA
Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Seattle, WA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
United Parcel Service Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
US Bank Centre, Seattle, WA
Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, Wa
Washington Trust Bank, Spokane, WA
Westinghouse Corporation, Muskegon, MI

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2002               Seattle Chamber Music Festival Featured Artist, Seattle, WA
2001               Passion Afire, Featured Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
1989               Commission for Washington Governor's Award, Washington State Arts Commission
1988               National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002               Pratt Fine Arts Center, Instructor, Seattle, WA
2000               Ohio State University, Workshop Instructor with Danny Perkins, Columbus, OH
                        Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor, Stanwood, WA
1999               University of Hawaii, Workshop Instructor, Manoa, HI
1999               Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Instructor, Deer Isle, ME
1997               Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor, Stanwood, WA
1993               Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor, Stanwood, WA
1989               Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Instructor, Deer Isle, ME
1988               Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor, Stanwood, WA

PUBLICATIONS

2005               Oldknow, Tina. 25 Years of New Glass Review, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
                        Elkjer, Thom. Fine Interiors Magazine, Premiere Issue
                        Elkins, Thom. "A Touch of Glass", Kentucky Advocate, March 4
2003               "Art Glass Inovator Visits Center", The Kentucky Advocate, March 4, 2003, E2
2002               Kangas, Matthew. "Turning Points: How Eight Artists Changed to Glass", Glass Magazine, Fall 2002
1995               Brant, Beverly. American Craft Magazine, review, April-May 1995, p.75
                        Glass Art Magazine, cover story/interview, March-April 1995, pp4-10
1994               Glass & Art Magazine, (Japan) Fall 1994, pp.60-61
                        Kangas, Matthew. Glass Magazine, review Fall 1994, issue #57, p.48
                        Southwest Art Magazine, February 1994, p.28
1993               Art & Antiques Magazine, December 1993, p.91
                        Seattle Magazine, December 1993, p.26
                        Art Now, Southwest Gallery Guide, "Preview" TM p.11
1992               New Work Magazine, 1992 issue #11
                        New Glass Review, 1992, issue #13
1991               Glass Magazine, Fall 1991, Issue #45
                        New Glass Review, 1991 issue #12
                        Miller, Bonnie. Out of the Fire, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1991
                        Glasswork Magazine, February 1991
                        Hackett, Regina. Seattle Post Intelligencer, review, April 12, 1991
                        Mathieson, Karen. The Seattle Times, review, April 4, 1991
                        Mathieson, Karen. The Seattle Times, review, July 27, 1991
                        American Craft Magazine, Dec-Jan 1991
                        American Craft Magazine, April-May 1991
1990               Biskeborn, Susan. Artists at Work, Alaska Northwest Books, 1990
                        Glass Art Society Journal, March, 1990
                        New York Times, December 1990
1989               American Craft Magazine, April-May 1988
1987               New Work Magazine, 1987 issue #12
1986               Hackett, Regina. Seattle Post Intelligencer, review, August 11, 1986
1985               Moody, Fred. Pacific Magazine, review, August 18, 1985



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