Born 1967, Providence, RI
EDUCATION
1991 BA, Anthropology, Franklin Pierce College, NH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Museum of Glass, Visiting Artist, Tacoma, WA
2009 Board Member, Glass Art Society
2008 May/Aug Assistant Artistic Program Director, Pilchuck Glass School
2007 Scholarship Juror, Glass Art Society
1995 to 2007 Engraving & Cold work, William Morris, Sculptor
1994 Teaching Assistant, Pilchuck Glass School
1995 to 2002 Studio & Cold Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School
1993 to 1994 Studio Assistant, James Watkins Glass Studio
1992 to 1994 Studio Assistant, Michael Schiener Sculpture Studio
1991 to 1994 Studio Assistant, Jonathon Bonner Sculpture Studio
1991 to 1992 Studio Assistant, Daniel Clayman, Glass
1991 Studio apprentice, Ceramics, Lee Segal
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Transience, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2007 Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen, EMP/Science Fiction Museum, Seattle, WA
Innersphere, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Thomas Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2003 Vestiges of Galactic Craft, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Inspired by”, Traver Gallery Tacoma, WA
2009 SOFA NY New York, NY
2008 SOFA Chicago Chicago, IL
2007 Palm Beach 3 West Palm Beach, FL
2007 Pratt Fine arts Center Seattle, WA
2006 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
2005 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Thomas Riley Galleries, Cleveland, OH
2003 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Looking North From Pilchuck, Camano Island, WA
2002 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, TX
Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2001 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
SOFA Chicago, R. Duane Reed Gallery rep., Chicago, IL
Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO and Chicago, IL
Gallerie Dorita!, Atlanta, GA
1999 - 2001 Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1995 - 2001 Pilchuck Staff Show, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1996 - 2000 History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
1995 - 2000 Pilchuck Auctions, Seattle, WA
1999 R. Duane Galleries, St. Louis, MO and Chicago, IL
Gallerie Dorita, Atlanta, GA
Gallerie Alegria, Birmingham, AL
Arts of Utah Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1998 Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Pilchuck Staff Exhibit, Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1997 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Poncho Auction, Seattle, WA
Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
1996 Jewish Federation Mennorah Show, Seattle, WA
1995 Horizon Gallery, Burlington, VT
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Boeing Headquarters, Chicago, IL
Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
Paul Allen Family Foundation Collection, Seattle, WA
Betsy & Richard Ehrenberg, Santa Fe, NM
Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA
Brad and Judy Chase, Seattle, WA
Charles Bronfman, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Diane Nini, Sun Valley, ID
Glen and Michelle Halstead, Woodinville, WA
Greg and Carrie Klund, Las Vegas, NV
Michael Dickinson, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Mike and Lesia Muzylowski, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA
Mitchell and Ida Levy, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Sekura, Washington, DC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 Instructor- Sculpture Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2008 Instructor -Glass Penland Craft Center, Penland, NC
2007 Toyama Glass Institute, Instructor, Toyama, Japan
2006 Pittsburg Glass Center, Surface & Sculpture, PA
International Festival of Glass, Master Class, Instructor, Stourbridge, England
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Davison, Dave, “Emerging artists reveal their inspirations at Traver Gallery” May, Tacoma Weekly
2008 Simon, William. “Dreams Lift off at the Science Fiction Museum “ July, Launch Magazine
Hackett, Regina. “Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen”; Seattle Post Intelligencer; April 25, 2008
Glowen, Ron “Innersphere: sculptural works by Rik Allen” Review, March/April, American Craft Magazine
Waggoner, Shawn. "Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen", Glass Art, March/April, pp. 64-68
Glowen, Ron. "Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen", American Craft, April/May, Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 54-5
2007 Goffredo, Theresa. "Blast off into a world of space imagination", The Herald, Dec. 7, 2007, A&E, cover, pg. 16, Everett, WA
2006 500 Glass Objects, pg. 284, Lark Publishing
2005 "Team Effort," Artisan Northwest Magazine, Spring issue, p. 24
2002 Carol Duvall Show, aired May 23
"Marriage in Glass", interviewed/filmed working in glass studio
2001 American Craft Magazine, June/July, Porflolios section, p. 76
