Education:
2007 MFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2001 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1993 BFA, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1993-95 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1989-90 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1987-89 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Awards & Scholarships:
2009 Who Do You Love? Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1st Place
2009 Community Arts Show, Arts in Common Gallery, Bowling Green, OH, hon. mention
2008 Visiting Artist, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007 Fergus Family Materials Award, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2005 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2001 Pilchuck Glass School Staff Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
1993 Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
1993 Tennessee Arts & Crafts Association Scholarship Fund, Foothills Craft Guild, TN
1987 Columbus College of Art & Design, Tuition Scholarship, Columbus, OH
Teaching Experience:
2007- Visiting Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2005-07 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2001-05 Associate Professor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, JAPAN
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Improving Children's Lives With Glass, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2007 MFA Thesis, The Pyramid Project, Columbus, OH.
2006 New Works, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
2005 Toyama Retrospective, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, JAPAN
2004 Solo Show, Shizuoka Public Glass and Metal Facility, Shizuoka, JAPAN
1998 Solo Exhibition, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions:
2009 ArtPrize, 47 Commerce, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 Leaders In Glass, OSU Faculty Club, Columbus, OH
2009 Improving Childrens' Lives With Glass, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2009 Who Do You Love? Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, OH
2009 BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass, OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2009 Fresh: An Exhibition of Urban Contemporary Art, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2009 Rate of Exhange, OSU Glass Aumni, Red House Glass Cone, UK
2009 Who Do You Love? Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, OH
2009 Community Arts Show, Arts in Common Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2009 Firenation and Friends, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2008 Area Sculpture: Inside Out, Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
2008 Hot Glass Toledo, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2008 NowOH, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2008 DC Glass 3, The Shops at Georgetown Park, Washington, D.C.
2008 Toledo Area Glass Artists, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH
2007 Faculty Show, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2007 Deck 2007, Skateboard Exhibit, Braggs Pie Factory, Phoenix, AZ
2007 Penland Instructor Show, Penland, NC
2007 1:1-UL-OSU Pt. 2, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Emerging Ohio Artists, Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006 Hot Glass 2006, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2006 The Art and Tech Show, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2006 The Ohio State University Glass Department, Glass Axis, Columbus, OH
2006 Huntington Bank, Columbus, OH
2006 Graduate Student Show, Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Columbus, OH
2005 Suguroku, And Cafe, Toyama, JAPAN.
2004 Suguroku, And Cafe, Toyama, JAPAN.
2004 Toyama Glass X One, Shimin Plaza, Toyama, JAPAN.
2004 Yasuda Castle Site, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Toyama, JAPAN.
2004 Shizuoka Public Glass & Metal Working Facility, Toyoda, Shizuoka, JAPAN
2003 Sake no Utsuwa, Saki Cup Show, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Kanazu, JAPAN
2003 Yasuda Castle Site, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Toyama, JAPAN
2003 Toyama Glass One, Shimin Plaza, Toyama, JAPAN
2002 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
2002 Yasuda Castle Site, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Toyama, JAPAN
2002 Toyama Glass One, Shimin Plaza, Toyama, JAPAN
2002 First Hokuriku Glass Exhibition, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Kanazu, JAPAN
2002 Furusato Mirai, Toyama, JAPAN
2001 Toyama Glass One, Shimin Plaza, Toyama, JAPAN
2001 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA.
2001 Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Pt. 4 Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2000 Gallerie Dorita! Hot Glass 2000, Atlanta, GA
2000 Pilchuck- 30 Years of Glass, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
2000 North American Glass 2000, Guildford, CT.
2000 Sable V Gallery, Galveston, TX.
2000 Shemer Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ.
2000 Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Pt. 4, Camano Island.
1999 Honey I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Pt. 4 Gallery, Camano Island, WA
1999 A Good Eye; Artist at the Ballpark, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Contemporary Glass 99, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1999 Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Pt. 4 Gallery, Camano Island, WA
1999 The Summer Show, The Creative Arts Studio, Enola, PA
1999 Port of Seattle Show, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, WA
1999 Clearly Magic, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
1998 Pop Show, Gallerie Dorita!, Atlanta, GA.
1999 A Gathering of Glass, Sable V Gallery, Wimberly, TX
1999 The Summer Show, Leedy/Voulkus Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
1999 Group Show, Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA.
1999 Two Person Show, Mark Lambrecht Gallery, Omaha, NE.
1999 Jazz Fest Show, New Orleans School of Glass Works Gallery, LA
1999 Translucent & Opaque Contemporary Glass, Port of Seattle Glass Show, Seattle, WA
1999 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
1997 Gun Propaganda Art- For or Against? A Debate Through Art, The Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 SOFA, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Motion & Emotion, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
1997 Pilchuck Staff Show, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Gallery Pt. 4, Camano Island, WA
1997 Exempla '97 Network Craft, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
1996 SOFA, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 West Coast Glass '96, Stones Gallery of Contemporary Treasures, San Francisco, CA
1996 The Translucent Object, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana
1996 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
1996 Emerging Artist Invitational Show, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Poncho Auction, Seattle, WA
1995 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
1995 Bravo Communications Award for Seattle Mayor, Norman Rice
1995 Not Just Glass, Linda Cannon Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Port of Seattle Show, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, WA
1995 Emergence- A Survey of Contemporary Glass, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1994 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA.
1993 BFA Solo Exhibition, Bryan Fine Arts Building, Tennessee Technological University, Cookville, TN
1993 Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
Collections & Commissions:
SaraJane Dehoff, Perrysburg, OH
Margy Trumbull, Toledo, OH
Steven Seubert, Bowling Green, OH
President Karen Holbrook, OSU, Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University Student Union, Columbus, OH
The City of Toyama, JAPAN
Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY
Jimi Hendrix Foundation, Seattle, WA
Kenny Lofton, San Francisco Giants
Gary Paton, Seattle, Sonics
Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks
Jeff Fassero, Seattle Mariners
David Geffen, Dream Works Studios & Geffen Records, L.A., CA
Issac & Sandra Luski, Charlotte, NC
Travis Stewart, Mooresville, NC
Texaco Cup /Seafair Hydroplane Trophies, Seattle, WA
Dragster & Indy Car for Sequent Computers
Workshops taught:
2008 Visiting Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
2008 Instructor, Red Deer College, Alberta, CANADA
2008 Instructor, Eugene Glass School, Eugene, OR
2008 Instructor, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2007 Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2006 Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2006 Instructor, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Instructor, Red Deer College, Alberta, CANADA
2006 Visiting Artist, Art Institute of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Visiting Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, N.C.
2005 Instructor, The Glass House, Tokyo, JAPAN
2004 Instructor, Vella Vetro, New Orleans, LA
2004 Visiting Instructor, Shunji Omura Studio, Narita, JAPAN
2004 Visiting Artist, Shizuoka Public Glass & Metal Facility, Shizuoka, JAPAN
2003 Visiting Instructor, Aichi University, Aichi, JAPAN
2002 Visiting Artist, Kurashiki University, Kurashiki, JAPAN
2002 Visiting Artist, Ezra University, Kanazu, JAPAN
2000 & 01 Instructor, Red Deer College, Alberta, CANADA
1999 Instructor, Shunji Omura Studio, Narita, JAPAN
1999 Visiting Artist, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1998 Visiting Artist, Columbus College of Art and Design, OH
1998 Visiting Artist, Glass Axis, Columbus, OH
1998 Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1997 Pilchuck Artist Lecture Series, guest artist, Seattle, WA
1996 Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1995 Visiting Artist, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
1994-96 Instructor, Seattle Glass Blowing Studio, Seattle, WA
Work Experience:
1995- 02 Darlington Glassworks, Seattle, WA (Artist, Designer, Gaffer)
1996-01 Hot Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998-01 Team member, Richard Royal, Seattle, WA
2000 Furnace Building Workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, WA
1999 Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998-99 Team member, Benjamin Moore, Inc., Seattle, WA
1994-98 Gaffer, Seattle Glass Blowing Studio, Seattle, WA
1996-97 Team member, Denny Park Glass Studio, Seattle, WA
1995 Team member, Chihuly, Inc., Seattle, WA
1994-97 Gaffer, Off Hand Glass Works, Lakewood, WA
1993 Team member, Benjamin Moore, Inc., Seattle, WA
1989-90 Assistant, George Bucquet, Bakersville, NC
1989-90 Assistant, Ken Carder, Bakersville, NC
1989-90 Assistant, Robert Levin, Burnsville, NC
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