EDUCATION IN GLASS AND METAL

Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Karen Willenbrink-Johnson - Seattle,Washington - 2011
Eugene Glass School, Karen Willenbrink-Johnson - Eugene, Oregon - 2006
The Pilchuck School, Dino Rosin - Seattle, Washington - 2003
The Corning Museum of Glass, Lucartha Kohler - Corning, New York - Kiln Casting - 2000
Sierra College, Jim Devore- Rocklin, California - Creative Designs in Metal - 1996-1999
The Pilchuck School, Fred Tschida and Brian Pike- Seattle, Washington - 1996
The Pilchuck School, Richard Marquis and Therman Statom - Seattle, Washington - 1985
The Pilchuck School, Dale Chihuly and Fritz Dreisbach- Seattle, Washington - 1981
University of Southern California, Don Hartman- Los Angeles, California - 1979-1981

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SKILLS

glassblowing, casting, fusing
metal welding, forging, fabrication


SELECTED INSTALLATIONS

Ritz Carlton - Naples, Florida
The Biegert Group - Lone Tree, Colorado 2011
The Westin Phoenix Downtown - Phoenix, Arizona 2011
Loyola Medicine - Burr Ridge, Ilinois 2011
Private Banking Firm, Fine Art Matters - Los Angeles, CA 2010
198 Inverness lobby - Denver, CA 2010
BMI lobby - New York, New York 2010
The 4 Points Hotel - Guangzhou, China 2010
Law Offices of Mark A Berg - Auburn, C A 2010
The M Resort - Las Vegas, NV 2009
Kaiser Permanente Medical Building - Roseville, California 2009
The Ritz Carlton Hotel - Shenzhen, China 2008
Hunton, Williams Law Firm - Dallas, Texas 2008
Weil, Gotschal & Manges International Law Firm - Dallas, Texas 2008
The Residences, The Ritz Carlton - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008
Lincoln Library at Twelve Bridges - Lincoln, California 2007
North Fork Associates, Auburn, California - 2007
Shangri-La Hotels, Shanghai and Beijing, China - 2006-2007
Art in Public Places - The Hart Center, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission - Sacramento, California, 2006

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Crossings Borders - ARTS - Auburn, California, 2011
Women in the Arts - Ocean Galleries - Avalon, New Jersey, 2011
Artstock - Loomis, CA 2010 - Gold Award of Excellence in Glass, 2010
The Glass Show - Union Hall Gallery - Sacramento, California, 2010
Crocker Art Museum Art Auction - Sacramento, California, 1991-11
Landscape - Blueline Gallery - Roseville, California, 2009
Prismatic - 20th Street Gallery - Sacramento, California, 2009
Maui Art Glass Expo - Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, 2009-10
Long and the Short of it - Blueline Gallery - Roseville, California, 2009, honorable mention
Central Library Glass Exhibit - Sacramento, California, 2007
Governor’s Mansion - Sacramento, California, 1999
Hewlett Packard - Sacramento, California, 1999
Los Angeles International Airport - California Glass 1999
KVIE Art Auction - First Place Craft, Jurors’ Award - Sacramento, California, 1995-10
Oakland Museum Collector’s Gallery - Featured Artist - Oakland, California, 1999
Pilchuck Glass School, Gala Auction - Seattle, Washington, 1994-97, 2005-07
SOFA  - Mowen Solinsky Gallery - Chicago, Illinois, 2005-06
The White House - Christmas Ornament - Washington, D.C., 1995, 1997


SELECTED GALLERIES

Art-accessories.com

Artique Gallery - Lexington, Kentucky

Placer Arts Artists Registry

Auburn Old Town Gallery

Adamm's Stained Glass - Santa Monica, California

Avalon Gallery - DelRey Beach, Florida

Bennett Gallery - El Dorado, California

Blue Line Directory of Artists

Calloway Gallery - Rochester, MN

Carlyn Gallerie - Dallas, Texas

Carol Saunders Gallery - Columbia, South Carolina

Douglas Albert Gallery - State College, PA

Don Muller Gallery - Northampton, Massachusetts

Dayle Dunn Gallery.com

Earthworks - North Yachats,OR

Easy Street - Annapolis, MD

Elements Gallery - Bellevue, WA

Galeria of Sculpture - Palm Beach, FL

Gallery One - Naples, Florida

Glass Reunions - Key West, Florida

Glass Expressions - Topeka, Kansas

Highlands Fine Art - Highlands, NC

Hoypoloi - Chicago, Illinois; Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Idyllwild Gallery - Idyllwild, California

Kelas - Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii

Kuivato Gallery - Sedona, AZ

Leawood Fine Art Gallery - Leawood, KS

Marshall - LeKae Gallery - Scottsdale, Arizona

Mowen Solinsky Gallery - Nevada City, California

Ocean Galleries - Avalon and Stone Harbor, New Jersey

Oregon Coast Galleries - Oregon

Panache - Mendocino, California

Petri’s - Sausalito, California

Pismo Glass Gallery - Denver, Colorado

Seekers Glass Gallery - Cambria, California

The Artful Home

Trinkets - Ketchikan, Alaska

Topeo - New Hope, Pennsylvania

Vespermann-Cooper Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia

W Gallery .com

Zarks Gallery - Eureka Springs, AR



SELECTED PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Glass Art Society - Pilchuck Society
American Craft Council - Placer Arts
Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Get Blown Away - Style Magazine, 2010
At Home Magazine - The Art of Color and Light, 2009
Stepping Out Magazine - Portrait of an Artist Partnership, 2009
Feature Spot- PBS - Channel 6 - 1995/96
Feature Spot - Channel 7 - 2001
California Postcard - CBS Affiliate - Channel 10 - Feature 1992 and 2007
The Guild 1,2,5,7 - Gallery Edition: 1994 - Designers Edition and Handbook: 1998
The Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art 23, 2008
The Guild Sourcebook of Art 24, 2009
Sierra Heritage Magazine - Feature Article, March - April 1989; September-October 1992; Front Cover, November - December 2000
Roseville Style Magazine - Feature article, Fall 2010
Guide to the Arts - Feature Article and Front Cover, Summer, 2004
Foothills Magazine - Feature article 2004
Inside Roseville Magazine - Feature article, Summer 2005
Sacramento Magazine - Featured photos, August 2005
At Home Magazine - Feature article, Spring Summer 2006

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