Resume

Born Seattle WA 1973

Lived in Hawa’i 1974-2000

Lived part of that time (some school years) in San Francisco, CA.

Currently residing on Lopez Island WA.

Education

 BFA Degree/Studio Art, Focus: Glass. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999. Instructor: Rick Mills (while on sabbadical: Michael Scheiner & Hank Murta Adams)

 Student, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (summer workshops 1997- 2004) Instructors: Randy Walker, Petr Novotny, Ruth King, Katherine Gray, Peter Ivy, Pino Signoretto

 Additional post-degree studies (see apprenticeships/ assistantships listed below) 

 San Francisco Community College 1992

Apprenticeships & Assistantships

2017 Assistant to William Morris in native Koga-seki stone-carving, Niijima Island Japan, 30th International Glass Festival. 

2003-2008 Full-time Assistant to Glass Artist William Morris, and his Glassmaking Team at Pilchuck Glass School.

2003-2018 Assistant to Glass Artist Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen and Jasen Johnsen (part-time assistance) 

1997-2010 Assistant to Glass Artist Randy Walker (summers, then full-time from 2003) in glassmaking, metalworking, and in teaching workshops

1997-2010 Teaching Assistant at Pilchuck Glass School Summer Program for various classes. Instructors: Randy Walker, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen and Jasen Johnsen, William Morris, Katherine Gray, the de la Torre Brothers, Susan Reed.

2000-2003 Assistant and equipment building at United Glassblowing, Santa Ana, CA

Exhibition highlights

2023 Solo Exhibition, Confluence, Habatat Detroit, Royal Oak, MI 

2022 Fired Up: Glass Today, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

2019-22 Chinese Whispers, curated by Erin Dickson, Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium 2022,

& Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark, 2019-20

2021 Glass Lifeforms 2021, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

Fluid Formations: the Legacy of Glass in the Pacific Northwest, Whatcom

Museum, Bellingham WA 

2019 Group Glass Exhibition (Aquisitions), Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld, Germany 

The Willenbrink-Johnsen Invitational, Schack Art Center, Everett WA

2018 Solo Exhibition, All of the Suddens, Pittsburgh Glass Center, PA

Co-exhibition (with Raven Skyriver), Pierini Gallery, Biot, France

2017 Solo Exhibition, transient (h)ours, MoNA Museum of Northwest Art, WA

2016 Into the Deep, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA

Lifeforms 2016, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning NY

Solo Exhibition Endangered Species,, The Glass Wheel, Norfolk, VA

Solo Exhibition Habatat Galleries, W Palm Beach, FL

2015 People’s Choice Exhibit,  Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle WA

William Morris Crew Exhibit, Dane Gallery, Nantucket, MA

2013 SOFA Chicago, with Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010 SOFA NY, with Blue Rain Gallery of Santa Fe, New Mexico

2009 SOFA Santa Fe, with Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2008 Solo Exhibition, 65 Million Years,  Vetri Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007 Young Glass 2007, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

2004-2006 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA

2003 Cash, Gas, or Glass, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002 Orange County Fair Juried Art Exhibition (Featured Artist), Costa Mesa, CA

Co-exhibition, Form + Function III,  The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa   

Ana, CA

2001 Co-exhibition, I Love Mom,  Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA 

1999 Featured Artist, MTV “The Real World” House, Honolulu, HI

1996 The Mold and the Molded, Curated by Hank Murta Adams, Commons Gallery, 

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Awards scholarships & Publications

2024, 2018 The Pierini Contemporary Glass Center, Residency & Exhibition, Biot, France

2023 The Henry Ford Museum, MI, Hot Glass Residency

The Myrna Palley Collaborators Award, University of Miami, FL

2021 Pilchuck Glass School, Hot Glass Residency

2018 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Glass Residency and Exhibition

Glass Art Magazine: Talking Out Your Glass Podcast, September Episode, and Fall 

Magazine article.

Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Sept 30, “Artist Explores Human impact in Pittsburgh Glass 

Center Exhibit.”

2015, 2017 Artist Residency, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2015 Pilchuck Glass School Auction, People’s Choice Award (Runner Up)

2012 “Artist of the Month” AACG Website Publication, featured artist for November. 

2009 “Morris Code” Glass: Urban Glass Quarterly, featured article (article on Morris crew 

members pursuing their own careers after his retirement). Winter Issue.

Appearance in “Creative Nature,” film.  Documentary of William Morris. 

2006 Appearance in “Chihuly in Tacoma,” video. Documentary filmed at the Tacoma

Museum of Glass,  Chihuly reunites with artists from important periods of

his artistic development.

Corning Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School

Scholarship for Peter Ivy class, Pilchuck Glass School

2003-2006 Saxe Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School

2004 Scholarship for Pino Signoretto/ Amber Hauch class, Pilchuck Glass School

1998 Geraldine P. Clark Memorial Fellowship, University of Hawaii Art Dept

1997 Henry Clark Pilchuck Scholarship, University of Hawaii Art Dept 

Outstanding Student of the Year Award, University of Hawaii Art Dept

1997-1998 Corning Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School 

1996-1999 Sybil Heide Scholarship, University of Hawaii Art Dept

1994-1998 Walter F. Blaine 4-year Scholarship, Goldman Sachs, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Public Art/ Collections

Public Art Collection: The Washington State Art Commission (Mirror mosaic at Harriet 

Rowley School Library, Mt. Vernon WA)

Other collections include: The Tacoma Museum of Glass Permanent Collection,The Kamm 

Teapot Foundation, The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation, & The Glasmuseum Lette

Collection.

Instructor/ Visiting Artist Highlights

Penland School of Craft, Spruce Pine, NC (Instructor July 2023)

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (Instructor 2015 & 2019, Gaffer 2010, 2017, 2022, 2024

             various Visiting Artist demos 1998-2019, lectures as instructor, student, staff, and 

             Teaching Assistant 1998-2019) 

Niijima Glass Center, Niijima, Japan (Instructor 2016, artists assistant to William Morris Guest 

Artist Residency in stone-carving 2017, TA 2009)

Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburg, PA (Instructor 2015, public demo, 2018)

Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA (Instructor 2012, 2014, public demo 2015)

Emporia State University, KS (Visiting Artist/ lecture/ Instructor 2015) 

Pierini Contemporary Glass Center, Biot, France (public demo, 2018) 

Ebeltoft Glass Museum (Glasmuseet Ebeltoft), Denmark (public demonstration 2018)

Royal Danish Academy, Bornholm, Denmark (Co-teaching and demonstration 2018)

Refract Glass Festival  (public demo 2020 & 2022)

Wilson High School, Tacoma, WA (demonstrations for students 2008, 2009)