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Education
1998
Masters of Fine Art, glass, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Semester Abroad, Royal Academy of Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989
Bachelor of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Glass Workshops
1997
Jack Wax: Hot Glass, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1995
Lino Tagliapietra and Dan Dailey: Italian Design and Techniques 1940-60, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Therman Statom, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Richard Ritter: Mixed Media, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1994-95
Curtiss Brock: Glass blowing, casting, cold working, and glass history, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, TN
1994
Dimitri Michaelides: Spring Glass Concentration, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Sonja Blomdahl: Encalmo Workshop, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Deborah Czresko: Advanced Glass Blowing, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
1993
Fred Kahl: Hot Sculpture, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Bill Gudenwrath: Glass Blowing II, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
1992
Tom Farbanish: Glass Blowing, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching Experience
2003
Instructor, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, TN
Teaching Assistant for Hank Adams, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, TN
2002
Instructor, Public Glass, San Francisco, CA
2000
Teaching Assistant, Hiroshi Yamano: Surface Techniques, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Instructor: Blowing and Coldworking, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1998-2000
Instructor: Advanced Glass Blowing, six three-month courses, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1999
Instructor: Using Glass as a Sculptural Material, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1998
Instructor: Beginning Glass Blowing, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1997-98
Instructor: Hot and Cold Glass, three semesters teaching offhand blowing, mold blowing, solid working and cold working, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1997
Teaching Assistant, William Prindle: Industrial Glass Production, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995
Teaching Assistant, Hank Adams: Sandcasting the Component, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, TN
1994
Instructor: Glass Blowing, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
1993
Teaching Assistant, Tina Aufiero: Advanced Mold Making and Casting, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching Assistant, Fred Kahl: Advanced Color Application, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, TN
1992
Teaching Assistant, Deborah Czresko: Glass Blowing II, Appalachian Craft Center, Smithville, TN
Project Assistant
1998-2000
Glass Blowing Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Dante Marioni, Karen Wilenbrink, Janusz Pozniak, Seattle, WA
1999
Artist Assistant for Judy Pfaff, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1998
Artist Assistant for Candida Alvarez, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Assisted Daniel Clayman: Ten-day professional project producing large glass castings, Ezra Glass Studio, Kanazu, Japan
Assisted Therman Statom: project manager supervising design, production and installation of full scale glass house, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Design Experience
1998-2005
Independent Designer, Seattle, WA
1994-96
Custom glass design and fabrication for interior designers and architects, Independent Designer, Bradley Beach, NJ
1990-92
Exhibit Technician: Design, fabrication and repair of interactive science exhibits, The Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ
1990
Freelance Designer: Perfume bottle design for Harvest line, Victoria's Secret, New York, NY
1989-90
Designer: Design, layout and drafting of residential and commercial lighting fixtures, H.M. Branston and Partners, New York, NY
Awards
1998
Award of Excellence: Juried graduate scholarship for one-quarter full tuition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Glass Merit Scholarship: Scholarship to attend G.A.S. conference in Seto, Japan, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1996
Haystack Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1995
Harvey Littleton Scholarship, Penland School, Penland, NC
Selected Exhibitions
2005
Coalescence, Featured Artist, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2002
Pratt Fine Arts Instructors Show, Contemporary Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
1999
Pratt Fine Arts Instructors Show, Contemporary Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
1998
Treacherous Bi-Level Cyclone, Sol Kofler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1997
Sourcing, Market House Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995
Gateways, outdoor installation, Glass Arts Society Conference, Asheville, NC
World Free, mixed media and performance installation, collaboration with M.C. Giroux, Penland, NC
A.R.T.S. Gallery, group show featuring five emerging artists, Asbury Park, NJ
1990
Design Since 1945, industrial design show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
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