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Born in 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri

Education

1985
Kulturarbetare i Glas, Transjo/Kosta, Sweden - Trained with designer Ann Warff and master glassblowers Jan-Erik Ritzman and Sven-Ake Carlson

1983
BFA, Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO

Exhibitions

2001
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Lino e Amici, Fuller Museum of Art, Stockton, MA

1998-2001
SOFA New York, Portia Gallery, New York, NY

1997-2001
SOFA Chicago, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA

1999
Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998
The Hand and the Spirit, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Nordiska Kristall, Stockholm, Sweden

1997
The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Vaxjo Glass Museum, Vaxjo, Sweden
Twist Gallery, Portland, OR
Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995-97
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit. Venues included: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1996
The Hand and The Spirit, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1995
Twist Gallery, Portland, OR

1994
Glass Now, Japan

1993
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Glass Now, Japan

1991
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glass Now, Japan

1990
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL

1989
Glass Now, Japan
Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA

1988
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Habatat Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

1987
Heller Gallery, New York, NY
St. Louis Design Center, St. Louis, MO

1986
Aspen Colorado Art Museum, Aspen, CO

Awards

1990
Creative Glass Center of America, Master Works Fellowship

1988
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
American Craft Museum, Young Americans Merit Award

1984
American Scandinavian Foundation, Thord-Grey Memorial Grant Milliken Travel Scholarship

Professional Experience

1999
Visiting Artist, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Japan
Instructor, Ezra Glass School, Kanazu, Japan
Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1996
Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Island, ME

1995
Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1994
Instructor, Pratt School of Art, Seattle, WA

1993
Gaffer (Craftsman in Residence), Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Designer, Glass Eye Studio, Seattle,WA

1993- present
Owner, IBEX Glass Studio, Clinton, WA

1990- 91
Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1985- 92
Partner, IBEX Glass Studio, St. Louis, MO

1984
Production Assistant, Verrerie Michel Bouchard, Menetreol sous Sancerre, France
Artist in Residence, John Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Publications

2001
OBJECTS for USE: Made with Pride, American Craft Museum, pub. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

1997
Design House Publications, Nouvel Object II, 1997, pp. 118-123, Seoul, Korea.

1996
Cooperative Partners Magazine, July/August, pp 16, 17.
Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly, Number 63, pp 40 - 47.

1995
Smithsonian Magazine, June, pp 52 - 55.
The White House Collection of American Crafts, publ. Harry N. Abrams, Inc, pp 16, 17, 42, 43.

1993
American Craft Magazine, December/January, Cover.

1992
Washington University Magazine, Summer, pp 34 - 37.

1988
American Craft Magazine, February/March, pp 54, 55.

Permanent Collections

MCI Collection/Renwick Museum, Washington D.C.
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Washington D.C.
Smalands Museum, Vaxjo, Sweden
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line