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Education
1998
The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship student, Stanwood, WA
1996
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Lino Tagliapietra, Seattle, WA
1994
BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship student, Stanwood, WA
1989
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1988
New York University, New York, NY
1985-86
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Professional Experience
1996-present
Pratt Fine Arts Center: Glass and 2-D Faculty, Seattle, WA
1995-present
Artist, Seattle, WA
Glassblower: Preston Singletary, Ben Moore, Inc., Freelance, Seattle, WA
1999-2001
Pilchuck Glass School: Assistant to the Artistic Director, Visiting Artist, Print Shop Coordinator, Hot Shop Technician, Artist's Assistant, Stanwood and Seattle, WA
1999
Danmarks Designskole: Guest Faculty, Glass Department, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997
Ebeltoft Glasmuseum: Artist in Residence, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1995
Danmarks Deignskole: Guest Faculty, Glass Department, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected Exhibitions
2001
Pilchuck Glass School Auction Preview Exhibition, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
Comfort (with Anthony Maglalang), Cafe Venus, Seattle, WA
2000
Pilchuck Glass School Auction Preview Exhibition, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
Onaforma-Intimate (Solo show), Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
The Second Annual Open Call, The Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Glass School Summer Staff Exhibition, History of the World Part IV Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction Preview Exhibit, The Washington State Convention Center, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
Paper Work (Solo show), Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Pilchuck Glass School Auction Preview Exhibition, Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Glass School Summer Staff Exhibition, History of the World Part IV Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction Preview Exhibit, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pretty Things (window installation), Milky World, Seattle, WA
1998
Mountains out of Molehills: A Mosaic Show, Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
Shoes as Muse, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
1996
Girls and Glass: Paper Collage Portraits and Blown Glass (solo show), Lux, Seattle, WA
Awards/Scholarships
2002
Full Fellowship Award for Artist's Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2001-2002
Shirley Scholarship Award, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Artist Statement
Onaforma Intimate exists to give the Art lover a glimpse of the energy that infuses objects and people with life. Physical objects, such as sensuous blown glass and delicate paper, as well as people, are merely shimmering illusions of solidity and fact. They are in essence dancing energy. Unabashed laziness prompts our minds to choose to refer to these hornet's nests of energy as static and still.
Onaforma Intimate employs the all-powerful line to animate objects otherwise without an inherent visible motion. Static objects appear charged with force and dynamism. Depth of field is created out of virtually flat space. Tertiary colors spring from the pairing of white and black lines. In both glass and paper, Onaforma Intimate produces a graphically visual rhythm through the intersection in space of single or multiple lines.
Without the politics of the Futurists or the non-subject ness of the Op-Artists, Onaforma Intimate brings boldness to the sublime and attaches allure to the benign. Onaforma is the obvious choice for this exaltation. Onaforma is whole yet inviting; full yet receptive, flat yet round. Onaforma nurtures where others negate; enchants where others extinguish. In a variety of guises, Onaforma Intimate initiates the perception of life.
Onaforma is energy in art.
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