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Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1952

Education

1997
Attended the Studio at Corning Museum of Glass- Furnace Casting

1983
Attended New York Experimental Glass Workshop-Neon
Stained Glass Apprenticeship, Western Art Glass, Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Manitoba Environmental Studies (Faculty of Architecture)

1973-4
University of Manitoba

1972
University of Winnipeg

Teaching Experience

1982-1987
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture, studio elective (stained glass and kiln technique)

1982-1984
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Glass Techniques

Exhibitions

2006
New Work, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA

2004
New Work, solo, Harrison Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, BC

2003
Light Constructions (Circles with Holes in Them - An Obsession), solo, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1985
Let There Be Light - group show 7 Canadian artists working in neon, Uptown Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba

Awards and Appointments

1985, 1990
Juror- First and Sixth Annual Manitoba Glass Exhibition

1987
Manitoba Arts Council grant, curator Darlene Toews, The Box Project, group show of 30 Manitoba artists at Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1982-1984
Board of Directors, Manitoba Crafts Council

1983
Manitoba Nominee- 1983 Brontman Award for Excellence in Crafts
Manitoba Arts Council Grant to attend New York Experimental Glass Workshop-Neon

1980
Appointed manitoba Designer Craftsman (MDC) status-Manitoba Crafts Council

Professional Experience

1990-1998
Ongoing working relationship with Bill Reid on numerous projects

1990-present
Re-establised John Nutter Glass Studio, Vancouver, B.C.

1988-1990
Technician to sculptor George Rammell and Haida artist Bill Reid on Reid's monumental sculpture "Spirt of Haida Gwaii", Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC and Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, B.C.

1982-1987
Instructor, Glass Techniques, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1985
"Let There Be Light" Group show of 7 Canadian artists working in neon, Uptown Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1984
Established John Nutter Glass Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1982-1984
Instructor, Stained Glass and Kiln Techniques, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture, studio elective

1975-1983
Established Design Glassworks, Winnipeg, Manitoba


Selected Collections/Commissions

Alcan International, Vancouver, BC
Britannia Golf Club, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Burnaby Hospital, Burnaby, BC
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
Chalmers Collection of Contemporary Canadian Craft, Toronto, Ontario
Concord Pacific Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia
Condominiums of Ellesmere Britannia, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Crofton House School, Vancouver, BC
Delta Pinnacle Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Ernst and Young Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.& Calgary, Alberta
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Intrawest / Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC
Investors Group Headquarters, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia - Two Compasses
Kelowna International Airport / City of Kelowna, Public Art Board - Escape to Stella Polaris, Kelowna, BC
Langara Lodge, Haida Gwaii, BC
Massey Foundation Collection, Ottawa, Ontario
Metropolitan Towers, Vancouver, BC
Mountainview Chapel, Burnaby, BC
Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert, BC
Southridge School, White Rock, BC
St. Boniface Cathedral, Winnipeg, Manitoba
St. Helen1s Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Symphony Society - sculptural mural - Water Music (Symphonia), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Windsor Chapel, Burnaby, BC
The Young Israel of Hillcrest Synagogue, Flushing, New York (in collaboration with artist Shoshana Golin) - In progress