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Born in Swindon, England
Education
1986
Bachelor of Arts degree, Glass - West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, England
1982
D.A.T.E.C. diploma - Southport College of Art, Merseyside, England
Awards and Scholarships
1999
New Glass Review 20 Competition, The Corning Museum of Glass (selected as one of 100 artists doing innovative work in glass)
1994, 95
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Scholarship
1994
Artist Trust Fellowship for Design
1990, 93
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship
1992
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Scholarship
Exhibitions
2003
"Janusz Pozniak - A Few New Ideas", solo exhibition, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Art Form Show, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
2002
SOFA Show, Thomas R. Riley Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Constellate: Group Show", Thomas Riley Gallery, Columbus, OH
"Grace: Janusz Pozniak", Thomas R. Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
"Pozniak & Pieniak" Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
2001
Collectors' Weekend Show, Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
Fresh, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Terra Nuova Vetra, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000-2001
A New Wave in Glass, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL. Curated by Dena Rigby.
2000
Creativity and Collaboration: Pilchuck Glass School's 30 Years, Bumbershoot Festival 2000, Seattle, WA
Objects for Use: Made with Pride, American Craft Museum, New York, NY (September)
Glass from the Emerald City, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA (January)
1999
New Work: Fero/Leighton/Pozniak, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Vessels: A National Glass Invitational, Ellen No‘l Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
Influences in Contemporary Glass, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
1998
Breathless, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
New Glass from the Pacific Northwest, Craft Alliance Center for the Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO
First Impressions, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Pilchuck Exhibition, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
1997
The 20th Annual International Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Annual Pilchuck Show, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sphereoles, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
The New Generation, Gumps, San Francisco, CA
1996
The 19th Annual International Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Janusz Pozniak at Vetri, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
A New Generation, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Pilchuck Exhibition, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
Glass Invitational, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
American Glass Now Invitational, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1994
Visions of the Northwest, Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO
1989
Janusz Pozniak, The Glasshouse, Covent Garden, London, England
1986
Degree Show, Smith Gallery, Covent Garden, London, England
Degree Show, West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, England
Professional and Teaching Experience
2003
Visiting Artist, Studio Gilles Jones, Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, England
2002
Visiting Artist, Pittsburg Glass center, Pittsburg, PA
Visiting Artist and Teacher, Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA Australia
2001
Visiting Artist, North Lands Creative Glass, Caithness, Scotland
1992-present
Glassblower, working with various Seattle artists, including Dante Marioni, Sonja Blomdahl, Benjamin Moore, Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra and Dick Marquis
2000
Visiting Artist / Lecturer, University of Miami, Miami, FL
1999
Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Kent State, Kent, OH
Visiting Artist / Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1997
Gaffer, Session 3, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1996
Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Suwa Glass Arts Center, Suwa, Japan
Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1995
Gaffer, Session 2, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Assistant Instructor, Italian Glassblowing of the 401s & 501s, for Dan Dailey and Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Assistant Instructor, Advanced Glassblowing, for Lino Tagliapietra, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1992-94
Glassblowing Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1994
Assistant Instructor, Advanced Glassblowing, for Dante Marioni and Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1994
Visiting Artist / Lecturer:
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Toyama Art Institute, Toyama, Japan
Sanda Glass Festival, Sanda, Japan
1993
Visiting Artist, Penland School, Penland, NC
Assistant Instructor, Glassblowing, for Ruth King and Sonja Blomdahl, Nijima Glass Center, Nijima, Japan
Assistant Instructor, Advanced Glassblowing, for Lino Tagliapietra and Dante Marioni, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1990-92
Glassblower / Technician for Dale Chihuly, The Boathouse, Seattle, WA
Assistant Instructor, Advanced Glassblowing, for Dante Marioni, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1992
Assistant Instructor, Glassblowing, for Sonja Blomdahl, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Assistant Instructor, Mold-blowing & Painting on Glass, for Charlie Parriot and Michael Machat, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1988-89
Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Southport College of Design, Southport, England
1987-89
Apprentice to Master Glassblower Ronald Wilkinson, The Glasshouse, Covent Garden, London, England
1986-87
Assistant Glassblower to five artists, The Glasshouse, Covent Garden, London, England
Selected Publications
Aoki, Tomoko. "American Contemporary Glass Art." Glass and Art, No.9, 1995.
Atsushi, Takeda. "Dante Marioni, Seattle's Standard Bearer." Glass and Art, No.16, 1997, pp.14-44.
Chambers, Karen. "Content & Containment: The New Glass Vessel." American Style, No.7, Winter 1996, pp.33, 37, ill.
Greco, JoAnn. "Upstairs, Downstairs." Niche Magazine, Autumn 1998, p.41, ill.
Hackett, Regina. "First in His Glass." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 23, 1995, pp.C1-C6, ill.
Johnson, Dan. "Heart of Glass." Where - Seattle, May 1999, p.17, ill., cover.
Kangas, Matthew. "Beyond the Big Names." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 14, 1997, p.24, ill.
Louie, Elaine. "A Magician in Glass." The New York Times, June 1, 1995, p.C4.
Mah, Linda S. "Glass exhibit designed to leave you breathless." Kalamazoo Gazette, pp.E1, E10, ill.
"New Glass Review 20." Neues Glas / New Glass, 2/99, p.96, ill.
"Our Pick of this City's Top Galleries..." Where Seattle Magazine, September 1996, p.46, ill.
Phinney, Susan. "Muse or Use." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 23, 1998, p.4 (Fall Style Section), ill.
Rardin, Leslie. "The Cutting Edge of Art." Battle Creek Enquirer, November 4, 1998, p.1C (Lifestyle Section), ill.
Updike, Robin. "Glass Exhibition is Mixed Bag." The Seattle Times, December 11, 1997.
Updike, Robin. "Many nurturing art works of varied media showing this month in Seattle galleries." The Seattle Times, March 14, 1996, p.E5.
Wichert, Geoff. "A New Generation: Preston Singletary, Paul Cunningham, and Janusz Pozniak." Glass: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, No.64, Fall 1996, p.53, ill.
Wichert, Geoff. Glashaus, Fall 2000, p. 16.
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