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Education

1995
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of Art, Oakland, CA

1992
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1990
University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI

1988-90
San Francisco State University

1985-86
Ithaka Cultural Study Program, Kalymnos, Greece

Professional Experience

1999-08
Curator and Director of Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999-08
Hot Glass Fabrication and Hot Studio Manager , Benjamin Moore Inc. Glass Studio (BMI), Seattle, WA

2008
Artist in Residence, Summer Series, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2004-2008
Artistic Program Assistant (May Š September) Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1996
Glassblowing Assistant to Peter Novotny, Ajeto Glass Factory, Novy Bor, Czech Republic
Fulbright Research Assistant to Charlie Parriott, Novy Bor, Czech Republic

1994
Development Assistant to Charlie Parriott and Italo Scanga for founding the Hilltop School, Tacoma, WA

Teaching Experience

2008
Transformation Whirlpool, The Glass Furnace, Turkey
Glass Whisper , Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2007
What to make and how to make it, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA

2006
Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, University of Texas, Arlington

2004
TA to Benjamin Moore, Aha Hana Lima Workshop, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
TA for Fred Tschida and Ruth King, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2003
TA to Benjamin Moore, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine

2001
TA to Richard Royal, Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

2000
TA to CUD aka Robbie Miller and John Drury, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1993-1998
Development and Installation Consultant for Chihuly Inc., Seattle, WA

1996
Teaching Assistant to Charlie Parriott, Wetterfoff Institute of Crafts and Design in Nutjarvi, Finland

1994
Teaching Assistant and Program Coordinator for Hilltop School's Artist-in-Residence Program, Tacoma, WA

1993
Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Teaching Assistant to Ruth King, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Selected Exhibitions

2008
BMI Jeff Butters Gallery, Portland, OR

2007
Emerging Artists, Craft in America
Pilchuck Glass, Northwind Arts Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
A Legacy in Studio Glass, San Francisco Museum of Design and Craft

2006
Galliery of Glass, Carlyn Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2004
Urban Works, Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
Metals and Magnets, Rose Club, Seattle, WA
In_For_Mation, Carl Hasse at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Momentary Presence, Rachel Moore at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA

2003
Working Drawings: Artists of my Area/Era, Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Faux Real, Dirosa Preserve, Napa, CA

Paintings, Danny Perkins at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA

2002
Beuys and Girls, WD40 aka Walter Lieberman and Dick Weiss at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Sucka, Jodi Salerno at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
CanÕt Come In Andy Rosen and Eric Huebsch at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Paperwork, Jason Mouer at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Chalkboard Poetry, Bennett McKnight at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA

2001
A Few Of My Favorite Things , Libby Masterson at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Beyond Tupperware, Amy Rueffert at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA
Memories, Nadege Desgenetez at Bubba Mavis, Seattle, WA

1995
As Is, Space Construction and Curated Exhibition in Barclay Simpson Building, California College of Art, Oakland, CA

Permanent Collections

Leonard and Norma Klorfine, Philadelphia, PA
Donna and Cargill MacMillen, Indian Wells, CA
George and Dorothy Saxe, San Francisco, CA
David Ireland, San Francisco, CA
ZymoGenetics, Seattle, WA
Danielle Steele, San Francisco, CA

Awards and Scholarships

2007
Pilchuck Auction Centerpiece Designer

2004
Saxe Award Nominee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1990-95
Artistic Merit Scholarship, California College of Art, Oakland, CA

1992
Corning Award Nominee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood
Pilchuck Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School

2004
Saxe Award Nominee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Publications

2003
Global Glass: 33rd Annual Conference of Glass Art Society, by Matthew Kangas, Korean Craft Magazine

1996
New Glass Review 17, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

1994
New Glass Review 15, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY