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Education

2003
Pilchuck Glass School, John de Wit. (full scholarship)

1999
Red Deer College, Swedish Style Glassblowing, Eva juneblad
Red Deer College, A Thousand Flowers With a Twist, Darren Petersen and Jeff Holmwood
Bead making workshop with Joy Jubenvill

1996
Atlin Art Centre, Idea and the Creative Process, Gernot Dick

1993
Pilchuck Glass School, Teachers Assistant to Laura Donefer

1991
Pilchuck Glass School, Sculpture as Metaphor, Damian Prior
Atlin Centre for the Arts, Alumni refresher course

1986
Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design, High Honours Diploma, Glass Program, Daniel Crichton

1984
Atlin Centre for the Arts, Creativity and Concept, Gernot Dick, Don Hutchinson

1977
Capilano College, General Arts program

1976
Graham Secondary, Honours diploma, Ceramics major, 2 awards

Professional Experience

1996 to present
Co-owner and founder of Starfish Glassworks, Victoria, BC
Guest Lecturer/artist presenter at GAAC 20th anniversary conference Toronto
Instructor Advanced level Paradise Paint Course, Red Deer College

2002
Instructor Advanced level Paradise Paint Course, Espace Verre, Montreal
Instructor Paradise Paint Workshop, Espace Verre, Montreal

1997-2000
Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing, Starfish Glassworks
Member of core art teacm: Victoria Broad Street Revitalization Project

1997-1999
Curated Essence: Canadian Artists Reinterpret the Perfume Bottle, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1994-1999
Jury Member, selections committee, Circle Craft
Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing Workshop, Andrighetti Glassworks

1998
Guest Artist, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB

1996
Exhibitions Committee, Canadian Craft Museum
Guest Artist, Sheridan College of Craft and Design, Oakville, ON

1993-1994
Membership and affiliations director, BC Glass Arts Association (BCGAA)

1993
Authored review published in BCGAA newsletter
teachers Assistant, Laura Donefer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Advisor to Canadian Craft Museum on set up of Dale Chihuly display

1992
Instructor, Painted Glass-Graal Technique-Workshop, San Jose State University
GAAC conference organizer, exhibtions committee chair
BCGAA/Pilchuck Scholarship juror

1991-1993
Advisor to Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC

1991
Set up 1991 Oiva Toikka exhibit at the Canadian Craft Museum

1990-1993
Vice President of the BC Glass Art Association

1988-1990
Vice President of the Glass Art Association of Canada (GAAC)

1989
Authored article published in Fusion Magazine, Not Only Real Men Blow Glass.
Authored review published in Fusion Magazine, Three Canadians.

1988
At The Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Authored review published in Fusion Magazine, Constructions.

1986-1988
President and founding partner Celeden Studios Inc., Barrie, ON

1987
The Craft Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1986
Central region Representative for GAAC
Student coordinator for GAAC
Student glass studio Technician, Sheridan College

1985
Studio Technician/Co-instructor, Summer glass courses, Sheridan College

Awards

2003
Pilchuck full scholarship, BCGAA (BC Glass Arts Association)

2001
Award of Merit: Glass Art XII: BCGAA annual members exhibition

2000
Best in show: BCGAA Recording Exhibition, Simon Fraser University Gallery

1996
Circle Craft members Scholarship

1994
Award of Excellence: Glass Art VI

1992
Jurors prize and honourable mention: Glass Art IV
Peoples choice award: Glass Art IV

1991
BCGAA Pilchuck Scholarship
Best of Show award: Glassworks '91, Atlanta, GA
2 Jurors Choice awards: Glassworks '91, Atlanta, GA

1988
Award of Excellence: Winter Harvest '88, Visual Arts Centre Newcastle

1987
Best in Show: Heritage Crafts annual invitational

1985
Best in Show Glass/Metal category: Huronia festival of the Arts, Barrie, ON
Honourable Mention: Crafts '85, Ontaria Crafts Council traveling exhibition

Grants

1991
BC Government professional development assitance grant

1987
Ontario Arts Council Craftsmen's Grant

1985
BC Government professional studies grant

Collections

Crafts Association of BC, permanent collection
Canadian Crafts Museum, permanent collection
Claridge Collection, Montreal, Canada
Richmond Art Gallery, permanent collection
Simon Fraser University, permanent collection
Espace Verre permanent collection, Montreal, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003
Heart and Soul, Starfish Gallery, Victoria, BC

2000
Inner Worlds, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996
Wasp Drawings, (made at Atlin BC in August of 1996), Andrighetti Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1995
TBA, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC
New Works, Del Man Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1993
Painted New Works in Glass, Circle Craft gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990
Two Feet in the Sea, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Ebb and Flow, Andrighetti Glassworks Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1989
Tidal Colours,Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario

1985
Morna Tudor, Recent Works in Glass, home of Rosalind Farber

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
SOFA: New York invitational, Galerie Elena Lee, New York, NY
The Best of Canadian Glass, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
GAAC (Glass Art Association of Canada) Members Show, Harbourfront Toronto, Canada

2002
Extreme West: Morna Tudor, Gary Bolt and Lisa Samphire, invitational, Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON
Recording Exhibition, juried BCGAA biennial members show, Simon Fraser
University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, BC
Morna Tudor, Gary Bolt and Lisa Samphire , Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Quebec
Perfume Bottle Show, invitational Kitrell Rifkind Gallery Dallas, TX

2001
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal PQ
Canadian Art Glass, invitational Kittrell Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
Hard Water: Glass Artists on H20, Newsmall and Sterling Studio Glass, Vancouver, BC
Glass Art XII BCGAA , members exhibition, The Atrium, Vancouver, BC
Candles and Lights, Starfish Glassworks Gallery, Victoria, BC
The Group of Starfish, Starfish Glassworks Gallery, Victoria, BC
Essence 2001: Canadian Artists Reinvent the Perfume Bottle, invitational, Starfish Glassworks Gallery, Victoria, BC

2000
Recording Exhibition, juried BCGAA biennial members show, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Millennium Glass GAAC conference Members Show, Red Deer, Alberta
Western Glass Invitational, Stephen Lowe Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
Contemporary Glass Invitational, Goldsberry Gallery, Houston, TX
Essence 2000 , Starfish Glassworks Gallery, Victoria, BC
V6 Exhibition, Material Matters Gallery, Toronto, ON
Essence 2001: Canadian Artists Reinvent the Perfume Bottle, Group Invitational Exhibition, Starfish Glassworks Gallery, Victoria, BC

1999
Glass Art XII BCGAA , members exhibition, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
Ocktoberfest 1999 the Art of Beer, Newsmall and Sterling Studio Glass, Vancouver, BC
Efflorescence, invitational, Canadian Crafts Museum
Dieci, Andrighetti Glassworksą tenth anniversary exhibition, Andrighetti Glassworks Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Glass at Sheridan, a 20 year retrospective, invitational, SOFA, Chicago

1998
Hot Glass, juried BCGAA members show, Simon Fraser University Gallery Burnaby, BC
Glass Art X, Vancouver Public Library,Vancouver, BC
Made by Hand, companion exhibit, Victoria Community Arts Council, Victoria, BC
Northern Fire, Real Mother Goose Gallery, Portland, OR
Canadian Glass, Westend Gallery, Victoria, BC
Made by Hand, Silver Edition, Crafts Assn of BC/Canadian Crafts Museum Vancouver, BC
Ocktoberfest 1998 the Art of Beer, Newsmall and Sterling Studio Glass, Vancouver, BC

1997
Canadian Glass, Rowles & Company Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Glass Art IX , Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Glass, Westend Gallery, Victoria, BC
North of the Border, Contemporary Canadian Glass, Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Shaken...Not Stirred: the art of the martini, invitational, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Animal Mineral Vegetable: V6 Collaborates, Andrighetti Glass Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1996
Where's the Content/Context, juried exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Hot Stuff: A Kaleidoscope of Modern Glass, Gallery at Salishan Gleneden Beach, OR
Hot Glass, juried BCGAA members show, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Glass Art VIII BCGAA, juried members exhibition, Vancouver Public Library
V6: Hot Off the Coast, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
The Artists of Andrighetti Glassworks, YVR Vancouver, BC
V6 Comes to Colorado, Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO
The New Glass Age ,V6 at Grove Gallery, Whistler, BC
V6: Vancouver Glass, The Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto, ON

1995
V6 featured artists, The Alberta Craft Council Showcase Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Canadian Glass, Rowles & Co Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Untitled, Group invitational, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, PQ
A Gathering of Glass, group show, Sable 5 Fine Arts, Wimberely, TX
Glass Art VII BCGAA , juried members exhibition, Vancouver Public Library
Featured Artist, Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, BC
Group exhibition, The Guild Shop of the Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
Great Glass, annual glass invitational, Whitebird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Featured Artist, North West Women's Art Conference invitational. Seattle WA
Too Hot to Handle, V6 Major exhibition, Canadian Crafts Museum, Vancouver, BC
Morna Tudor and Gary Bolt, Galerie Lynda Greenberg, Ottawa, ON

1994
The Taste of Several Times, invitational, Canadian Crafts Museum, Vancouver, BC
V6 at Caswell Gallery, US debut exhibition, Troutdale, OR
Harmony Arts Festival, invitational group exhibition, West Vancouver, BC
Group Glass Exhibition , invitational, Galerie Lynda Greenberg, Ottawa, ON
Glass Feature, invitational, Harbinger Gallerie, Waterloo, ON
V6 Debut Exhibition, Andrighetti Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Glass Art VI BCGAA , juried members exhibition, The Atrium, Vancouver, BC
British Columbia Glass, The Courtyard Gallery, Alameda CA
Glass, juried BCGAA Members show, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Great Glass, annual glass invitational, Whitebird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Canadian Glass, annual group show, Rowles & Parham Gallery, Edmonton AB
Refractions / Directions, GAAC members exhibition at C2G2, Waterloo, ON
Canadian Contemporary Crafts, curated show, Owl Gallery, New York, NY
Women in Art, invitational, Harrington Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
Truth, invitational, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Containment, curated, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
BC in QC, group invitational, Barbara Silverberg Gallery, Montreal, PQ
The Artists of Andrighetti Glassworks, Alberta Crafts Council Showcase Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Selected British Columbia Glass, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA

1993
Faculty, Air and TA Exhibition, Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Stanwood, WA
Morna Tudor Gary Bolt Brock Craig, The Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
Made by Hand CCM, juried traveling show, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Glass Art V BCGAA , juried members exhibition, The Atrium, Vancouver, BC
Environmental Glass, juried, Langley Centennial Museum, Langley, BC

1992
Inaugural Exhibition, Silica Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Glass Art IV BCGAA, juried members exhibition, The Atrium, Vancouver, BC
A Group of Glass, invitational, Whitebird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Fireworks! invitational, West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre-traveling, BC
Three Person Show, Jenkins Showler gallery, White Rock, BC
First BC Hot Glass Show, juried BCGAA members show, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, BC
GAAC Members Show, in conjunction with the 1992 glass conference, Scott Gallery, Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver , BC
Collaborations, Andrighetti Gallery, Vancouver, BC
More Magic, group invitational. Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
A Treasury of Canadian Craft, inaugural exhibition of the Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC
A Celebration of Life and Laughter, group invitational. Maple Ridge BC
The Best of the Best, international glass invitational, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Ninth Annual Glass Invitational, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD

1991
Mythology, juried BCGAA members show, Langley Centennial Museum, BC
Glass as Art III, juried BCGAA members show, The Atrium, Vancouver BC
Glassworks '91, juried group exhibition, Atlanta, GA
Recent Works: New Glass by Morna Tudor and Gary Bolt, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
First Annual Goblet Invitational, Andrighetti Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1990
Glass Art II: A New Decade, BCGAA juried show, The Atrium
The Playful Imagination, juried show of toys by artists, Queens Quay, Toronto
Smash, group invitational, Robert Held Art Glass,Vancouver, BC
The Summit Collection, invitational The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
Vessels, invitational group exhibition, The International Gallery, San Diego, CA
Group Show, Galerie Lynda Greenberg, Ottawa, ON
Five Person Show, Harris Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Selected Artists, group invitational, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Glass, annual group show, Rowles and Parham Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Three Person Glass Show, Jenkins Showler Gallery, White Rock, BC
Kinichi Shigeno, Morna Tudor, Lorraine Jones, three person curated show, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
Myth and Mythology, juried, Langley Centennial Museum, Langley, BC