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Born July 4, 1973, in France

EDUCATION

1998
Advanced Glassblowing with Dante Marioni and Benjamin Moore, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1997
Advanced Glassblowing with Dante Marioni and Richard Marquis, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1995
Italian Glassblowing with Checco Ongaro and Lino Tagliapietra, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1993-95
CERFAV, European Glass School, Vannes Le Châtel, France

1992
ADAC, Glass Center, Paris

1991-93
ENSAAMA, Ceramics Section, National College of Applied Arts and Crafts, Paris, France

1988-91
BA, Industrial Design Section, Caen, France

WORK AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1999-Present
Glassblower at Benjamin Moore, Inc., with artists: Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dan Dailey, Dale Chihuly, Paul Cunningham and Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA

2002
Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Gaffer at "Verrerie del Opera", Paris, France for Monica Guggisberg
Workshop in Kanazu, Forest of Creation, Japan
Teaching assistant for Andrea Zilio, "Advanced Venetian Glassblowing", Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2001
Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Teaching, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA "Blown Glass and Design"

2000
Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Work with Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, James Mongrain, Katherine Gray and Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant for Dante Marioni, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, and Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Incalmo Technique Workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

1999
Demonstration and lecture, CERFAV, France
Incalmo Technique Workshop, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Teaching assistant for Harumi Yukutake (From Micro to Macro) and Teaching assistant for Ruth King and Katherine Gray, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1998
Work with Dale Chihuly, Sonja Blomdahl, John DeWitt, Katherine Gray, David Levi, James Mongrain, Deborah Moore, Janusz Pozniak and Preston Singletary, Seattle, WA
Teaching assistant for Katherine Gray, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1997
Assistant, Verrerie de Nonfoux
Workshop, CIRVA, Marseille, France
Assistant for Stephen Gillies and Kate Jones, Glass Design, Rosedale, England
Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Corning, the Studio, Corning, NY
Teaching Assistant for Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Isle, ME

1996
Assistant for Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg, Verrerie de Nonfoux, Switzerland
Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Isle, ME

1995
Training with Alain Guillot, Issigeac, France
Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Symposium at Cristallerie de Viannes, France
Assistant to Pino Signoretto, workshop at CERFAV
Assistant for Nanna Backhaus & Andrew J. Brown, Glas Smedjen, Kregme, Denmark

1994
Assistant to Yonel Faure, Carsac, France
Assistant to Beda Maria Johanson, Glass Festival, Reviers, France
Training with Martine Durand Gasselin, St. Méloir des Ondes, France

AWARDS

1998
Full scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1997
George & Dorothy Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Technical Assistant Grant, Mary Beasom Bishop & Francis Sumner Merit Scholarship Fund, Haystack
Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Isle, ME
Prêt d'honneur de la Fondation de France, Grant for Vocation

1996
Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Isle, ME

1995-96
Léonardo European Training Grant

1995
Georges Stroemple Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERIES

2003
Solo Exhibition at Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA

2001
Solo Exhibition at Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000
Galleria Rossella Junck, Venice, Italy (group exhibit)
The Year of Young Glass (group exhibit), Marta Hewitt Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1999
Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Marta Hewitt Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1998-97
Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
Galleria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
Bragiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1997
Galleria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
Bragiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1995
Maison & Object, Salon, Paris, France
Claret, France

1994
Galerie Art du Verre, Luxembourg Ville
Salon du Paas, Paris, France
SEMA, Nancy, France

PUBLICATIONS

2002
Neues Glass Review