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Professional Experience

1990-present
Glassblower, Benjamin Moore, Inc. Seattle, WA

1987-present
Glassblower, Chihuly Inc., Seattle, WA

1985-present
Glassblower, assistant to Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Danny Perkins, Lino Tagliapietra, Dan Dailey, Dante Marioni, Fritz Dreisbach, Dick Marquis

1994-1995
Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1990
Glassblower, Chihuly team, SKLO Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Gaffer Assistant, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1989
Glassblower, Chihuly team, Niijima Glass Art Center, Niijima, Japan

1988-1989
Glassblower, California College of Arts and Crafts Workshop, Oakland, CA

1987
Glassblower, Rhode Island School of Design Workshop, Providence, RI

1984-1987
Glassblower, The Glass Eye Studio, Seattle, WA

Teaching Experience

1999
Exploring the Vessel, UrbanGlass, New York, NY

1998
Introduction to Glassblowing, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1997
Fall Workshop, Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Toyama City, Japan

1996
9th Niijima International Glass Art Festival Workshop, Niijima, Japan
Glassblowing Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1994
The Glass Festival Workshop, Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Toyama City, Japan
Introduction to Glassblowing, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Introduction to Glassblowing II, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

1993
Goblet Workshop with Lino Tagliapietra, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Introduction to Glassblowing, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

1992
Introduction to Glassblowing, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Advanced Glassblowing, with Lino Tagliapietra and Dante Marioni, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine

1990 - 1991
Advanced Glassblowing, with Dante Marioni, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine

Exhibitions

2007
vol oo'me, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA

2001
Lino Tagliapietra e Amici, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Group Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2000
Group Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Gallery Dorita, Atlanta, GA

1995-2000
The Pilchuck Exhibition, SeaTac International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma, WA

1999
Featured Artist, Riley Hawk Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Master Crafts at Gumps, GUMPS, San Francisco, CA

1998
Venezia Aperto Vetro, International New Glass, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
25 Years of International Influence, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997
The Society of Arts and Crafts Centennial Education Exhibition, Boston, MA
The New Glass Act at Gumps, GUMPS, San Francisco, CA
Young Glass 1997, International Competition, The Glasmuseum, Fbeltoft, Denmark
Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR

1996
A New Generation, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Survey of Contemporary Glass, Tustin Gallery, Tustin, CA

1995
Glas Gallerie, Stockholm, Sweden
Hall's, Kansas City, KS
Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994
Visions of the Northwest, Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO
Northwest Glass Invitational, Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1993
Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glass Act II, Vertu Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1992
American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1991
A Goblet Show II, Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC

Publications

2000
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, "Exhibit Features National Glass Artists", May 5

1997
Seattle Times, "Glass Exhibition is a Mixed Bag" by Robin Updike, December.
New Glass Review 17: The Corning Museum of Glass: Art and Objects
Young Glass, C. Sahl-Madesn, S. Blach, Ebeltoft, pp. 132-133.

1996
Neues Glas/New Glass Review, February
Seattle Times, March 14
American Craft, June/July Issue
Glass Magazine, Fall Issue