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Education
2002
The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, studies with Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott
Firehouse 12, studies with Anthony Schaefermeyer and Claire Kelly
Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, studies with Lino Tagliapietra
2001
Centro Studio Vetro, San Servolo, Italy, studies with Davide Salvatore
Pilchuck School, studies with Elio Quarisa
2000
Haystack Mt. School for Crafts, studies with Dante Marioni
1996
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1992
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1990
MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1974
Diploma, Philips Academy, Andover, WA
Professional Experience
2008
Lecturer, "Creativity for the Unoriginal," Glass Art Society annual conference, Portland, OR
2007
Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Instructor, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Artist, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD
Lecturer, "Craft Boston", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Advisory Committee, Glass Art Society
2006
Instructor, Penland School, Penland, NC
Visting Artist, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Visiting Artist, Cal State San Bernadino, San Bernadino, CA
Visiting Artist, San Bernadino Valley College, San Bernadino, CA
Instructor, Flowerfield Art Center, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
2005
Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Visiting Artist, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Demonstrating Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma. WA
2004
Lecturer, "A Survey of Contemporary North American Blown Glass Production," Glass Art Society annual conference, New Orleans, LA
Lecturer, National Museum of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
Hot Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2003
Instructor, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
Panelist, "Professional Practices," Glass Art Society annual conference, Seattle, WA
2002
Visiting Artist, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
Demonstrating Artist, "The Art of Fine Craft," University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2001
President, Glass Art Society
2000
President, Glass Art Society
Studio Assistant, Waterford Crystal, Waterford, Ireland
1999
Glass Art Society, 30th Anniversary Commemorative Murrini Commission
1998
Vice President, Glass Art Society
Editor, GAS News
Workshop Assistant to Pike Powers, Ezra Glass Studio, Kanazu, Japan
1997
Teaching Assistant to Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggigsberg, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1996
Founder of Isola Glass, Camano Island, WA
Secretary of Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA
Librarian, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Studio Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1995
Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant to Dick Marquis & Nick Mount, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Assistant to Suzi Pleyte, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1994
Assistant to Bob Tannen, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Studio Technician, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1994
Studio Assistant to Bob Tannen, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
Studio Technician, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
1993
Teaching Assistant to Ruth King, Nijima International Glass Festival, Japan
Teaching Assistant to Judith Schaechter, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
Co-curator, "Cast in Glass," Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Speaker, Newcomb School of Art, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Store Proprietor, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
1992
Founder and partner, Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA
1991
Visiting Artist, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
Juror, Newcomb Spring Arts Festival, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
Assistant to James Drake and Ishar Patkin, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
1990
Founder and Educational Director, New Orleans School of GlassWorks, New Orleans, LA
Teaching Assistant to Dick Marquis, Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1989
Assistant to Curator of Exhibitions, Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, OH
Gallery Intern, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH
Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1988
Studio Assistant to Ann Wolff, Transjo, Sweden
1987
Maintenance, Pilchuck Glass School
Selected Exhibitions
2007
Bespoke, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2006
North American Glass 2006, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
The Fires Burn On, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Reflections: A Decade of North Lands Creative Glass, Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005
Annual Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2004
Get Rhythm, Royal Cameo Glass, New Orleans, LA
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Holiday Arts Show, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA
2003
Crafts National 2003, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
20/20 Vision, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Looking North from Pilchuck, Professional Northwest Artists, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2001-2002 Fellows, Gallery of American Craft at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
2002
Contemporary American Glass, Art Forms, Woodstock, NY
The Art of Fine Craft, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE
Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2001
A Glass Act '01, Prism Gallery, Detroit, MI
Fire and Form: The Magic of Glass, The Glass Menagerie, Corning, NY
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2000
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Isola Glass: Trunk Show, Boucher, New York, NY
Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
1999
Scott Benefield, Gallerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
GAS Board of Directors Exhibition, Smith Glasshouse Gallery, Tampa, FL
PA '74 Alumni/ae Art Show, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Glass Show, Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
Art by Candlelight, Bainbridge Center for Arts and Crafts, Seattle, WA
Art of Camano Island, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
1998
Pilchuck, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
Passion Afire, City Centre, Seattle, WA
First Annual Glass Festival, Emerald City Art, Seattle, WA
Clearly Magic, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
1997
Pilchuck, Sea-Tac Airport Show, Seattle, WA
Man Power, Earth & Fire Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Dinner For Two, Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, Tucson, AZ
Honey I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Part IV, Camano Island, WA
1996
Pilchuck Summer Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
Pilchuck, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
Menorah Show, Trade & Convention Center, Seattle, WA
No Dead Artists, Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Angels, Earth & Fire Gallery, New Orleans, LA
A Touch of Glass, Blue Heron Gallery, Covington, LA
1995
Emergents, Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
I've Got You Under My Skin, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Vetropolis, Delgado Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Glorious Egg, Popps Fountain, City Park, New Orleans, LA
Oxidation/Burial Project, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
The Mermaid Show, Mermaid Cafe, New Orleans, LA
Pilchuck, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
1994
Pilchuck, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Wonderkammer, Rena Branston Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Art of Glass Multiples, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Pilchuck Glass, Butch Bloom, Seattle, WA
Food for Thought, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
1993
Glass and Iron, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
Contemporary Crafts in the Urban Environment, New Orleans Museum of Art
Louisiana Contemporary Crafts, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Glass: Inferno, University of New Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Yippie I/O, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Cast in Glass, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
Chairs, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
1992
Scott Benefield: Sculpture, (one-person show), Place St. Charles Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Garden of Paradox: A Game of Chess?, Richmond, VA
The Young and the Restless, Hastings College, Hastings NE
Summer Group Show, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
1991
War, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Choice, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Art Against AIDS Ornaments, Gallery 608, New Orleans, LA
1990
Glass Axis at Fort hayes, Fort Hayes Art Center, Columbus, OH
The Vitues of Mobility, (one person show), Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH
Hully Gully, Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH
Six for Two, Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH
Flaying Rasputin, Hopkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
Et Al., Sullivant Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Glass Axis, Bountiful Art Center, Bountiful, UT
1988
Columbus Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Upper Arlington Municipal Building, Upper Arlington, OH
1987
Capital Glass Invitational, Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Selected Awards
2007
Research Residency, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
Artist-in-Residence, Vrij Glas, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
Tower Residency, Cushendall, Northern Ireland
2004
Artist-in-Residency, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
2002
Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
2001
Full Scholarship, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA
1996
Louisiana Division of the Arts Project Grant
Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1994
Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1992
Louisiana Purchase Award, New Orleans, LA
1991
Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1986
Fulbright Hay Grant, Sweden
Collections
Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Publications
2006
"25 Years of the New Glass Review," Corning Museum of Glass, Tina Oldknow, ed.
Benefield, Scott. Shafermeyer/Kelly: Glass, Essay, Pittsburgh Glass Center
2005
Benefield, Scott. Gloine, (Ireland) "The Emerging Irish Studio Glass Scene," May, 2005
Benefield, Scott. "Time to Touch the Green," Gloine, (Ireland) October, 2005
2004
Benefield, Scott. Glass Art Society Journal, "A Survey of Contemporary North American Blown Glass,"
Benefield, Scott. Gloine, (Ireland) "Glass Art in America," December, 2004
2003
Glass, "Sustaining Stained Glass," Fall, 2003
2002-present
GASNews, contributing writer
2002
Benefield, Scott. "Fritz Dreisbach, a Lifetime in Studio Glass," Vetro, November, 2002
Benefield, Scott. "Letter from the President", Glass Art Society Journal
2001
Benefield, Scott. "Letter from the President", Glass Art Society Journal
Benefield, Scott. "GAS in Corning", Vetro, September 2001
1998-2002
GASNews, bi-monthly editorials
1998
Portfolio, American Craft, February-March issue
1997
"New Orleans Glass: Third Coast," Glass, July, 1997
1996
New Glass Review 17, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
"Studio Inferno, New Orleans Hot Spot", Glass Art, June
1995
Benefield, Scott. "New Orleans Overview," Glass Art Society Journal
1994
New Glass Review 15, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
1987
New Glass Review 8, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
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