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Born in Chicago, IL in 1953
Education
1991
German Lampworking with Kurt Wallstab, Received John Burton Scholarship for Lampworking, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1989
Glass Sculpting and Casting Techniques with Paul Marioni, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1988
Advanced lampworking with Frederick Birkhill and Hot Glass Techniques with Stephen Dee Edwards, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1974-1977
Glass Apprenticeship with Jerry and Lee Coker, Lake Placid, NY
1968-1974
Glass Apprenticeship with Roger Smith, Winterhaven, FL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2002
R. Duane Reed Gallery St. louis, MO
2001
Showcase Gallery, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Erl Originals, Winston-Salem, NC
1999
Food & Wine, Aspen, CO
"A Shane Fero Retrospective", Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
Kane marie Fine Arts Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
1997
Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Ariodante Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1996
Belvetro Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1995-1995
"Solo Installation of Format Room", North Carolina Glass Focus 25th Anniversary GAS Show, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Ariodante Gallery, new Orleans, LA
1993
Ariodante Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1992
"Dance of the Icons", Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003
"3rd Annual International Flamework Conference", Gallery of American Craft, Salem Community College, Carny's Point, NJ
"Glassweekend '03", Wheaton Village, Gallery of American Craft, Millville, NJ
Two Person Show, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
"The Eclectic Goblet, International Glass Artists", Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
"From These Hands", Craft Alliance Invitational Show, St. Louis, MO
"Penland Show", Multitudes Gallery, Blue Ridge, GA
"The Eclectic Goblet, International Glass Artists", The Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
"The Glass Vessel, An International Invitational", Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY
Exhibition with Dante Marioni, Tobin-Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY
"5th Annual Goblet Invitational", The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002
"New Acquisitions", Museum Fur Glasskunst Lauscha, Lauscha, Germany
"A Gather of Glass: 15th Anniversary 2002", Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
"The 9th Annual Scent Bottle Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"8th Annual Goblet Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Being Human: The Figure Expressed", The Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"4th Annual Goblet Show", The Works Gallery, Philadephia, PA
"12th Aniversary Show", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Passionate Collectors: Sonia & Isaac Luski", Traveling Exhibition, Hickory Museum of Arts and Asheville Art Museum, NC
"For the Birds", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
"Permanent Collection Highlights", Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
"Stephen Rolfe Powell and Shane Fero: Classical Glass, Modern Forms", Dorita Arnold at Space, Atlanta, GA
2001
"Two Person Show, Bottles & Birds", The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
"Sofa Chicago", Carson Masuoka Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Glass Enchantment", The Winter Garden at Basch & Lombs World Headquarters, Rochester, NY
North Carolina Collector's Auction Invitational, St John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC
"Passionate Collectors, Sonia & Isaac Luski", Gallery of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
"Artists from the Studio", The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
"Sculpture Invitational 2001", Blue Spiral 1. Asheville, NC
"Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works", Exhibits U.S.A. traveling exhibit, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH, and Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
"8th Annual Scent Bottle Show", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Millenium Glass: an International Survey of Studio Glass", traveling exhibit, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, and the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
"3rd Annual Goblet Show", The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Passing the Torch", West End Gallery, Corning, NY
"Off the Beaten Path", Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
"7th Annual Goblet Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Converging Ideas", Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
"101 Vampires", Goog Gallery, Katy Charles, Denver, CO
"Considerations in Contemporary Studio Glass", William King Regional Arts Center, Abington, VA
"Black & White", Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
"Memories 2001", Signature Galleries, Mashpee, Boston, Chesnut, MA and Westport, CT
2000
"Hot to Handle, Lampwork Invitational", The Hope Collection, Santa Fe, NM
"10th Anniversary Exhibition", Ariodante Gallery, New Orleans, LA
"Two for 2000", invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
"Sofa New York", Sandy Carson Gallery, New York, NY
"North Carolina Art Glass", Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
"18th International Glass Invitational", Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
"Millenium Glass: an International Survey of Studio Glass", Kentucky Arts and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
"Sofa Chicago", Sandy Carson Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Imagery", invitational, Philabaum Glass Gallery, Tucson, AZ
"Tenth Anniversary Gala", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas TX
"10th Annual International Figurative Invitational", Miller Gallery, New York, NY
"Select 2000", Greenhill Center For North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
"Southeastern Glass Invitational 2000", Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
"That Was Then, This Is Now: A 35th Anniversary Retrospective", Craft Alliance's Center for Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO
"Goblets 2000", Glasshouse Studio, Seattle, WA
"Dialogue", Sharon Campbell, Haywood Mall, Greenville, SC
"Collecting . . .Passion and Perspective of Jodi Carson", Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
"7th Annual Scent Bottle Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"A Toast . . .To Children Helping Children, benefit, Gallerie Dorita!", Atlanta, GA
"Flame Friends, work by Birkhill, Fero, and Fowler", Cool Arts, Corning, NY
"12th Annual All Glass Invitational", Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
"Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works", Exhibits U.S.A. traveling exhibit, Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD; Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH; Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR; Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, VA
"6th Annual Goblet Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Goblet Exhibition", Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
"10th Annual Hot Glass Exhibition and Auction", Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Owens-Illinois Gallery, Toledo, OH
1999
"Sofa: Chicago," Sandy Carson Gallery, Chicago, IL
"11th Annual All Glass Invitational", Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
"3 Person Show", Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
"Lidded, Boxed, Ect.," Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
"Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works", exhibits U.S.A., traveling exhibition, J Wayne Stark University Center Gallery, College Station, TX; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
"6th Annual Goblet Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"The Nude as Form", Mostly Glass Gallery, Englewood, NJ
"5th Annual Goblet Invitational", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Collection of Rita and lb Nymark Hegelund", Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
"Sofa: New York", Sandy Carson Gallery, New York, NY
"New Work: Fero, Leighton, Pozniak", Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
"Vessels: A National Glass Invitational", Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
"Figuratively Speaking", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
"Goblet Invitational", Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Studio Glass: Established and Emerging Visions", Tri-Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
"Diversity in Glass: Technique, Form, Function", The Gallery of American Craft at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
"Southern Glass Now", dΉArt Center, Norfolk, VA
"Scents & non Scents 99", Signature Galleries, Mashpee, Boston, Chestnut Hill, MA
"Art in Romance", Kane Marie Fine Arts Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
"By Heart and Hand: Collecting Southern Decorative Arts", Mark Scala Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
"Penland Instructors I: Glass, erl originals", Winston-Salem, NC
"9th Annual International Figurative Invitational", Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1998
"Venezia Aperto Vetro 98", Centro Vetro, Venice, Italy
"Meta-Phorms, Two Person Show", Gallerie Dorita, Atlanta, GA
"16th International Glass Invitational", Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
"Sofa: Chicago", Sandy Carson Gallery, Chicago, IL
"The Human Form in Allegory, Metaphor, and Myth", The Gallery of American Craft at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
"Flameworking: By the Torch", Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
"7th Annual International Figurative Invitational", Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1997
"9th Annual All Glass Invitational", Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
"Artfair: Santa Fe", Sandy Carson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"11th Annual One of a Kind National Goblet Show", Glasshouse Art Glass, Seattle, WA
"Seattle Art Fair", Sandy Carson Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Small Works Exhibition", Richard Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Scent Bottle Show", Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Goblet Show", Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Glass Weekend 97", Morgan at Mendelson, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
"15th International Glass Invitational", Habatat Galleries, Boca Racon, FL
"A Gathering of Glass V", Sable V Gallery, Wimberley, TX
"100 Mile Radius, Asheville, A Focal Point in the American Craft Movement", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
"Hot Glass, Glass Art Exhibition & Auction", Owens-Illinois Gallery, Toledo, OH
"Focus Glass 97", Albertson- Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, FL
"The Goblet: Artistry, Ritual and Function", Martha Connell, Tri Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
"Debut Show", Morgan at Medelson, Pittsburgh, PA
"6th Annual International Figurative Invitational", Miller Gallery, New York, NY
"Lampwork - Three Expressions", Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
"Group Show", Morgan At Medelson, Pittsburgh, PA
"Southern Invitational X: Regions of the Flame", Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, Tucson, AZ
"Sofa Chicago", Sandy Carson Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Contemporary Flameworked Glass", Paul Stankard and Gay Le Cleire Taylor, Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
1996
"Art Glass 96", Hanson Artsource, Knoxville, TN
"Featured Artists Series 96", 4 Person Show, Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
"Glass Focus II, The Vessel and Related Forms", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
"Animal Imagery From A to Z", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
"Images of Faith V", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
"A Glass Act 96, Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
"5th Annual International Figurative Invitational", Miller Gallery, New York, NY
"Sofa Miami", Sandy Carson Gallery, Miami, FL
"The Glasmuseum-The First Ten Years", Ebeltoft, Denmark
"25 at 25", 25th Anniversary Exhibition At The Society For Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
"Out of the Flame: Glass Lampwork And Beadwork", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
"Breaking The Mold: New Directions In Glass", Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
"Artists of Penland", Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw, GA
"Sofa Chicago", Sandy Carson Gallery, Chicago, IL
CASH AWARDS AND JURIED EVENTS
Over 40 Cash Purchase Awards Received
2003
Merit Award, Trac Fall Festival of the Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
1995
Best in Show, 'Bare Essentials Exhibition', Signature Galleries, Boston, Mashpee, and Chesnut Hill, MA
1992
Best of Show, Art on the Point, Grosse Point, MI
Second Best of Show in Master Crafts (McPatterson-Findley Founders Awards), Springfest, Charlotte, NC
Award of Distinction, Mount Dora Arts Festival, Mount Dora, FL
1991
John Burton Award for Lampworking, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
First Place in Sculpture, Art in the Park, High Point, NC
Award of Merit, Art in the Park, Petosky, MI
Award of Distinction, Tarpon Springs Art Festival, Tarpon Springs, FL
Third Place in Sculpture, 27th Cedar Key Arts Festival, Cedar Key, FL
1990
Best of Show, Art in the Park, Blowing Rock, NC
First Place in Sculpture, Riverview Arts Festival, Cape Coral, FL
Award of Distinction, Mount Dora Arts Festival, Mount Dora, FL
First Place in Sculpture, Vero Beach Art Show, Vero Beach, FL
Award of Merit, 21st Spring Arts Festival, Gainesville, FL
Honorable Mention, Sun Fest Juried Art Show, West Palm Beach, FL
1989
Best of Show, Riverview Arts Festival, Cape Coral, FL
Best of Show, Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club Arts and Crafts Fair, Sanibel, FL
Merit Award, Vero Beach Art Show, Vero Beach, FL
First Place in Sculpture, 12th Annual All Children's Hospital Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL
Second Place in Sculpture, 25th Cedar Key Sidewalk Arts Festival, Cedar Key, FL
Second Place in Glassworks, Melbourne Arts Festival, Melbourne Beach, FL
First Place in Sculpture, Art in the Park, Bonita Bay, FL
Merit Award, Masaryktown Arts, Crafts, and Music Festival Masaryktown, FL
Best of Show, Crystal River Lion-Lioness Art Show, Crystal River, FL
Judge's Honor Award, Images in Art, Ocala, FL
Best in Sculpture, Big Arts Festival, Sanibel, FL
Best in Show, Art in the Heart of Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
1988
Honorable Mention, St. John's River Festival, Sanford, FL
Merit Award, Images in Art, Ocala, FL
Honorable Mention, 11th Annual All Children's Hospital Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL
Second Place in Sculpture, Masaryktown Arts, Crafts, and Music Festival, Masaryktown, FL
Honorable Mention, Crystal River Lion-Lioness Art Show, Crystal River, FL
Honorable Mention, 25th Annual Dunedin Arts Festival, Dunedin, FL
Award of Distinction, Gainesville's Downtown Festival, Gainesville, FL
Best of Show, Big Arts Festival, Sanibel, FL
1987
Special Award, St. John's River Festival, Sanford, FL
Merit Award, Leesburg's Fun and Arts Festival, Leesburg, FL
Second Place in Crafts, 10th Annual All Children's Hospital Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL
Merit Award, Masaryktown Arts, Crafts, and Music Festival, Masaryktown, FL
Merit Award, Crystal River Lion-Lioness Art Show, Crystal River, FL
1986
Honorable Mention, 9th Annual All Children's Hospital Arts Festival, St. Petersburg, FL
Honorable Mention, Crystal River Lion-Lioness Art Show, Crystal River, FL
Best in Show, San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival, San Antonio, FL
1985
Third Place in Glass, Homasassa River Arts Festival, Homasassa River, FL
1984
Second Place in Crafts, 5th Annual Old Hyde Park Arts Festival, Tampa, FL
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