Education
1991-1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1995-1996
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Other Education
2000
Non-Degree Graduate Studies in Glass, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (with Dante Marioni and Ann Wahlstrom)
1997
The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (with Katherine Gray)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (with Jack Wax)
1995-2001
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (with Lino Tagliapietra, Benjamin Moore, Jan Erik Ritzman, David Levi, and Richard Marquis)
Teaching Experience
2002
Teaching Assistant to Katherine Gray, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2001
Teaching Assistant to Katherine Gray, The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Teaching Assistant to Ruth King and Richard Marquis, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Instructor, Glass Axis, Public Access Studio, Columbus, OH
1999
Instructor, Department of Materials and Sciences, MIT, Cambride, MA
Teaching Assistant to Ruth King and Katherine Gray, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Teaching Assistant to Kait Rhoads, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Teaching Assistant to Dan Dailey, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Assistant to Kait Rhoads, The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, NY
Assistant to Kait Rhoads, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
WORK EXPERIENCE
2001-present
Assistant to Richard Marquis, Whidbey Island, WA
Glassblowing Assistant, Richard Royal, Benjamin Moore, Inc., Seattle, WA
Glassblowing Assistant, Ibex Glass Studio, Whidbey Island, WA
2000
Gaffer, A&E Artworks, Columbus, OH
1999
Assistant to the Director, Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, OH
Assistant to Ruth King, Artist in Residence, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1998
Glassblowing Assistant to Josiah McElheny, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Artist in Residence, Boston, MA
Glassblowing Assistant, Chihuly, Inc., James Mongrain Studios, Inc., Seattle, WA
Glassblowing Assistant, Katherine Gray, Seattle, WA
Glassblowing and Artist Assistant to Kait Rhoads, Seattle, WA
1997
Glassblower, Off-Center, Providence, RI
1996
Artist Assistant to Therman Statom, Columbus, OH Assistant Studio Technician, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1995, 1996
Assistant to Ruth King, Associate Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibitions
2002
Solo Exhibition, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2001
Beyond Tupperware, Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
Exhibitions
2001
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Whidbey Island Glass Invitational, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
A New Wave of Glass II, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
Distractions, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
Mentors in Glass, Alianza Gallery, Boston, MA
1997, 2000, 2001
Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction, Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
2000
Hit and Run, BLD Alternative Space, Columbus, OH
1999, 2000
Passion Afire: Pilchuck Glass School Benefit Auction, City Centre, Seattle, WA
1999
25 Years of Glass/Mass College of Art Professors and Juried Student Work, Chappel Gallery, Boston, MA
Sculptural Glass: New Perspectives on an Ancient Medium, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Senior Show, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Chappel Gallery, Boston, MA Glass: Mass Art '99, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1998
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
Future Perfect, Mentors and Students at Massachusetts College of Art, Chappel Gallery, Boston, MA
1997
Emerging Artists/Education, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1996
Rumplestiltskin, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Breakthrough: Emerging Glass Artists, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1995
Icons and Altars, New Art Center, Newtonville, MA
614-261-9738, BP View Space, Columbus, OH
Superstars, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Second Annual Juried Exhibition, First Expressions Gallery, Boston, MA
Publications
Hackett, Regina, Northwest Pluck at Bellevue Art Museum, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 23, 2001
Hall, Emily, Artist Bio: Amy Rueffert, The Stranger, April 26, 2001
Kangas, Matthew, Works in BAM's Annual Resist Traditional Categories, The Seattle Times, October 19, 2001
New Glass Review 20, Neues Glas/New Glass, 2001
New Glass Review 19, Neues Glas/New Glass, 1998
Sculptural Glass: New Perspectives on an Ancient Medium, The New Haven Register, April 25, 1999
The Corning Leader, image of work, May 10, 2001
Awards
2001
Jurors Prize, 2001 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
2000
Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1999, 2000
Mary G. Bishop/Francis S. Merritt Scholarship Fund: Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1999 T
he Bicentennial Swedish-American Exchange Fund Travel Grant
Artist in Residence, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Summer Scholarship, The Studio, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Niche Student Award (finalist), Philadelphia Market of American Craft
1996
Naomi L. Becker Scholarship Fund, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Collections
Corning Museum of Glass
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