Education
BFA Sculpture, Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
Related Experience
2007-08
Glassblower at Chihuly, Inc., Seattle, WA
2007-present
Co-owner and operator of Lukeke Designs: Luke Jacomb and Katherine Rutecki, Auckland, New Zealand
2005-08
Assistant to Luke Jacomb, Alfred, NY
2004-08
Assistant and gaffer at various studios, Seattle, WA
2005
Consultant, Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
2004-06
Casting Coordinator, instructor: Stephen D. Edwards Alfred, NY
Exhibitions
2011
Vetri Glass, Solo Show, Blue in Green, Seattle, WA
2009-10
With a Little Help from our Friends: Recent Accessions to the Decorative Arts, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2009
GLASS 09, Milford House, Queenstown, New Zealand
2008-09
Outbreak!, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, DenmarkArt
2006
Renewal, Royal Cameo Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004
S.U.N.Y. Spring Exhibition, Gallery at the State University Plaza, Albany, NY
Residencies
2007
Artist in Residence, The Works Museum, Newark, Ohio
2007
Hastings College, Hastings, NB
Teaching Experience
2010
Intro to Glass Casting Workshop, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
2008
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Paradise paints and photosensitive glass, Seattle, WA
2007
Hastings College, Kiln casting workshop, Hastings, NE
2006
Corning Museum of Glass, Goucher College, Corning, NY
Awards
2007
Artist Residency, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
Two-month Artist in Residence, The Works Museum, Newark, OH
2003-07
Portfolio Scholarship, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
Collections
Works Musuem, Newark, OH
Gaffer Glass, New Zealand
Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA |
