1992-97
MFA, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI

1994
Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deere Isle, ME

1988-92
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art, MA

1991
Tyler School of Art, WA

1990
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1988
Mt. Holyoke College, MA

Exhibitions

1996-97
Commitment to Excellence, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, HI
Arts Commission of Ohio, Toledo, OH

1996
Contempo '96, Contemporary Museum, HI
Quality Hearts, Contemporary Museum, HI
Festive Festooning, Contemporary Museum, HI
Black & White Art Exhibition, Honolulu Hale, HI
1995
Craft America '95, New Canaan, CT

1994
Pacific Rim Sculpture Invitational, Advertiser Gallery, HI

Professional Experience

1996
Instructor, Introduction to Glassblowing, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI

1995
Hot Teaching Assistant for Rick Mills, Introduction to Glassblowing, UH

1994
Teaching Assistant for Rick Mills, Intermediate Glass Casting, UH

1992
Workshop Assistant for Bertil Vallien, Aha Hana Lima, UH

1991-92
Glassblowing Assistant for Mark Wiener, Avon Place Glass, MA

Awards & Scholarships

1997
Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ

1996
Graduate Assistant Position, University of Hawaii, HI

1994
Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deere Isle, ME
(studied with Flora Mace and Karen Willenbrink)

1990
Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (studied with Robert Carlson)

Collections & Commissions

1997
Creative Glass Center of America, Museum Collection, Millville, NJ (studied with Robert Carlson)

1997
Okayama Museum of Art, Cafe Galeria, Okayama, Japan
Kahala Mandarin Hotel, Plumeria Cafe, Oahu, HI
Sheraton Kanapali, Presidential Suite, Maui, HI

SCOTT FITZEL

Education 1991-96
University of Hawaii Manoa, Dean's List: Spring 1993, 94, B.F.A.
1990, 92-95
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1991, 92-95
Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Deere Isle, ME
1988-91
Orange Coast College, CA, Associates of Arts Degree

Solo Exhibitions

1997
Razor Blade Roses and Bleeding Hearts, Submission Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1995
Reflections on Form, Ramsey Gallery, Honolulu, HI

Group Exhibitions

1996
A Commitment to Excellence, Amfac Plaza, HI
History of the Beer Glass, Shipleys Ale House, HI
Contempo '96, Contemporary Museum, HI
Quality Hearts, Contemporary Museum, HI
Festive Festooning, Contemporary Museum, HI
Black & White Art Exhibition, Honolulu Hale, HI

1993-96
Pilchuck Artists Exhibition, Sea-Tac Airport, WA

1995
Arts Commission Glass Exhibit, Toledo, OH
Craft America '95, Hartford, CT
51% Emerging Artists in Glass, Portland, OR

1994
A Commitment to Excellence, Amfac Tower, HI
Hawaii Craftsmen, Linekona Art Center, HI
G.A.S. International Student Show, Oakland, CA

1993
A Case for Glass, Commons Gallery, HI
Helander Gallery Contemporary Glass, Palm Beach, FL
Artists of Hawaii, Academy of Arts, HI

Collections

1997
Okayama Museum of Art, Cafe Galeria, Okayama, Japan
Kahala Mandarin Hotel, Plumeria Cafe, Oahu, HI
Sheraton Kanapali, Presidential Suite, Maui, HI

1995
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Acquisition

Awards & Scholarships

1997
Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship, Wheaton Village, NJ

1995
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship to Lino Tagliapietra
Sybil Heide U.H. Scholarship Fund
Kenneth Hewett Memorial Scholarship
1994

Japanese Chamber of Commerce Show, First Place, 3-D

Pilchuck Teaching Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra
Sibyl Heide U.H. Scholarship Fund
Pilchuck Scholarship with Richard Royal, Oiva Toikka

1993-94
Dianne Sullivan Memorial Scholarship

1992
Aha Hana Lima Workshops, Teaching Assistant to Bertil Vallien
Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant to Rick Mills

1991
Haystack Mountain School of Arts & Crafts, Teaching Assistant to Sonja Blomdahl

1990
Haystack Whit Slemmons Art Glass Scholarship

1989
David and Jane Nixon Fine Art Scholarship

Articles

1995
Honololu Advertiser, Art Scene, March 12

1992
Honolulu Weekly, Artists of Hawaii, review, Dec 9 The Sunday Star Bulletin, Art Scene, May