Education

1999-2000
Lino Tagliapietra, Venetian Techniques, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Lino Tagliapietra, Advanced Glassblowing, The Studio, Corning, NY
John Brekke, Graal Technique, The Studio, Corning, NY

Awards & Grants

Artist in Residence, Center College, Danville, KY
Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Corning Glass Studio Scholarship, Corning, NY
King County Special Projects Grant, King County, WA
Foundation Auction Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Honorable Mention, The Crosby Show, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Wheaton Village Fellowship, Millville, NJ

Selected Exhibitions

2006
Woolgathering, solo, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Work, solo, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
Pilchuck 20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
Seattle Artists Exhibition, D Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Burning Ideas: Contemporary Visions in Glass, Curated by Andy Rosen, The River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME
Made at the Museum, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Spring Glass and Ceramics Auction, Preview Auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2005
New Work, solo, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
Topsy Turvy, solo, Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH
Nancy Callan, Installation, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Pilchuck Annual Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Glass Art, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT

2004
Objects of Diversion, solo, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
A New Vanguard, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
Long Live the Lamplighters, Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
Firey Influences, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Language of Color, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
Glass Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2003
Moxie, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
New Work Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR (solo exhibition)
Echoes with Julia Ricketts, Solomon Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
Chroma with Julia Ricketts, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

2002
New Artists, New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001
Featured Artist, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
The White Exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Pratt Auction, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
Pratt Auction Preview Exhibition, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA

1998
Pratt Instructors Show, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

1997-2000
Pilchuck Glass Auction, Seattle, WA

1996
Glass the Cutting Edge, The Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Master & Students, The Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
Mass Glass, The Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
Glass Sculpture, The Gallery at The New England School of Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Mass Glass, Winfisky Gallery, Salem, MA
The Crosby Show, Huntington Gallery, Boston, MA
MCA Benefit Auction, Huntington Gallery, Boston, MA

1995-1997
Icons and Altar Pieces, The New Art Center Galleries, Newton, MA

Teaching and Professional Experience

2006
Gaffer for Anne Wilson, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Featured Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2005
Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Visiting Artist, Center College, Danville, KY
Featured Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2003
Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Featured Artist, Hot Lunch Program, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2002
Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2001
Teaching Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

2000
Teaching Advanced Glassblowing, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Venetian Techniques, The Studio, Corning , NY
Teaching Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra and Ben Edols, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Gaffer at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Beginning Glassblowing, The Studio, Corning, NY

1999-Present
Gaffer for Ginny Ruffner, Seattle, WA

1998-Present
Teaching Advanced Glassblowing, Pratt Institute, Seattle,WA
Hot Shop Assistant to Josiah McElheny, Seattle, WA
Hot Shop Assistant to Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace

1996-Present
Hot Shop Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Seattle, WA

1998
Teaching Assistant to Josiah McElheny, Venetian Techniques, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1997
Teaching Assistant to Liz Marx, BAS Relief Casting, hot pour and kiln casting, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1996-1997
Hot Shop Manager and Gaffer, Manifesto Corporation, Seattle, WA
Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, Seattle, WA

1996
Hot Shop Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra, G.A.S. Conference, Boston, MA
Hot Shop Assistant to Kiki Smith, Glass & Mixed Media, Boston, MA
Assistant to Liz Marx, Glass Artist, Marina Del Ray, CA

1994
Assistant to Dan Dailey, Glass Artist, Kensington, NH

Bibliography

Susan Kieffer, ed. 500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, New York, NY, 2006
Tina Oldknow, ed. 25 Years of New Glass Review, Corning, NY, 2006
Nancy A. Ruhling, Glass Acts: Contemporary Glass Artists Shatter the Preconceptions About Their Art Form, Art and Antiques, 2006, p. 87
Public Glass Demos Coming to Centre, The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, KY, May 9, 2005, p. A3
Two Shows on Tap at Clark, The Lincoln Journal, April 1, 2004
Barry Hannegan, Artists Use Color to Convey Their Message, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 6, 2004
Kurt Shaw, From Texture to Tension, Pittsburgh Tribune, Dec. 23, 2004
Featured Artist, Portfolio, American Craft Magazine, Oct./Nov. 2003 p.78
Matthew Kangas, Reviews, Glass Magazine, Number 92/Fall 2003 p.57
Matthew Kangas, Global Glass: 33rd Annual Conference of Glass Art Society. Crart: Craft & Art (August 2003) p. 58-63
Neil Watson, A Recipe for Almost Certain Disaster (Averted), New Glass Review, Summer 2003
Marty Carlock, Combining Glass and Art, The Wayland and West Town Crier, June 9, 1994.
Joanne Silver, Sculptures Beyond Beautiful in 'Mass Glass', The Boston Herald, June 10, 1994.
Nancy Stapen, Art Glass With an Edge, The Boston Globe, June 9, 1994.

Permanent Collections

Ann Hauberg, Seattle, WA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Lino & Lina Tagliapietra, Seattle, WA
Melvyn & Rosalind Poll, Seattle, WA
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Sir Elton John, Atlanta, GA
Stephen & Shelly Powell, Danville, KY
Wheaton Village Museum of Glass