Education
1971 MFA – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1969 BFA – Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2005 Wheeler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2003 Franklin Parrasch, New York, New York
2003 Wheeler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Franklin Parrasch, New York, New York
2001 Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
1997 Franklin Parrasch, New York, New York
1996 Franklin Parrasch, New York, New York
1996 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1995 Jeanine Cox Fine Art, Miami Beach, Florida
1995 Gallery Carin Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, Holland
1993 Gallery Carin Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, Holland
1993 Radix, Phoenix, Arizona
1988 Ruth Braunstein, San Francisco, California
1988 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1988 Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
1988 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1987 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1987 The Society of Art in Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Exhibitions
2005 Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington, SOFA Chicago, Illinois
2005 Bloomquist Residence, Seattle, Washington, – chandelier
2004 Fuller Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
2004 Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
2003 Elliott/Brown Gallery, SOFA Chicago, Illinois
2003 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2003 WD50 (restaurant), New York, New York – interior lighting, fireplace, shelving
2002 Bloomquist Ski Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho, collaboration with Benjamin Moore – interior lighting
2002 Friedman Residence, Stamford, Connecticut – architectural installation
2002 “O, Mona!” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2002 “Solace,” Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2002 Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 “A View By Two: Contemporary Jewelry,” The RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island – curator
2001 “Mikromegas,” Galerie für Angewandte Kunst, BKV, Munich, Germany
2001 “Objects for Use: Handmade by Design,” American Craft Museum, New York, New York
2001 “Present Tense,” Elliot/Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2001 “The Ring,” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2001 “15th Anniversary,” Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York
2001 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – curator
2000 Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2000 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 Franklin Parrasch, New York, New York
2000 Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1999 “Brooching It Diplomatically,” Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999 “Rolling Papers,” Franklin Parrasch, New York, New York
1999 Margolis Gallery, Houston, Texas
1997 “Jewels,” University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
1997 “Form, Function or Metaphor,” Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan
1997 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, curated by Ray Katz
1997 “Structures – Buildings in American Art, 1900-1997,” John Bergruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1996 “Contemporary Lights,” Margolis Galley, Houston, Texas
1996 “New Time – New Thinking,” International Crafts Council, London, England
1994 Helander Gallery, New York, New York
1993 “Six,” Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
1993 “The Pet Show,” Helander Gallery, New York, New York
1993 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington, collaboration with Benjamin Moore
1993 Helander Gallery, New York, New York and Palm Beach, Florida
1993 Radix Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1992 Helander Gallery, New York, NY and Palm Beach, Florida
1992 Radix Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1992 Port of Seattle, Seattle, Washington, collaboration with Benjamin Moore – lighting
1991 “Outdoor Sculpture Festival,” Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center, New York, New York
1991 Chicago International Art Expo, Chicago, Illinois
1991 Helander Gallery, New York, New York and Palm Beach, Florida
1991 Marcia Raffelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1990 “Sculpture,” Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
1990 “Six,” Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island
1990 “Small Sculpture,” Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1990 Chicago International Art Expo, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Helander Gallery, New York, New York and Palm Beach, Florida
1990 Henri Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia
1990 Gallery Marzee, The Netherlands, Holland
1990 Jones & Hobbs Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, collaboration with Aaron Siskind
1990 Museum of Art, Aspen, Colorado
1990 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1989 “Small Sculpture,” Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1989 Art & Industrie, New York, New York
1989 Chicago International Art Expo, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Rhode Island
1988 Chicago International Art Expo, Chicago, Illinois
1988 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Rhode Island
1988 Dilaurenti Gallery, New York, New York
1988 Michael Malony Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1988 Marcia Raffelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988 The Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1988 Phoenix Arts Commission, Phoenix, Arizona, “One Percent for the Arts” – fence and gate panels for 3 parks
1987 Dilaurenti Gallery, New York, New York
1987 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Collections
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey
American Craft Museum, New York, New York
Charles Cowles, New York, New York
Fidelity Investments, Smithfield, Rhode Island
First Capital Corporation, New York, New York
General Foods, Ryebrook, New York
Hyatt Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona
Carl Miller Associates, New York, New York
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Publications
2004 Traditional Homes, September
2004 Seattle Post, October
2004 New Glass Review Annual, 2004
2004 Wine Spectator, January-February.
2004 Wine and Spirits, January-February.
2003 Time Out New York, Art Review, April 10-17.
2003 Providence-Journal Bulletin , Art Review, Bill Van Siclen, April 10.
2002 The New York Times, Art Review, Ken Johnson, March 8.
2002 Metalsmith, winter.
2002 The Denver Post, “‘Solace’ in Art,” Kyle MacMillian.
Rocky Mountain News, Art Review, Mary Voelz Chandler, September 13, 2002.
2001 American Craft, December-January.
1999 The New York Times, Art Review, Grace Glueck, March 26.
1999 Sculpture, Focus, Matthew Kangas.
1995 American Craft, December.
1995 The New Yorker, October.
1993 Het Parool, Holland, November.
1993 Kunstforum International, July.
1991 Arts Magazine, “New York Reviews,” November.
1990 ElleDecor, May.
1990 Metalsmith, winter.
1989 Art Aurea, March.
1988 Artspace, spring.
1987 “The New Furniture” by Peter Dormer, Thames and Hudson, publishers.
1987 Pittsburgh Press, February.
Awards and Grants
1996 Rhode Island State Council Fellowship, Design
1990 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts – Individual Artist’s Fellowship, Sculpture
1988 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts – Individual Artist’s Fellowship, Design
1983-86 Rhode Island School of Design – Development Grant
1985 New York Foundation for the Arts – Individual Artist’s Fellowship
1983 Mellon Travel Study Grant
1978 Ford Foundation Grant, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Academic Positions
1977-2003 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Department Chair
1978-1980 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
1978-1979 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1976-1977 Dominican College, San Rafael, California
1976 St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California
1971-1975 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, Department Chair
Visiting Artist Positions
2004 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
2003 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2002 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
1998 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts – First Annual Daphne Farago Lecture Series
1997 New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1995 Academy of Art, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Holland
1992-1994 Academy of Art, Munich, Germany
1992 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design – Symposium with Otto Kunzli
1992 Fachhochschule, Pforzeim, Germany
1992 Royal College of Art, London, England
1991 Simon Bolivar University, Department of Architecture, Caracus, Venezuela
1987 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1987 New York State University at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York
1986 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
1984 Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
1984 University of Montana at Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana
1983 Academy of Art, Munich, Germany
1983 College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York
1982, 1976 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 University of California at La Jolla, La Jolla, California
1976, 1974 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1974, 1972 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1974 Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
1973-1976 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
1973 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York
1971 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California