BORN 1943, Paterson, New Jersey

EDUCATION
1969 BFA Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1971 MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

AWARDS AND GRANTS
1996 Rhode Island State Council Fellowship in Design
1990 Individual Artist’s Fellowship – Design, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
1988 Individual Artist’s Fellowship – Design, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
1985-86 Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
1985 Individual Artist’s Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
1983 Mellon Travel Study Grant
1978 Ford Foundation Grant, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO (with Peter Millett)
2005 1+1=3, Foster/White Gallery. Seattle, WA (with Benjamin Moore)
2003 Recent Work, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Recent Work, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI
2002 A Lesson in Language, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2001 Present Tense, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1997 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1995 Gallery Carin Delcourt Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Jeanine Cox Fine Art, Miami Beach, FL
1993 Gallery Carin Van Krimpen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2003 Radix, Phoenix, AZ
1988 Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2003 Ruth Braunstein, San Francisco, CA
1987 The Society of Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Area X Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
1975 Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1974 Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1973 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 SOFA Chicago and Santa Fe, exhibiting with Elliott Arts West of Santa Fe, NM and The Artfair Company
2003 SOFA New York, exhibiting with Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
2010 Invitational, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana
2008 King Street Concentric, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR (catalog)
2003 Gallery Loupe, Montclair, New Jersey
2003 SOFA Chicago exposition, exhibiting with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA
2007 Green Matters, SOFA Chicago exposition, exhibiting with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA
2003 Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2003 Gallerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2003 Gallery Loupe, Montclair, New Jersey
2004 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2003 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2003 Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA
2001-08 SOFA Chicago exposition, exhibiting with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA
1999 Franklin Parrasch, New York, NY
2003 Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX
1997 Jewels – Form, Function or Metaphor, University of Texas at El Paso
2003 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan
2003 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2003 Structures -Buildings in American Art 1900-1997, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 New Time-New Thinking, International Crafts Council, London, UK
2003 Contemporary Lights, Margolis Gallery, Houston, TX
1994 Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA (with Benjamin Moore)
2003 The Pet Show, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Radix Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1992 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2003 Radix Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1991 Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center, New York, NY
1992 Marcia Raffelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1990 Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C. Jones & Hobbs Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2003 Gallery Marzee, Holland
2003 Museum of Art, Aspen, CO
2003 Small Sculpture, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2003 Six, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2003 Sculpture, Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1989 Small Sculpture, Robinson Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Art & Industrie, New York, NY
1987 Dilaurenti Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Society for Art in Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2003 Marcia Raffelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Michael Malony Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1987 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986 American Craft Museum, New York, NY
2003 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2003 Contemporary Crafts: Conception in Flux, The National Craft Showroom, New York, NY
2003 Craft Today: The Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
2003 Rena Branstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View (Part 1), Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA
2003 Monmouth Museum of Art, Lincroft, NJ
2003 Contemporary Arts: An Expanding View (Part 2), The Squib Gallery, Princeton, NJ
2003 Foundation for the Arts: Recipients Exhibition, Carlyn Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Modern Jewelry, 1964-1986: The Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Urban Light, New York Center for Design, New York, NY
2003 Illumination: The Quality of Light, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 The Creative Spirit: A Celebration of Contemporary American Crafts, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Lynchburgh, VA
2003 Adornments, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Funktional, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Design in the Service of Tea, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
2003 Multiplicity in Clay, Fiber and Metal, Skidmore Craft Invitational, Saratoga Springs, NY
2003 Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal Canada, General Foods, Rye, NY
2003 Fabric Workshop, New York, NY
2003 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1983 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1982 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1977 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2003 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2003 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1976 DeYoung Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1976 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
2003 First Artist Soapbox Derby, traveling to San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; Finch College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; Art 1975 Museum, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI; American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1973 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1971 American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1969 American Craft Museum, New York, NY

SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2008 Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA, collaboration with Benjamin Moore
2002 WD-50, New York, NY (restaurant)
1992 Lighting for The Port of Seattle, collaboration with Benjamin Moore
1988 Phoenix Arts Commission, One Percent for the Arts, Fence and Gate Panels for three parks
1986 Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Mermaid Loving Cup
2003 Hyatt Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ
1985 Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, Sculpture for Braceland Brothers, Inc.
2003 The Locust Club of Philadelphia, Bronze Sculpture
2003 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bronze Metal for Philadelphia Craft Show Award

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fidelity Investments, Providence, RI
First Capital Corporation, New York, NY
General Foods Corporation, Ryebrook, NY
Hyatt Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona
Locust Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Carl Miller Associates, New York
Museum of Arts and Design (formerly American Craft Museum), New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Philadelphia, PA

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2014 Smithsonian, Archives of American Art Oral History
1977 – 2003 Rhode Island School of Design, Head of Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department
2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington (Visiting Artist)
1998 Massachusetts College of Art (Visiting Artist)
1997 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1st Annual Daphne Farago Lecture Panelist, New England Foundation for the Arts
1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam the Netherlands (Visiting Artist)
2003 Academy of Art, Prague, The Czech Republic (Visiting Artist)
1992 – 1994 Academy of Art, Munich, Germany (Guest Professor)
2003 Fachhochschule, Pforzeim, Germany (Visiting Artist)
2003 Royal College of Art, London, England (Visiting Artist)
2003 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Symposium with Otto Kunzli (Visiting Artist)
1991 Simon Bolivar University, Department of Architecture, Caracas, Venezuela (Visiting Artist)
1987 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (Visiting Artist)
2003 New York State University at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY (Visiting Artist)
1986 Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist)
1984 Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY (Visiting Artist)
2003 University of Montana at Bozeman, Bozeman , MN (Visiting Artist)
1983 Academy of Art, Munich, Germany (Visiting Artist)
1982 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Visiting Artist)
1978-80 Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1978-79 School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1977 University of California at La Jolla, La Jolla, CA (Visiting Artist)
1976-77 Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1976 St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
1974 Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, MD (Visiting Artist)
2003 Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist)
1974, 76 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (Visiting Artist)
1973, 76 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Visiting Artist)
1973 Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist)
1972, 74 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Visiting Artist)
1971-75 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1971, 83 College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY (Visiting Artist)
1975, 76 Pilchuck School, Stanwood, WA (Visiting Artist)
1971 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (Visiting Artist)

PUBLICATIONS
2011 New Glass Review 32, The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 35
2004 Traditional Homes, September issue; New Glass Review 25, Corning Museum of Glass, p. __; Wine Spectator, Jan.-Feb.; Wine and Spirits, Jan.-Feb.
2003 Johnson, Ken, New York Times, art review, March 8; Van Siclen, Bill, Providence Journal Bulletin, art review, April 10;
2003 Time Out New York, April 10-17
2002 Baran-Mickle, William, “Louis Mueller: Present Tense,” Metalsmith Winter 2002 p.53-54
2002 MacMillian, Kyle, “Solace in Art”, The Denver Post
2000 Chandler, Mary Voelz, Rocky Mountain News, Art review, September 13
1999 Sculpture Magazine, July/August, Focus, Matthew Kangas, pp. 14-15.
1999 New York Times, Art Review, March 26, 1999, Grace Glueck
1995 The New Yorker, October, American Craft, December
1993 Kunstforum International, July; Het Parool, The Netherlands, November
1991 Arts Magazine, “New York Reviews,” November
1990 Metalsmith, Winter; Elle Decor, May
1989 Art Aurea, March
1988 Artspace, Spring
1987 Pittsburgh Press, February; The New Furniture, By Peter Dormer; Thames & Hudson
1986 Metalsmith, October
1985 City Magazine International, January; Crafts Magazine, England, August; Metropolis, October
1984 Art News, “New York Reviews,” September
1984 Industrial Design Magazine, June