born: 4 April, 1963; Los Gatos, California, USA
website: www.schmuckglass.com
Awards
2001 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1998-9 Fulbright Scholarship for post-graduate study at the Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
1999 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1998 David Thomas Foundation Travel Grant, Australia
1996 New Glass Review #17, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, USA
Niche Student Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1995-7 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, New York, USA
1993 Best Sculpture, New Mexico Glass Art Show XII - Expo 93, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
1991 Dr. Robert Fritz Scholarship, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
Education
2000 M.V.A. (Master of Visual Art) with Distinction, Canberra School of Art
Glass Workshop, with Stephen Proctor, Jane Bruce, & Kirstie Rea, Canberra, Australia
1997 M.F.A. (Master of Fine Art) in Glass with Michael Taylor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
Advanced Solid Glassworking with Pino Signoretto, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
Ideas into Art with Gianni Toso, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, USA
1995 Mixed-Media and Glass with Therman Statom, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
1993 Advanced Glassblowing with Lino Tagliapietra, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
1991 Solid, Hot-Glass Sculpture with Loredano Rosin, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
Italian Lampworking Techniques with Cesare Toffolo Rossit, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
1990 Hot-Glass Surface Decoration with Dan Dailey, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
1989-91 Studied glass with Mary White, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
1986 B.S. (Bachelor of Science) in Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Professional Experience
2003 Presenter, BECon -- Bullseye Education Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA
Roll Up demos at GAS, Eastlake Glass, Seattle, Washington, USA
2002 Started up ëGlassblokEí -- Slumpie(TM) glassware, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Cold Shop Technician, Session 5, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
2001 Built 'Pyro Glass' - personal glass studio, Chico, California, USA
Cold-Shop Coordinator, Session 5, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
2000 Toured the Abdul Khan Glass-Bangle Factory and Mahesh/Ashok Glass Works, Firozabad, India
1999 The Dream Teamí sessions to make the ëNijimaí series with Klaus Moje, Canberra, Australia
Chihuly Installation-Team Volunteer, National Gallery of Art, Canberra, Australia
Worked with Ruth Allen at GLORIA, Auckland, New Zealand
1998 Lattitudes demonstration with Klaus Moje, Glass Art Society (GAS) conference, Aichi University, Japan
1996-7 GAS Board of Directors, Student Representative, Seattle, Washington, USA
1996-7 Hot-shop Technician, RIT, Rochester, New York, USA
Hot-shop Technician, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
1995 Blowing Assistant, Chris Tedesco Glass, Santa Cruz, California, USA
1992-4 Helped to Build and Start-up, Pipe Dreams Glassworks, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1992-3 Apprentice, Tesuque Glassworks, Tesuque, New Mexico, USA
1991-2 Blowing Assistant, Flo Perkinís Glass-Cactus Studio, $anta Fe, New Mexico, USA
1989-91 Blowing Assistant, Robert Hughesí Hall of Flame, Mountain View, California, USA
Teaching Experience
2003 Hot, Warm, and Coldí, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
Roll Up 2003, Escuela del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
The Roll up, Espace VERRE, Montreal, Canada
Teaching Assistant for Jiri Harcuba, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
2002 Donít just Roll around --- Roll up, Firehouse 12, Vancouver, Washington, USA
Introduction to Glass Fusing Demos, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
1999 Basic Glassblowing Seminar, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
1998 Basic Glassblowing Seminar, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
1997 Substitute Teacher, San Jose State University, California, USA
1995-7 Graduate Assistant to teach first-year, second-year, and elective glassblowing, RIT, Rochester, NY, USA
1995 Teaching Assistant for Robin Winters & Randy Walker, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA
1994 Teaching Assistant for Flora Mace & Karen Willenbrink, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
1991 Basic Glassblowing Seminar, taught with Mary White, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
Solo Exhibition
Unconformities, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2003 Glass Weekend, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Millville, New Jersey, USA
Legacy, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Young Americans, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Glass Surface, Chappell Gallery, Boston, Massachusettes, USA
Glass: Heat Transformed, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA
2002 Stripes and Strata, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Art Educates the World -- Fulbright Legacy Fund Auction, Sothebys, New York , USA
Roll ups, Firehouse No. 12, Vancouver, Washington, USA
Crossroads: Australia/New Zealand, Chappell Gallery, Boston, Massachusettes, USA
Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, Washington, USA
2001 The Thoughtful Object, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, Washington, USA
Pilchuck Auction, Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA
Bay Area Glass Institute Auction, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA
2000 New Work, the Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Essentially Canberra, Hsinchu Glass Festival, Hsin-chu Munincipal Cultural Centre, Taiwan
Essentially Canberra, Earl Lu Gallery, La Salle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
1999 Canberra Glass 1999, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
Essentially Canberra, Chappell Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
SOFA Chicago, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
SOFA New York, Chappell Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Niche Award Finalist Booth, Philadelphia Buyerís Market, Pennsylvania, USA
Ausglass Student Show, Wagga Wagga City Gallery, Australia2
1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro 1998, LíInstituto Statale DíArte, Venice, Italy
CSA Drawing Prize, Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
Canberra Goes to Venice, Strathnairn Gallery, Canberra Australia
GAS Student Show, Seto Civic Building, Seto, Japan
1997 Pilchuck Auction, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, Washington, USA
Pilchuck Staff Show, Foster-White Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
Graduate Thesis Exhibition 1, Bevier Gallery, RIT, Rochester, New York, USA
New-Members Lab Space, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, New York, USA
KTEH-TV Auction ëSpecial Worksí, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, USA
WXXI-TV Auction, Rochester, New York, USA
GAS Student Show, J. Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Itís About Time, SPAS Gallery, RIT, Rochester, New York, USA
Goblets ë97, The Glasshouse, Seattle, Washington, USA
1996 Pilchuck Auction, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA
Pilchuck Staff Show, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, Washington, USA
GAS Student Show, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Goblets 96, The Glasshouse, Seattle, Washington, USA
Toys and Gadgets, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1996 32 Hours at the Gate, Village Gate, Rochester, New York, USA
The Voices of Glass, Germanow-Coffey Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA
WXXI-TV Auction, Rochester, New York, USA
The Guilford Biennial, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut, USA
1995 Bare Essentials, Grohe Gallery/Signature, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pilchuck Auction, The Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA
In the Cabinet, Cafe 29, Los Gatos, California, USA
1994 KTEH-TV Auction, San Jose, California, USA
Spring Glass Folly, Philabaum Studio and Gallery, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Make-a-Wish Foundation Auction, La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1993 Valentineís Show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
Salon des Refuses, Gallery at the Repertory Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
New Mexico Glass Art Show XII--Expo ë93, Mirage Gallery,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
A Few Good Pieces, Tesuque Glassworks, Tesuque, New Mexic, USA
Barbie: A Trip to Santa Fe, Cafe Adevina, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Abstractionism in Glass ë93, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
1992 New Mexico Landscape: A Glass Invitational,
Garland Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, and
Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Self Portraits, Tesuque Glassworks, Tesuque, New Mexico, USA
Valentineís Show, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
KTEH Auction íSpecial Worksí, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA
1991 Christmas Show, Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
Glass, Herbert Saunderís Gallery, San Jose, California, USA
Tempos ë91--Bay Area Arts & Crafts Guild, Rosecrucian Museum, San Jose, California, USA
Goblet and Bud-Vase Show, Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
Valentineís Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California, USA
G.A.S. Student Show, Corning, New York, USA
1990Fresh, Hot Glass, Herbert Saunderís Gallery, San Jose, California, USA
Annual SJICA Auction, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, California, USA
1989 From the Hot Shop, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
1988 Vitreous Visions, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
Publications
2003 Arte en Vidrio desede California a La Granja, El Adelantado de Segovia,
July 24, 2003, p. 16 & El Norte de Castilla, July 25, 2003, p. 57.
2002 Breann Beal, ìContemporary Glass Galleryî, The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, Vol III, No. 3, May 2002, p. 63.
M. Thurston, ìGlassblowingî, Q Magazine, May/June 2002, p. 85.
2001 Niche Magazine Award Winnersî, Niche Magazine, Winter 2001, p. 76.
2000 Jay Siane, Clearly in a Glass of its Own: Essentially Canberra at the Earl Lu Gallery
The Straits Times, September 20, 2000.
1999 Meredith Hinchcliffe, Glassworks with Geological Links, The Canberra Times, August 23, 1999, p. 10.
Niche Magazine Award Winners, Niche Magazine, Winter 1999, p. 103.1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro: International New Glass 1998î, Electa, Milan, pp. 198, 204.
Essentially Canberra, Published by the Glass Workshop, Canberra School of Art, pp. 18-19, 69.
1997 Fulbright Scholarship Announcedî, The Crafts Report, October 1997, p 11.
ìYoung Artists Panel, GAS Journal 1997, p 64.
1996 New GAS Board Membersî, GAS Journal 1996, p. 116.
Arthur C. Danto, Jurors Statement for the New Glass Review #17, Neues Glass, 2/96, pp 73-74.
1987 Local Stuff, The Santa Cruz County Comic News, Issue #25, 5/86, p. 13.
Collections
La Galleria Real Fabrica de Cristales, Museo del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
Paul & Amye Gumbinner, New York, New York, USA
Michael and Kristi Hakkert, San Jose, California, USA
Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI), Belmont, Californina USA
Canberra School of Art, Canberra Australia
Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon, USA
Earth Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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