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SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2024          Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, "Inaugural Northern California Open"; Jurors:  Facundo Argañaraz,
                          Mariah Nielson, Lawrence Rinder, Mari Robles, Donna Seager


                     O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, "Women Artists Making Their Mark"; Jurors:  Donna Seager and Priscilla Otani

                     Olive Hyde Gallery, "Women Create Space"; Invited as featured artist; Juried group exhibition

                     Habatat Detroit Fine Art, "Glass 52", International Invitational Exhibition, Royal Oak, MI

                     Whitney Modern, "Lost Wild", Invitational Small Group Exhibition, Lost Gatos, CA

                     Habatat Detroit Fine Art, "Crystal Forest", Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL

                     Blue Line Arts, "By Hand", International Biennial of Fine Craft; Juried Exhibition; Roseville, CA

                     Art Works Downtown, "Process", Invitational Exhibition curated by Karen Gutfreund, San Rafael, CA



2023            The deYoung Museum, "deYoung Open", Juried Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

                     Trifecta Gallery, "Resilient Nature", Solo Exhibition with Dean Bensen, Lexington, KY

                      Blue Line Arts, "Cutting Edge", Juried Group Exhibition, Roseville, CA

                      New York Academy of Art; International Invitational Exhibition; Curated by the President of the NY
                               Academy of Art; NY, NY

                      Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Glass 51 International Invitational Exhibition, Royal Oak, MI

                      Habatat Detroit Fine Art, "Gravity Bound", Group Exhibition, Ringling College of Art + Design, St. Petersburg,  
                                FL


2022             Duncan McClellan Gallery, "Forces of Nature"; Small Group Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL

                      Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, "FIRED UP"; Group Exhibition, Hartford, CT

                      Sandwich Glass Museum, "Innovators in Glass", Cape Cod, MA

                      Habatat Fine Art Detroit, Glass 50 International Invitational Exhibition, Royal Oak, MI

                      Habatat Fine Art Detroit, "Aquatica", Group Exhibition, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL

                      Fuller Craft Museum, "2022 Biennial"; Juried Group Exhibition; Brockton, MA


2021             National Gallery of Art; "The International Biennale of Glass"; Sophia, Bulgaria

​                      Fuller Craft Museum, "Glass Lifeforms", Juried Group Exhibition, Brockton, MA

                      Habatat Gallery, Glass 49 International Invitational Exhibition, Royal Oak, MI

                      Montague Gallery, "In Nature", Small Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
               
                       Habatat Gallery, The Glass Art Fair, International Invitational Exhibition (Virtual)

                       Crocker Art Museum and Blue Line Gallery, Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, Roseville, CA

                      
San Jose City Hall; "Fragile Beauty:  The Enigma of Glass"; San Jose, CA

2020              Momentum Gallery, SOFA EXPO/Intersect Chicago, Virtual Art Fair, www.sofaexpo.com

​                       Ming Shangde Glass Museum, Group Exhibition, CHINA

                       Momentum Gallery, Grand Opening Exhibition, Asheville, NC

                       Duncan McClellan Gallery at Creative Pinellas; "Glass in the Gallery"; Largo, FL

                       Museum of Northern California Art; "Unbroken Legacies:  Northern California Art Glass"; Chico, CA

                       San Jose City Hall; "Fragile Beauty:  The Enigma of Glass"; San Jose, CA

​2019              Habatat Prime with Habatat Galleries; part of SOFA Expo; Chicago, IL

                       SITKA Art Invitational; Portland, OR

                       Momentum Gallery, " A New Leaf ", Group Exhibition, Asheville, NC

​                       Art Aspen, C/O Raven Gallery; Aspen, CO

                       Selby's Museum of Botany & the Arts via Duncan McClellan Gallery; "In Dialogue with Nature"; Sarasota, FL
         
                        Imagine Museum, "PIVOT", Group Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL

                        Habatat Gallery, "47th International Invitational Exhibition"; Royal Oak, MI

                        Ken Saunders Gallery, "Original Voices", Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL 

                        Art Market San Francisco, C/O Montague Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                        Montague Gallery, "Survey Bay Area", Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 

2018                Ming Shangde Glass Museum, International Group Exhibition, Juried, Cangzhou, China

                         SITKA Art Invitational, Group Exhibition, Portland, OR

                          Art Aspen, C/O Montague Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                          Healdsburg Center for the Arts, "Intertwined - Fiber from One Extreme to the Other", Juried Group Exhibition,
                                  Healdsburg, CA

                          Arts Benicia, "Cutting Edge - Nontraditional Glass", Juried Group Exhibition, Benicia, CA

2017                  Bellevue Arts Museum, "Making our Mark", Group Exhibition, Bellevue, WA
                             
                          Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, "Intertwined", Solo Exhibition, Novato, CA

                          Montague Gallery, Opening Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

                          SITKA Art Invitational, Group Exhibition, Portland, OR

                           Art Market San Francisco, C/O Montague Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                           Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, From the Garden, Group Exhibition, Dallas, TX

                           Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, All in the Family, Group Exhibition, Dallas, TX
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                           Kittrell-Riffkind Art Glass, Out of the Wild, Group Exhibition, Dallas, TX
                             

2016                   Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, "Fall National Juried Exhibition", Novato, CA
                                  Juror:  Susan Snyder, Caldwell Snyder Gallery

                           SOMArts, Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

                           SITKA Center for Art and Ecology, SITKA Art Invitational, Portland, OR

                           Modern Eden Gallery, Small Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

                           The Haggin Museum, "59th Juried Exhibition", Juried, Group Exhibition, Stockton, CA

                           The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, "Indiana Now:  The Bicentennial", Juried, Group Exhibition, Lafayette, IN

                           Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design, "Interpretations", Invitational Group Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
                             
                           Gallery 48 Natoma, "Between the Trees", 3 person exhibition, Folsom, CA
                              
                           Harrington Gallery, "Backyard Beauty", Small Group Exhibition, Pleasanton, CA



2015                   Alexandria Museum of Art, "28th Annual September Competition and Exhibition", Juried, Group Exhibition,      
                                     Alexandria, LA
                             
                           Indianapolis Art Center, Sarah M. Hurt and Allen W. Clowes Galleries, "Gathering:  Contemporary Glass from the
                                     Heartland", Juried, Group Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN

                           San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles,
“Textile Conversations in Glass”,
Small Group Exhibition, San
                                     Jose, CA
 

                           Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, "Fired:  Iron, Ceramics, Glass", Juried, Group Exhibition, Arvada, CO

                           Higher Fire Gallery,
“Where Silica Meets Silicon Valley”, GAS Conference, Group Exhibition, San Jose, CA        


                           American Steel Studios, "Experiments + Variations", Group Exhibition Curated by Carrie Iverson, Oakland, CA

                           Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, “Teapots! 9th Invitational”, Group Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA



2014                  Bender Gallery, "Spirits of the Flame”, 3 Person Exhibition, Asheville, NC

                           International Triennial of the Silicate Arts, "New Energy", 4th International Group Exhibition, Juried,  
                                    Kecskemet, Hungary


                           San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, "Dimensions", Group Exhibition, Juried, San Luis Obispo, CA;
                                    Juror:  Carol Sauvion, Executive Producer of Craft in America


                           Alameda Museum, “Cross Currents”, Group Exhibition, Juried, Alameda, CA

                           Tubac Center for the Arts, “From the Earth”, National Exhibition, Juried, Tubac AZ

                           Gallery Route One, “Catalyst”, Point Reyes, CA; Juror: Scott Shields, Associate Director
and Chief Curator of the 
                                   Crocker Art Museum


                           Merwin and Wakeley Galleries of Illinois Wesleyan University, “Lifeforms”, International Group Exhibition, 
                                   Juried, 
Bloomington, IL                              

                           Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 
“ 3rd Annual Clay & Glass Exhibition”, Invitational, Healdsburg, CA

                           Art Works Downtown, “Shelter”, Group Exhibition, Juried, San Rafael, CA

                           Mendocino Art Center, “Silk & Glass”, Small Group Exhibition, Mendocino, CA

                           Village Theater Art Gallery of Danville, “Everyday Beauty”, Group Exhibition, Juried, Presented by the Town
                                 of Danville,
Danville, CA

2013                  Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, “Common Discourse”, Small Group Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA

                           Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center,
“Glass Weekend 2013”, An International Exhibition and Symposium of 
                                  Contemporary Glass, Millville, New Jersey; via PISMO Gallery


                           Hodge Gallery at Pittsburgh Glass Center, “Lifeforms”, International Group Exhibition, Juried, Pittsburgh, PA

                           Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, “Teapots! 7th Invitational”, Pittsburgh, PA

                           City of Brea Art Gallery, “ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition”, Brea, CA; Juror:  Carol Sauvion, Executive
                                Producer of the Peabody Award winning
Craft in America

2012                  Crocker Art Museum, “Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition”, Biennial Juried Exhibition, Held at Blue Line Gallery,                 
                                Roseville, CA; Juror:
  Michael Duncan from Art in America

                           Oakland Museum of California, “Playing with Fire – The Art of Making Glass”, Group Exhibition, Held at
                                Oakland International Airport, Juried, Oakland, CA


                           National Liberty Museum, “Liberty in Bloom”, Group Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

                           Alta Bates Community Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Berkeley, CA

                           Durango Fine Art Center, “Hot - 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass”, Group Exhibition of select artists from
                                PISMO
Gallery, Juried, Durango, CO

                           City of Denver Invitational Exhibition, “A Beautiful Planet”, via PISMO Gallery, Denver, CO

                           SomARTS, Art Span Open Studio Group Exhibition, SF, CA

2011                  Vetri, “Story of Nature”, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA

                           Village Theater Art Gallery of Danville, “Finding Balance:  Glass Art in the Bay Area”, Invitational, Danville,
                                CA


                           Duley Jones Gallery, “Glass Act”, Group Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ

2010                  Ruth Bancroft Sculpture Garden, “16th Annual:  Sculpture in the Garden”, Juried, Walnut Creek, CA

                           SomARTS, Art Span Open Studio Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2009                  Back to the Picture Gallery, “Art Glass”, Invitational, San Francisco, CA

2008                  San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, “Birds + Their Dwellings”, Juried, San Francisco, CA

                           Gallery 94124, “Heat & Light”, Invitational, San Francisco, CA

                           City of San Jose City Hall, City Windows Gallery, “Out of the Fire”, Curated Group Exhibition, San Jose, CA


​SELECT AWARDS, GRANTS, and RESIDENCIES
 

2024                  Collaborative sculpture with Dean Bensen added to the permanent collection of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN

​                          Sculpture added to the permanent collection of the Glass Museum Alter How Herding in Coesfeld Lette, Germany

                          Award of Excellence from Charles Shepard of the Fort Wayne Art Museum and Amy Moorefield of the Bergstrom Mahler
                          Museum of Art; 52nd Annual International Invitational Exhibition at Habatat Detroit Fine Art

                           People's Choice Award; 
"By Hand", International Biennial of Fine Craft; Juried Exhibition; Blue Line Arts,
                           Roseville, CA


2023                  ​Collaborative Installation with Dean Bensen added to the permanent collection of the Imagine Museum

                           Podcast feature with Dean Bensen on Talking Out Your Glass - available on iTunes

                          Cover Artist and Article with Dean Bensen - May/June issue of Glass Art Magazine

                           June 2023:    Award of Excellence from Charles Shepard, Director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, at the 51st
                                Habatat International Invitational Exhibition
 

                           First place; "Cutting Edge: Contemporary Glass"; Juried Group Exhibition; Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA

2022                  Award of Excellence from the Detroit Institute of Arts, in Habatat Detroit Fine Art's Glass 50 Exhibition
                          
                           CERF Get-Ready Grant

2021                  Cover Artist, "The Nature Issue", The Flow Magazine, Spring Issue

2020                  Award with Dean Bensen from the Chinese Government for work in the Ming Shangde Glass Museum Exhibition

                           Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA San Jose, CA), Artist Grant

2019                  Two collaborative works with Dean Bensen added to the permanent collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family    
                               Foundation

​2018                  CERF Get-Ready Grant


2017                  Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist Residency, In Collaboration with Dean Bensen, Novato, CA
​
                           Merit Award, "Got Glass!  Flamework", International Group Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol,
                                CA; Juror:  Paul Stankard

2016                  Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Grant

                           2nd Place in Sculpture, The Haggin Museum, "59th Juried Exhibition", Stockton, CA

2015                  NICHE Award Finalist, Best in Flameworked Glass, National Competition


2014                  NICHE Award Winner, Best in Flameworked Glass, National Competition

                           Honorable Mention, “From the Earth”, National Juried Exhibition, Tubac, AZ

                           Juror’s Award, “Dimensions”, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA;
                                Juror:  Carol Sauvion, Executive Producer of Craft in America


2013                  NICHE Award Finalist, Best in Flameworked Glass, National Competition

                           Second Place, “ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition”, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA; Juror: Carol Sauvion,
                                 Executive Producer of Craft in America


                           Glasscraft Emerging Artist Award Winner

2012                  Juror’s Choice Award, Bay Area Glass Institute Auction; Jurors:  Dorothy Saxe and Karen Kienzle

                           Glasscraft Emerging Artist Award, Nominee

2010                  Glass Alliance of Northern California Scholarship Recipient, San Francisco, CA

                           NICHE Award Finalist, Best in Flameworked Glass, National Competition

2009                  Award of Excellence for Best in Show, Warm Glass, Public Glass Auction, San Francisco, CA





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    • Artist Bio
    • Artist Statement
    • Exhibitions and Awards
  • Portfolio
    • PATE DE VERRE INSTALLATIONS
    • SCULPTURE >
      • New Flameworked Sculpture
      • YESTERDAY'S REFLECTION
      • THE NATURE OF IMPERFECTION
      • CONTAINMENT
      • STORY OF NATURE
  • Available Work
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