Exhibitions
2020 Optics, Flight Gallery, San Antonio, TX Collective Visions Gallery Statewide Juried exhibition, Bremerton, WA Raven Gallery Group Exhibition, Aspen, CO Ken Saunders Gallery Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2019 Glass+, Zig Zag Gallery in Kalamunda, Western Australia 15th Annual Face of Utah Sculpture, Utah Cultural Celebration Center. Salt Lake City, UT Original Voices. Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL Clubhouse. Fused Gallery, Portland, OR Raven Gallery Group Exhibition. Aspen, CO
2018 Toyama International Glass Exhibition. Toyama Glass art Museum, Toyama, Japan Ars Moriendi, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT Fused Gallery, Solo show, Portland, OR Zark’s Gallery, group show, Eureka Springs, Arkansas JingFeng Art Gallery, group show, Taiyuan, China Cutting Edge. Benicia Arts, Benicia, CA
2017 Rhythms. Morgan Contemporary Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Bound. Morgan Contemporary Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Colossus. Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA Caves of Ziran. The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015 21st Century Glass Exhibition, Salisbury, MD Group Exhibition, Morgan Contemporary Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2014 Team Draw Activate, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA Urban Ware, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY Texture and Tension, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Urban Glass MFA Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY Bespoke, Mahlstedt Gallery, Group show, New Rochelle, NY Mass, Flame Run Gallery. Louisville, KY
2013 Sculptural Glass, Gallery One One, Cincinnati, OH Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA Glimpse, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2012 Forward Motion: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibit Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Exagere Couture Furniture Boutique. New Orleans, LA Fresh Perspectives, group show, Octavia Gallery, New Orleans, LA Steampunk, group show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WAThat Art Gal., Bellevue, WA.
2011 Intervals, two-person show, Oracle 113 gallery, NY, NY. Group show, ‘Yes.Oui.Si’ gallery, Boston, MA Off the Wall group exhibit. Baltimore, MD Group show, Lange Gallery, New Orleans, LA Tanner Gallery, New Orleans, LA That Art Gal., Bellevue, Wa. Group show 14th Whidbey Isl. Glass Invitational, Langley, WA
2010 That Art Gal., Bellevue, WA. Group show Solo Show, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR Cold + Hot Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA 13th Whidbey Isl. Glass Invitational, Langley, WA
2009 Solo Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA Bellingham City Hall Exhibit, Bellingham, WA Kirkland City Hall Exhibit, Kirkland, WA Arts Alive! Group show, La Conner, WA Cygnus Gallery group show, La Conner WA Amy Morgan Gallery group Show, Pittsburgh, PA Blue Horse Gallery group Show, Bellingham, WA Cold + Hot, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA 12th Whidbey Isl. Glass Invitational, Langley, WA Big Rock Sculpture Garden, Bellingham, WA Re-Art (Recycled Art Show), Allied Arts, Bellingham, WA
2008 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL VELoCITY Outdoor Art Show, Bellingham, WA Cold + Hot, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA 11th Whidbey Isl. Glass Invitational, Langley, WA CVG Statewide Juried Exhibit Bremerton, WA N.O.P.E. (Nudes on Parade Exhibition), Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2007 10th Whidbey Isl. Glass Invitational, Langley, WA Matters Lost, Juried group exhibit, Honolulu, HI The Balcony Gallery group exhibit, Honolulu, HI Pivot. BFA degree show, UH Manoa Awards and Scholarships Exhibit, UH Manoa
2006 Hawaii Craftsman 5th Annual Juried Exhibit Honolulu, HI Hawaii Glass Artists Salon de Refuse. Art at Mark’s Garage, Honolulu, HI Awards and Scholarships Exhibit, UH Manoa
2005 Hawaii Craftsman 4th Annual Juried Exhibit, Honolulu, HI Coffeeline Group Show, Honolulu, HI M.T.V. Network Collection Hawaii Glass Artists Salon de Refuse. Art at Mark’s Garage Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2004 Blue Whale Gallery, group show, New York, NY
2003 Majestic Café, two-man show, Bellingham, WA Gunner-Nordstrom Gallery, Kirkland, WA Whatcom Community College Juried student show, Bellingham, WA
Awards 2020 Full tuition scholarship, Andersen Ranch Center for the Arts
2014 Joan Mitchell Foundation Career Opportunity Grant Center For Engage Learning and Teaching grant
2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Award Saxe Scholarship- full tuition to attend Pilchuck Glass School
2011 Tulane University-full tuition scholarship and stipend Saxe scholarship nomination—Pilchuck Glass School Dedalus Foundation nomination Tulane summer research grant
2010 Tulane affiliated Pilchuck scholarship Anderson Ranch Arts Center scholarship
2009 Corning Award, Pilchuck Glass School Stanwood, WA (Jan Friedrich)
2008 VEloCITY Grant for the creation and installation of public art in Bellingham, WA Pilchuck half scholarship (Gene Koss)
2007 Daniel Greenburg/Susan Steinhauser Pilchuck Scholarship (Hank Adams) Artist Trust Foundation EDGE training program scholarship Geraldine Clark Memorial Scholarship in Glass Diane Crowell Scholarship for excellence in figurative sculpture Glass Art Society travel scholarship Excellence in Research Award, Univ. Research Council, UH Manoa
2006 Vice-Chancellor Summer Research Grant, UH Manoa Outstanding Glass Student Award, UH Manoa Daniel Greenburg/Susan Steinhauser Pilchuck Scholarship (Brunhildur Thorgeirsdottir) Academic Merit Tuition scholarship, UH Manoa
2005 Academic Merit Tuition scholarship, UHM
2004 Full summer tuition scholarship, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2000 Rotary International Exchange Scholarship, Graz, Austria
Public Commissions
2017 “Reconnect” Utah State DABC, Salt Lake City, UT
2014 “River Stones “ public benches, Chattanooga, TN “Welcome Rounds” bike racks, Geneva, IL
2007 “Our Time” Bellingham, WA
Education
2011-12 Tulane University MFA, New Orleans, LA Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (Richard Whiteley)
2009 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2008 EDGE professional development for artists, Bellingham, WA
2007 B.F.A. Degree (Maxima Cum Laude), University of Hawaii at Manoa Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2006 Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004 Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Art Students League, New York, NY
2003 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2001 A.A. Degree, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA Apprenticeship to sculptor Jose Louis Panet