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Education, Awards, and Appointments
Outstanding Artist award, Montgomery County, MD, 2018
Co-Founder and Director, Washington Glass School, Mt. Rainier, MD, 2003-present
Kiln Forming for Educators, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR, 2002
Visual Arts, Santa Monica College for Design, Art and Architecture, Santa Monica, CA, 1992-1994
Honorable Mention, International Artist Competition, Art Interview Magazine, Berlin, 2007
Exhibitions
CLICK IT! , WGS Contemporary Online Exhibition, June 16-July16, 2020
Re-claimed, Re-used, Re-purposed, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC January 2020
AQUA Art Miami, showing with WGS Contemporary, Miami, FL, December 2019
38th Annual Sculpture Invitational, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, June-July 2019
By The Tracks , Art Enables, Washington, DC, May-June 2019
Wall , Otis Street Art Projects, Mt. Rainier, MD, March 2019
Grand Reopening , L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, February-March 2019
CAST: Art and Objects , Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, December 2108
CONTEXT Art Miami , showing with Alida Anderson Art Projects, Miami, FL, December 2018
Absence and Presence , Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC, April-June 2018
Light Up Your heART , Zenith Gallery, Washington DC, February-March 2018
CONTEXT Art Miami , showing with Alida Anderson Art Projects, Miami, FL,
December 2017
International 45th Glass International Award Exhibition , Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, April-July 2017
Embracing Narrative , Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, VA, March-June 2017
DC Five: A Glass Narrative , Okay Spark, Norfolk, VA, February-March 2016
Rhythms of Glass , Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA, June-July 2015
Glass!!! , Ice House Art Center, Berkeley Springs, WV, June-July 2015
Flow , American Center for Physics, College Park, MD, April-October 2015
21st Century Glass , Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD, January-February 2015
Alchemical Vessels , Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Smith Center, Washington, DC, April-June 2014
American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn , Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, December 2013
Product Lines , Case[werks] Gallery, Baltimore, MD, October-December 2013
Featured Artist , National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, September-November, 2013
Washington Glass , Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL, May-July 2013
Featured Artist , Brentwood Art Center, Brentwood, MD, May-June 2013
Alchemical Vessels , Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Smith Center, Washington, DC, April-June 2013
International Glass and Clay , Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC, March 2013
Lennox Campello Selects , Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC, February 2013
INTERWOVEN: Art.Craft.Design. , Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, January 2013
Constructing Content , Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD, December 2012
2012 Taos Art Glass Invitational , Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM, September-October 2012
Divergent Visions , The Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC, June-August 2012
2012 Smithsonian Craft Show , Washington DC, April 2012
Another Man’s Treasure , Gallery One One, Cincinnati, OH, March-April 2012
Visual Voices , Zenith Gallery, Washington DC, September-October 2011
hue:YELLOW , Gallery One One, Cincinnati, OH, June-July 2011
Washington Glass School: The First 10 Years , LongView Gallery, Washington, DC, June 2011
Yuletide Arts Festival , Project 4, Washington, DC, December 2010
All Mixed Up , Brentwood Arts Center, Brentwood, MD, October-November 2010
Affordable Art Fair , Alida Anderson Projects, New York NY, May 2010
Excess and Environment: sustainability in a world of consumption , Art for Global Justice, AE Studios LIC, Queens, NY, April 2010
Generations in Glass , NCAGG, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD, March-April 2010
Artists of the Gateway Arts District , Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD, March-April 2010
SculptureNow 2010 , Washington Sculpture Group, Washington DC, January-February 2010
NEXT Generation , Miami International Art Fair, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL, January 2010
Red Dot Miami , Mayer Fine Art, Miami FL, November 2009
ReMade , “g” Green Design Center, Mashpee, MA, October-November 2009
Salvage: Reclaiming Recycling, Phillips Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, September-October 2009
Taos Art Glass Invitational , Taos Institute for Glass Art, Taos, NM, July-August 2009
The Common Element , ArtDC Gallery, Hyattsville MD, August 2009
Artomatic , Washington, DC, June-July 2009
Habatat for Healing , Habatat Gallery, Tyson’s Corner, VA, May 2009
Dialogues in Glass , Mayer Fine Arts, Norfolk, VA, April-May 2009
Reclaimed , Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, April 2009
A Cast of Characters , Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC, April 2009
Red , The Pink Line Project, Axiom, Washington, DC, February 2009
Art for Giving , Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, November-December 2008
Artists at Work , Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, November 2008
Glass: Evolving , Visarts, Rockville, MD, September-October 2008
The Smallest Footprint , Mayer Fine Arts, Norfolk, VA, September 2008
The Green Side of Glass , Arts Afire Gallery, Alexandria, VA, August 2008
Reincarnations , ElevenEleven Sculpture Space, Washington, DC, July-September 2008
New Beginnings: The Art of Trash , Baltimore Public Works Museum, Baltimore, MD, May-October 2008
Glass Invitational , Migration Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, April 2008
Glass 3 , Georgetown Park Mall, Washington, DC, February-March 2008
SiO2, The Mystery of Glass , Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD, February-March 2008
Moving Beyond Craft , Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD, August 2007
Washington Glass School Sixth Anniversary , Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, July 2007
Re-Creation, a green artist’s view – Solo Show , Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, May 2007
artDC International Art Fair , Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, May 2007
Hot Glass in the BlueGrass II , Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, March 2007
Shock and Awe , Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC, November 2006
Seeing is Believing , Visarts, Rockville, MD, September-October 2006
NCAGG Juried Show , Arts Afire Gallery, Alexandria, VA, May-June 2006
Winter Exhibition , Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD, December-January 2006
Classical Forms, Modern Interpretations , Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, December 2005
The Human Form , Juried Regional Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, August 2005
Seven , WPA/C, Warehouse Theater Gallery, Washington, DC, June-September 2005
Points of Tangency , Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, June-July 2005
Compelled By Content , Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD, May-June 2005
Re-vision , Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, March-April 2005
Holiday Show , Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD, December-January 2004
Art-O-Matic , Washington, DC, November-December 2004
Refuse , Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY, October 2004
Transformed by Fire: Glass today , Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, September 2004
Anonymous , Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC, May-June 2004
Hickok, Warner, Cole Architects’ Art Night , Washington, DC, October 2003
Sculpture Now 03 , Washington Square, Washington, DC, February-May 2003
Still Glowing After All These Years , Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, January-March, 2003
Of Small Things , Dega Gallery, McLean, VA, December-January 2002
Millennium Arts Center Invitational , Washington, DC, October 2002
Post This!, An Art Critic’s Choice , Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, July-August 2002
Forged and Found , Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC, June 2002
GlasStijl , Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC, March-April 2002
Sculpture Now 2002 , Washington Square, Washington, DC, February-May 2002
Public Art Commissions and Site Specific Projects
“Trash-formative”, The Artisan at 4100, Brentwood, MD, 2020
“Social Fabric”, 900 Thayer Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 2019
“Telling Our Story”, Peppermill Community Center, Hyattsville, MD 2019
“Glimpse of Possibilities”, Foggy Bottom Sculpture Biennial, Washington, DC, April-October 2018
“Connecting Generations”, William Beanes Community Center, Suitland, MD, 2017
“Guardian”, Airport Centre II, West Palm Beach, FL, 2017
“Guidepost”, Airport Centre II, West Palm Beach, FL, 2017
“Involve Me and I Learn”, Laurel Library, Laurel, MD, 2016
Untitled glass and light panels, JBG Companies/Directions in Art, Bethesda, MD, 2015
Fallen Heroes Memorial, Judicial Center, Rockville, MD, 2014
“Community Gateway” arch, Ward 7, Washington, DC, 2014
The Aquilino Cancer Center, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Rockville, MD, 2013
John Adams Building monumental doors, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2013
“Eternal Light” Ner Tamid, Kol Shalom, Rockville, MD, 2012
“Clear Prognosis”, SOFAlab 3: Acts of Translation, Joan Hisoaka Healing Arts Gallery at the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC, displayed May 2012–February 2013
“Ingredients for Life”, Safeway, Bethesda, MD, 2011
Site-specific sculpture, The Adele, Silver Spring, MD, 2011
“Glass on Stone”, Liberty Building, 1129 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 2010
Site-specific Sculpture, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2010
“Rebirth/Renewal”, Prince George’s County Courthouse, Upper Marlboro, MD, 2010
“Stage is Set”, Private residence, Annandale, VA 2009
“Tapestry of Community”, Liberty Center, Shooshan Company, Arlington, VA, 2007
Site-specific Sculpture, EPA/GSA Ariel Rios Building Courtyard, Washington, DC, 2006
“Testimony of Community”, Prince George’s County Courthouse, Upper Marlboro, MD, 2006
“Images of Healing”, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 2006
“A New World View”, American Physical Society, College Park, MD, 2006
“Driving Impressions”, AAIA, Bethesda, MD, 2005
Logo Sculpture, Food and Friends Headquarters, Washington, DC, 2005
H Street: Artistic Sign Project, DC Commission for Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC, 2004
“Bling-Bling”, Pandamania, DC Commission for Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC, 2004
“Chesapeake Memories”, The Residences at Rosedale, Bethesda, MD, 2004
Lighting and Sculpture, David Greggory Restau-lounge, Washington, DC, 2004
Logo Sculpture, Carmen Group, Washington, DC, 2003
Logo Sculpture, The Warehouse Theater and Cafe, Washington, DC, 2003
“Wall Pipes”, Starwood Urban Investments, Washington, DC, 2001
Selected Collections and Ongoing Exhibitions
Art Bank Collection, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
Alida Anderson Art Projects, Potomac, MD
WGS Contemporary, Mt. Rainier, MD
Landex Development, Linthicum Heights, MD
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
Devon House Gallery, Stonington, CT
Gallery 555, Washington, DC
Project 4, Washington, DC
Robert Minkoff, Potomac, MD
Automobile Aftermarket Industry Association, Bethesda, MD
Truland Systems Corporation, Reston, VA
Susan and Fred Sanders, New York, NY
Helene and William Safire, Chevy Chase, MD
Hickok, Warner, Fox Architects, Washington, DC
Emerson and Hayes Design, Palo Alto, CA
Publications
Books
Cast: Art and Objects , by Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling, 2017
Sculpture and Design with Recycled Glass , by Cindy Ann Coldiron, October 2011
100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic , by E. Ashley Rooney with Foreword by Charles Yoder, June 2011
100 Artists of Washington, D.C. , by F. Lennox Campello, June 2011
Art Glass Today , edited by Jeffrey B. Snyder, August 2010
1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew , by Garth Johnson, November 2009
Magazines