Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
B.S., University of Wisconsin, River Falls: 1971
M.S. in Art, Illinois State University, Normal: 1974
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Independent Study, Quarter Abroad: 1969
Germany: Erwin Eisch
Holland: Sybren Valkema
Peace Corp: Bolivia, South America: 1970
Private Glass Blowing and Art Studio - Wisconsin: 1975 to present
TEACHING:
Penland School, Penland, NC: 1986 & 1990
Prairie School, Racine, WI: 1981
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT: 1974 & 1975
Assistantships:
Graduate School, Illinois State University: 1973 & 1974
Quadna Mountain, University of MN: 1974
Haystack Mountain, Deer Isle, MA: 1973
COMPETITION:
New Glass Review, Annual Review, Corning Museum & New Glass Magazine: 1980, 1987, 2000, 2010
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.: 1996
Intl. Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan: 1990 & 1992
60th Wisconsin Designer/Craftsman Exhibit AWARD: 1981
Marietta College Craft National, Marietta, OH: 1980
The National Glass Show, Contemporary Artisans, SF, CA: 1980
Survey of Illinois Glass, Lakeview Museum, Peoria AWARD: 1980
58th Wisconsin Designer/Craftsman Exhibit, Paine Art Ctr.: 1979
NE WI Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay AWARD: 1978 & 1979 Illinois Craftsman, Illinois State Museum, Springfield AWARD: 1974 & 1975
Glass Art Registry, Glass Art Magazine: 1974
Galex VIII, Galesburg Civic Art Center: 1974
Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN: 1974
Prairie House Gallery, Springfield, IL: 1973
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh AWARD: 1972
Wisconsin State University Gallery, AWARD: 1969
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
2000-2022
Environmental Impact II the Power of Art Confronts Our Environmental Crisis, 2019 - 2022: The James Museum, St. Petersburg, FL; The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS The Bateman Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Upcoming Venues: Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI, June 21,2022; The Rosemary Berke & Harry L. Crisp II Museum SMSU, Cape Girardeau, MO, October 1, 2022; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA, and Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, MI in 2023.
Corn Zone, Installation: Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA, Permanent Collection, K. Allen Gallery, Sister Bay, Door County WI
Environmental Impact I, the Power of Art Confronts Our Environmental Crisis: traveling Sept 2013 & thru 2016 to Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Canton Museum of Art, OH Institute of Arts, MI; Brook Green Gardens, SC; Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA; The Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam, NY; Stauth Memorial Museum, Montezuma, KS and St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
Antifragile: Contemporary Glass, Husk-a-Ruckus: Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) April 2013 Peninsula School of Art, Installation Primordial Shift, Door County, WI (2012) Paine Art Center, Rooms of Bloom, Oshkosh, WI (2011) Figge Art Museum
Clear Your Mind: Davenport, IA Feb thru May 11 (2008) Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Door County, WI (1980-2013) Charles Allis Art Museum, Our Gardens Inside and Out, Milwaukee, WI June-Oct (2012) Museum of Art & Design, NYC
Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets Nov (2007-08)! A MAD Caestecker Fine Arts Series, Ripon College, Solo Exhibition (2006) Dubuque Art Museum, Exploring Transparency, Dubuque, IA (2005-2006) The Ironwood Gallery
Innovative American Glass: Ridgefield, CT (2004) Kittrell / Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX (2004-14) Galerie of Sculpture, Palm Beach, Fl (2004-05)
Symmetry: Saratoga Springs, NY (2004-05) Prism Glass, Rockton, ME (2004-05) Thelma Sadoff (Windhover) Center for the Arts
Beyond Fields: Solo, Fond du Lac, WI (2003)
U of I & ISU Glass Sculpture: Quad City Arts Ctr., Rock Island, IL (2002) Gallery 323 at Rubins, Madison, WI (1996-2005) Rahr West Art Museum
A Love Affair with Glass: Manitowoc, WI (2000) Aurora Public Art Commission,
Beyond Fields: Aurora, IL – Solo Exhibition (2000) The Fairfield Public Gallery, Wisconsin Glass Masters, (2000) & traveled thru April 2001 Sci Tech Museum, Aurora, IL - Solo Exhibition
1990’s:
Gallerie Dorita, Terra Firma, Atlanta, GA – Solo
Glorious Glass, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Not Just Mud Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Barucci Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Prism Glass Studio and Gallery, Nashville, TN
Pismo, Denver & Beaver Creek, CO
Stein Gallery, Portland, MA
Edgewood Orchard, Door County, WI
Art Elements, Mequon, WI
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Priebe Gallery - Solo
W.D.O. Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Artful Hands Gallery, Chatham, MA
A Gallery, Salt Lake City
Symmetry, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Glass Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glass Reunions, Richmond, VA
Mostly Glass, Englewood, NJ
Collector’s Gallery, Sausalito, CA
Panache Distinctive Art, Ogunquit, ME
Courtyard Gallery, Buffalo, MI
ZYZYX, Baltimore & Bethesda, MD
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Evening of Light, Crobar, Chicago, IL – Solo
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
Woodlot Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture Garden, Sheboygan, WI
Enhancing the Living Space, West Bend Museum, WI
Art Elements, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Mequon, WI
Toledo Museum of Art, Annual Glass Exhibition & Auction, (1994-1996)
Glass, Light, & Neon, Borgward Gallerie, Breman, Germany
WDO, Charlotte, NC
Habitat Galleries, Glass International, Detroit, MI
Habitat Galleries, The Ultimate Goblet Show, Boca Raton, FL
Owen Patrick Gallery, Goblet Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Art Elements, Mequon, WI – Solo Gazebo Gallery,
Glass on Holiday, Gatlinburg, TN
West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
Cryna International, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Dee Erlien Gallery, Milwaukee (1986-l993, 1987)
Celebration of Color, Heritage Festival, Marion College, Fond du Lac, WI
New East Side Neon, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Wacker Drive, Chicago
1980’s:
Contemporary Artisans, National Glass II, San Francisco, CA
Robert Kidd, Detroit, MI
Layton Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum
Mindscape Gallery, A Gather of Glass, Evanston, IL
Heller Gallery, Glass America, NY, NY
Americans in Glass, Westlake Gallery, White Plains, NY
Glass Art-National Perspective, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Neville Museum, Green Bay, WI
1970’s
Ripon College – Solo Exhibition – Ripon WI
New Americans in Glass, Huntington Galleries (Huntington Museum of Art) WV
Bradley Galleries, Milwaukee WI
New Directions in Contemporary Glass, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Glass Gems, Tusculum College, Greenville TN
The Container Show, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia PA
Young Professionals, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis MO
Baroque 74, Museum of Contemporary Crafts (Museum of Arts & Design) NYC
Galeria del Sol, Santa Barbara CA
Smith & Park Galleries, St. Paul MN
National Mixed Media Exhibit, Fairtree Gallery, NYC
Collections:
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
University of WI, Madison & River Falls, WI
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Cherry Creek Mobile Art Collection, Denver CO
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
Ripon College, WI
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay WI
Prairie School, Racine WI
Illinois State Museum, Springfield IL
Evansville Museum of Art & Science, IL
Aid Association for Lutherans, Appleton WI
Bergstrom-Mahler Art Center, Neenah WI
McDonald Corporation, Chicago IL
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT
Art Enterprises, Inc., Highland Park IL
West Bend Museum of Art, West Bend WI
Secura Insurance Companies, Appleton WI
Windover Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac WI
Horicon Bank, Installation, Oshkosh WI
Monroe and Sandra Trout Foundation K. Allen Gallery, Door County, WI
Seminars/Lectures/Workshops:
Liquid Fire, Rock Island IL
Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland OH
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Wausau Festival of Arts Assn, Wausau WI
Prairie School, Racine WI
Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh WI
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville IL
University of Minnesota MN
Green Bay Art Street Green Bay WI
Fairfield Art Center, Sturgeon Bay WI
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield WI
Flint Institute of Art, Flint MI
Dubuque Museum of Art, IA
Peninsula School of Art, Door County WI
Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo MI
Canton Museum of Art, Canton OH
Tulane University, Newcomb Art Dept., New Orleans, LA
K. Allen Gallery, Door County, WI
Other Distinctions:
Board of Directors: Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass, (BMMOG), Neenah, WI. Member: Board of Directors 2012 to 2021, President 2019 to 2021
Member: Glass Art Society (GAS)
Demonstration: Glass Art Society Conference, This Ain’t Popcorn, Corning Museum of Glass Studio Hot Shop A Demonstration 2016
Feature Articles:
Sculpture Review, Environmental Impact, Spring-Issue 346, The National Sculpture Society, New York, NY 2015
Glass Quarterly, Number 131, Summer 2013, Page 53
Wisconsin Trails Magazine, Of Earth, Wind & Fire 1979
Let’s Go Magazine, Milwaukee Sunday Journal, 1979
Wisconsin Magazine, Milwaukee Sunday Journal, August 1994
Featured Interview:
Glass Focus, Official Newsletter of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, 1993
Wisconsin Public Radio: Central Time. Air Date: Monday, May 2, 2022
Cover Photo:
Chicago’s City Magazine, Spring 1992
Library:
American Craft Council, Slide and Film Service, Contemporary Glass II, 1983
Published:
Glass Art Society Journal, Recovering exhausted B.T.U.’s 1980