Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate Professor | Tyler School of Art and Architecture | Temple University
current exhibitions (group)
New Glass NOW, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan 2022
A Glimpse Through Glass, Kemerer Museum, Bethlehem PA, April - August 2022
R E C E N T H O N O R S
Littleton Lecture at Glass Arts Society Conference in Tacoma, Washington
2022 The Littleton Lecture, named after Harvey Littleton, “was established in 2015 and looks to feature people that epitomize self-expression using glass to realize their potential as an artist and uses their creativity, knowledge and influence to educate others in the field of glass. The lecture focuses on innovators and educators who push the envelope.”
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New Glass NOW exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass
published in New Glass Review
“New Glass NOW documents the innovation and dexterity of artists, designers, and architects around the world working in the challenging material of glass. A global survey designed to show the breadth and depth of contemporary glassmaking, the exhibition features objects, installations, videos, and performances made in the last three years by 100 artists. The panel received over 4000 submissions from more than 1,400 artists and designers from 52 countries.”
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Awarded the Outstanding Faculty Service Award by Tyler School of Art and Architecture of Temple University
A Temple University award that recognizes a full-time faculty member for outstanding service to their schools, colleges, or university community
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Awarded the Georgette and Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
A C A D E M I C A P P O I N T M E N T S
present
Associate Professor of Glass, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
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Chair of Crafts Department, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
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Program Head of Glass, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
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Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Programs, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
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(Founding) Chair of Foundation Department, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
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Assistant Professor, Kansas City Art Institute
1 9 9 5 - 1 9 9 6
Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
1 9 9 3 - 1 9 9 5
Assistant Professor, Kansas City Art Institute
S E L E C T S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
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Traces, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford CT (exhibition during Fall 2017 residency as The Georgette and Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts at Hartford Art School)
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Unspoken, Barton Galleries, Barton College, Wilson NC
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Co-Pilot, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ
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Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia PA
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Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia PA
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Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
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Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas NV
Gallery 817, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
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Podium Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
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Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia PA
Field Installation (line) in abandoned building, Philadelphia PA
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Field Installation (church) in abandoned building, Philadelphia PA
Field Installation (arch) in abandoned building, Philadelphia PA
Ester Allen Greer Museum, University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande OH
S E L E C T G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 2 Chameleon Effects: Glass (Un)Defined, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH
2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 2 New Glass NOW, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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Glass in the Expanded Field, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton NJ
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River of Shadows, Heller Gallery, New York NY
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New Glass NOW, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
Now and Then, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia PA
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Glass Arts Society Juried Exhibition, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk VA
Urban Glass Benefit Auction, Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY
HUSH.ed Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle WA
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HUSH.ex River House Arts, Toledo OH
HUSH Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
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Peregrinations, Constellations, Schema Projects, Brooklyn NY
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Exhibition Rhizope, Tallinn, Estonia
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National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR
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GLASS at Temple Contemporary: Irvin Borowsky Glass Studios dedication, Philadelphia PA
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LUX, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Abstract (infinity), Crane Arts, Philadelphia PA
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Gallery Joe, Philadelphia PA
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Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY
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Gallery Joe, Philadelphia PA
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Aqua Art with Gallery Joe, Miami FL
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Gallery Joe, Philadelphia PA
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Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery Philadelphia PA
US Botanic Gardens Washington DC
S E L E C T R E S I D E N C I E S
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The Studios at MASSMoCA (funded residency), North Adam,s Massachusetts
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Djerassi, Woodside, California
2 0 0 5
Djerassi, Woodside, California
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The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
S E L E C T C O L L E C T I O N S
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Toledo Museum of Art
The Corning Museum of Glass
Temple University’s Alter Collection at The Fox School of Business
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Arkansas Arts Center
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The Corning Museum of Glass
R E C E N T T E X T S
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New Glass NOW exhibition catalog, The Corning Museum of Glass
Introduction by Susie Silbert, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass; text by Beth Lipman
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Exhibition Catalog entry: Dennis Alter Collection at Temple University
Text by Dr. Susanna Gold, PhD
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Art Monthly Australasia, New Glass NOW review by Nola Anderson
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Untapped Cities, review by Michelle Young
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Feature in Glass Quarterly Magazine
N E W G L A S S R E V I E W
New Glass Review 40 (2019)
New Glass Review 26 (2006)
New Glass Review 24 (2002)
S E L E C T G R A N T S + A W A R D S
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Humanities and Arts Program Award, Temple University2 0 1 8
Summer Research Award, Temple University
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Tyler School of Art Dean’s Grant for Creative Research
Grant-in-Aid of Research, Temple University
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Vice Provost for the Arts Grant, Tyler School of Art
Grant-in-Aid of Research, Temple University
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Summer Research Award, Temple University
Dean’s Research Grant, Tyler School of Art
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Eastern State Penitentiary Artists Grant for “Victim Impact Statement”
Dean’s Research Grant, Tyler School of Art
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John D. and Susan P. Diekman Fellowship, Djerassi Foundation
The Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Award
Summer Research Award, Temple University
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Grant-in-aid of Research, Temple University
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Grant-in-aid of Research, Temple University
Project Grant, Museum of Art, Juniata College
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Project Grant, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
E D U C A T I O N
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MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
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BA The George Washington University, Washington, DC