Born: Falls Church, VA 1953 | |
Resides: San Antonio, TX | |
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS | |
2016-17: |
FIRESTATION 18, San Antonio,TX. Design and fabricate a storefront window treatment to emphasize display of antique firetruck as well as stand alone artwork. 16' wide x 32' long. |
2011-12 |
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER DOWNTOWN CLINICAL SERVICES BUILDING, San Antonio, TX. Design and fabrication of suspended glass sculpture in 2 story atrium composed of 4,000 dichroic glass squares. 7’ diameter x 44’ long. |
2007 |
FOX TECH HIGH SCHOOL, ArtElements Program at ArtPace, San Antonio, TX. Design and fabrication of lit sculptural piece in collaboration with Legal Studies students. |
2006 |
CASA DE LA CULTURA, Del Rio, TX. Design and fabrication of concrete bench mosaic using fused glass imagery of local butterflies, created with members of local community and National Parks Service. Also, Glass components of wall mural. |
2005 |
CHRISPARK, San Antonio, TX, Commission for park maintained by private donor, but open for public use. 7 laminated glass circles with color and text, 32” Diameter, set in ground and underlit by fibre optics. |
2001 |
PRESA STREET LINKAGE PROJECT , San Antonio, Texas. 8 textured and etched cast glass medallions 32” Diameter set in sidewalk & underlit with neon, located on Presa St.from Riverwalk to Houston Street. |
1995 |
SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, San Antonio, Texas, Etched Glass Block Donor Wall and Wall Panel made of various optical lenses. |
1993 |
ALAMODOME, San Antonio, Texas, Interior Accent neon for V.I.P.Lounge. |
1991 |
U.S.A.A. COMMERCIAL COURT, San Antonio, Texas, Wood and neon wall, 30 feet by 40 feet, a collaborative effort with other non-glass professionals. |
1987 |
GALVESTON OPERA HOUSE, Galveston , Texas, Glass panel restoration project with Delara and Almond Architects firm of San Antonio, Texas. |
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS | |
2013-14 |
Kunstlerhaus Bethanian, Berlin, Germany. Artist Residency |
2011 |
Artpace Travel Grant |
2006 |
National Park Sevice, Artist in Residence |
Pilchuck Glass School, Architectural Glass Casting Scholarship | |
2003 |
Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Artist in Residence |
1998 |
U-Cross Foundation, Artist in Residence |
1993 |
Pilchuck Glass School, Glass casting Scholarship |
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Anodizing Aluminum Scholarship | |
1992 |
University of TX at San Antonio, Art Scholarship |
1991 |
Pilchuck Glass School, Light Sculpture Scholarship |
1990 |
San Antonio DACA, Individual Artist Grant |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |
INTERNATIONAL | |
2010 |
wALL, Santa Reparata International School of Art Contemporary Gallery, Florence, Italy. |
1999 |
INTERNATIONAL GLASS EXHIBIT, HsinChu Municipal Cultural Center, HsinChu, Taiwan, ROC. |
1998 |
TRAVELING LIGHT, Seto Shinyu Kinko Gallery, Seto, Japan. |
NATIONAL | |
2015 |
OBJECTS OF CONTEMPLATION, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA. |
2013 |
MIAMI PROJECT, Miami Midtown Art District, Miami, FL, featured artist. |
artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA | |
2012 |
IMMATERIAL, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA. |
LA ART SHOW-MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY, Los Angeles Convention Center, Selected Artist, Los Angeles, CA. | |
2011 |
LIGHTSPACE, Chanra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA |
2010 |
THE TEXAS CHAIR PROJECT,Columbus Craft Museum,Ohio. |
2002 |
GROUP EXHIBITION, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA. |
2001 |
TRAVELING LIGHT, Salt Creek Artworks, St. Petersburg, FL. |
2000 |
TRAVELING LIGHT, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ. |
1999 |
SOUTHERN GLASS NOW, D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA. |
1996 |
NEON ART EXHIBIT, Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA. |
REGIONAL | |
2015 |
SAN ANTONIO IN BERLIN, Bluestar Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Algelika Jansen Brown, San Antonio, TX, 4 person exhibition |
2014 |
MEMORY AND FORGETTING, Cinnabar Gallery, San Antonio, TX. Group Exhibition. |
THE GEOMETRY OF LIGHT, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, Texas, Solo Exhibition. | |
WITHIN THE ANGLES OF INCIDENCE, Artpace, Window Works - solo exhibition commissioned by Artpace, San Antonio, Texas. | |
TARGET: CONTEMPORARY TEXAS GLASS, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas. Group exhibition. | |
REFLECTIONS, Luminaria at Tropicana Hotel, solo exhibition. | |
2013 |
RADIANT REFLECTIONS, Institute of Mexican Cultures, San Antonio, TX. |
ANNUAL WOMEN'S EXHIBITION, Palmetto Center For The Arts, Nothwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX. | |
ARTISTS LOOKING AT ART, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. | |
RECONSTRUCTING VISUAL ISOMERS, RedBud Gallery, Solo exhibition, Houston, TX | |
2012 |
ESPOUSED, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Curator: Caitlin Williams, Group Exhibition, Beaumont, TX |
CHEWING THE TAIL END OF REFLECTION, Sala Diaz Art Space, San Antonio, TX. | |
2011 |
BREATHING LIGHT, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX. |
CRAFTING LIVE(S), Houston Center For Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX. | |
2010 |
SIX DEGREES , San Antonio International Airport, S.A., TX. |
2009 |
A RHAPSODY AT BLUE, Blue Star Contemporary Art Space, San Antonio, TX. |
2008 |
TEXAS CHAIR PROJECT, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX. |
2007 |
TEXAS JURIED GLASS, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX. |
2006 |
IMPRESSIONS, Casa De La Cultura, Del Rio, TX. |
2005 |
CLASSY GLASSY TEXAS-WOMEN IN GLASS, Simon-Michael Gallery, Beeville, TX. |
2004 |
CUNNINGHAM, BROWN, AND BEDGOOD, Art League Houston Gallery, Houston, TX. |
2003 |
GLASS: AN ARTIST’S MEDIUM, Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX. |
2002 |
CRAFTHOUSTON 2002, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. |
2001 |
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, Gallery Vetro, San Antonio, TX. |
2000 |
AS THE WOMYN TURN, Artist’s Asylum Gallery, San Antonio, TX |
1999 |
7TH ANNUAL GATHERING OF GLASS, Sable V Gallery, Wimberly, TX. |
1998 |
NESTING PLACES AND SPACES, Mexi-Carte Museum, Austin, TX. |
1997 |
INSTINCTS, Primary Object Gallery, San Antonio, TX. |
1996 |
THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, Wallace-Musket Gallery, San Antonio, TX. |
1995 |
THE HEART OF ART, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX. |
1994 |
THE NEXT WAVE, Artspace, San Antonio, TX. |
1993 |
ELECTRIC ART, Dos Jalepenos Gallery, San Antonio, TX. |