ARTIST CV

RECOGNITIONS

  • 2006 Ignite, International Juried Exhibition of Kilnformed Glass, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Honourable Mention

  • 2004 e-merge@BE3 (catalog) recognition by jury member as favorite piece in show

  • 2001 Back to the Bank British Columbia Glass Art Association, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Award of Merit

  • 2001 Astral Bodies – An Exhibition of Cutting Edge Glass, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, Colorado, First Place

JOINT SHOWS

  • 2024 (October) Exquisite Corpse Art Show and Auction, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2016–2024 (annual show, April/May)  Symbolically 8 Spring Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2013 – 2024 (annual show, December) Small Works, Group Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2024 (August) Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, British Columbia

  • 2023 (August) Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, British Columbia

  • 2023 (May 19–23) PUSH: An Exhibition of Fine Craft, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2021 (June 17–24) Exquisite Corpse Art Show and Auction, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2021/2022 (September 24 – October 25) Salt Spring National Art Prize Parallel Art Show, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2019/2020 (September 27 – October 20) Salt Spring National Art Prize Parallel Art Show, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2015 (April 17 – May 10) Symbolically 8 Spring Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2014 (March) 20/20 Vision Exhibit, ArtSpring, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC

  • 2014 (April 11 – May 11) Symbolically 8 Spring Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2013 (April 12 – May 12) Symbolically 8 Spring Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2012 (December) Small Works, Group Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  •  2012 (September) Two Wings, Group Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2012 (July-September) 16th Annual Canadian Glass Exhibition, Group Exhibition, West End Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

  • 2012 (June 29-July7) Signature Showcase, ArtSpring Centre for the Arts, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2012 (May 18 – June 17) Chance and Intent, two-person show at Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2012 (May 12 – July 28) Act 2: The Glass Track, Bullseye Resource Center, Emeryville, California 

  • 2011 (September 24 – October 2)  Attachments – An Exhibition, Mahon Hall, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2011 (May – June) New 8 Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2010 (August – September) JD Evans and Bob Leatherbarrow Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2010 (May – June) New 8 Exhibition, Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2010 (April – May) Grand Opening Exhibition, "Symbolically 8", Gallery 8, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

  • 2009 (July – September) 11th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

  • 2008 (June) Calgary Warm Glass Guild Show, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

  • 2007 (summer) Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

  • 2007 Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass, Calgary, Alberta

  • 2006 Ignite, International Juried Exhibition of Kilnformed Glass, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

  • 2006 Member’s and Presenter’s Show, Conference, Glass Art Association of Canada,  Red Deer,  Alberta

  • 2004 BCGAA/SFU Biennial Show, Biennial Exhibition, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • 2004 e-merge:WG@BE3, Bullseye Connections, Portland, Oregon

  • 2003 Legacy, Bullseye Connections, Portland, Oregon

  • 2003 Fragile! Palace Contemporary Art and Fine Craft, Toronto, Ontario

  • 2003 Member’s Show, Conference, Glass Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario

  • 2002 (September) The Glass Canvas, Two person show at Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

  • 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998 (summer) Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

  • 2002 (June – July) Glass – A show about Sculpture, The Works, Edmonton, Alberta

  • 2000 (September) British Columbia Glass Art Association, Biennial Show, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • 2000 (summer) The Mystery of Mastery, Alberta Crafts Council, Edmonton, Alberta

  • 2000 (summer) Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia

  • 2000 (May) Fahrenheit 2000, Glass Art Association of Canada, Members Exhibition, Red Deer, Alberta

  • 2000 (May) The Rubaiyat Crafts Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

  • 2000 (April) Glassworks, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

PUBLICATIONS

  • Complete Transparency by Avital Maor, Designer (2014)

  • Kiln-formed Glass: Beyond the Basics by Brenda Griffith (2014)

  • Act 2 The Glass Track, Bullseye Glass Company exhibition catalogue (2012)

  • Contemporary Fused Glass by Brad Walker (2010)

  • Creative Glass by Danijela Kracun and Charles McFadden (2010)

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Kiln-Formed Glass: Fused, Slumped, Cast by Brenda Griffith (2007)

  • Contemporary Glass Enameling: Fusing with Powders, Paints and Frit by Mary Bain Weiner (2005)

  • e-merge wg@BE3 2004 showcase of rising talents in kiln-glass, Bullseye Glass Company (2004)

  • Design by Designers, Architectural Digest (August 2004)

  • The Future of Frit by Judith Conway, Glass Craftsman (2003) 

  • Glass: A Fairly Pure Rock – The Art of Bob Leatherbarrow (May 2002) in The Gazette, the quarterly publication of the Glass Art Association of Canada.

  • Contemporary Warm Glass by Brad Walker (September 2000)

TEACHING

  • Online Glass Master Classes (Warm Glass UK, Helios)

  • Glass Master classes on kiln-formed powder Guest Artist, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary (spring 2003, fall 2005, spring 2008)

  • Presentations at Glass Art Association of Canada conferences in 2003 and 2006

  • Private studios in the United States and Europe

  • Invitation to participate in Teacher’s Forum, sponsored by Bullseye

AFFILIATIONS

  • Salt Spring National Art Prize : Director 2014–2024, Vice President 2019–2024

  • Salt Spring Arts Council: Director 2009–2013

  • Glass Art Association of Canada: Director 2001–2006

  • Calgary Warm Glass Guild