RESUME
EDUCATION
Post baccalaureate studies in Printmaking, University of Washington (2003-2005)
Bachelors Degree in Design (Glass), National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland (1991, with honors)
Certificate in Glassmaking and Technology, International Glass Centre, Brierley Hill, England (1992)
AWARDS
2004 University of Washington: Milnora Roberts Award for Academic Excellence
1991 Finnish Ministry of Education: Travel grant for design, language and culture
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Ireland
Department of Foreign Affairs- Irish Embassies Art Collection- Beijing & Brussels
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* with catalog)
2021-2022
1845: Memento Mori, Strokestown Park House, Roscommon; Johnstown Castle, Wexford; American Folk Park, Ulster Museum , Tyrone; National Museum of Ireland- Country Life, Mayo; St. Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle, and the Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna, Co. Galway*
2020
Wild Geese, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019
1845: Memento Mori, METHOD, Seattle, WA*
Islanders-When Darkness Falls, Venice, Italy & Ireland Glass Biennale, Dublin Castle, Ireland
1845: Memento Mori, Jefferson County Museum of Art and History, Port Townsend, WA*
Design & Literature Showcase, CIACLA, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Solas: Light Inspires Glass, Chihuly Collection at the Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Verve, Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
Making Their Mark, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington
2015
Portfolio at Solomon, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2014
Into the Field, the Model Contemporary Art Centre, Sligo, Ireland
Future Beauty, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland*
Future Beauty, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland*
Founders’ Show, METHOD, Seattle, WA
Icon, Brown Thomas/CCOI, Dublin, Ireland
Solomon at Lyons, Solomon Gallery, Kildare, Ireland
2012
Shift, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sure It Will Be Alright, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Engaging with Glass, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA*
Collect 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
G8, Winston Wachter, Seattle, WA
From Pupil to Master, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Irish Craft Portfolio: Critical Selection, RHA, Dublin, Ireland*
Transformation, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle WA
Shift, Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
Intersection, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle, WA
Vitreography and Paintings on Glass, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glass Divas, Attic Gallery, Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland
Engaging with Glass, Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Ireland*
21st Century Irish Craft, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
lluminate; Contemporary Irish Glass, Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland
North South East West, University House, Seattle, WA
2010
Relativity of Color, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle, WA
Featured Artists, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Work: 3 Puget Sound Artists, Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA
A Look Back, Viscosity Glass Gallery, Seattle, WA
Resident Aliens, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA*
Sea Shift, Fayetteville Underground, Arkansas
2009
Biennial 2009, Boston Printmakers*
Points of Reference, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle WA
SeaShift, G Gallery, Houston, TX
Contemporary Makers, Attic Gallery, Jerpoint, Kilkenny, Ireland
2008
New Members’ Show, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle WA
2007
Wild Geese: The Irish in America, Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny*
Pratt/Pilchuck Show, Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
4 x Abstraction, Pratt Fine Arts Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
SPA Group Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Plugged in and Caffeinated, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
Points of Reference, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA (solo show)
2005
North by Northwest, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
Works on Paper, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
BFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pratt Instructors’ Show, Rainier Club, Seattle, WA
Group Show, Recovery Café, Seattle, WA
A Common Language, Shenzhen Art Institute, China*
2004
Six in the City, Seattle Art Museum, Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
Works on Paper, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
25th Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, MO
Contemporary Irish Glass Art, National Museum of Ireland*
2003
Works on Paper, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Irish Glass Art, Waterford, Ireland
Artists in my Area, Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
Unemployment Benefits, Temporary Cathexis, Seattle, WA
Twenty Five Years of Pratt Instructors’ Show, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle
2002
Goblet Show, Glasshouse, Seattle, WA
Invitational, Moonstone Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI
International Emerging Artists, Marta Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY
Pratt Instructors’ Show, Phinney Center, Seattle, WA
From Functional to Fine, Headley-Whitney Museum, KY
1998
Transformations, Raphael Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA*
Pratt Instructors’ Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Goblet Show, Vespermann, Atlanta, GA
Goblet Show, Kittrell/Ruffkind, Dallas, TX
1991-97
Glass Invitational, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Goblet Show, Glasshouse, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Irish Glass, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1746-1996, 250 Years of Craft and Textiles, Waterford Crystal and N.C.A.D. at the Royal Dublin Society, Ireland*
Innovations in Glass as a Medium, Cannon Beach Gallery, OR
Royal Dublin Society Craft Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Amblecote, England
Vessels: A National Design Exhibition, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Graduate Exhibition, Crafts Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Degree Exhibition, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
PUBLICATIONS
January 2021 Glass Ireland, Glass Society of Ireland
Autumn 2019, The Politics of Place, Contemporary Glass Society, UK
July 2019 1,845 Glass Potatoes, Port Townsend Leader, Chris McDaniel
Autumn 2012, Critical Selection, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Autumn 2012, Irish Craft Portfolio, Crafts Council of Ireland
Summer 2010, Engaging with Glass, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
Winter 2010, Glassmaking in Ireland, John M. Hearne, pp. 239, 242
Winter 2009, Irish Arts Review
Winter 2004, Neues Glas
March 2004, Irish Sunday Tribune, March 7, 2004, p.15, illus.
September 2003, Irish Arts Review, p.52, illus.
September 2003, Inspirational Awakening, Irish Contemporary Glass 2003
August 2003, Irish Times, August 23, 2003
Summer 2002, Artists in Glass, Berengo Fine Arts Press, p.20
June 1999, N.C.A.D, 1999, N.C.A.D., p. 21
July 1998, House and Home, The Irish Interiors Magazine, p.28, illus.
September 1997,Transformation, The Elizabeth R.Raphael Founder’s Prize
August 1996, N.C.A.D. 250 Years of Craft and Textiles, p.35
June 1991, Irish Tatler Magazine, p.32, illus.
June 1991, Irish Times, June 24, 1991
WRITING
2021 Glass Ireland, Glass Society of Ireland
2019 The Politics of Place, Contemporary Glass Society, UK
2018 Irish Glass Symposium, Contemporary Glass Society, UK
Image credit: Rozarii Lynch
