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BORN 1955 IN LADYSMITH, WI             STUDIO IN SPRUCE PINE, NC

PERMANENT MUSEUM AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

1979–2003      Purchased, donated and commissioned               Partial List

n     High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
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Musee de Verre, Liege, Belgium
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Frauneau Glass Museum, Frauneau, Germany
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Mint Museum. Charlotte, NC
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Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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NC Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
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J & L Lobmeyer Collection, Vienna, Austria
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Capitol Bank Collection, Houston, TX
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Southern Bell
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Price Waterhouse
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Northern Telecom
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R J Reynolds
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Glaxo, Inc.
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Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
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Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
n     Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
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NC Governor’s Western Residence Collection, Asheville, NC
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Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
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Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
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Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
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Bank of America
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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SAS Institute
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Numerous private collections worldwide

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

n     1998 Silver Prize from “International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa” Kanazawa, Japan
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1996-97 NC Visual Arts Fellowship-Grant
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Three-time participant in US Art in Embassies Program
n     1986 Judge’s Award, Second Jured Exhibition of NC Crafts, NC History Museum, Raleigh, NC

SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS

1994 to 2003                                                                 Partial List

n     Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
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William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA
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Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington DC
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Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
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International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
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Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany
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Glass Now, Japan Tours
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Trinity Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA 
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Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
n     Salon International de la Sculpture, Della, France

OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1979 to 1993                                                                   Partial List

n     Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC
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Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
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International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
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Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany
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Glass Now, Japan Tours
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Marx Gallery, Chicago, IL
n     Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus and Cleveland, OH
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Heller Gallery, New York, NY
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Holsten Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
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J & L Lobmeyer, Vienna, Austria
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Northern Telecom Annual Exhibition
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NC Museum of History, Raleigh, NC 
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Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
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Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
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Austrian Crafts Council, Vienna, Austria
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Isetan Galleries, Japan
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North Carolina Glass Tours, US & Europe
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Glasmuseum Frauneau, Frauneau, Germany
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Habatat Galleries, Dearborn, MI

EDUCATION

1980–1985        Assistant to Harvey Littleton         Spruce Pine, NC
1973–1979        Attended University of WI             Madison, WI

n     B. S. in Art
n     Honor Student, National Merit Scholar

PUBLICATIONS
n     Mar. 2000, “Mountain Hands,” Sam Venable, U of Tenn. Press, photo-illustrated interview of work and process.
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“International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ’98,” Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kanazawa, Japan, p. 14.
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American Style Magazine, Summer ’97, pp. 33, 34, 36.
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1997  “Handcrafted in the Blue Ridge,” Irv Green and Andrea Gross, Peachtree Pub., Atlanta, pp. 162-63. 
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Blue Ridge Country Magazine, Summer ’96.
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1992  “The Survey of Glass in the World, vol. 6 Contemporary Glass,” ed. by T. Yoshimizu, Kyruydo Art Pub. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, p. 10.
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“International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa ’92,” Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kanazawa, Japan, p. 38.
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1988  Glass Art Magazine, July/August 1988, pp. 10-15.
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1988  Spin-off Magazine, NASA, 1988, p. 79.
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1988  Southern Magazine, August 1988, “South by Design,” p. 54.
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1985 “Insight, A Collector’s Guide to Contemporary American Glass,” Ferdinand Hampson, Eliot Johnson Publishers.
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1984  American Craft, April/May, 1984, portfolio section, p. 25.
n     1983  Neues Glas, October/December, 1983, pp. 195-199.

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