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On ° Venus was selected for the Ireland Glass Biennale

Chorus of One is on view at the Museum of Art and Design until Jan. 14th 2023

Public Art Commission: I was selected to create a video piece for the Seattle Tacoma International Airport to be unveiled in 2026


my work was included into Tripod, an online Trilingual Academic Journal of the Department of Ceramics and Glass, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

See my work featured in Public Display Quarterly Magazine

The Seattle Times published an article about Das Schaufenster


Selected as one of the Spring 2022 Amazon Artist in Residence

The Museum of Art and Design in NY purchased “Chorus of One” for their collection

Symposium at the Science History Institute centered around my research

Follow the Link below to the Article about me and my work published in the University of Washington News


Click below to listen to my Wise Fool Podcast Interview

Group exhibition at the Seto City Art Museum in Japan, hosted by the Seto City Cultural Promotion Foundation

Virginia Commonwealth University, Spring lecture Series

Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department Visiting Artist series, Spring 2022


4 Feet Apart was shortlisted for the NGC Glass Prize

4 Feet Apart was shortlisted for the NGC Glass Prize

“Moving on is hard Sale” is part of the Bellwether Arts Festival, at the Bellevue Arts Museum

“Moving on is hard Sale” is part of the Bellwether Arts Festival, at the Bellevue Arts Museum

I will be a Visiting Professor at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland  for the Fall 2021 Semester

I will be a Visiting Professor at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland for the Fall 2021 Semester

I am a recipient of one of the Artworks Archive Grants

I am a recipient of one of the Artworks Archive Grants


“Chorus of One” has won the Silver Award at the Toyama Glass Prize, an International Triennial competition for Glass.

“Chorus of One” has won the Silver Award at the Toyama Glass Prize, an International Triennial competition for Glass.

I will be Beckman Center Artist in residence at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia in 2021 & 2022.

I will be Beckman Center Artist in residence at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia in 2021 & 2022.

Artist Profile in the German Art and Design Magazine, Summer Edition 2021

Artist Profile in the German Art and Design Magazine, Summer Edition 2021

Visiting Artist at the Glass Department at Tyler School of Art

Visiting Artist at the Glass Department at Tyler School of Art


Exhibition curated by Michael Endo at Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

Exhibition curated by Michael Endo at Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

Das Schaufenster received a Mini Grant from the Awesome Foundation

Das Schaufenster received a Mini Grant from the Awesome Foundation

Watch my lecture for the Konstfack Research week here

Watch my lecture for the Konstfack Research week here


I will be a visiting Artist at the Tacoma Museum of Glass in 2021

I will be a visiting Artist at the Tacoma Museum of Glass in 2021

Vetri Gallery is showing my work at the virtual Seattle Art Fair 2020

Vetri Gallery is showing my work at the virtual Seattle Art Fair 2020

I was interviewed by Gabriella Sanderson for Urban Glass, read the article here

I was interviewed by Gabriella Sanderson for Urban Glass, read the article here

Vetri Gallery presents my work at the virtual Intersect Chicago

Vetri Gallery presents my work at the virtual Intersect Chicago


My exhibition space and curatorial project Das Schaufenster was featured in Cross Cut follow the link to read more.

My exhibition space and curatorial project Das Schaufenster was featured in Cross Cut follow the link to read more.

Das Schaufenster received a SmArt Venture Grant from the Office of Arts and Culture.

Das Schaufenster received a SmArt Venture Grant from the Office of Arts and Culture.

I received a generous Art Project Grant from 4 Culture to support my solo show at the Bellevue Arts Museum in the fall of 2020.

I received a generous Art Project Grant from 4 Culture to support my solo show at the Bellevue Arts Museum in the fall of 2020.

Curated by professors Davin Ebanks and Benjamin Johnson. This exhibition is a part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of the glass program at KSU.

Curated by professors Davin Ebanks and Benjamin Johnson. This exhibition is a part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of the glass program at KSU.


I was chosen as one of the 16 finalists for the Burke Prize. The prize is an unrestricted award of $50,000 given to a professional artist under the age of forty-five working in glass, fiber, clay, metal, and/or wood.

I was chosen as one of the 16 finalists for the Burke Prize. The prize is an unrestricted award of $50,000 given to a professional artist under the age of forty-five working in glass, fiber, clay, metal, and/or wood.

I will have a solo show at the Bellevue Arts Museum, titled “Never Odd or Even” from September 11th 2020 to January 17th 2021. .

I will have a solo show at the Bellevue Arts Museum, titled “Never Odd or Even” from September 11th 2020 to January 17th 2021. .

Solo show of a project based on the “Hungerstones” that are found in my home towns river in Germany. The exhibition runs August 8th-September 6th at the Seattle Goethe Institute,

Solo show of a project based on the “Hungerstones” that are found in my home towns river in Germany. The exhibition runs August 8th-September 6th at the Seattle Goethe Institute,

I will be spending the Spring Semester of 2019 at Purchase College in NY as their Windgate Visiting Artist, producing new work for an exhibition at the Universities Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery.

I will be spending the Spring Semester of 2019 at Purchase College in NY as their Windgate Visiting Artist, producing new work for an exhibition at the Universities Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery.


I am moderating a panel that brings together five creative female immigrants that have each through their work as curators, artists and educators helped to give space to women in the arts. The panel centers around key societal issues concerning women curators and artists with a specific focus on problems brought on by immigrant status.

I am moderating a panel that brings together five creative female immigrants that have each through their work as curators, artists and educators helped to give space to women in the arts. The panel centers around key societal issues concerning women curators and artists with a specific focus on problems brought on by immigrant status.

Concorso 35 invited artists 35 years old or younger to apply for their international competition. My moldless pate de verre piece " The Tower" was chosen for the exhibition.

Concorso 35 invited artists 35 years old or younger to apply for their international competition. My moldless pate de verre piece " The Tower" was chosen for the exhibition.

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I was selected for a full scholarship by Pilchuck to take a neon class with Sarah Blood and Ranjit Bhatnagar in Session 4 2019. As the highest ranking scholarship student I was also awarded a residency at S12 in Bergen Norway, which I will do in 2021. Thank you Pilchuck.

Visiting Artist for the fall Semester at the University of Hawaii Manoa’s glass department.

Visiting Artist for the fall Semester at the University of Hawaii Manoa’s glass department.


Lecture: Reality is Only a Rorschach Inkblot, You Know  at the American Craft Council, Library Salon Series,

Lecture: Reality is Only a Rorschach Inkblot, You Know
 at the American Craft Council, Library Salon Series,

Behind The Glass Lecture, Corning Museum of Glass February 8th 2018, visit the link below to see the recording of the full lecture on youtube

Behind The Glass Lecture, Corning Museum of Glass
February 8th 2018, visit the link below to see the recording of the full lecture on youtube

Visiting Artist in the Glass Department at RIT, March 2018

Visiting Artist in the Glass Department at RIT, March 2018

Jurors Choice Award, Irwin Borowsky Prize each year the nomination based International Irwin Borowsky Prize in Glass Art honor's artists whose vision and skills are advancing contemporary glass art. 

Jurors Choice Award, Irwin Borowsky Prize
each year the nomination based International Irwin Borowsky Prize in Glass Art honor's artists whose vision and skills are advancing contemporary glass art. 


I was invited to teach a one week workshop at Berlin Glas and a Multake weekend workshop that is aimed to foster cross cultural meeting and learning.

I was invited to teach a one week workshop at Berlin Glas and a Multake weekend workshop that is aimed to foster cross cultural meeting and learning.

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I will have a solo show in 2019 at CoCA in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood featuring a new video and installation project titled “NOON”.

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Sculpture Space Residency 2018

Sculpture Space is unique in North America for its support of sculptors, both those who come to Utica, New York, as residency participants and those who continue after their residencies as working artists. The organization selects between 18 and 20 artists each year for two-month residencies.

Visiting Artist Residency at Bowling Green State University, January 2018

Visiting Artist Residency at Bowling Green State University, January 2018


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In January 2018 Matthew Szosz and myself where invited for a short residency hosted jointly by BGSU and CCS. Thank you, 

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BAM Biennale, a juried exhibition which focuses on the work of established and emerging Northwest artists, craftspeople, and designers, with an emphasis on new work.  48 artists were selected to participate. I will be showing a new video and glass project. 

"Mutu"Mutual Intelligibility", Bullseye Project, PortlandNovember 1st 2017- February 3rd 2018al Intelligibility", Bullseye Project, PortlandNovember 1st 2017- February 3rd 2018

"Mutu"Mutual Intelligibility", Bullseye Project, Portland

November 1st 2017- February 3rd 2018al Intelligibility", Bullseye Project, Portland

November 1st 2017- February 3rd 2018


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Artist Trust Fellowship

Artist Trust (AT) Fellowships are merit-based awards recognizing artistic achievement, dedication to an artistic discipline, and potential for continued creative development. In 2017, 

"Interpolations", Traver Gallery,Seattle August 2nd-September 2nd 2017 with Matthew Szosz

"Interpolations", Traver Gallery,Seattle
August 2nd-September 2nd 2017
with Matthew Szosz

Visiting Artist at Alfred University, School of Art and Design. February 7th and 8th 2017

Visiting Artist at Alfred University, School of Art and Design.
February 7th and 8th 2017

Visiting Artist Lecture, Glass Department March 3rd 2017

Visiting Artist Lecture, Glass Department
March 3rd 2017


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Residency at the Vermont Studio Center

Each month, VSC welcomes over 50 artists and writers from across the country around the world to our historic campus in northern Vermont. I received a merit based Artist Award for a residency at the Vermont Studio center i January 2017. 

 

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Specialty Glass Residency with Corning Inc. and the Corning Museum of Glass

Summer 2016-February 2017

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THE HUNT IS SWEETER THAN THE KILL
July 5th- 22nd 2016
This project-based sculpture course will spark innovation through a series of fast-paced exercises. Experiments will involve hybridization of several processes—hot, kiln, and cold—and will fuel conceptual development of new approaches to the use of glass as an artistic material. Students will expand into unfamiliar territory and use a cumulative process of testing and refining that will lead to unexpected destinations. 

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Atoms + Bytes, Redefining Craft in the Digital Age

March 04, 2016 - June 26, 2016

Atoms + Bytes: Redefining Craft in the Digital Age showcases works by international and local makers situated at the intersection of the digital and the analogue worlds. 


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Strange Coupling, King Street Station, Seattle 
 Strange Coupling bridges the gap between the UW and the greater Seattle art community by pairing students with professional artists for a collaborative project.

Matched Makers: Northwest Artist Couples displays the work of 28 couples who have shared creative lives. The 56 artists, born between 1877 and 1983, include many of the most prominent and admired in regional history. They work in all media, usually independently but sometimes paired. The exhibition puts their art in the context of their lives, and shows that both complimentary and widely divergent styles are sustained by loving relationships.

Matched Makers: Northwest Artist Couples displays the work of 28 couples who have shared creative lives. The 56 artists, born between 1877 and 1983, include many of the most prominent and admired in regional history. They work in all media, usually independently but sometimes paired. The exhibition puts their art in the context of their lives, and shows that both complimentary and widely divergent styles are sustained by loving relationships.

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Whats the Story?

Group exhibition at Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, 

December 1st- 29th 2016
 

BELLINGHAM NATIONAL 2015 ART EXHIBITION & AWARDS May 31 – September 6, 2015, Juried by Scott Lawrimore,A juried exhibition featuring artworks in a variety of media, including video, photography, ceramics, mixed media, paintings and more. Representing artists from 16 states, including Washington, the exhibition includes 101 pieces from more than 60 artists

BELLINGHAM NATIONAL 2015 ART EXHIBITION & AWARDS

May 31 – September 6, 2015, Juried by Scott Lawrimore,A juried exhibition featuring artworks in a variety of media, including video, photography, ceramics, mixed media, paintings and more. Representing artists from 16 states, including Washington, the exhibition includes 101 pieces from more than 60 artists


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New Directions in Glass, 
May- June edition,

written by Sarah Margolis-Pineo, featuring Matthew Szosz, Emily Nachison, Andy Paiko,and myself. To read the article, please click below.

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Seattle Dance Season. The Fall Kick-Off + BIG BANG! is one of Velocity’s most high-energy weekends of dance and performance. Sunday’s BIG BANG! has Velocity bursting at the seams with an  explosive party of performance happenings – dance, theater, sound, new media, installations + MORE!
September 27th 2015

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Process
April 25th- September 23rd 2015
We are proud to present the second edition of the International Glass Prize (IGP2), a triennial competition for arts, design and crafts.

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Electric Fields
2015 Juried Exhibition
November 5 - December 19, 2015

PUNCH enthusiastically presents our seventh Juried Exhibition. A total of 313 artists submitted 1,075 entries.
Winner of the Members Choice Award.


Artist in residence at The Corning Museum of Glass, 2013

Artist in residence at The Corning Museum of Glass, 2013

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 Page Hazlegrove Lecture in Glass Art

November 4th at 6:30pm, Room 10-250, MIT Campus

The Page Hazlegrove Lectureship in Glass Art was created in 1997 to honor the memory of Page, who brilliantly directed the Glass Lab from its beginning in 1988 until her untimely death in 1997. In her spirit, the Hazlegrove Lectureship was born, and since 1997 a number of outstanding artists working in glass have been invited to MIT 

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Artists and filmmakers Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long spend a day with me shooting this awesome video.

Please flow the link below to their website and to see the video.

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Emerge competition and exhibition 2014

Winner of the Silver Award

Bullseye's eighth biennial, juried kiln-glass exhibition for emerging artists in kilnformed glass

Emerge 2014 jurors: Kathleen Moles, Emily Nachison, and James Yood.


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Coburg Glass Prize 2014
April 13 - September 14, 2014

Winner of the Otto Waldrich Prize

The Kunstsammlungen of the Veste Coburg are organizing after 1977, 1985 and 2006 for the fourth time the Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass – a European competition for modern glass. It is the most important event in the glass sector and shows contemporary works by artists who work with glass.

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 The Glass Art Society (GAS) has announced the winners of its first-ever Technology Advancing Glass (TAG). The winner, Anna Mlasowsky, will receive an award of $5,000,  The Award funds research on new materials, techniques, methods, and applications of technology in the creation of glass art.

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Kunsten.nu's review of my solos Exhibition at the Glassmuseum in Ebeltoft.

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The Glass Factory Museum Artist in residence, Sweden
July-August 2013
Exhibition September 14th - October 6th 2013

the residency was supported by Kalmar Konstmuseum and Kultivator, IASPIS and Regionforbundet i Kalmar lan. 


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European Glass Context 2012

Europe's Glass Biennial held in Denmark.

I am representing Germany in the New Talent category. Exhibition at Groenbechs Gaard, Bornholm Denmark
 15.09.2012 - 18.11.2012

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Artist in Residency at the National Glass Center,  University of Sunderland 2013

February 2013, two week residency and Artist Lecture on campus.

AA2A Artist Grant

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 "SETO International Ceramic & Glass Arts Exchange Program" Jul. 10th - Aug.12th 2012
we invite 4 artists from field of ceramic and glass arts each year.
Our purpose is,cultural exchange through the making process and making a new possibility of artistic activity.

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Contemporary Traditions, Solo Exhibition, 1st December 2012 – 10th March 2013


Artist Grant from the Alexander Tutsek Foundation to support my work towards my Solo Show "Contemporary Traditions" at the Glass Museum Ebeltoft in Denmark

Artist Grant from the Alexander Tutsek Foundation to support my work towards my Solo Show "Contemporary Traditions" at the Glass Museum Ebeltoft in Denmark

HM Munich 2011, Sonderschau Talente 16.- 22. March 2011Exhibition during the Munich Craft Fair of new Talents, my work Hand-made and Heritage was featured here.

HM Munich 2011, Sonderschau Talente
16.- 22. March 2011

Exhibition during the Munich Craft Fair of new Talents, my work Hand-made and Heritage was featured here.

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Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center Residency Program

Artists are encouraged to use their fellowships to develop and refine their work, while experimenting with both traditional and innovative glassmaking processes.

6 week Fellowship Fall 2011
 

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Stanislav Libenský Award 2011 & Glass.Design exhibition will be a testimony of energy, creativity and the promising future of the European glass-making field,
From Eye to Ear was featured.

Imperial Stables at Prague Castle
16. 9. – 31. 10. 2011


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Superposition
A juried show of glass and glass-related sculpture in Seattle WA in June, 2011 concurrent with the Glass Art Society Conference.

jurors are Jack Wax, Jocelyne Prince, Jin Hongo and Michael Scheiner

My project Hand-Made was featured..
 

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Toyama City Institute of Glass Art has undertaken a program called "Artist in Residence" since 2010, aiming to promote glass art and cultural activities in Toyama City, to invigorate the local communities, and to develop human resources.
6 week Residency October- December 2011
Followed by a solo show at the Institute. 

Young and Loving September 10th-October 23rd 2010at S12 Gallery and Studio, in Bergen Norway. 

Young and Loving

September 10th-October 23rd 2010

at S12 Gallery and Studio, in Bergen Norway.