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BONNIE CELESTE Bonnie Celeste received her BS in education from Buffalo State College in New York. She was selected by jury for Pilchuck's glass auctions, 2006 through 2008, and had work accepted to special International Society of Glass Beadmakers exhibitions in 2007 and 2008. As a Bullseye instructor/technician, she is a champion of good, thoughtful design and enjoys helping individuals build a solid foundation for their journeys in glass. View her work at www.bullseyeglass.com/aboutus/now/ and www.bonnie-celeste.com. |
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KATE ELLIOTT Kate Elliott is the Manager of Bullseye Resource Center Santa Fe. Before accepting that position in 2010, she owned and operated Seattle's Elliott Brown Gallery, where she exhibited works by major as well as emerging artists in glass and other mediums. Elliott began her glass studies in the 1970s with Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin. She was among the earliest participants at the Pilchuck Glass School, where she has since served in many capacities—including as a member of the Board of Trustees and the Artistic Program Advisory Committee. From 1974 to 1988 Elliott worked closely with Dale Chihuly, helping to manage his early career. |
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JOSEPH HARRINGTON After earning a BA in glass and ceramics from Buckinghamshire New University, Joseph Harrington spent two years as assistant to UK artists Sally Fawkes and Colin Reid. In 2006, he received his MA from the Royal College of Art. Currently Harrington lives in London and is achieving recognition with a unique kilncasting method that allows him to “harness the movement and transience of ice.” His selected exhibitions include the 2006 Bombay Sapphire Prize (shortlisted finalist), International Festival of Glass Biennial (2006 & 2010), Bonhams Glass Auction (2009), Exhibition at The Scottish Gallery (2010), Jerwood Contemporary Makers (2010), and e-merge 2010. Learn more about Joseph Harrington and view his work... |
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CARRIE IVERSON Carrie Iverson earned her BFA at Yale and her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a printmaker and painter, Iverson is quickly building a reputation for works in kiln-glass, which she began as a direct outgrowth of classes taken at Bullseye. She has done a number of publicly visible installations dealing with the Iraq War, including WAKE (at Brooklyn Public Library), for which she garnered a great deal of press. Her work is in permanent collections at MOMA and the Brooklyn Museum (NYC), and the MCA and Art Institute (Chicago). View her work at www.bullseyegallery.com and www.zahrada.org. |
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JULIE KUMAR Julie Kumar received her BA in honors visual art in 2007 at Brown University, where she focused primarily on sculpture and user interface design for projects integrating art and technology. She worked as a museum exhibit fabricator before she came to Portland to be an Artist in Residence in Wood at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. In 2009 she was selected by an international jury to be an Emerging Artist in Residence at the Pilchuck Glass School. As a new member of the Research & Education team at Bullseye, she looks forward to an engaging knowledge exchange. View her work at julie.studiokumar.com |
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JESSICA LOUGHLIN Jessica Loughlin is an independent studio artist in Adelaide, Australia, who graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1997. Her work is exhibited regularly in the United States, Europe and Australia and is represented in major collections around the globe. Loughlin is widely recognized for her unique and considered approach to kilnformed glass, for which she has won a number of prestigious awards—including the Tom Malone Art Prize and Australia's RFC Glass Prize. View her work at www.bullseyegallery.com |
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ALICIA LOMNÉ Alicia Lomné is an artist living and working in Langley, Washington. She has studied kilncasting and pâte de verre with masters in the field for many years while simultaneously developing her own methods and artistic vision. Her extraordinary work is shown at galleries around the country, including Bullseye Gallery. To view her work, visit Bullseye Gallery. |
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CATHARINE NEWELL Catharine Newell is recognized for her distinctive figurative work, which examines the persistence of memory and its impact on relationships. Newell lectures, teaches and exhibits internationally. She was nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award in 2003, and her work was selected for New Glass Review 26 and 30 and has recently been acquired for the permanent collections of Swedish Hospital in Seattle, University of Miami Lowe Museum and the Museum of the Academy of Arts and Design Tsinghua University in Beijing. Newell maintains a private studio in Portland, Oregon. Newell was featured on OPB's Oregon Art Beat. To view her work, visit Bullseye Gallery. |
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RICHARD PARRISH Richard Parrish maintains a studio for kilnformed glass and architecture in Bozeman, Montana. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. He was named Best Artist in his category at the Western Design Conference Exhibition in 2008. His work was selected for New Glass Review 27, and he was awarded the American Craft Council Award of Achievement in 2003. View his work at www.bullseyegallery.com and read more about Parrish at our website by going to www.bullseyeglass.com/aboutyou/ |
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MARTHA PFANSCHMIDT Martha Pfanschmidt has taught printmaking at Marylhurst and Portland State Universities while also operating the Portland-based group print workshop Atelier Mars with Tom Prochaska. She was introduced to glass through a workshop led by Tom Prochaska and Ted Sawyer in 2003, followed by a two-week Artist Factory Exchange Project at Bullseye Glass later that year titled “Found In Translation.” Pfanschmidt has since gone on to make commissioned works in glass for high-profile building projects and private clients, and to participate in another Artist Factory Exchange Project called “Printmakers Fired.” View her work at www.bullseyegallery.com and www.pfanschmidt.com |
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TOM PROCHASKA Tom Prochaska is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Since 1996 he has collaborated with the Research & Education Department at Bullseye Glass Company to develop new methods of working with frits, powders, threads, and sheet glass that are the basis of the workshop “Drawing With Glass.” In Portland his glassworks may be seen at Bullseye Gallery and his prints, paintings and sculpture at Froelick Gallery. Photo by Heather Zinger. |
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MICHAEL ROGERS After spending 11 years in Japan where he was head of Aichi University's Glass Department, artist Michael Rogers returned to the United States where he is now a Professor in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. To view his work and read his Artist Statement visit: www.bullseyegallery.com. |
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NATHAN SANDBERG Nathan Sandberg earned his BFA in glass and ceramics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His work has received critical recognition through awards and shows and is held in private collections. As a member of the Bullseye Research & Education team, he develops and teaches new curriculum in kilnformed glass. Nathan enjoys working with his students, whether they're new to glass or seasoned veterans. When he isn't at the factory, he can be found in his Portland studio. View his work at www.bullseyeglass.com/aboutus/now/, Bullseye Gallery, and www.nathansandberg.com. |
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TED SAWYER Ted Sawyer received his BA in art with a focus in ceramics from Lewis and Clark College. From 1992-1993 he was the artist in residence at Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery in Portland, Oregon. In 1997 he joined Bullseye, where he is the Director of Research & Education. He teaches and lectures internationally and exhibits his work at galleries around the world, including Bullseye Gallery. To view his work, which was featured in Corning's New Glass Review 28 and 30, visit Bullseye Gallery. You can also see a sample of his work at www.bullseyeglass.com/aboutus/now/ |
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RICHARD SPEER Richard Speer is the author of Matt Lamb: The Art of Success and a contributing critic for ARTnews, contributing editor for Art Ltd., and visual arts critic for Willamette Week. His articles and reviews have appeared in GLASS Quarterly, Newsweek, Salon, Opera News, and the Los Angeles Times and he has been awarded top accolades in his profession for feature stories and profiles of figures such as Luciano Pavarotti, Philip Glass, Camille Paglia, Chuck Palahniuk, and E. Fay Jones. Speer is currently writing a novel as well as a book of essays profiling 25 artists associated with Bullseye Gallery. www.richardspeer.com |
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JIM WEILER Jim Weiler received a BFA in sculpture from Bowling Green State University in 1998 and an MFA in glass from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2004. After teaching glass at SIUC for two years, he found himself blowing and coldworking glass in Fresno, California. Weiler received a grant in 1996 to study sculptural anatomy in Klaipeda, Lithuania. In 2008 he joined the Bullseye Research & Education team, where he enjoys teaching, helping artists execute designs, and testing various products and processes related to kilnformed glass. To view his work, see www.weilerglass.com |
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RICHARD WHITELEY Richard Whiteley is Head of the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art, Australian National University. A British-born Australian, Whiteley has taught at Sydney College of the Arts (Australia), North Lands Creative Glass (Scotland), and the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass (United States). His practice is dedicated to making kilncast and coldworked glass, and he maintains an active exhibition program. His work is represented by Bullseye Gallery and can be found in public and private collections around the world. View his work at www.richardwhiteley.com. |
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ERIK WHITTEMORE Erik Whittemore is the Studio Coordinator for Bullseye Resource Center, Santa Fe. Whittemore earned his BS in art with a focus in sculpture from Eastern Oregon University. From 2004 to 2010 he was an instructor/technician at Bullseye Portland, where he developed and taught courses in kilncasting and coldworking, along with many other methods, and assisted a number of world-class artists. Whittemore can often be found in his studio developing new works, some of which can be viewed here and at www.bullseyegallery.com |
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