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“I am drawn to that which is overlooked.
In observing my life and surroundings,
I try to question ideas about where beauty
and comfort are found. The objects that
I make are my expressions of a new narrative.”

karen gilbert
 

RESUME


EDUCATION

1999, 1996

1991-93

1989-90
pilchuck glass school

california college of the arts, metal arts major

university of san francisco


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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1997
de cordova museum, ornamental artv, boston ma

“body glass”, gallery i/o, new orleans, la


imec, albuquerque, nm - solo show

snyderman works gallery, philadelphia, pa - solo show

annual jewelry exhibition, obsidian gallery, tuscon, az

“botanical” the society of arts and crafts, boston, ma

“glass dimensions-beyond the bead”, seattle convention center, wa


“functional fine art” braunstein/quay gallery, san francisco, ca

suydam + diepenbrock, newport, ri

the sybaris gallery, royal oaks, mi - solo show

craft boston, boston, ma


“absorption” susan cummins gallery, mill valley, ca - solo show

philadelphia museum of art craft show, pa

obsidian gallery, tuscon, az

sofa chicago, new york


vetri glass gallery, seattle, wa

the works gallery, philadelphia, pa - solo show

sofa chicago, new york


philadelphia museum of art craft show, pa

smithsonian institute craft show, washington, dc

sofa chicago, new york


nancy sachs gallery, st. louis, mo

“torch songs: 50 years of northwest jewelry” tacoma art museum, wa

“new glass from the northwest” craft alliance, st. louis, mo


“materials for reasoning” susan cummins gallery, mill valley, ca - solo show

“results of reasoning mia gallery, seattle, wa - solo show


AWARDS

2003


1998
american craft council, award of achievement baltimore acc show

artist trust / washington state arts commission fellowship recipient


TEACHING

arizona designer craftsmen, tuscon, az - workshop

pratt fine arts center, seattle, wa - workshop


PUBLICATIONS

“in chains”, lapidary journal, march 2004

“portfolio” american craft, oct/nov 2003

artist profile, crart, korean art publication, 2003

“contemporary glass jewelry” ornament, march 2001

observations, metalsmith, summer 2000

susan cummins exhibit review, metalsmith, fall 1997

“beyond fashion: the evocative art of jewelry” pacific magazine 12/1/1996

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