Born 1975, Saint Louis, Missouri
Education
Education
M.F.A. 2000 Glass Alfred University
B.F.A. 1997 Studio Art University of Wisconsin—Madison
Music University of Missouri—Saint Louis
Solo Exhibition Record
2013 Distorted Senses of Proportion, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, MT
2010 Biological Accumulations, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
2010 Biological Accumulations, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
Inurements, Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2007 Neologisms, Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY
2005 Conflate, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
Corollaries, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
2003 Palimpsest, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Two Person Exhibition Record
2011 (human) natures, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition Record
2012 RE: Green, Martha Gault Gallery, Slippery Rock, PA
Under 30, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
Innovations, Dowd Gallery, Cortland, NY
2010 Oddly Alive, The Arts Center, Troy, NY
Under 30, Skylight Gallery, New York, NY
Innovations, Dowd Gallery, Cortland, NY
2010 Oddly Alive, The Arts Center, Troy, NY
2009 State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue, Philadelphia Art Alliance,
Philadelphia, PA
2008 In The Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art, Fox Art Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Organics, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Riverton, WY
2007 Sublime Climate, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
A Natural Order: Art Exploring the Organic and Artifice, Claypool-Young
Art Gallery, Morehead, KY
2006 The Thread Counts Project, Gallery Artist Studio Projects (Gasp), Brookline, MA
2005 Subanatomy, Sonoma Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
The Obsessive Surface, Tower Fine Art Gallery, Brockport, NY
Technicolor, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead, KY
2003 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Faculty Invitational, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2002 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Empathy, Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA
Thirteenth National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists @ Chelsea, New York, NY
Digital Visions, The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
Dimensions 2002, Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC
2001 It Makes Me Sick, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY
Outdoor Light Exhibition, Glass Art Society Conference, Corning, NY
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Beecher Digital Art, Beecher Center for Technology in the Arts, The Butler
Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Small Works, Harper College Art Center, Palatine, IL
4th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
16th Annual Greater Midwest International, Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
23rd Annual Contemporary Crafts, MCA, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (catalogue)
2000 Outdoor Light Exhibition, Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Alfred, NY
Dissection in Whole, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Eclectic, Davies Building, Wellsville, NY
1999 Outdoor Light Exhibition, Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Alfred, NY
Print Exhibition, Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
1998 Neon and Light, Madison, WI
1997 John A. Logan College 3rd Biennial Crafts Regional, Museum and Art Galleries,
John A. Logan College, Carterville, IL
Vitriguanius, Gerhke Gallery, Madison, WI
Unconfined Creative Illuminations, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
Exploring the Abyss, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
SHE, 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI
1996 13 Even, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI
144 Hrs. Soak Salon, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI
1996 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
University of Wisconsin 1996 Invitational Neon & Light Exhibition, Stock
Pavilion, Madison, WI
1995 Photography Exhibit, Madison, WI
Coming Out Show, University of Wisconsin Gallery, Madison, WI
Artist Residencies
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Assilah Forum Foundation, Assilah, Morocco
2001 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Bibliography
The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet, September 25, 2009, Analisa Coats Bacall, http://blog.glassquarterly.com/2009/09/25/old-craft-vs-new-craft-at-the-philadelphia-art-alliance
Artweek, Palo Alto, CA, July/August 2005, Colin Berry, page 13.
The New York Times, New York, NY, October 26, 2001, Holland Cotter, page E-35.
American Craft, New York, NY, Volume 61, Number 2, April/May 2001, page 84.
Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ, February 15, 2001, Edward Lebow.
Visiting Artist Lectures, Critiques, & Workshops
2005 Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
State University of New York, Brockport, NY
2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2001 Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
1997 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Corporate Collections
Weil, Gotshal, & Manges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA
Private Collections
New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Canada, Austria, Morocco, Australia
Commission
1995 PIMA, Commission, University of Wisconsin Health Services, Madison, WI
Publication
2006-2008 Arts Information Resource, http://rbabrams.blogspot.com
2002-2006 Contributing Editor and Writer, Art For Real, http://www.artforreal.org
