Preston Singletary

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BORN   1963   San Francisco, CA Tribal Affiliation: Tlingit WORKSHOPS   1984++   Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Workshops including Lino Tagliapietra, Cecco Ongaro, Benjamin Moore, Pino Signoretto, Dorit Brand, Judy Hill, Dan Daily AWARDS   2003   Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY   2002   Purchase Award, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA Sealaska Juried Art Show: Art & Haa At.óow, Juneau, AK: 2nd   2000   Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR, Mayor's Award & 1st, 2nd, 3rd   1999   Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR, 1st, 2nd, 3rd   1998   Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR, 1st   1996   Jon & Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center   1988/90   The Glass House Goblet Competition Purchase Award   1985   Work Study Grant, The Institute of Alaska Native Arts EXHIBITIONS (selected)   2003   Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Threshold (Solo) Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA Arnot Art Museum, New York, Representing Representation VI William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Vision Quest (Solo) Blue Rain Gallery, Anniversary Exhibition   2002   William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, Vision Quest (Solo) Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM, Solo Exhibition Sealaska Juried Art Show: Art & Art & Haa At.óow, Juneau, Alaska William Traver Gallery, Seattle, 25th Anniversary Exhibition   2001   Quintana Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Collaborations in Glass William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Clan House (Solo) Chappell Gallery, New York, Glass Potlatch (Solo) Fuller Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts Lino Tagliapietra e Amici   2000   Sheldon Museum, Haines, Alaska, Traditions in Glass Kentucky Arts & Crafts Gallery, Louisville, KY Millennium Glass Lower Columbia Colg, Longview, WA Cultural Edge: Contemporary views of Native Artists Birmingham Int'l Festival & American Folk Art Museum, Orlando, FL , Head, Heart & Hands William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Glass Formline (Solo) American Craft Museum, NY, NY Yakima Nation Museum & Cultural Cntr Head, Heart & Hands Indian Art NW & Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, Festival and Gallery Show   1999   Gallery San Nicolo, Venice, Italy Current Work (Solo) Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA New Work (Solo) Sea-Tac Airport, WA Port of Seattle Show   1998   Spirit Wrestler, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, Premonitions Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, & Columbus Museum of Art, OH Head, Heart & Hands   1998-2000   Blue Rain Gallery, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA; San Francisco, CA; Taos, NM Invit/nal Exhibit Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, Solo Exhibition One man Show Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA Group Show Sea-Tac Airport, WA Port of Seattle Show   1997   Fova Gallery, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX. Four in Glass Kiva Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Group Show Seattle, WA Passion Afire Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA NW Coast Images in Glass   1993-97   The Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR Group Show Gumps, San Francisco, CA 5 NW Artists   1996   The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA A New Generation   1995-current   Center on Contemporary Arts, Pratt Fine Arts Ctr, Seattle, WA Instructor's Exhibitions Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA A Powerful Presence, Pilchuck 25 Years   1994   Gallery Glass 1, Stockholm, Sweden Six Glass Artists   1992   The Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK New Visions Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan Goblet Show EXPERIENCE   1985-current   Glass Blower/ Assistant to: Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dale Chihuly, Dan Daily, Fritz Dreisbach, Dante Marioni, Lino Tagliapietra, Temo Sarpenava, Stanislav Labinsky, Sonja Bloomdahl, Ann Wåhlstrom, Marvin Lipofsky   2003   Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Lecturer Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Faculty Instructor Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, Guest Lecturer University of Washington's Native Studies, Seattle, WA, Guest Lecturer California College of Art and Crafts, Oakland, CA, Guest Lecturer San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, Guest Lecturer The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Guest Lecturer   2002   Microsoft Art Collection Panel Discussion, Guest Lecturer, Collecting Glass Today The Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian, The James Renwick Alliance, Guest Lecturer and Demonstration   2001   Native American Art Soc. Assn Conference, Guest Lecturer , From the Fire Pit of the Canoe People Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Founder's Totem Pole, Instructor and Co-Creator   2000   Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Artist in Residence Program, Joe David, Artist Assistant Taos Glass Arts and Education, Taos, NM, Visiting Artist   1999   Glass Art Society, Tampa, Florida, Blowing demonstration   1998   Ezra Glass Studio, Kanazu, Japan, Documents 98 Visiting Artist   1993   Kosta Boda, Sweden, Itala & Nuutaajarvi in Finland , Workshops and Demonstrations Maggio Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Co-Founder   1992-99   Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Collectors Conference Workshops   1988-90   Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Gaffer The Glass Eye Studios, Seattle, WA, Glass Blower BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)   2003   Fjärde Världen, Carl Johan Gurt, January 2003, pg. 5-11, Preston Singletary, Tlingit Southwest Art Magazine, Dottie Indyke, June 2003, pg. 32-34, Preston Singletary Queen Anne Magnolia News, Nancy Worssam, June 11, pg. 14, Crossing the Threshold Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Judy Wagonfeld, June 6, p18, The Perfect Couple: Native American artifacts and glass art The Arizona Republic, John Carlos Villani, May 11, E1, Breaking Into Glass Native Peoples, Barry Herem, July/August, 64-66, A Seattle Collection Art Access, January, 2003, Vision Quest American Indian Art Magazine Spring 2003, Carolyn Kastner & Rosalyn Tunis, p56, Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American Artists The Daily of the University of Washington, May 29, p7 SAM merges Native art from past with modern styles   2002   Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Regina Hacket, March 7, 2002, In the Galleries Anchorage Daily News, June 13,2002, p. D6, Tradition and Experiment Fuse. . . Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Regina Hackett,p. D1, March 7, 2002, In the Galleries Lars Falk, Gant Fall and Winter Catalogue, 2001, The Jet City   2001   Glashaus, Geoff Wichert, 4th ed. p6-7, Clan House: Preston Singletary at William Traver Native Peoples Magazine, Nov, Gary Wyatt, 'Cross Cultural Fusion' Pilchuck Totem Pole   2000   HGTV Artist Profile aired January 25, 2001, Modern Masters   1999   New York Times, Sept 19, 1999 Charlie LeDuff, Native Art you won't see in the Casinos Spirit Art of the NW Coast, pub. Douglas & McIntyr, Gary Wyatt , Mythic Beings Southwest Art, August Issue, Bonnie Ganglehoff, Artist Profile Native Peoples Magazine, Creating Section, Spring issue, Native and European Traditions Meet   1998   The Wall Street Journal, Sept 4, 1998, Gail King, Tackling Tradition with Style and Wit New Art Examiner, Mars, Glen Brown, Four in Glass   1997   St James Guide to Native North American Artists, Bio. Indian Artist Magazine, Winter issue, Ramona Gault, Feature article Fova Galleries, Lubboc, TX, Matthew Kangas, Four in Glass The Seattle Times, March 30, 1997, Robin Updike, A Place to Reflect   1996   Glass Magazine #63, 1996 , review, Geoffrey Wichart, A New Generation   1995   Sköna Hem, Interior Magazine, Sweden, July, Lage Stone   1995/99   Washington Mutual Foundation, Study Grant, The Pilchuck Glass School   1990   Glasswork Magazine, Japan, #11, Dick Weiss, The Glassblowers of the Pacific NW COLLECTIONS (selected)       City of Seattle, Portable Art Works Collection, Seattle, WA Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY (Rakow Commission) Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden Harborview medical center, Seattle, WA Heard Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ Mint Museum of Art & Design, Charlotte, NC Museum of the Red River, Idabel, OK Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS St. Paul's Cathedral, Oklahoma City, OK The Museum of Natural History, Anchorage, AK