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EDUCATION
1978 M.F.A. Sculpture, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1974 B.F.A. Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
1971 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003

Galleria Divetro, Bergamo, Italy
"Byzantine Istoria," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan
"Reflexiones en el Agua," Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
"Stories from the Wesser," Glashutte Gernheim, Germany

2002

"River Myths" Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho

2001

Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawaii

2000

Lowe Museum, University of Miami, FL
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, MI
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton ,FL

1999

Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

1998

Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Orange County Museum of Art, South Coast Plaza Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1997

Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Riley-Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, OH
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco,CA

1996

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

1995

Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1994

Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

1993

Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Heller Gallery, New York, NY

1992

Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

1991

Nielson Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

1989

Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

1988

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Clare Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, MI
Marilyn Butler Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, MI

1985 Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
1984 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Rubin/Mardin Gallery, Seattle, WA
1978 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1977 Anne Hathway Gallery, Washington D.C.

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002

"Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass," Steninge Palace Cultural Center, Marsta, Sweden and Hadeland Glassverr, Norway
"25th Anniversary Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
"30th Annual International Invitational Exhibit," Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
"Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection," Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, CA

2001

SOFA Expo, Chicago, IL
"Glass Weekend," Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
"2001: A Glass Odyssey," Focus Gallery, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
"29th Annual International Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
"Stop Asking/We Exist: 25 African American Craft Artists," Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL

2000

"Stop Asking/We Exist: 25 African American Craft Artists," Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth, Virginia and Mobile Museum of Art,
Mobile, Alabama
"18th Annual International Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
"Hot Glass," Toledo, Ohio
William Traver, Seattle, WA

1999

Crocker Museum, San Francisco, CA
"Stop Asking/We Exist: 25 African American Craft Artists," Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA; American Craft Museum,
New York, NY & New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Harrah's Casino, Reno, NV
"Four by Four," Palomar College, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA

1998

Gail Severn, Ketchum Idaho
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, NY
"Urban Glass," Summer School, Brooklyn, NY

1997

"15th Annual International Glass Invitational Exhibition," Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
"25th Annual International Glass Invitational Exhibtion," Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan
"Temporary Quarters: Artists Build for Shelter and Celebration," The Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Diversity in Glass II," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
"Recent Glass Sculpture: A Union of Ideas," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, FL
"Recent Glass Sculpture: A Union of Drawings by Glass Artists," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
"Explorations in Contemporary Glass," Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
"Glass Today," Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

1996

Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
 "Blesses Are You...A Celebration of New Beginnings," Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
"All Things Great But Small," Turkey Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
Centro Cultural de la Raza, Ensenada, Mexico
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Gallery L, Hamburg, Germany

1995

"The Art of Painted Glass," Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL and Aspen, CO
"American Festival," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"17th Annual Pilchuck Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
"All Things Great but Small," Turkey Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

1994

"Environments," The California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Transparence: Glass Sculpture," Palm Beach Community Museum of Art, Lakeworth, FL
"The Beauty of Painted Glass," Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Studio Museum, New York, NY
Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1993

"Uncommon Beauty in Common Places," National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Colombus, OH
"Glass America," Heller Gallery, New York, NY
"Engaging Materials," L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Fusion 1993," Pauline Hirsch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"21st Annual International Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Farmington, MI
"Seattle Art Fair," Seattle, WA
"Venice Art Walk," Venice, CA
"Cityscapes," Community Arts Inc., San Francisco, CA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Newport, RI
Habatat Galleries, Farmington, MI
"New Art Forms," Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL
"Second Annual Small Works Exhibition," Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1992

"A Roof of One's Own," Sherry Fumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"11th Annual Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
"Annual Pilchuck Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
"20th Annual International Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Farmington, MI
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C.
Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1991

"Chicago International New Art Forms Expo," Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
"19th Annual International Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries," Farmington, MI
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
Naples Philharmonic and Music, Naples, FL
California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

1990-1991

Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

1990

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
"Craft Today, USA," Traveling Exhibit hosted by Musee des Arts Decoratifs: Paris, France; Lausanne, Switzerland; Frankfurt, Germany; Helsinki;
Warsaw; Moscow

1989

"17th Annual International Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Farmington, MI
Seattle Contemporary Arts Center

1987

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1986-1988

"Poetry of the Physical," Traveling Exhibit: American Craft Museum, Denver Art Museum, CO; Laguna Beach Art Museum, CA; J.B. Speed Art
Museum, Louisville,KY; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Milwaukee Richmond, VA; Art Museum, WI

1986

"Interior-The Home Exterior: The Landscape," Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA
"New Acquisitions," Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
"George and Dorothy Saxe Collection," Oakland, CA
"California Chairs," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
"Cast Glass Sculpture," California State University, Fullerton, CA
"14th Annual Glass Invitational," Habatat Galleries, Lathrup, MI
"Pilchuck: The Creative Fire," Washington State Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA
"Contemporary African-American Artists," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
"Sculpture: Part One," Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

1985-1986

"Transparent Motives: Glass on a Large Scale," Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA. Traveling Exhibition: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati,
"Sculptural Glass," Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
"New Glass," Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery/Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

1984

"Large Glass Installations," New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Leigh Yawky Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, WI
"Americans in Glass," Exhibition travelled throughout Europe
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
San Francisco University, San Francisco, CA

1983

Tuscon Museum of Art, Tuscon, AZ
Theo Pornoy Gallery, New York, NY
Gaudelette College, Washington D.C.
Montclair Art Museum, New York, NY

1982

"International Directions in Glass Art," Traveling Exhibition in Australia
"Art and/or Craft: USA and Japan," Kanazawa City, Japan
Meyer Breier Weiss, San Francisco, CA

1981

Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
Rubin/Mardin Gallery, Seattle, WA

1980

"Four Leaders in Glass," Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

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PUBLIC COMMISSIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2002

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

2001

New York State Arts Commission, Concourse Village Daycare Center, Bronx, New York
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY

2000

New York State Arts Commission, Concourse Village East Daycare Center, Bronx, NY
Ice Center, San Jose, CA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
US Department of State, Art in Embassies, Moscow Collection

1999

Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA
City of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA

1998

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Harrah's Corporate Office, Memphis, TN

1997

Harrah's Casino, Las Vegas, NV

1995

LAX International Airport, Tom Bradley Terminal, Los Angeles, CA
Harrah's Hotel, Hampton Inn, Las Vegas, NV

1989-1983

Los Angeles Central Public Library, Los Angeles, CA

1986-1992

Metro-Rail, Rapid Transit Development, Los Angeles, CA

AWARDS
1999

American Craft Council Award

1997 City of Los Angeles 1997/98 Cultural Grant
1998 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1985 Brody Arts Foundation Fellowship
1982 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1978 Pratt Institute Fellowship
1977 Ford Foundation

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2003 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2002

The Glass Furnace, Istanbul Turkey
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

2001

Bild-Werk Frauenau, Frauenau, Germany
Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2000

Lowe Museum, University of Miami, FL
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
National University of Australia, Cranberram Australia

1999

Nijima Glass Art Festival, Nijima, Japan
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Barnstall Art Park, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Camilla Strong Miller Master Class
Public Glass Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

1997

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1996

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Hilltop Junior High School, Tacoma, WA

1995

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1994

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1993

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

1983-1986

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1985

Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

1983-1985

University of California Los Angeles, CA

1983

Colorado Mountain College, CO

1980 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1976

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

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COLLECTIONS

Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neehah, WI
Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, CA
California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Jay and Marsha Glazer, Seattle, WA
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, WA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
Musee de Design et D'Arts Appliques/Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
National Afro-American Museum abnd Cultural Center, Colombus, OH
Oakland Museum of Arts, Oakland, CA
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Phillip Morris Company, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
George and Dorothy Saxe, San Francisco, CA
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Moscow Collection

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SELECTED REVIEWS

Goldberger, Paul. "Florida Free Form." Architectural Digest May 1998: 207
Brown, Betty Ann. "Engaging Materials Inside/Out." Visions Winter 1993:40
Brusman, Laura A. "New York Experimental Glass Workshop." GLASS Winter 1993: 55
Chambers, Karen S. "Therman Statom: On the Brink." Neues Glas April 1994: 9-19
Chambers, Karen S & Ferdinand Hampson. Glass: From Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art: 1962 - 1992 and
Beyond. Morristown, NJ: The Morris Museum, 1992: 69
Creswell, Julie. "The New Old Thing." Fortune March 2000: 124-126
Friedman, Jane. "Washington Interiors." American Style Magazine Fall 1999: 51-54
Horan, Judy. "Center Stage." Midwest Express Magazine July/August 1997: 26
"Interview: Therman Statom, Thoughts Ideas & Musings." Glass Focus Magazine Oct/Nov 1998: 1, 15-18
Kangas, Mathew. "Therman Statom: Installing Space." GLASS Winter 1996: 28-35
Litt, Steven. "Gallery Offers a Touch of Glass." The Plain Dealer/Friday! 13 Dec 1996: 19
Litt, Steven. "Quirky Visual Statements Fun." Art and Living 3 January 1997: E-1
Marks, Ben. Review: "Therman Statom at Dorothy Weiss." Art in America June 1995: 111
Mermell, Dean. "Myths, Science, and Nature." GLASS Summer 1997: 51.
Muchnic, Suzanne. "This Project isn't by the Book." The Los Angeles Times/Calendar
25 July 1993:.5, 88. Nzegwe, Nkiru. "Living In A Glass House, Passing Through Glass." International
Review of African/American Art
Volume II No. 2: 44-50.
Palombo Weiis, Ruth. "American Crafts Abroad." American Style Fall 2000: 52-61.
Pincus, Robert. "Escondido-Based StatomÕs Mall Art is a Glass Act Atop Painted Plywood." San Diego
Union- Tribune
2 Oct 1998. : E7.
Porges, Maria. "Therman Statom: Northern Tide." American Craft June/July 1995: 38-41.
"Stop Asking/We Exist." Society For Contemporary Crafts The Crafts Report January 1999: 34.
Sipe, Jeffrey. "Artistry In Motion." American Style Magazine Winter 1998: 48-55.
Vallongo, Sally. "Exploring the Awesome Art of Creativity." The BladeThe Blade 17 March 1996: G1-2.

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