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IGS 2015: Ajeto Glassworks, Lindava

Datum narození/Birthdate: *27. 4. 1965

Země původu/Country of origin: Velká Británie / Great Britain
Země současného pobytu/Country of present residence: Velká Británie / Great Britain





Foto z dílny a tvorba IGS 2015


foto: Jiří Koudelka

foto: Jiří Koudelka

foto: Anna Pleslová

Vzdělání/Education

1986 Bachelor of Arts degree, Glass - West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham
1982 D. A. T. E. C. diploma, Southport College of Art, Merseyside

Pracovní a pedagogické zkušenosti/Working and teaching experience

2002 Pittsburgh Glass Center, hostující umělec/Visiting Artist, Pittsburgh
Jam Factory, hostující umělec, vyučující/Visiting Artist, Teacher, Adelaide
2001 North Lands Creative Glass, hostující umělec/Visiting Artist, Caithness
Od/from 1992 Foukač skla/Glassblower, práce s různými umělci v Seattlu/working with various Seattle artists, včetně/including Dante Marioni, Sonja Blomdahl, Benjamin Moore, Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra a/and Dick Marquis
2000 University of Miami, hostující umělec, přednášející/Visiting Artist, Lecturer, Miami
1999 Kent State, hostující umělec, přednášející/Visiting Artist, Lecturer, Kent
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1994, 1995, 1997 Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer, Stanwood
1996 Suwa Glass Arts Center, hostující umělec, přednášející/Visiting Artist, Lecturer, Suwa
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood
1995 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Italian Glassblowing of the 401s & 501s," pro/for Dan Dailey a/and Lino Tagliapietra, Deer Isle
Pilchuck Glass School, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Advanced Glassblowing," pro/for Lino Tagliapietra, Stanwood
1992–1994 Pratt Fine Arts Center, výuka foukání skla/Glassblowing Instructor, Seattle
1994 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Advanced Glassblowing," pro/for Dante Marioni a/and Lino Tagliapietra, Deer Isle
Providence; Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia; Alfred University, Alfred; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester; Toyama Art Institute, Toyama; Sanda Glass Festival, Sanda, hostující umělec, přednášející/Visiting Artist, Lecturer
1993 Penland School, hostující umělec/Visiting Artist, Penland
Nijima Glass Center, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Glassblowing", pro/for Ruth King a/and Sonja Blomdahl, Nijima
Pilchuck Glass School, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Advanced Glassblowing," pro/for Lino Tagliapietra a/and Dante Marioni, Stanwood
Pilchuck Glass School, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "The Vessel" pro/for Tom Farbanish, Stanwood
1990–1992 The Boathouse, Glassblower, Technician for Dale Chihuly, Seattle
Pilchuck Glass School, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Advanced Glassblowing," pro/for Dante Marioni, Stanwood
1992 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Glassblowing," pro/for Sonja Blomdahl, Deer Isle
Pilchuck Glass School, pomocný instruktor/Assistant Instructor, "Mold-blowing & Painting on Glass," pro/for Charlie Parriot a/and Michael Machat, Stanwood
1988–1989 Southport College of Design, hostující umělec, vyučující/Visiting Artist, Lecturer, Southport
1987–1989 The Glasshouse, učení u huťmistra/Apprentice to Master Glassblower Ronald Wilkinson, Covent Garden, London
1986–1987 The Glasshouse, asistent při foukání skla pěti umělců/Assistant Glassblower to five artists, Covent Garden, London

Výstavy/Exhibitions

2002Thomas R. Riley Gallery, SOFA Show, Chicago
Thomas R. Riley Gallery, Constellate: Group Show, Columbus
Thomas R. Riley Gallery, Grace: Janusz Pozniak, Cleveland
Baisden Gallery, Pieniak & Pozniak, Tampa
2001 Holsten Gallery, Collectors' Weekend Show, Stockbridge
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Fresh, Kansas City
William Traver Gallery, Terra Nuova Vetra, Seattle
2000–2001 Baisden Gallery, A New Wave in Glass (Curated by Dena Rigby), Tampa
2000 Bumbershoot Festival 2000, Creativity and Collaboration: Pilchuck Glass School's 30 Years, Seattle
American Craft Museum, Objects for Use: Made with Pride, New York
Fresno Art Museum, Glass from the Emerald City, Fresno
1999 Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, New Work: Fero/Leighton/Pozniak, Pittsburgh
Ellen Noël Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Vessels: A National Glass Invitational, Odessa
Sea-Tac International Airport, Influences in Contemporary Glass, Seattle
1998 Art Center of Battle Creek, Breathless, Battle Creek
Craft Alliance Center for the Visual Arts, New Glass from the Pacific Northwest, St. Louis
William Traver Gallery, First Impressions, Seattle
Sea-Tac International Airport, The Pilchuck Exhibition, Seattle
1997 William Traver Gallery, The 20th Annual International Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Seattle
Foster/White Gallery, Annual Pilchuck Show, Seattle
Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Sphereoles, Portland
Gumps, The New Glass Act, San Francisco
1996 William Traver Gallery, The 19th Annual International Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Seattle
Vetri International Glass, Janusz Pozniak at Vetri, Seattle
William Traver Gallery, A New Generation, Seattle
Sea-Tac Airport, The Pilchuck Exhibition, Seattle
Portia Gallery, Glass Invitational, Chicago
1995 Leedy Voulkos Gallery, American Glass Now Invitational, Kansas City
1994 Pismo Gallery, Visions of the Northwest, Denver
1989 The Glasshouse, Janusz Pozniak, Covent Garden, London
1986 Smith Gallery, Degree Show, Covent Garden, London
West Surrey College of Art & Design, Degree Show, Farnham

Ceny a stipendia /Awards and scholarships

1999 New Glass Review 20 Competition, The Corning Museum of Glass (vybrán jako jeden ze sta umělců pro svou inovativní práci se sklem/selected as one of a hundred artists doing innovative work in glass)
1992, 1994, 1995 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Scholarship
1994 Artist Trust Fellowship for Design
1990, 1993 Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship

Vybrané publikace/Selected publications

  • Aoki, Tomoko: American Contemporary Glass Art, Glass and Art, No. 9, 1995
  • Atsushi, Takeda: Dante Marioni, Seattle's Standard Bearer, Glass and Art, No. 16, 1997, pp. 14-44
  • Chambers, Karen: Content & Containment: The New Glass Vessel, American Style, No. 7, Winter 1996, pp. 33, 37, ill.
  • Greco, JoAnn: Upstairs, Downstairs, Niche Magazine, Autumn 1998, p. 41, ill.
  • Hackett, Regina: First in His Glass, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 23, 1995, pp. C1-C6, ill.
  • Hale, David: Glass Act, The Fresno Bee, January 9, 2000, p. H1, ill.
  • Johnson, Dan: Heart of Glass, Where-Seattle, May 1999, p. 17, ill., cover
  • Kangas, Matthew: Beyond the Big Names, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 14, 1997, p. 24, ill.
  • Louie, Elaine: A Magician in Glass, The New York Times, June 1, 1995, p. C4.
  • Mah, Linda S.: Glass exhibit designed to leave you breathless, Kalamazoo Gazette, pp. E1, E10, ill.
  • New Glass Review 20, Neues Glas / New Glass, 2/99, p. 96, ill.
  • Our Pick of this City1s Top Galleries..., Where-Seattle, September 1996, p. 46, ill.
  • Phinney, Susan: Muse or Use, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 23, 1998, p. 4 (Fall Style Section), ill.
  • Rardin, Leslie: The Cutting Edge of Art. Battle Creek Enquirer, November 14, 1998, p. 1C (Lifestyle Section), ill.
  • Updike, Robin: Glass exhibition is mixed bag, The Seattle Times, December 11, 1997
  • Updike, Robin: Many nurturing art works of varied media showing this month in Seattle galleries, The Seattle Times, March 14, 1996, p. E5.
  • Wichert, Geoff: A New Generation: Preston Singletary, Paul Cunningham, and Janusz Pozniak, Glass: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, No. 64, Fall 1996, p. 53, ill.
  • Wichert, Geoff: PO BOX 15153, Glashaus, Fall 2000, p. 16.