Education
B.S., University of Wisconsin, River Falls 1971
M.S. in Art, Illinois State University, Normal 1974


Biographical
Independent Study, Quarter Abroad: Germany: Erwin Eisch & Holland:
Sybren Valkema
Peace Corps: Bolivia, South America


Collections
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin, River Falls ,WI
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Cherry Creek Mobile Art Collection, Denver, CO
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
Prairie School, Racine, WI
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, IN
Aid Association for Lutherans, Appleton, WI
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
McDonald's Corporation, Chicago, IL
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Art Enterprises, Inc., Highland Park, IL
Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Secura Insurance Companies, Appleton, WI
Windhover Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
Numerous Private Collections


Seminars and Workshops
Liquid Fire, Rock Island, IL
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
Wausau Festival of Arts Association, Wausau, WI
Prairie School, Racine, WI
Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Fairfield Art Center, Sturgeon Bay, WI
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Penland School, Penland, NC
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT


Other Distinctions
Featured Interview:
Glass Focus, The Newsletter of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, 1993
Published:
Glass Art Society Journal, "Recovering Exhausted B.T.U.s," 1980
Feature Article:
Wisconsin Trails Magazine, "Of Earth, Wind & Fire," 1979
Let's Go Magazine, Milwaukee Sunday Journal, 1979
Wisconsin Magazine, Milwaukee Sunday Journal, August 1994
Cover Photo:
Chicago's City Magazine, spring 1992 (Cover)
Other:
American Craft Council, Slide and Film Service, "Contemporary Glass II, 1988"
"New Glass Review," Corning Museum & Neus Glas Magazine 1980, 1987, & 2000


Selected Exhibitions
Figge Art Museum, Clear Your Mind, Davenport, IA (Feb 2008)
Museum of Arts and Design, Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets, NY, NY (2008)
Caestecker Fine Arts Series, Ripon College, Solo Exhibition, Ripon, WI (2006)
Dubuque Museum of Art, Exploring Transparency, Dubuque, IA (2005)
The Ironwood Gallery, Innovative American Glass, Ridgefield, CT (2004)
Fairfield Art Center, American Studio Glass, Sturgeon Bay, WI (2003)
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, NY
The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
The Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR
Windhover Center for the Arts, Beyond Fields, Fond du Lac, WI (2003)
Quad City Arts Center, U of Illinois & ISU Glass Sculpture, Rock Island, IL (2002)
Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Door County, WI (1980-2008)
Rahr West Art Museum, A Love Affair with Glass, Manitowoc, WI (2000)
Aurora Public Art Commission, Beyond Fields, Aurora, IL (2000)
International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan (1990 & 1992)
Fairfield Art Center, Wisconsin Glass Masters, Sturgeon Bay, WI (2000)
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA
Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Borgward Galerie, Glass, Light, & Neon, Breman, Germany
Habatat Galleries, Glass International, Royal Oak, MI
Habatat Galleries, The Ultimate Goblet Show, Boca Raton, FL
Heller Gallery, Glass America, NY, NY
Toledo Museum of Art, Annual Glass Exhibition, Toledo, OH
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Baroque 74, NY, NY

Photo (top): Shane VanBoxtel
Photo (bottom): Leisha Nebel