E D U C A T I O N

Professional Artist in Residence
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, 2010

Glass Art Seminar with Paul Stankard
John Burton Program, January – May, 2010

Center for Cultural Innovation, San Jose, CA, October – November 2008
Business of Art, Entrepreneurial Training for Artists, various instructors

Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA, July 2003
Flameworking Survey with Shane Fero

Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA, July 2002
Skin Deep: The Flameworked Surface with Robert Mickelsen

Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle WA, July 2001
Beginning Glassblowing with Laura Donefer

International Society of Glass Beadmakers, Boulder, CO, May 2001
Gathering: Various Demo Artists and Lecturers

Private Instruction, Eugene, OR, March 2001
Advanced Beadmaking Techniques with James Smircich

De Anza College and Foothill College, Cupertino, CA 2000 - Present
Studying Art

Sundance Art Glass Center, Santa Cruz, CA, October 1998
Torchworking Borosilicate Glass

San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, December 1996
Beginning Glassblowing

The AJI Network, Los Altos, CA, 1992 – Present
Business Professionals Course, LEIP Program

Logonet, Inc./Business Design Associates, Berkeley, CA, 1985 – 1992
Ontological Design Course, Management In Action with Dr. Fernando Flores

A W A R D S

Jurors' Choice Award, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA, 2010

Northstar Glassworks and John Burton Program Grant, March, 2010

National Association of Women Artists, accepted member, 2009

Hans Godo Frabel Award, Atlanta, GA, 2009

Exhibition Award, 2009 Bay Area Annual, juried by JoAnne Northrup of San Jose Museum of Art, Pacifica, CA, 2009

NICHE Award Finalist, 2009

CEP Encouragement Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Hans Godo Frabel Award Finalist, 2008

Proclamation of commendation presented by Mayor Dolly Sandoval,
Cupertino, CA, 2008

Award of Recognition, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA, 2008

People’s Choice Award, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA, 2008

NICHE Award Finalist, 2008

NICHE Award, 2006

Jurors’ Choice Award, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA, 2006

People’s Choice Award, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA, 2006

NICHE Student Award, 2005

Corning Award Nominee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, 2002, 2003, 2004 

P U B L I C A T I O N S

On View Magazine, "Revisiting Eden" cover and feature article, April/May 2012 issue
Glass Line magazine, Volume 25, Number 3, An international survey of the most
      significant artwork being created with borosilicate glass by lampworkers today,
      featuring 33 artists. Juried by Carmen Lozar, Paul Stankard, David Willis, October, 2011
Best Of America Glass Artists, Volume II, Kennedy Publishing, 2011
Design Inspiration Guide: Plants (working title, scheduled for release in Spring 2011),
      Lark Books
Contemporary Lampworking, Third Edition, Volume Three, Bandhu S. Dunham, Salusa
      Glassworks, Inc., 2010
Glass Line magazine, "Starting Out as a Glass Artist", by Kathleen Elliot,
      Volume 23, No. 3
San Francisco Examiner online, "Kathleen Elliot:  Through the Glass, Clearly",
      Erica Goss, July 19, 2009
Glass Line magazine, "33 – A Celebration of Excellence" (profiles of some of the
      most significant U.S. flameworkers; juried by Paul Stankard, Robert Mickelsen,
      and Clinton Roman), Volume 23, No.2, August/September 2009
Her Mark 2010, July 2009
Glass Line magazine, "Layering Creative Virtues onto an Object, Part 2: Survey",
      by Paul Stankard (juried by Tina Oldknow, Jutta Page, Gwynne Rukerbrod,
      Shane Fero, Christina Logan, Gateson Recko, Yoko Yagi), Volume 22,
      No. 6, April/May 2009
SkyWest Magazine, "Artist Masters Reinvention", Amanda Bjerke, May/June 2009
World Art Glass Quarterly, "What is Real?", Cover Article, Anita Schiller,
      Volume 5, April 2009 (Read here!)
Glass Art Society Journal, article by Kathleen Elliot, 2008
Penland Book of Glass, published December 2008
American Style magazine, "Nine New Craft Artists to Watch", cover photo and
      article by Sara Jerome and Claire Patterson, August 2006

S E L E C T E D   E X H I B I T I O N S   A N D   C O M M I S S I O N S

The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana, Fall, 2013

The Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts Center, solo show, June 1 –
      August 25, 2013

Ellen Noel Art Museum, solo exhibition, March 1 – May 19, 2013

The Krasl Art Center, solo exhibition, November 30, 2012 – January 11, 2013

Ferris State University, Rankin Art Gallery, solo exhibition, September 5 – October 13, 2012

Davis and Cline Gallery, solo exhibition, August 3 – September 29, 2012

Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, solo exhibition, main gallery, June 9 – August 4, 2012

"Eden Revisited", Pensacola Museum of Art, solo exhibition, March 22 – May 19, 2012

"Liberty in Bloom", glass flower show, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, March 4 –
      April 29, 2012

The Nature of Glass, group exhibition curated by Traver Gallery, Schack Art Center,
      Everett, WA, 2011

Incendiary Dreams, group exhibition juried by Robert Mickelsen, Hodgell Gallery,
      Sarasota, FL, 2011

Playing with Fire, Philabaum Glass Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2010

Pilchuck Live Auction, Seattle, WA, 2010

Glass Jewelry: An International Passion for Design, Kentucky Museum of Art and
      Craft, Louisville, KY, 2010

Colour, curated by Laura Donefer, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL, 2010

2009 Statewide Drawing and Print Competition & Exhibition, juried by Roberta Loach, Triton
      Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 2009

2009 Bay Area Annual, group exhibition juried by JoAnne Northrup of San Jose Museum of Art,
      Pacifica, CA, 2009

Triton Museum of Art Auction, Santa Clara, CA, 2009

Pilchuck Live auction, 2009

National Liberty Museum Glass Now Live Auction, 2009

Playing with Fire, group exhibition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 2009

Feminine Essence, group exhibition, Judy Youens Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2009

UrbanGlass Gala Auction, Brooklyn, NY, 2009

Momentum, group exhibition, San Jose, CA, 2009

Bay Area Glass Institute Live Auction, juried, 2009

Bay Area Glass Sculpture, invitational exhibition juried by George and Dorothy Saxe,
     Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Unbreakables, juried glass and ceramics exhibition, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA, 2008

Ongoing commissions by the city of San Jose for diplomatic gifts to foreign dignitaries
      including Mayor of Okayama, Japan, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the sister city
      relationship; the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland, in recognition of the sister city
      relationship, San Jose, CA, 2008

SFMOMA Art Auction, curated, San Francisco, CA, 2008

SOFA, Chicago, 2008

Glass In The Community, City Windows Gallery, curated group exhibition,
      San Jose, CA, 2008

Botanica – Natural and Imaginary, solo exhibition, Denver, CO, 2008

Demonstrating Artist, Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Portland, OR, 2008

Pilchuck Glass School Auction, juried, 2008

Public Glass Live Auction, juried, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Garden City Glass Exhibition, Hsinchu City Craft Museum, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2008

Bay Area Glass Institute Live Auction, juried, 2008

Feature Article, World Art Glass Quarterly magazine, Spring 2008

SOFA, Chicago, 2007

Pilchuck Live Auction, juried, 2007

William Traver Gallery, solo exhibition, Tacoma, WA, 2007

Bay Area Glass Institute Live Auction, juried, 2007

Project Farasha, Group Exhibition and Auction, 2007

Public Glass Live Auction, juried, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Intimate Nature, group exhibition, Galleria di Vetro, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 2006

Pilchuck Live Auction, juried, 2006

San Jose Museum of Art, Visiting Artist lecture, San Jose, CA, 2006

Made in California, Glass from the Golden State, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 2006

Bay Area Glass Institute, Visiting Artist lecture and demos, 2006

SOFA, Chicago, 2006

Bay Area Glass Institute Live Auction, juried, 2006

William Traver Gallery, solo exhibition, Tacoma, WA, 2006

Art Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, 2006

Garden City Glass Exhibition, Hsinchu City Craft Glass Museum, Taiwan, 2006

SOFA, Chicago, 2005

Pilchuck Live Auction, juried, 2005

Great Glass Live Auction, juried, Bay Area Glass Institute, 2005

Glass Now Live Auction, juried, 2005

Visiting Artist Demonstration, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA, 2005

Glass Now Auction, 2004

Great Glass Auction, Bay Area Glass Institute, 2004

Pilchuck Auction, 2003

Glass Now Auction, 2003

Pilchuck Auction, 2002

S E L E C T E D   C O L L E C T I O N S

Dawn and Dan Repola Hancock

Merrily Orsini and Rick Heath

The Kamm Foundation

Ted and Melissa Lagreid

Alan and Joanie Stone

Weyerhauser Collection

O T H E R

Presenter at Glass Art Society conference, 2013

Instructor at Pilchuck Glass School, 2012

Board of Directors, Bay Area Glass Institute, 2011–present

National Association of Women Artists, juried membership, 2009–present

Board of Directors, Glass Alliance of Northern California, 2005-2007

C A R E E R   A N D   E D U C A T I O N A L   H I S T O R Y

Fourteen-year career in Adult Education, Organizational Development, and Training;
twenty two years of study in philosophy, linguistics, biology, management and communication, organizational development, leadership, and spirituality, 1985 – 2007.
Hairstylist and Make-up Artist, 1978 – 1985.

P E R S O N A L

Married with three children and two stepchildren. Residing and operating a glass studio in Cupertino, California.