Resume of Beverly Soja Longaker
EDUCATION
1988 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI - MFA Glass under the Sculpture Department
1980 Scripps College, Claremont, CA - BA Humanities with a focus in Ceramics and 3-D Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2000 Hong Kong Rapid Prototyping Conference, Hong Kong, China
1999 00' Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka, CA
1999 The World Competition of Arts and Crafts Kanazawa, Japan
1999 Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR
1998 Bellingham Art Museum, Bellingham, WA
1998 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
1998 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan
1998 89' Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
1997 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1997 Anderson Glover Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1995 Ruth Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Sylvia Ullman American Craft Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1995 Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
1989 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1989 Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1988 89' 96' Pilchuck Glass Gallery, Stanwood, WA
1988 Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
1988 Clark Humanities Museum, Claremont, CA
1987 Javitz Convention Center, NYC, NY
1987 Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
1987 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1987 Glass Art Society, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED RELATED EXPERIENCE
2001 University of Hawaii, Visiting Artist
1999-present Fire Arts Center, Arcata, CA, Instructor
1996 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Instructor
1990-95 Head Designer, Glass Eye Studio Co., Seattle, WA
1988 89' Assistant to Dale Chihuly, Seattle, WA
1989 Assistant to Sonja Blomdahl & Benjamin Moore, Seattle, WA
SELECTED AWARDS, WORKSHOPS
1996 Pilchuck Glass School, Painting on Glass with Cappy Thompson
1995 AGSA, Airbrushing on Glass with Virginia Gabaldo
1990 93' 95' 97' Glass Eye Scholarships
1988 89' Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistantships
1986 87' 88' J.S. Holbrook Glass Awards
1978 79' 80' Scripps Fine Art Foundation Awards
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1999 The World Competition of Arts and Crafts Kanazawa
1998 The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa
1997 Figurines and Collectibles, Nov/Dec - Fire and Ice
1997 Calido, Tucson Museum of Art
1989 Neues Glas/New Glass, March
1988 New Glass Review Number 9
1987 Rhode Island School of Design Catalog
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Ishikawa Design Collection, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Several International Private Collections