Artists selected for the 2009 BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass are:

Artist Statement
For a long time in my life, I was afraid to speak.  I would focus and strategize for so long that when I was finally ready to utter sound and piece together a succinct contribution to conversation, I almost always was left realizing it was too little too late. Language and an awareness of time became points of focus for me – as it was language, and the crafting of language that inevitably left me at the curb of conversation – bags in hand.  Through my artwork I create a code of personal process, harnessing my experiences on the curb and all that was left unsaid.

Biography
Bridget received her MFA in Glass from Ohio State University and her BFA in Glass and Metal Fabrication from New York State College of Ceramics and Glass Art at Alfred University. Bridget shows her work across the US and has exhibited abroad. She has been a teaching artist for nearly a decade in various glass-art and sculpture programs in the US and has extensive arts administration experience. She currently works as a grant writer for an arts organization in the New York area. Bridget lives just outside of New York City where she is raising her son Braedan and is in the process of building her own glassblowing studio.


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Education
2002    Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, MFA in Glass

1998    New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY,

BFA in Glass and Metal Fabrication

Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Solo Exhibitions
August 2006    the elephant in the room, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA.

November 2003    Baggage, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA

May 2002    Made Dirty, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

July 2000    New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

May 1998    BFA Thesis Exhibition, New York State College of the Arts at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Exhibitions
2009    Look Forward, The William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

in the process, The Arts Horizons LeRoy Neiman Art Center, New York, NY

2008    Pilchuck Glass School Auction, Seattle, WA. 1999-2008

National Liberty Museum Annual Glass Auction, Philadelphia, PA

2006    New Work, Third Floor Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Midwest Meltdown, SiO2 Gallery, Boulder, CO

2005    National Liberty Museum Annual Glass Auction, Philadelphia, PA  

New Works, Function+Art, Chicago, IL

Portraits of Women, The Works, Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology, Newark, OH

Hot Women, Cool Glass: Women of Glass Axis, Glass Axis Gallery, Columbus, OH

New Works, The Thomas Ingerick Gallery, Aspen, CO

2004    Glassworks, Studio 853, Columbus, OH  

New Works, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH

5 Views, Crafts for Living Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Women of Glass Axis, Glass Axis Gallery, Columbus, OH

Mark My Word: Text, Code, and Literary Allusion, Museum of Northwest Art, Seattle, WA

Reflections in Our Eyes, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH

2003        Glass: Women in Glass, The Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA

New Works, Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH.  2003-2005

Contemporary Ohio Glass Artists, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

Publications
2000        Nouvel Objet V, featured artist, p. 42-43

1999    Glasswork, Taiwanese Art Publication, November 1999 WWW.GLASSWORK.NE.JP

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