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

Artist Statement
My work focuses on the idea that we are in essence the sum of our experiences. As a sculptor I consider these ideas as an object maker and reference architecture and archeology in my work. Using these references I seek to draw a link between insubstantial experience and the objects we leave behind.


Biography
Born in Kansas City, MO in 1974. Steven Received his MFA from Tulane University. He is currently Professor of Practice in Glass Sculpture at Tulane University. He has been the Education Director at UrbanGlass in New York and was the recipient of the 2007 Glass Arts Society Emerging Artist Award. He currently lives in New Orleans with his wife and son.


Resume
Education
2006    Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Degree; Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana, Major: Glass Sculpture GPA 3.6, Areas of Specialization: Architectural Scale Sculpture, Installation
1998    Post-BFA Studies; Ivy State Tech College; Anderson, Indiana; Focus: AutoCAD, Drafting, Welding
1998    Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Degree; Anderson University; Anderson, Indiana; Major: Studio Art, Glass

Work Experience
2006 - Present    Senior Professor of Practice; Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana
2004 - 2006    Graduate Teaching Assistant; Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana
2004    Master Class Instructor; International Festival of Glass; Stourbridge, England
2000 - 2002    Instructor; UrbanGlass; Brooklyn, New York
1994 - 1998    Teaching Assistant; Anderson University; Anderson, Indiana

Exhibitions
2009    Sculpture Key West, 300’ site-specific installation sculpture, Perspective. Exhibit juried by Shamim M Momin, Associate Curator of the Whitney Museum and co-curator of the 2008 Whitney Biennial [catalogue]

2008    Prospect.1 Biennial New Orleans & Tulane University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. [invitational]
LSU Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Monroe, LA [juried]
Originals. Tulane Faculty Exhibition, New Orleans, LA.
Fall Invitational, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA
The Burden of Memory, Cecelia Coker Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, SC (solo) [juried]
Steven Durow, Babbette Whatney, Two-Person Exhibition, Shaw Center for the Arts Baton Rouge, LA
Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Courthouse Galleries Portsmouth, VA [juried]
Outdoor Sculpture Exh., Sculptue Key West, FL. Juror: Mary Ceruti, Dir., Sculpture Ctr., NY [catalogue]

2007    Eight Hands Sculpture Exhibit, Brunner Gallery Covington, LA    
Mixed with Metal, Shaw Center for the Arts Baton Rouge, LA

2006    Return: Selected Works Invitational, Brunner Gallery Covington, LA    
The Object of Meaning, MFA Thesis Exhibit, Carroll Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
    
2003    Winter Exhibition, Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass, Brooklyn NY

2002    Artists of UrbanGlass, Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass, Brooklyn NY

2001    Faculty Exhibition, Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass, Brooklyn NY

1998    Niche Award Winners Exhibit, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
    
Visiting Artist and Lectures
2008    Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL, Visiting Artist Lecture   
Cecelia Coker Gallery, Coker College Hartsville, SC, Visiting Artist Lecture
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Visiting Artist  

2007    Glass Art Society Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Emerging Artist Lecture   
2006    Glass Art Society Conference, St Louis, MO, Education Presentation   
Visiting Student Kent State University, Kent, OH   
Anderson University, Anderson IN, Visiting Artist   

2004    International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, England, Visiting Artist Lecture   

2003    Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle, WA, Education Presentation   

2002    Allisonville Elementary, Indianapolis, IN, Visiting Artist   

Selected References
Karen Wilkin, “Art at Land’s End,” ART IN AMERICA, September 2008, pg. 74-75

Robin Miller, “Durow Examines Life in Memory Show,” Baton Rouge Advocate, August 24, 2008

Corning Museum of Glass, “New Glass Review 29,” 2008

Henry Halem, “Chemically Bonded Sand for Large Scale Glass Casting,”

Glass Notes. A Ref. for the Glass Artist. 4th Ed., 2006, pg. 96

Hal Bromm, “Sculpture Key West,” Wynwood The Art Magazine, March, 2008, pg. 44-45.

Cammy Clark, “Exhibit takes art to new dimension,” Miami Herald, March 19, 2008.

Paradise Magazine, “Sculpture Key West,” February 28, 2008, pg 15-17.

The Citizen, “Sculpture Key West Exhibition,” January, 20 2008, pg 1,5C.

Glass Quarterly  “Director’s Cut: The Best Work from the Top Glass Programs,” Vol. 106 Spring 2007, pg. 38

Country Roads, exhibition announcement with photograph, Baton Rouge, LA Vol. 24 Issue 3, March 2007, pg. 43

Deborah Lilly, “Artist Profile,” Signatures Magazine, Spring 2003, pg. 33

Annette Rose-Shapiro, “New York Experimental Glass Workshop,” CRART: Craft and Art, Vol. 10 Issue 14, 2002, pg. 71

Christine MacDonald, “Okemos Church Commissioned 16-Foot Sculpture,” Lansing State Journal, July 08, 2002, pg. B1

Jane Mastin, “From Imagination to Art,” Indianapolis Star, May 11, 2002, pg. D1

Sharon Lagana, “House of Glass & Prestige Offer Quiet Heritage,” Elwood Call Leader, August 14, 1999, pg. A6

NICHE Magazine, “Niche Award Winners,” NICHE Magazine, Vol. 10 Issue 2 Spring 1998, pg. 87

Colleen Steffen, “Wilson Galleries Hosts Senior Exhibition,” Herald Bulletin, December 05, 1998, pg. A8

Info At Anderson, “Glass Ithaca Wins National Award,” Fall 1998 pg. 2

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