Karen LaMonte - Resume - Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, Fulbright Grant, Museum Shows, Museum Collections, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, Pilchuck Glass School

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Education

Awards & Honors

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BIOGRAPHY

Born: Manhattan, NY, 1967

EDUCATION
	Academy of Art, Architecture & Design (UMPRUM) - Prague, CR 1999-2000 Rhode Island School of Design - Providence RI BFA with Honors, 1990

AWARDS & HONORS

Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, 2007
Japan-United States Friendship Commission, National Endowment for the Arts Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship Program, 2006
The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Recognition Award, 2005
UrbanGlass Award for New Talent in Glass, 2002
Creative Glass Center of America: Six Week Fellowship, 2002
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation: Biennial Award, 2001
Fulbright Grant: Cast Sculpture in the Czech Rep, 1999-2000
Manhattan Arts International: Award of Excellence, 2000
North Lands Creative Glass: Scottish residency July-Sep., 1999
Dieu Donne Paper Mill: Intern, 1993
Empire State Crafts Alliance: New Techniques Development Grant, 1992
Creative Glass Center of America: Four Month Fellowship, 1991

SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2006	Alexander Tutsek Foundation. The Face of Lost and Found Again. Munich , Germany .
2005	Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA. “Absence Adorned.” Solo exhibition. (exh. cat.) Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. “The Dress Makes the Woman.” Moravian Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts, Brno, Czech Republic. “X Years of Mold Melted Glass.” (exh. cat.)
2004	Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, Czech Republic. “Vanitas.” Solo exhibition. (exh. cat)
2003	Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY. Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany. "Corporal Identity-Body Language." Camerino Municipal Salon, Camerino, Italy. "Stanze di Vetro." Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ. "20/20 Vision." Kent State University, Kent, OH. "Material in the Service of Form."
2002	The Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy. "Glass Rooms." The University Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA "Human Form"
2001	Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH. "Reality Check: Representational Images in Unlikely Media." Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH. "Threads of Vision: Toward a New Feminine Politics."
2000	Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. "Light on Glass." Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. "Who Knows Where or When: Artists Interpret Geography & Time." GlasMuseum, Fruenau, Germany. "Glass in Context."
1999	Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI. "¡Cálido! Contemporary Warm Glass."
1998	Vysegrad Fortress, Hungary. "VIII International Hungarian Glass Art Symposium Show." Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Bellingham, WA. "¡Cálido! Contemporary Warm Glass." Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. "Dress Up! Artists Address Clothing and Self Adornment."
1997	Tucson Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, and Houston Museum of Art. "¡Cálido! Contemporary Warm Glass."
1996	Islip Art Museum, NY. "Glass Art Now: Made in Brooklyn."

SELECTED SOLO & GROUP SHOWS

2007	Imago Gallery , CA . Solo show.
2006	US Art in Embassies. 21 st Century Woman . US Embassy to NATO, Brussels , Belgium.
2004	Imago Gallery, CA. Solo show.
2003	Rye Arts Center. “Fashion Statement: Clothing with Content.” Burlington City Arts Firehouse Center for Contemporary Art. “Material Vision.” Heller Gallery, NY. Solo show. Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA, and Sun Valley, ID. “Crystal Clear” Glass Society of Ireland. “View 5.” Waterford, Ireland.
2002	International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL. SUMEI Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, NJ. "National Print Exhibition." Heller Gallery, NY. "Palm Beach Fine Art Fair." Steuben Gallery, "UrbanGlass at 25"
2001	Heller Gallery, NY. Solo show. "Absent Impressions." International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art, NY. "SOFA: Masters of Cast Glass." Heller Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. "Made in the Czech Republic." Bausch & Lomb Gallery, Rochester, NY. "Visionary Women: an Exhibition of Glass Sculpture." Heller Gallery, NY. "Glass America." A national selection of contemporary art, (also in years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
2000	Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NYC, NY. "Glass: A Celebration." International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), New York & Chicago. Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL. "Cast Shadows." Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. "Icons, Idols and Archetypes." Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland. "Obrazy Obrazy."
1999	Qualita Fine Art, Las Vegas, NE. "The Magic of Venice." Opening exhibit. Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Wimberley, TX. "A Gathering of Glass."
1997	The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD. Solo exhibit. "Glass Toys: Ponies, Puppets, & Sailboats." Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. "1997 Pilchuck Glass School Art Exhibition." Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. "UrbanGlass Faculty Show."
1996	Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL. Solo exhibit. "Toy Theater." International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL.
1995	Belvetro Gallery, Miami, FL. Benefit Exhibition, "Opposing Visions: AIDS Under Glass." Heller Gallery, NY. "Summer Session." three person show. The Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NYC, NY. "Hard Water." University of North Carolina at Charlotte. "East Coast Glass." Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA. "Emergents: Contemporary Glass."
1994	Artist Space, NYC, NY. "A Night of 1,000 Drawings." Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. "The Newest Biennial: Ideas in Glass." Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. "A New Look At Glass."
1993	The Sellena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY. "The Year of American Craft."
1992	The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. "The Pilchuck Gallery Faculty Exhibition." Archetype Gallery, New York, NY. "Art Designed for Living."
1990	New Orleans School of Glass Works, New Orleans, LA. "New Glass in New Orleans." Tastes Just Like Chicken Studios, Providence, RI. "Cowboy Artists: Art They Couldn't Show Anywhere Else."
1985	PS 122, New York, NY. "Politically Oriented Art."

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

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National Gallery of Australia , Canberra .
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
The Tucson Museum of Art , Tucson , Arizona
Palm Springs Art Museum , Palm Springs , CA
Chrysler Museum of Art , Norfolk , Virginia
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine , Wisconsin
The Corning Museum , Corning , New York
The Museum of American Glass, Millville , New Jersey

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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2007	Kangas, Mathew. Exhibition Review. Sculpture Magazine. Jan/Feb 2007 Vol. 26 No 1. pp 75-76. Pianist's Dress Impression. The Desert Sun. Mar 18, 2007 . p. E3. Ricke, Helmut. Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2007. Neues Glass/New Glass. Fall 2007 (3/07). pp. 69-82.
2006	Lenander, Johanna. Bonfire of the Vanities. Spoon: Taste of Contemporary Culture . Jan/Feb 2006. pp. 72-75 Doy, Gen. Immaterial/Material… Works by Karen LaMonte. Neues Glass/New Glass. Spring 2006 (I/06). Cover and pp. 10-17. Art and Antique. “Ten Years of Cast Glass.” Exhibition review. Apr 2005. p. 92
2005	Art and Antique. Ten Years of Cast Glass. Exhibition review. Apr 2005. p. 92 Atelier Journal . Vanitas exhibition review. Jan 2005 Ceske Listy. Vanitas exhibition review. Jan 2005. p. 32 CSA Inflight Magazine . Vanitas exhibition review. Jan/Feb 2005. p. 64 Reflex. Desert: Karen LaMonte . Nov 21, 2004 Dewulf, Sophie-Lucie. Interpretazioni materiche 1. Mood. Moda Design. Iss. 73/Sep 2004. p. 105 DeRose, Jen. Update. Interior Design . Nov 2005. p. 28. Dolce Vita Magazine. Cover photo. Mar 2005 Donohoe , Victoria . Dresses, not always for wearing. Philadelphia Inquirer . Jun 26, 2005 . p. L13 Haló Noviny. O pohledech a pr uhledech ve výtvarných pdobách. Nov 16, 2005 Hill , Lori . Dress Makes the Woman exhibition review. City Paper. Jun 30- Jul 6, 2005 Farr, Sheila. Critic's Pick. The Seattle Times . Dec 4, 2005 . p. J2. Fronczak, Rogers Mimi. Vestiges and Visages. Prague Post . Jan 12-18, 2005 . p. B19 Graves , Jen. Review. The News Tribune . Dec 11, 2005 . p. E1., E5. Jerome, Sara. The Places We Remember. American Style. Apr 2005. pp. 22-26 Philadelphia Inquirer. Artful Dresses. Dress Makes the Woman exhibition review. Aug 12, 2005 . p W30 Perreault, John. Reflections on Glass. American Craft Magazine . Jun/Jul 2005. Cover and pp 42-45 Rice, Robin. Karen LaMonte . Creative Glass Center of America Resident Fellows: Essays. (http://www.wheatonvillage.org/creativeglasscenteramerica/criticresidency/robinrice). 2002. Rice, Robin. Arts Commentary, The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship Recipients. Harrisburg , 2003. 63. Rice, Robin. GlassWeekend. Philadelphia City Paper . Philadelphia : Jul 11, 2003 . Ruhling, Nancy. Glass Acts. Arts and Antiques . May 2004. pp. 42-49. Skylines Austrian Air . Vanitas exhibition review. Dec 2005. p. 36 Stepan, Petr. Karen LaMonte . Keramica a Sklo. Jan 2005. Iss 1. pp. 28-29
2004	Bell, Robert. “Karen LaMonte.” Atelier Journal . Jul-Sep 2004. Dolce Vita Magazine . “Zrcadlení: Reflected.” Vanitas exhibition review. Issue 5, 2004. p. 24. Galloway, Anne. “Firehouse Gallery exhibit expresses the fine art of glass.” Times Argus. Jul 2, 2004 Greenwood, Phoebe. “They've Got Views.” The London Times . Jan 7, 2004 . Sec T2 pp 10-11. Thorsen, Eve. “Fragile perfection.” Burlington Free Press. Jul 1, 2004 . p. 6
2003	Bell, Robert. "The Lady Vanishes." Artonview. The National Gallery of Australia. Sum. 2002/3 No. 32. Glueck, Grace. "Celebrating the Flesh: Its Fullness, Its Frailties, Its Forbidden Secrets." New York Times. Dec 5, 2003 Kohler, Lucartha. Women working in glass. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2003. Yelle, Richard. International Glass Art. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2003.
2002	"New Glass Review 23." Juried publication by Neues Glas & Corning Museum of Glass. May 2002. "Vidrio de Alta Costura." Vidro Plano. January 2002. No. 70. Chaloupkova, Hana. "Sklenený Štaník." Dolce Vita. Jul/Aug 2002. Kim, Hyun-Jung. Crart (Korean art magazine). Nov. 2002. No. 15 Littman, Brett. "The Spectacular Glass Dresses of Karen LaMonte." Glass. Spring 2002: No. 86. Oldknow, Tina. "Collectors as Advocates." American Craft. June/July 2002: Vol. 62, No. 3. Waggoner, Shawn. "The Marvelous in the Mundane: Karen LaMonte." Glass Art. 5/6 2002. Vol 17/No 4
2001	Netsky, Ron. "Shattering Preconceptions about Glass." City Paper, Rochester, NY. 7 June 2001.
2000	"Seventh Annual Gathering of Glass." Glass Art. Jan/Feb 2000. Schmölders, Wolfgang. "Faltenwurf in Glas (Drapes in Glass)." Glashaus Magazine. April 2000. Van der Burght, Angela. "Stand." This Side Up! Autumn 2000: No. 11. Yelle, Richard. Contemporary Art From UrbanGlass. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2000.
1999	LaMonte, Karen. "Global Glass: Czech Republic." Glass. Summer 1999: No. 75. Perreault, John. "Portfolio: Cast Glass, hot and Warm." Glass. Summer 1999: No. 75.
1997	Firth, Mike. "GAS from a Texas Viewpoint." Common Ground Glass. Summer 1997. Harrison, Helen. "Glass Art Now: Made in Brooklyn." New York Times. 5 January 1997. Kingsley, April. "Preview: Warm is Hot." Glass. Spring 1997: Number 66. Lebow, Edward. "¡Cálido! Some Like It Warm." American Craft. Oct/Nov 1997: Vol 57/No. 5 Regan, Margaret. "Review: Best and Brightest." Tucson Weekly. May 1997.
1996	Dandignac, Pat. "Portfolio." American Craft. February-March 1996. Dunleavy, Virginia. "A Clear View of Glass Art." New York Newsday. 29 December 1996. Hart, Marla. "Glass Theater." Chicago Tribune. 12 April 1996. Hawkins, Margaret. "Believe the Hype." Chicago Sun Times. 12 April 1996. Lovelace, Carey. "Glass Art's Double Edge." New York Newsday. 27 December 1996.
1995	Chambers, Karen S. "From New York." World News. December 1995. (in Japanese) Milne, V. "Women of New York: Three young artists who wrestle with ideas in their work." Glass. Winter 1995: No 61. New York Magazine. Exhibition announcement. 24 July 1995. Waddington, Chris. "Glass Houses: Show Looks into Artists' Souls." Times-Picayune. 17 Mar. 1995.
1994	"Glass Menagerie." New Yorker Magazine. January 1994.

WORK EXPERIENCE
1998- Present	Artist Prague, Czech Republic, & New York
1995-97 Sept-Jul	Director of Education UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY Structured the educational program, hired faculty, coordinated classes with universities, budgeted & designed curriculum. Coordinated the Urban Fellows 9-month fellowship for minority artists.
1993-97 Sep-May	Glass Program Coordinator The Parson School of Design, NYC, NY Coordinated the glass program in the Product Design Department & taught first year students.
Jul-Aug	Summer staff The Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
1992-94 Sept-Jul	Assistant Technician NY Experimental Glass Workshop/UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY Assisted in the building and maintaining of a public access glass studio, including; building annealers, furnaces, installing computers, ordering supplies and overseeing daily operations.

TEACHING, LECTURES & DEMONSTRATIONS
2003	Glass Society of Ireland, Waterford, Ireland. Teacher and Lecturer. "Inspirational Awakening." Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Teacher.
2001	Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR. Presenter. "Master Caster Forum." SOFA NY. Panelist. "SOFA: Bridging the Realms - Technique as Creative Messenger?"
2000	Staffordshire University, lecture and demonstration Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
1998	"VIII International Hungarian Glass Art Symposium" lecture and demonstration, Tokod Glass Factory, Tokod, Hungary "Ost-West [East-West] Glass Symposium" Lecture and demonstration, Glaswerk Lübtheen, Germany
1996	"Art Smart Conference" Panelist, Rhode Island School of Design

VIDEO & FILM
2000	"Melting Glass" Glass Consultant for feature film by Patrick Grandaw
1997	"Cremaster 5" Worked with Mathew Barney to create glass pieces for his film
1996	"My Favorite Room" A prime time segment for Nippon Television on New York artists.
1995	"Girls' World" An independent documentary film of three professional women.