Resume – Robert Mickelsen

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Early Education at Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii; Humboldt State University, California.

2 Year Apprenticeship – 1975 – 1976 Steven L. Sebaugh, Glass Impressions, Greeley, Colorado. Lampworking Class at Penland from Paul Stankard 1987

Glassblowing Class at The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass from Bill Gudenrath – 1999, 2000

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

The Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

The Museum of Arts and Design, NYC

The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

The Carnegie-Mellon Museum of Art, Pittsrburgh, PA

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

The Lampwork Museum in Kobe Japan

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Pilchuck Glass School – 1994, 1995, 2002

Flameworking workshops taught in home studio – 1997 – present

Frabel Studios – Atlanta, GA. – Workshop on color application. – July, 1997

Penland Crafts School – 1997

The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass – 1998, 1999, 2001 Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY – 2000 Eugene Glass School – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

The Pittsburgh Glass Center – 2009, 2010, 2011

The Eugene Glass School – 1998 – 2008

SPECIAL HONORS

Selected for inclusion in the 1993 Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review, vol. 14

“Sangre del Iguanazul” goblet purchased by Corning Museum of Glass – 1993

Niche Awards 1995, 1996, 1997 – First Place – Non-functional Glass, Lampworking, Teapots

Selected for Annual Pilchuck Exhibit at Seattle-Tacoma Airport – 1995, 1996

Best of Category – Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show – 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003

Board of directors of The Glass Art Society – 1999 – 2005; Treasurer 2002 – 2003; Vice-President 2003 – 2004

Winner – ABCs of Glass – Mostly Glass Gallery – 1998

Selected for inclusion in the 1999 Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review, vol. 20

“Organism Series – Carnivore” acquired by The Renwick Gallery for their permanent collection. 1999

“Organism Series – Alien ” acquired by The Toledo Art Museum for their permanent collection. 2003

“Organism Series – Nematocyst ” acquired by The Carnegie Art Museum for their permanent collection. 2003

Featured Artist at 1st Annual Flameworking Conference at Salem Community College – 2001

Selected as special honoree by Salem Community College at their annual flameworking conference – 2005

Selected as special honoree by Salem Community College at their annual flameworking conference – 2007

EXHIBITIONS

Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition – 1992, 1993

Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, Illinois – 1994, 1997 – 2008

William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA : 17th Annual International Pilchuck Exhibition – 1994

Habatat Gallery, Pontiac Michigan : International Lampworked Glass Exhibition – 1994

Glass Lover’s Weekend, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ – 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011

Belvetro – Miami Beach, Florida – Solo Show – 1995, 1997

Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Miami Beach, Florida – 1996, 1997

Society for Arts and Crafts – Boston, Massachusetts – Out of the Flame – 1996

Gallery Lara – Chicago, Illinois – Solo Show – 1996

Craft Alliance – St. Louis, Missouri – Survey: Flameworking ‘97

Miller Gallery – New York City, New York – Flameworking Show – 1997, 1999

Vespermann Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia – Solo Show – 1997

Philabaum Glass Gallery – Tucson, Arizona – Regions of the Flame – 1997

Tucson Art Museum – Tucson Arizona – Calido! – 1997

Miller Gallery – New York City, New York – Figurative Show – 1997, 1998, 1999

Habatat Gallery – Pontiac, Michigan – International Glass Invitational – 1998

Mostly Glass – Englewood, New Jersey – Toffolo/Mickelsen – Ethereal Glass I, II – 1998, 2000

Center of the Earth – Charlotte, North Carolina – VISTAS IV – A Glass Invitational – 1998, 1999

Stones Gallery – San Francisco, California – Dreamscapes in Glass – Flamework Invitational – 1998

Wheaton Village – Millville, NJ – The Human Form in Allegory, Metaphor, and Myth – 1998

Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery – Pittsburgh, PA – Flameworking Show – 1998

Cool Arts at The Gallery – Corning, New York – Solo Show – 1998, 2001

Habatat Gallery – Boca Raton, Florida – International Invitational Show – 1994 – 2010

ERL Originals – Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Solo show – 1999, 2001

Gallerie Dorita – Atlanta, Georgia – Joint Show with Cesare Toffolo – 1999

Kane-Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia – Solo show – 1999

Contemporary Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center – Honolulu, Hawaii – Solo Show – 2000

Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida – Solo Show – 2001, 2008

Mostly Glass Gallery, Englewood, NJ – Solo Show – 2004 Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida – Group Show with Paul Stankard, Kari Russell-Pool, and Janis Miltenberger – 2005