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DANNY PERKINS

Born 1955, Frankfurt, Germany (American)

BACKGROUND:

1987              Session 2 Pilchuck: Artist in Residence
1986              Session 3 Pilchuck: Teaching Assistant to Paul Marioni
1985              Session 5 Pilchuck: Student of Lino TagliaPietra
1984              Session 4 Pilchuck: Teaching Assistant to Dan Daily
1982-83          John Lewis Glass: Production of vessels and sculpture
1981-82          Urrere/Perkins Studio: Glass production
1979              Henry Suma: studied under his direction in hot glass
1976-79          Craft Farm: Teaching Assistant in hot glass workshop and worked in stained glass production

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1998              Butters Gallery, Portland,OR
1997              Jackie O, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997             Habatat Gallery, Aspen, CO
1996             Artland, 200 Miles, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996             Imago, Palm Desert, CA
1996             Habatat Gallery, Miami, FL
1994             William Traver Gallery, Seattle,WA
1994             Butters Gallery Ltd., Portland,OR
1994             Riley Hawk Gallery, Columbus,OH
1994             Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1994             Heller Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1992             Naked Garden, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1991             Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1991             William Traver Gallery, Seattle,WA
1990             Willian Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989             Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988             Habatat Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988             Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
1987             Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987             Habatat Gallery, Miami, FL
1986             Traver/Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985             Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1985             Perception Gallery, Houston, TX
1983             Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1999           Butters Glass, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998             Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997              Butters Gallery, two person show, Portland, OR
1997             Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1994              The Beauty of Painted Glass, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1994             Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
1994             Habatat Gallery, New York City, NY
1994             Butters Gallery Ltd., two-person show, Portland, OR
1994             International Survey of Contemporary Art Glass, PA
1993              Revised Context, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1992             Butters Gallery, Portland OR
1992             Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1992             Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
1991              Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York
1991             International Invitational, Hagatat, MI
1991             New Directions in Glass,Elaine Horwitch, Scottsdale, AZ
1991             Frozen Moments, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
1991             International Glass, Judy Youens, Houston, TX
1991             Pilchuck Glass, William Traver, WA
1991             Northwest Glass, SeaTac Airport
1990             Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
1989             17th Habatat International, Detroit, MI
1989             Habatat Invitational,Habatat Gallery, FL
1988             16th Habatat International, Detroit, MI
1987             G.H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore, MD
1987             Saxe Collection, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1986              Habatat Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
1986             14th Annual Glass, Habatat Gallery, Lathrop Village, MI
1985             Pilchuck Glass, Traver/Sutton Gallery
1985             Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985             Color Mad, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
1985             Carson/Shapiro Gallery, Denver, CO
1985             Sculptural Glass, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
1985             Habatat Gallery, FL (Two person show)
1985             Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1985             13th Annual Glass, Habatat Gallery, MI
1985             Habatat Gallery, FL
1985             Glass America '85, Heller Gallery, New York,
1985             Convergence Gallery, New York, NY
1984             Texas Glass, Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
1984             San Francisco Airport, United Terminal
1984             Glass America '84, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1984             National Glass Sculpture '84, Elaine Potter Gallery, CA
1984             12th Annual Glass, Habatat Gallery, MI
1983             Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983             National Art Glass '83, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983             National Glass 5, Contemporary Artisans, San Fransisco, CA
1982              Two Studios, Del Mano Gallery, CA

PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX
MCI, Washington DC
Microsoft Corproation, Seattle, WA
National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Price Waterhouse, Phoenix, AZ
Saks Fifth Avenue
Taco Bell Corporation, Irvine, CA
Perkins Coie, Portland, OR

PUBLICATIONS:

Kangas, Matthew. “Danny Perkins.” American Craft, Feb/March 1996
“Out Of The Fire,” Bonnie Miller, New York Times, Dec. 30, 1990
Art/Talk Magazine,, March 1990
“50's Style- Then and Now,” Richard Horn, 1986
“Works,” Habatat Gallery, 1986
“INSIGHT: A Collector's Guide to Contemporary American Glass,” Habatat Gallery, 1985
“Habatat Glass- State of the Art,” Habatat Gallery, 1984
Glass Work Magazine, Kyoto, Japan
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, 1984


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