PRESTON SINGLETARY

Born in San Francisco, California

EDUCATION:
1995 The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Studied with Lino Tagliapietra and Cecco Ongaro.
1987 The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Studied with Benjamin Moore, Lino Tagliapietra and Dorit Brand
1984 The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Studied with Dan Dailey and Lino Tagliapietra.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
1999 Butters Gallery, Ltd. Portland, OR
1999 Indian Art Northwest Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
1998 Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR.
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR.
Indian Art Northwest Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR.
Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, WA.
1997 4 in Glass, Fova Gallery, Texas Technical, Lubboc, TX.
Passion Affire, Seattle, WA.
Kiva Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
NW Coast Images in Glass, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA.
Group Show, The Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR.
Five Northwest Artists, Gumps, San Francisco, CA.
1996 Echoes of Scandinavia, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
A New Generation, The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1995-97 Instructor's Exhibitions, Center on Contemporarry Arts, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
1995 A Powerful Presence, Pilchuck 25 Years, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA.
Leedy Volkus Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
1994-98 The Annual Pilchuck Glass Show, The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1994 Six Glass Artists, Gallery Glass I, Stockholm, Sweden.
1993 Three Person Show, Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR.
One Man Show, The Maggio Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
1992 New Visions, The Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK.
1991-92 Group Show, Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan.
1991 One Man Show, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD.
The Americans: A Venetian Tradition, The West End Gallery, Corning, NY.
1990 Goblet Show, Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington DC
Group Show, Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Group Show, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan.
1989 Pilchuck Staff Show, The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
International Glass Trade Show, Tokyo, Japan.
1988-96 Annual Goblet Show, The Glass House, Seattle, WA.
1987 The Gift is in the Giving, Seattle, WA.
1986 The Hundred Waters Gallery, Seattle, WA.

EXPERIENCE:
1993 Workshops, Demonstrations-Kosta Boda, Konsfack College in Sweden and Itala, Nuutaajarvi in Finland.
1993 Co-Founded Maggio Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
1992 Collectors Conference Workshop, The Pilchuck Glass School.
1988-90 Gaffer, The Pilchuck Glass School.
1985-PRESENT Glass Blower assistant to Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dale Chilhuly, Dan Dailey, Fritz Dreisback, Dante Marioni, Lino Tagliapietra, Temo Sarpenava, Stanislav Labinsky, Sonja Blomdahl, Ann Wahlstrom, Marvin Lipofsky.
1982-85 Glass Blower, The Glass Eye Studios, Seattle, WA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1997 Class Gaffer to Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
TA to Benjamin Moore, Haystack School, Deer Isle, ME.
1994 -PRESENT Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
1994 Teaching Assistant to Josiah Macelheny, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Guest Teacher, Konstfack, College of Arts and Crafts, Stockholm, Sweden.
Guest Teacher, College of Arts and Crafts, Helsinki, Finland.
1992 Teaching Assistant for "Masterpiece Workshop,"(Lino Tagliapietra, Richard Marquis, Dale Chihuly)The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
1990 Instructor, Goblet Workshop, Fujugawa Glass Workshop, Minamikoma, Japan.
1986 Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
1986 Teaching Assistant to Therman Statom and Susan Stinsmullen, The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

AWARDS:
1996 Jon & Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
1995 Washington Mutual Foundation Work Study Grant, The Pilchuck Glass School.
1988/90 The Glass House Competition purchase award.
1985 Work Study Grant, The Institute of Alaska Native Arts.

PUBLICATIONS:
1997 The Seattle Times, March 30, Robin Updike "A Place to Reflect."
1996 Glass Magazine #63, Geoff Wichert "A New Generation."
1996 The Seattle Times, March 14, Robin Updike "Many Nurturing Art Works&."
1995 Skona Hem, Interior Magazine, Sweden, July. Lage Stone.
1992 Glasswork Magazine, Japan, Nr 11, Dick Weiss "The Glassblowers of the Pacific NW."
1991 Marie Gray, Japan, Nr 5 "Glass topics now."

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Museum of Natural History, Anchorage, AK.
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA.