Flo Perkins
American Glass Artist
"Seven Red Lips I" and "Seven Red Lips II"
Steel, bronze and blown glass
92" h x 71"w x 14"d
Commissioned Work
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| ARTIST BIO |
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| BORN: 1951,
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA |
| Currently Resides in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, USA |
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| EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 1981 |
M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles,
CA, USA |
| 1974 |
B.F.A. Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia,
PA, USA |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2001 |
"Flo Perkins," Portia Gallery,
Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2000 |
"Industrial Evolution," Elliott-Brown
Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1998 |
"Other Arrangements," Elliott-Brown
Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA |
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"Flo Perkins," LewAllen Contemporary,
Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1997 |
"Tenacious Plant Forms," Habatat
Galleries, Pontiac, MI, USA |
| 1996 |
"A Fall Show," Elliott-Brown Gallery,
Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1994 |
"Convolvulacous," Elliott-Brown
Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1993 |
"Flo Perkins: Glass," Albuquerque
Museum, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| 1992 |
"Opera Nova," Garland Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1990 |
"In Situ," Garland Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM, USA |
| 1989 |
"Hybrids," Grohe Glass Gallery,
Boston, MA, USA |
| 1987 |
"Introductions," Adelle M. Gallery,
Dallas, TX, USA |
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"Bright Ideas," Travor-Sutton Gallery,
Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1986 |
"New Species," Travor-Sutton Gallery,
Seattle, WA, USA |
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| SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS |
| 2002 |
Galleria Silecchia, Sarasota, FL, USA |
| 2002 |
"Mutevoli Transparenze", Padova,
ITALY |
| 2001 |
Galleria Silecchia, Sarasota, FL, USA |
| 2001 |
"Primary Colors" Elliott-Brown
Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA |
| 2000 |
"Glass," LewAllen Contemporary
Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1999 |
"Vetro al Femminile," Galleria
Marina Barovier, Venice, ITALY |
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"Glass," Ledbetter Lusk Gallery,
Memphis, TN, USA |
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"Women Artists in the Land of Enchantment,"
New Mexico Committee, USA |
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National Museum of Women in the Arts, Santa
Fe, NM, USA |
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"Master's Exhibition," Gumps, San
Francisco, CA, USA |
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"Enduring Form," LewAllen Contemporary
Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1998 |
"Glass from the High Desert: New Mexico
Glassworkers," The Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1997 |
SOFA Chicago, Represented by Habatat Galleries,
Pontiac, MI, USA |
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"25th Annual Invitational," Habatat
Galleries, Pontiac, MI, USA |
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"New Mexico Glass," Obsidian Gallery,
Tucson, AZ, USA |
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"Gallery Artists," Cline-Lewallen
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
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SOFA Miami, FL, USA. Represented by Elliott-Brown
Gallery |
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Seattle Art Exposition, Seattle, WA, USA.
Represented by Elliott-Brown Gallery |
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1O1 Cups Invitational, Karan Ruhlen, Santa
Fe, NM, USA |
| 1996 |
"The Fine Art of Craft and Sculpture,"
Cline-Lewallen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
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"Gallery Artists," Imago, Palm
Desert, CA, USA |
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SOFA Miami, Miami, FL. Represented by Elliott-Brown
Gallery |
| 1995 |
"Desert Heart," Philabaum Gallery,
Tucson, AZ, USA |
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"American Art Glass," Halls Gallery,
Kansas City, MO, USA. Helen Heninger, Curator |
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"The Glass Eye," Katie Gingrass
Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA |
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SOFA Miami, Miami, FL, USA. Represented by
Elliott-Brown Gallery |
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1994 Seattle Art Exposition, Seattle, WA,
USA. Represented by Elliott-Brown Gallery |
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Pilchuck Invitational, William Travor Gallery,
Seattle, WA, USA |
| 1993 |
New Art Forms Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago,
IL, USA. Represented by Elliott-Brown Gallery |
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"Progressive Art Forms of the '90's
III," Garland Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1992 |
"Exposition Internationale De Verre
Contemporain," Civic Center, Rouen, FRANCE |
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"Glass '92," Imago, Palm Springs,
CA, USA |
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"A Room With Two Views," Grohe
Glass Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
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"New Glass," Joanne Rapp Gallery,
Scottsdale, AZ, USA |
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"Progressive Art Forms of the '90's
II," Garland Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1991 |
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA |
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"A Sense of Place," Peyton-Wright
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
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"Progressive Art Forms of the '90's,"
Garland Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| 1990 |
"CACTUS!" Old Pueblo Museum, Tucson,
AZ, USA |
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Holstein Galleries, Palm Beach, FL, USA |
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Naples Art Gallery, Naples, FL, USA |
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Vesperman Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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| COLLECTIONS |
| Rockwell Museum, Corning NY,
USA |
| The Albuquerque Museum, NM, USA |
| Aladdin Resort and Casino, NV,
USA |
| Museo Municipal de Arte en Vidrio
de Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain |
| Teleflora Corporation, LA, USA |
| Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, CA, USA |
| Microsoft Corporation, WA, USA |
| Prescott Collection, Pacific
First Centre, Seattle, WA, USA |
| The Corning Museum
of Glass, Corning, NY, USA |
| Huntington Museum, Huntington,
WV, USA |
| The Sheraton Hotel Collection,
Seattle, WA, USA |
| The Norton Museum, Palm Beach,
FL, USA |
| The Boston Athenaeum Library,
Boston, MA, USA |
| Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI,
USA |
| Private collections upon request. |
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| GRANTS/AWARDS |
| 1991 |
Steuben Design Competition Winner, Corning,
NY, USA |
| 1981 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington,
DC, USA; Apprenticeship Grant. |
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND LECTURES |
| 2001 |
Corning Glass Conference, Corning, NY, USA;
Panel Speaker, "Blowpipe for Hire." |
| 1997 |
Glass Art Society Conference, Tucson, AZ,
USA; Artist Presentation, "Translating Tenacity." |
| 1996 |
Loyola-Marymount College, Santa Monica, CA,
USA; Senior Seminar Speaker. |
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Cornish College of Art, Seattle, WA, USA;
Freshman Seminar Speaker. |
| 1995 |
Penland School, Penland, NC, USA; Hot Glass
Studio Workshop. |
| 1994 |
Pilchuck School, Seattle, WA, USA; Hot Glass
Studio Workshop. |
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San Jose State University, San Jose, CA,
USA; Hot Glass Workshop. |
| 1993 |
Penland School, Penland, NC, USA; Hot Glass
Studio Workshop. |
| 1991 |
California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, CA, USA; Artist |
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Presentation and Demonstration to the California
Glass Exchange. |
| 1986 |
University of California, San Diego, CA,
USA; History of American Folk Art, "The Oxymoron of Glass
Folk Art." |
| 1982 |
Glass Art Society Conference, Tucson, AZ,
USA; "Technical Aspects of Silicone." |
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Pilchuck School, Seattle,WA, USA; Teaching
Assistant: Dan Dailey. |
| 1981 |
Pilchuck School, Seattle,WA, USA; Teaching
Assistant: Flora Mace & Joey Kirkpatrick |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| The Glass Art Society 2001 Journal,
2001 |
| Contemporary Glass - Color, Light
& Form, Ray Leier, Jan Peters, Kevin Wallace, Guild Publishing,
2001 |
| Arte, (Italian art magazine),
August 1999 |
| GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly,
Marsha Miro, Number 68, Fall, 1997. |
| American Style, Kathie Jackson
Anderson, Spring. 1997. |
| Pilchuck: A Glass School, Tina
Oldknow, University of Washington Press, 1996. |
| Santa Fe and Taos; Under a Coyote
Moon, Landt Dennis, Chronicle Books, 1996. |
| New Glass Review, 16, 1994. |
| THE Magazine, April, 1993. |
| New Mexico Magazine, May 1992. |
| Glass Magazine, No 42, Winter,
1990. |
| Glass: A Contemporary Art, Dan
Klein, Rizzoli International, 1989. |
| Contemporary Glass: A World Survey
from the Corning Museum of Glass, Suzanne K. Frantz, Abrams,
Inc., 1989. |
| Southwest Art, Nov., 1986. |
| Art in America, March, 1985. |
| Glass Art Society Journal, 1983-84. |
| American Glass Art Quarterly,
Fall, 1983. |
| Artspace, Summer, 1983. |
| Glass Studio, No. 29, 1982. |
| New Glass/New Glass, 1981. |
| New Glass Review I & II,
Corning Museum of Glass, 1979 - 80. |
| Contemporary Glass Microfiche,
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1977-78. |
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