Portland based glass artist, Jeremy Lepisto, utilizes cast glass to “highlight the simple components and ordinary workings of everyday situations to c...
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Portland based glass artist, Jeremy Lepisto, utilizes cast glass to “highlight the simple components and ordinary workings of everyday situations to capture the complex in the common.” His planar forms are minimal and imbued with renderings of architectural structures, landscapes and people. Some of these works will focus on what the artist calls, “a detailed idea in juxtaposition to its general surrounding.”

Born Fort Belvoir, VA 1974
Currently Independent studio artist and co-owner of Studio Ramp LLC, Portland, OR


EDUCATION

1993-1997 BFA with Honors (Majoring in Metals and Glass), New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University,
Minors in Education and Art History, Alfred, NY

1996 Participant, Stephen Paul Day, Hot Glass Casting, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA


EXPERIENCE

2009 Member of the Board of Diretors, Glass Art Society, USA

Guest Lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Instructor, “Lines and Layers” Master class, Warm Glass UK, Wrington, England, UK

2008 Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA

Co-Chair for “Forming Frontiers”, Glass Art Society Conference, Portland, OR

Presenter, Ausglass “Open House” Conference, Canberra, Australia

Co-Instructor, Post Ausglass Conference Kilnforming Workshop, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australia

2007 Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA

Co-Instructor, “Constructing Concepts”, Session 4, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Guest Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Teaching Assistant for Silvia Levinson, Northlands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland

2006 Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA

Guest Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Guest Lecturer, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL

Guest Lecturer, Illinois Wesleyan University, IL

Juror, “Emerge 2006”, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland, OR

Instructor, “Imagery in Kiln formed Glass”, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

Juror, “Working Glass: Employee Show”, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland, OR

Guest Lecturer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL












2005 Member of the Board of Directors, Glass Art Society, USA

Guest Lecturer, California College of Art, Oakland, CA

Co-Instructor, “Concept to Construction”, Session 4, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Invited Juror, “Pilchuck 27th Annual Auction, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Instructor, “In Depth Imagery”, Bullseye Conference 2005, Portland, OR

Guest Presenter, Bullseye Conference 2005, Portland, OR

Instructor, “Imagery in Kiln formed Glass”, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Guest Lecturer, Personal Works, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL

Instructor, “Basic Kilnforming Techniques”, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Studio Coordinator Session Four, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Guest Lecturer, “Kilnforming; Exploration of Firing Techniques”, Technical Resource Center, Glass Arts Society, New Orleans, LA

Teaching Assistant for Deborah Horrell, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Instructor, “Kilnforming with Mel George and Jeremy Lepisto”, Canberra School of Art Summer School, Canberra, Australia

2003 Instructor, “Kilnforming Techniques”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Guest Presenter, “Artworks by Jeremy Lepisto”, Los Angeles Glass Alliance, Los Angeles, CA

Guest Presenter, “Painting with Light and Dark”, Oregon Glass Guild, Eugene, OR

Instructor, “In Depth Imagery” and “Slumping Demo” and “Coldworking Demo”, Bullseye Conference, Portland, OR

Studio Coordinator Session Three, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Guest Presenter, “Thinking Outside the Glass Box-Panel Discussion”, Oregon Glass Guild, Portland, OR

2002 Instructor, “Working Deeper and Thicker” and “Painting with Light”, Warmglass.com Conference, Portland, OR

Instructor, “Hot Glass Casting”, Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA

Flatshop Coordinator Session Five, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Campus Technician Session Two, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Teaching Assistant for Steve Klein and Johnathan Schmuck, Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA

Instructor, Hot Glass Casting, Contemporary Glass Makers of Ireland, Fermanaugh, Ireland

Guest Presenter, “Fusing with Bullseye Glass”,Contemporary Glass Makers of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Visiting Instructor, “Kilnforming Techniques”, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland

2001 Co-Founder of Studio Ramp LLC, Portland, OR

Lead Furnace Builder, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR

Teaching Assistant for Kelly McLain and Cathy Chase, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Teaching Assistant for Henry Halem, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA



2000 Glass Technician Session Five, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1999 Research and Education Lead Technician (‘99-’01), Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR

1998 Instructor, “Assemble Your Thoughts: Building on the Punty”, Hot Glass Casting Workshop, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA

1997 Production Manager Apprentice(‘97-’99) , Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR

Studio Technician, Chimicum Glass Studio, Chimicum ,WA

Production Assistant, River Dog Fine Arts Foundry, Chimicum ,WA

1995 Sales Representative (‘95-‘97), Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, OH

Glass Blower (‘95-‘97), Tidal Wave Glass Studio, Toledo, OH


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 “New Work”, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK

“New Work”, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2007 “A Place In Between”, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

“New Work”, D&A Fine Art, Studio City, California

2005 “Intersecting Lines”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004 “New Work”, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

2003 “Monuments to Moments”, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 ”Rising Stars”, Museum of American Glass, Wheaton, NJ

“Wheaton Glass Weekend”, featured by Thomas Riley Galleries, Wheaton, NJ

“Narratives from the Kiln”, Columbia Art League, Coumbia, MO

“Portland Presence”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA

“Vision Realized”, Moragn Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittburgh, PA

“Inspired By”, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

“Glass Unexpected”, Space 301, Mobile, AL

2008 SOFA Chicago 2008, with Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL

“New Work”, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

“House Guests”, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australia

“Repair and Replenish”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia






2007 “Glass at Daniel Kany Gallery”, Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland, ME

SOFA Chicago 2007, with Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL

“Architecture/Structure in Contemporary Craft”, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

“Young Glass 2007”, Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

“Blend”, Minthorne Gallery, Newberg, OR

2006 SOFA Chicago 2006, with Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL

“Synthesis: Fusing and Kilnforming”, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2005 “Pilchuck Artists 2005”, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

SOFA Chicago 2005, with Thomas Riley Galleries, Chicago, IL

“20/20: Twenty Artists / Twenty Years”, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR

“North West Visits The North East”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

SOFA New York 2005, Thomas Riley Galleries, New York, NY

“Emerging Artist ’05 Exhibition”, Parada Hall, Scottsdale, AZ

2004 “Contemporary Glass”, Missoula Art Museum Missoula, Missoula, MT
“New Gallery Artists”, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ
“Coefficients: A Selection of Contemporary Kiln-formed Glass”, Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR

“Seven Emerging Artists”, Linda Greene Contemporary Glass, Dallas, TX

2003 “Legacy”, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR

2002 "Light and Line", Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA

"Pilchuck Summer Staff Show", History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA

"Cast Glass", Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA

2001 "Bullseye Employee Show", Bullseye Connections, Portland, OR

1997 "Monuments of Moments", New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University BFA Exhibition, Harder Hall, Alfred, NY

1996 "Three Walls and a Floor", Alfred University Student Gallery, Alfred, NY

"Chosen Works", Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY


AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

2009 New Glass Review 30, Neues Glass. Corning, NY

“Glass Unexpected”, Show Catalog, Mobile, AL

2008 Contemporary Glass”, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK, pg. 38, 39

Pilchuck Glass School, 30th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

“Review Jeremy Lepisto”, Glass Quarterly, Number 110, Spring 2008 Pg. 63

New Glass Review 29, Neues Glass., Corning, NY

2007 “Summer Hot Shop Artist Series Residency,” Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, WA

Pilchuck Glass School, 29th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

“Young Glass 2007”, Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

“Emerge 2006” Juror, Jurors Statements, Emerge 2006 Catalog, Bullseye Gallery, OR

2006 “Glass Notes: Fourth Edition”, Kilnforming Basics by Jeremy Lepisto, Franklin Mills Press, OH

“25 Years of The New Glass Review”, The Corning Glass Museum, NY

Pilchuck Glass School, 28th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

“500 Glass Objects”, Lark Books, NY

2005 “Glass Breaks: Through the Art Ceiling” by Nancy Ruhling, Art and Antiques Magazine, Sept.05, pg. 84

“Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture”, Product Catalog 3, pg. 13

Pilchuck Glass School, 27th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

UrbanGlass 2005 Auction and Glassblowers Ball

Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2004 “Kilnforming; Exploration of Firing Techniques” by Jeremy Lepisto, Glass Arts Society 2004 Journal New Orleans, pg. 78-79

“Kilnforming by Jeremy Lepisto”, Gloine: The Journal of the Glass Society of Ireland, Number XXXVII, DEC 04, Ireland

“Portfolio Jeremy Lepisto”, American Craft Dec ‘04/Jan ’05 Issue, Pg. 54

Pilchuck Glass School, 26th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

“Glass Now 2004” Annual Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA

New Glass Review 25, Neues Glass, Corning, NY

Salem Art Association, the Fifth Annual Clay Ball, Live Auction, Salem, OR

2003 Pilchuck Glass School, 25th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

2002 Pilchuck Glass School, 24th Annual Auction, Live Auction, Seattle, WA

2001 Pilchuck Glass School, 23th Annual Auction, Silent Auction, Seattle, WA

1997 Alfred University Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY


SELECTED COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS

2009 “Each Unto Its Own” Watertower Series, Museum of Glass, Tacoma

“Shade of Support” Bridge Series, Knoxville Museum, Knoxville, TN

2007 “Coming Together” Building Block Series, Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

“Between Destinations” Building Block Series, collection of Lani McGregor and Dan Schwoerer, Portland, OR

2006 “Separate Views”, commission, Stoel Rives LLC, Seattle, WA

“Honor” and “Ernie” Awards, commission, Dance USA 2006 Conference, Portland, OR

2004 “Drawn Conclusion” Bridge Series, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

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