KAIT RHOADS

1968  Born, Richmond, VA

EDUCATION
1999-01   Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred NY, MFA (Glass)

1989-93 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. BFA (Glass)

1985-89 Rollins College, Winter Park, FL Atrium Baccalaureate (Creative Arts)

AWARDS
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Glass. International Center for Contemporary Art,

      Tacoma, Washington

2001-02 Fullbright Scholarship for study of sculpture in Venice Italy

2001 Glass Art Society Student Award at Corning, NY, First Prize

1998 Anne Gould Halberg Award, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA

1997 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle WA, Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship in Glass

      Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, The Poncho (full) Scholarship

      The Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ, Fellowship

1996 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Doug and Dale Anderson (full) Scholarship

1995 Artist in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

1994 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Emerging Artist in Residence

      Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Scholarship

1993 Glass Art Society, Student Exhibition, Toledo, OH, Honorable Mention

1992 Toyama International Craft Festival, Toyama, Japan, Scholarship

1991 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Scholarship

1989 Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL, Purchase Award

1986-8 Albin Polasek Foundation, Winter Park, FL, Scholarship

EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2007 William Traver Gallery – solo exhibition

Palm Beach 3/SOFA NY/ Collectors Weekend – Chappell Gallery

2006  Fluid Canvas III - Arbor (solo), Chappell Gallery, New York, NY

Convergence/Divergence Chappell Gallery

SOFA Chicago & NY, Palm Beach3 Chappell Gallery

2005  Plumage (solo) Chappell Gallery, New York, NY

            Undulation William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

            Warp and Weft William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

      SOFA NY & Chicago, PB3 - Chappell Gallery

2004 Burlington City Arts, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT Material Vision

      Chappell Gallery, NY, On the Edge – Glass from the Pacific Rim

      SOFANY & Chicago, represented by Chappell Gallery

      Palmbeachcontemporary, West Palm Beach, FL, represented by Chappell Gallery

2003 Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA, New Insights

      Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ 20/20 Vision

      SOFA, New York and Chicago, represented by Chappell Gallery

      ARTform, West Palm Beach, FL, Guest Lecturer & represented by Chappell Gallery

      Chappell Gallery, NY, NY, Eye of the Peacock (solo)

2002 Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA, Peacock Vessels

      Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA, Glass Surfaces

      Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti, Murano, Italy, Under 40

2001 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY, Distractions

      Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

      Bausch & Laumb, Rochester, NY, Visionary Women

      North West Museum of Art, La Conner, WA (solo)

      Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Textiles

1999  William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, Shelter

 Port of Seattle, Setac, WA, Influences In Contemporary Glass

      Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa TX, Vessels - A National Glass Invitational Exhibition

      Heller Gallery, NY, NY, Glass America 1999

1998  Art Center of Battle Creek, MI, Breathless - The Figure in Contemporary Glass

      Venice, Italy, 1998 Venezia Aperto

      Bellevue Art Museum, WA, 1998 Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition

      Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA, RISD Works

      The William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, Skins and Shelters (solo)

1997 The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA Transformation

      Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark, Young Glass 1997

      Clatsop Community College, Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR (Solo)

1996 Paxton Gallery, University of Montana, MT, The Art of Glass

      Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA Artist In Residence Exhibition  

1995 Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA, Triple Vision

      Grover/Thurston Gallery, WA, Pilchuck Emerging Artists in Residence Exhibition

            Leedy-Volkos Gallery, Kansas City, MI American Glass Now

EXPERIENCE (teaching)

2006 Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2005 Instructor for Advanced Glass, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine

2004 Abate Zanetti, Murano, Italy Instructor, History and Practice

      Guest Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

2003  Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA T.A. to Benjamin Moore and Cecco Ungaro

      Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Teaching Assistant to Dino Rosin

      Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Instructor, Fall Concentration

2002  Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti, Murano Italy, Teaching Assistant to Vittorio Ferro

      Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti, Murano Italy, Teaching Assistant to Davide Penso

2001 Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Instructor, Advanced Blowing Class

Alfred University, Alfred NY, Instructor, Junior Glass Blown Sculpture
1999 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing,

1998 The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, NY, Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing

      Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, Instructor, Beginning Glassblowing

      Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Instructor, Hot Glass and Paint

1997 Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan, Faculty, workshop

      Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Visiting Artist

1995-2001 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, Faculty

1996 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, Teaching Assistant for Lino Tagliapietra

1994 San Jose State, San Jose, CA, Visiting Artist

      Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Visiting Artist

1993, 94 New Orleans School of Glassworks, New Orleans, LA, Faculty

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006  Tina Oldknow Twenty Five Years of New Glass Review, . Corning Museum of Glass

            New Glass Review 27. Corning Museum of Glass.

2005  Nancy Ruhling. Glass Artists. . Art and Antiques. May

2004  Nancy Ruhling. Glass Acts. Art and Antiques. May

      Donald Kuspit. Ironical Glass (catalogue) Firehouse Gallery, Burlington VT.

      Tina Oldknow. Under the Influence: Venice, Seattle & their Culture of Glass".

       Vetri nel Mondo Oggi (catalogue). Venice, Instituto Veneto di Scienae Lettere ed Arti.

2003  Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ 20/20 Vision, show catalog

            An Overview of the Pilchuck Glass School Emerging AIR Program, Pike Powers

      The Glass Art Society 2003 Journal Seattle Pg 78 – 81.

2002 Corning Glass Review #23, (also 2000 #21, 1994 #16 & 1993 #15)

      Gazette, 4/5/02, Venezia, pg XXII, Quando l’arte moderna sposa il vetro

 Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti, Murano, Venice. Brochure for Under 40

Visionary Women, catalog for show at Bausch & Laumb
 The Glass Art Society 2001 Journal, Student Awards, p27

Glass Magazine #80, 2000, pp24-29, Matthew Kangas, A New Paradigm
1999 Corning Glass Review #21, Some Reflections on the Competition

 Melissa G. Post, pp104-111

 Nouvel Object IV, pp196 – 199

1998 Venezia Aperto, p113, International New Glass 1998

 American Craft Magazine, Portfolio section, p78, Aug/Sept

 Vetro, July, 1998, pp12 – 21, Tina Oldknow, A Murano Legacy

1997 Seattle Times, Dec 11, 1997, review of 20th Annual Pilchuck Invitational

 Glass Magazine, Summer issue, review of show at Clatsop Community College

1995 Seattle Times, review of Linda Cannon Show

      The Gambit, New Orleans, LA, Feb I, 1995, review of Food For Thought

COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA

Carnegie Museum of Art, PA

Glassmuseum, Ebletoft, Denmark

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA

Toyama Museum of Glass, Toyama, Japan

New Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, CA