Artist's Statement
A maker of pictures and teller of stories, I’m heartened by familiar fluency yet stirred by ecstatic newness. Fleeting gesture on solid ground, murky meaning and bruising impact. Disparate elements crescendo and resolve into beauty.
Biography
Honors and Residencies
HIGHLAND INSPIRATION 2014: Location and Perception
A North Lands International Symposium, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
ABSTRACTION OF PLACE IN THE HIGH DESERT OF NEW MEXICO: A Professional kiln-glass residency, Abiquiu and Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012
IN PLACE: Kiln Formed Glass in the Built Environment- invitational international residency at North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland, 2010, 2011
CROSSOVER: A Material Exchange Exploring the interface between kiln glass and other media, Conference presenter at BECon, 2011
JUROR’S CHOICE AWARD: Outstanding craftsmanship and achievement in glass, Bay Area Glass Institute Gala, 2008
CELEBRATING CONNECTIONS: Contemporary Glass Art by Mid-Atlantic Artists at the Museum of American Glass in Millville, NJ, 2007
Selected commissions and collections
Embassy Suites Hotel, Washington, DC
Hampden Square, Bethesda, MD
Holy Cross Hospital, Germantown, MD
Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD
Homewood Suites (Hilton Hotels), Silver Spring, MD
Morgan Stanley, Rockville, MD
Ressurection Lutheran Church, Vienna, VA
Samek McMillan & Metro, Rockville, MD
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Washington, DC
Dept. of State: Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC
Swedish Embassy, Washington, DC
Heather Kaye, Washington, DC
David and Sally Sternbach, Rockville, MD
Jerry and Sona Nast, Austin, TX
Bruce and Leslie Lane, Bethesda, MD
Deena Kaplan, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Mimi Cameron, Silver Spring, MD
Gudrun Ernst-Hrisuk, Arlington, VA
Rick Wall, Washington, DC
Paul and Nedra Biegel, NYC, NY
Jett Pihakis, Washington, DC
Marsha Gold, Washington, DC
Selected Exhibits
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Selected Exhibits
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| 2014 | – SYNTHESIS 2: fusing and kilnforming, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA – SURFACES: Three sculptors explore surface, A New Leaf Gallery/Sculpturesite, Sonoma, CA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2013 | – SMITHSONIAN CRAFT SHOW: Widely regarded as the country’s most prestigious juried show and sale of fine American craft. National Building Museum, Washington, DC _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2012 | – FACTURE: Artists at the Forefront of Painterly Glass, Bullseye Gallery presents a group exhibition that surveys the current landscape of painting with glass. Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2011
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– CROSSOVER: An exhibition of work by artists whose practices aren’t defined by a single medium, |
| 2010 | – INTERSECT: GLASS MEETS ART, The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD – IN THE CLEAR: NEW GLASS BY KARI MINNICK, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD – GENERATIONS IN GLASS, Invitational, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2009 |
– COLOR IN SPACE: Sculpture Invitational, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD |
| 2008 |
– STEPPING STONES: GENE DAVIS, his students, his influence, |
| 2007 |
– WHICH CAME FIRST? DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, Solo Exhibit, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC |
| 2006 |
– ART in EMBASSIES PROGRAM, Ambassador’s Residence, Capetown, South Africa
– SYNTHESIS: Fusing + Kinforming, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA – NEW CRAFT, Mixed Media Invitational, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2005 | – CELEBRATE THE SEASON, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC – STUDIO GLASS, Chase/ Freedman Gallery, Hartford, CT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2004 |
– CELEBRATE THE SEASON, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
– GLASS.TRON.O.MY, “when the artistry of glass and the feel of clay meet the magic of cuisine.”, RAS Galleries, Yountville, CA – TRANSFORMED BY FIRE, Glass Today, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Alexandria, VA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2003 | – BETWEEN THE LINES, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD – LEGACY: Artist – Educators and Their Heirs, The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR – MELTING POTS: A Convergence of Glass, Glenview Mansion Gallery, Rockville, MD – THE CRAFTS COLLECTION 2003: Creative Crafts Council 24th Biennial Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD – FOLDS AND FIRE: Textiles and Glass by Ellouise Schoettler and Kari Minnick, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2002 |
– PYRAMID ATLANTIC 7TH BIENNIAL BOOK ARTS FAIR: Invitational Exhibition, Union Station, Washington, DC
– MILLENNIUM ARTS CENTER SCULPTURAL GLASS INVITATIONAL, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC – GLASSTIJL: The Interpretation of Glass and Steel in Sculpture, The Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC – GLASSWORKS: NEW FUSION, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2001 |
– WG& BE: Bullseye/Warm Glass Bulletin Board Exhibition, Bullseye Connection Resource Center, Portland, OR
– THE CRAFTS COLLECTION 2001: Creative Craft Council 23rd Biennial Juried Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 2000 |
– MYSTERY AND MASTERY: Kiln-formed Vessels and Sculpture by Kari Minnick and Bobbi Vischi, Meredith Glass Arts
Center, Silver Spring, MD _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
| 1999 |
– VISUAL TEXT: Art and the Written Word, Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, VT
– THE FINE ART OF CRAFT: A National Juried Exhibition, St. Johns University, Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, MD |