Amy Rueffert
(http://www.amyrueffert.com 6-10-08)
Amy Rueffert has worked in glass since 1994. She earned her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 1998 and pursued independent study at Ohio State University with Ruth King. She received scholarships for study at Pilchuck Glass School and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She recently received her MFA at Mills College in Oakland where she studied sculpture and ceramics with Ron Nagle. While at Mills she was an Eklind fellow and the recipient of the Jay DeFeo Prize.
Grant awards supported travel to Sweden and Australia to investigate trends in contemporary glass, and she was awarded artist-in-residence positions at Cleveland Institute of Art and San Francisco's Public Glass.
Amy has presented solo exhibitions at Vetri International Glass, Bubba-Mavis Gallery and Bellevue Museum of Art. She exhibits at William Traver Gallery, with a forthcoming exhibition in June 2008. Her work is included in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Tacoma Museum of Glass. She regularly participates in group exhibitions in galleries across the country, most recently in Ongoing Invention at the Robert V. Fullerton Museum at California State Univeristy, San Bernadino. Amy's work has been recognized in New Glass Review (1995,1998, 2006, 2007), and she is a finalist for the Elizabeth R. Rafael Founder’s Prize at the Society of Contemporary Crafts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her work has been selected for the 2007 International Exhibition of glass in Kanazawa, Japan.
Amy has taught at The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, The Glass Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She ran the glass department at San Jose State University during the 2006-07 school year.
She continues to work with Richard Marquis on Whidbey Island, Washington; Jeff Benroth at the Glass Studio in Berkeley, California; and Simple Syrup Glass Studio in Brockton, Massachusetts.
EDUCATION
2006
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Mills College; Oakland, CA
1991 - 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass, Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
OTHER EDUCATION
2000
Non-Degree Graduate Studies in Glass, The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH
Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA (Dante Marioni and Ann Wahlstrom; Design in Glass)
1997
The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY (Katherine Gray; Intermediate Glassblowing)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA (Jack Wax; Alternative Techniques in Mold Blowing)
1995 - 1996
Special student status in Glass: The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH
1995 - 2001
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
(2001, Lino Tagliapietra; Italian Glassblowing Techniques)
(1997, Benjamin Moore: Refining Design Concepts and Technique)
(1996, Jan Erik Ritzman and David Levi: Swedish Glassblowing Technique)
(1995, Richard Marquis: Variations and Adaptations of Italian Glassblowing Technique)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003
Amy Rueffert/Nest, Bellevue Art Museum; Bellevue, WA
2002
Amy Rueffert at Vetri, Vetri International Glass; Seattle, WA
2001
Beyond Tupperware, Bubba-Mavis Gallery; Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery; Seattle, WA
Winter Group Show, Don Soker Gallery; San Francisco, CA
Ongoing Invention, California State University, San Bernadino; San Bernadino, CA
2005 - 2006
San Francisco Contemporary Glass, San Francisco Airport Museum; San Francisco, CA
2004
Glass From Simple Syrup, Fuller Contemporary Craft Museum; Brockton, M A
Long Live the Lamplighters, Priceless Works Gallery; Seattle, WA
2003
Tactile Textiles: Contemporary Quilts and Fiber, The Art Works Gallery; Newark, OH
Configurations, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery; Pittsburgh, PA
Glass at the Turtle Gallery, The Turtle Gallery; Deer Isle, ME
2001
Women in Glass, The Pound Gallery; Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Annual, juried exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum; Bellevue, WA
Whidbey Island Glass Invitational, Museo Gallery; Langley, WA
A New Wave of Glass II, Baisden Gallery; Tampa, FL
Distractions, 171 Cedar Arts Center; Corning, NY
1999
Mentors in Glass, Alianza Gallery; Boston, MA
25 Years of Glass/Mass College of Art Professors and Juried Student Work, Chappel Gallery; Boston, MA
Sculptural Glass; New Perspectives on an Ancient Medium, Creative Arts Workshop; New Haven, CT
1998
Senior Show '98, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
1997
Glass: Mass Art '99, Turtle Gallery; Deer Isle, ME
1996
Three Rivers Arts Festival, juried exhibition; Pittsburgh, PA
Furture Perfect: Mentors and Students at Massachusetts College of Art, Chappel Gallery; Boston, MA
1995
Rumplestiltskin, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University; Columbus, OH
Breakthrough: Emerging Glass Artists, Fuller Museum of Art; Brockton, MA
Icons and Altars, New Art Center; Newtonville, MA
Superstars, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
Second Annual Juried Exhibition, First Expressions Gallery; Boston, MA
COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY
Pam Biallas; Seattle, WA
William Traver; Seattle, WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Corning Museum of Glass. New Glass Review 28, Corning, NY, 2007
Corning Museum of Glass. New Glass Review 27, Corning, NY, 2006
Gray, Katherine and Ruth King. "Balancing Act: Ruth King and Katherine Gray Debate Teaching Sculpture Versus Production." Glass, The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly, no. 98 (Spring 2005), pp. 5, 50-54.
Hoffman, Leslie. "Fine Arts: Humor Infuses Exhibitions.", The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 23, 2003.
Kangas, Matthew. "Global Glass: 33rd Annual Glass Art Society Conference." Seattle, 2003.
Rueffert, Amy. "Amy Rueffert on her Nest." INside/Bellevue Art Museum, vol. 3 issue 2, Spring 2003.
Shaw, Kurt. "Morgan glass exhibit gets to the heart of the still life." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 11, 2003.
Osborne, Margot. "Seattle Report." Object Magazine, no. 40, 2002, pp. 70-71.
Artist Trust Journal, image of work, volume XVII, no. 2, summer 2002.
Corning Museum of Glass. New Glass Review 22, Corning, NY, 2001
The Corning Leader, image of work, May 10, 2001.
Hackett, Regina. "Northwest Pluck at Bellevue Art Museum.", The Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 23, 2001.
Hall, Emily. "Artist Bio: Amy Rueffert.", The Stranger, April 26, 2001. Seattle, WA.
Kangas, Matthew. "Works in BAM's Annual Resist Traditional Categories.", The Seattle Times, October 19, 2001.
Oldknow, Tina. "Modern Aquisitions." The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2001, p. 11.
Osborne, Margot. "Seattle Report." Object Magazine, no. 40, 2002, pp. 70-71.
"Sculptural Glass: New Perspectives on an Ancient Medium.", The New Haven Register, April 25, 1999.
Corning Museum of Glass. New Glass Review 19, Corning, NY, 1998
Pappenheimer, Will. "New England Artists." The Glass Art Society Journal - 26th Annual Conference 1996: Critical Mass, Boston, Massachusetts.
AWARDS
2006
Jay DeFeo Prize, Mills College; Oakland, CA
2005 - 2006
Eklind Fellowship, Mills College; Oakland, CA
Graduate Research Grant, Mills College; Oakland, CA
Teaching Assistantship, Mills College; Oakland; CA
2004 - 2005
Eklind Fellowship, Mills College; Oakland, CA
Graduate Research Grant, Mills College; Oakland, CA
Teaching Assistantship, Mills College; Oakland; CA
2002
Artist in Residence, Public Glass; San Francisco, CA
Artist Trust Gap Grant, Artist Trust; Seattle, WA
American Craft Council Emerging Artist Grant
2001
Jurors Prize, 2001 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum; Bellevue, WA
2000
Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA
Mary G. Bishop/Francis S. Merritt Scholarship Fund: Technical Assistant Grant Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
1999
The Bicentennial Swedish American Exchange Fund Travel Grant
Artist in Residence, Cleveland Institute of Art; Cleveland, OH
Summer Scholarship, The Studio, The Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY
Mary G. Bishop/Francis S. Merritt Scholarship Fund: Technical Assistant Grant Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
1996
Naomi L. Becker Scholarship Fund, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
TEACHING
2006 - present
Lecturer, College of Art and Design, San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
2007
Visiting Lecturer, "Advanced Ceramics", Mills College; Oakland, CA
Instructor, "Beginning Glassblowing," Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
2006
Instructor, "Beginning Concepts in Glass" Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA
Teaching Assistant to Richard Marquis, "Master Class," Northlands Creative Glass; Lybster, Scotland
2005 - 2006
Teaching Assistant to Ron Nagle: "Graduate Seminar," "Begining Ceramics" and "Advanced Ceramics"; Mills College; Oakland, CA
2005
Teaching Assistant to Richard Marquis and Nick Mount: "Murrine Workshop," University of South Australia; Adelaide, Australia
2003 - 2005
Instructor, "Beginning Glassblowing," "Intermediate Glassblowing" and "So You Want to Blow Glass?" Public Glass; San Francisco, CA
2002
Instructor, "Beginning Glassblowing," The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY
2001
Teaching Assistant to Katherine Gray, "Building and Blowing," The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY
Teaching assistant to Ruth King and Richard Marquis, "What to Make and How to Make it," Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
2000
Teaching assistant to Richard Royal, "Glassblowing Apprenticeship," Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA
Instructor, "Beginning Glassblowing," Glass Axis, Public Glass Studio; Columbus, OH
1999
Technical Instructor, Beginning and Intermediate glassblowing classes, Department of Materials and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant to Ruth King and Katherine Gray, "Exponents of Breath," Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA
1998
Teaching assistant to Dan Dailey, "Commissions and Marketing," Massachusetts College of Art; Boston, MA
DEMONSTRATIONS & LECTURES
2005
Slide presentation, lecture and hot glass demonstration, San Francisco State University; San Francisco, CA
2002
Hot glass demonstration, Bay Area Glass Institute; San Jose, CA
Slide presentation and lecture with Joe Cariati and Jodi Salerno, San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
Hot glass demonstration, California Glass Exchange Conference, San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
Slide presentation, lecture and hot glass demonstration, San Francisco State University; San Francisco, CA
Slide presentation and lecture, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Deer Isle, ME
2000
Slide presentation and lecture, Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA
Slide presentation and lecture, hot glass demonstration, Cleveland Institute of Art; Cleveland, OH
1999
Slide presentation and lecture, Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 - present
Artist Assistant to Richard Marquis, Whidbey Island, WA
2002 - present
Collaborating designer, Simple Syrup Glass Studio, Brockton, MA
2005
Public Glass Planning Task Force; San Francisco, CA
2004
Curriculum consultant, Public Glass; San Francisco, CA
2000 - 20003
Freelance glass blowing assistant to Sonja Blomdahl, Nancy Callan, Chihuly Inc., John DeWitt, Katja Fritsche, Katherine Gray, Ruth King, David Levi, Dick Marquis, Robbie Miller, Deborah Moore, Danny Perkins, Kait Rhoads and Richard Royal; Seattle, WA
1996, 2000
Artist Assistant to Ruth King; Columbus, OH
Amy Rueffert did her undergraduate work at Massachusetts College of Art and graduate study with ceramic artist Ron Nagle at Mills College in Oakland, California. Log (Big Cats) is from her current series of works she calls Curios. These curios combine a Victorian sensibility with vintage 1960s and 1970s commercially produced ceramic decals. Victorian decorative arts were known for ornamentation that borrowed from past eras such as Gothic, Tudor and Elizabethan. Here Rueffert duplicates that sensibility with a focus on 20th century visions of domesticity and femininity.
for HOT COLOR cool glass 5/08 Anne Gochenour