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Education

2007 Master of Industrial Design  
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2005 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA


Teaching
Experience

2006-Present Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2010-2012 Instructor, MIT Glass Lab, Cambridge MA
Glass Sculpture
2008 Instructor, Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY
Intermediate Glass Blowing
2008 Instructor, Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY
Afterlife: Cold Glass Workshop
2008 Instructor, One Sixty Glass, Brooklyn NY
Beginner Glassblowing
2001-2007 Practice Monitor, MIT Glass Lab, Cambridge MA
Introduction to Glassblowing
2006 Teaching Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Peter Houk’s Playing around with the Graal Idea Class
2006 Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
Industrial Design Principals Studio
2006 Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
History of Industrial Design


Selected
Experience

2008-Present Figurehead, Niels Cosman Studio, Brooklyn NY
2011-Present MIT Council for the Arts, Associate Member, Cambridge MA
2103 Auction Centerpiece Coldworking Coordintor , Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
2013 Glass Fabrication, Rachel Berwick, Providence RI
2012,2013 Glass Fabrication, Lee Boroson, Brooklyn NY
2008-2010 Glass Fabrication, Josiah McElheny, Brooklyn NY
2010 Glass Fabrication, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Brooklyn NY
2009 Glass Fabrication, Peggy Ahwesh, Brooklyn NY
2008 Glassblowing Assistant, Michiko Sakano, Brooklyn NY
2008 Studio Intern, Jason Miller Studio, Brooklyn NY
2007 Cold Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
Session 3, 2007
2005-2006 Graphic Designer, Cosman Medical Inc, Burlington MA
2006 Cold Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
Sessions 4-5
2005 Cold Shop Technician, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
2003 Graphic Designer, MIT iCampus Project, Cambridge MA
2000 Experience Designer, ZEFER Corporation, Boston MA

Group Exhibitions and Projects


2013 Reversible Reactions, Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton MA
2012 Stones Bones and Relics, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn NY
2012 First Contact, Field Projects, New York NY
2012 Plein Air, Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2012 WoodExpo 2012, Boston MA
2011 Migrations, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Model Citizens NYC 2011, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2011 Superposition, Hyperopia Projects, Seattle Wa
2011 RISD Faculty Biennial, RISD Museum of Art, Providence RI
2010 Paradise, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn NY
2010 Science Fair, Flux Factory, Queens NY
2010 Model Citizens NYC 2010, Hosfelt Gallery, New York NY
2009 Model Citizens 2009, ExitArt Underground, New York NY
2007 RISD Graduate Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence RI
2007 ID Graduate Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI
2005 Schnitzer Prize Exhibition, MIT Wiesner Gallery, Cambridge MA

Workshops and Lectures


2013 Visiting Artist, Alfred University Glass Dept, Alfred NY
2013 Light as Material Workshop, Better World By Design Confrence, Providence RI
2012 Lecturer, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston MA
2012 Urban Geological Study: Bushwick, Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2012 Personal Geology Workshop, AIGA Design Ranch, Austin, TX
2012 Urban Geological Study: Gowanus, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn NY
2010 Urban Geological Survey: East WIlliamsburg, School of the Future, Brooklyn NY
2009 Lecturer, Syracuse University Design Dept, Syracuse NY
2009 Urban Geological Expedition, Conflux City Festival, Brooklyn NY

Honors


2012 2012 Pilchuck Auction Centerpiece Designer, Seattle WA
2007 RISD Graduate Awards of Excellence in Design, Providence RI
Honorable Mention
2004 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts, Cambridge MA
2004 Pilchuck-MIT Partner Scholarship, Stanwood WA
2004 Pilchuck-MIT Partner Scholarship, Stanwood WA
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