SUSAN LONGINI    Statement + CV

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Resides:  California

Susan J. Longini received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan. She initiated and was head of the glass program at Ohlone College in Fremont, CA 1987-2003.  From 2002-2004 she was Executive Director of the Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA. Since 2000 Susan has focused on pate de verre and large scale installations in glass. Her work is represented in galleries across the US and in collections around the world.

 

Statement:

Pate de verre, literally means “paste of glass”, is an ancient glass-forming technique, first documented in artifacts from Phoenicia and Egypt around 1500 B.C.E. Small granules, or frits, and powders are mixed with binders, pressed into the desired shape, and fired in a kiln to fuse the granules together.

The Falling Leaves series are multi-part installations where the various elements  interact, resulting both tension and bonding. The particular arrangement of elements can change radically from one installation to the next, resulting in a range of compositions. The work is site-specific, so individual parts become the basis for a dialogue rather than a single fixed piece.

Resume:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008	Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, Portland, OR
2005-present	President,Glass Alliance of Northern California
2006, 2009	City of Fremont Art Review Board, 2001-present, President
2007	Guest Instructor, Bullesye Glass Company, Portland, OR
2006	Guest Instructor, The Crucible, Oakland CA
2006	Arts Council Silicon Valley Grants Juror, San Jose, CA
2004	Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, New Orleans, LA
2002-2004	Executive Director, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA
1987-2004	Faculty, Ohlone College Art Dept, Glass Program, Fremont, CA
2003	Presenter, BECon Glass Educator’s Conference, Portland, OR
2003	Presenter, California Glass Exchange, Cal State Fullerton
2002	Co-coordinator, California Glass Exchange (with Mary B. White, San Jose State U.)
2002-2003	City of Fremont Olive Hyde Art Guild Program Chair,
1998, 1999, 2002	Guest Instructor, Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
1999	Guest Curator, “New Directions in Glass”, Frederick Louis Gallery Fremont, CA
1995	Bullseye Glass College Educators Residency, Portland, OR
1994	Guest Curator, “Cast in Light,” Ohlone College Gallery, Fremont, CA
1994	Guest Curator, “Glass Beyond Function”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
1976-present	Studio Glass Artist
EDUCATION:
Postgraduate work in glass:
1991	San Jose State University
1990	Camp Colton Glass Program
1982	California College of Arts and Crafts
1980, 1982	Pilchuck School
Glass apprenticeship:
1976-77	Acme Bijou Design, Denver, CO
1969	Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006	Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellows Exhibit, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2005	“Susan Longini: Studio Years", Mid-career Retrospective, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
2002	“New Work”, Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001	Nortel Networks Headquarters, Santa Clara, CA
2000	Nortel Networks Headquarters, Santa Clara, CA
1998	“Contemporary Glass Objects”, Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994	“Glass: Beyond Function”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
1986	“Real To Life”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 (scheduled)	“COLD+HOT 2009”, Micaëla Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008	Prism Contemporary Glass Invitational, Chicago, IL
2008	“Bay Area Glass Sculpture”, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008	“One of a Kind” Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
2008	“Glass Art Invitational”, San Jose City Hall Windows Gallery, San Jose, CA
2008	“Presenting”, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2007	“Fragile: Glass”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
2007	“Contemporary Kiln Glass: Another Language”, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2006	“Teapots!”, Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2006	“One of a Kind”, Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
2006	“Made in California: Glass from the Golden State”, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2005	“HOT SHOP”, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2005	“Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Glass Arts”, San Francisco Airport Museum, SFO International Terminal, CA
2004	"The Ceremony of Tea", Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2004	"ILLUMINATIONS II", 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2004	"Carnivale", Pilchuck School auction, exhibit, Seattle, WA
2004	"Four Women: Hot Glass", Kentucky Museum of Art + Design, Louisville, KY
2004	"Great Glass Auction" exhibition/auction, benefiting the Bay Area Glass Institute, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
2003	“Winterworks”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003	“Reflections”, Pilchuck School auction exhibit, Seattle, WA,
	2003 “Illuminations”, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2003	“Legacy”, Bullseye Connections Gallery, Portland, OR
2003	Sculptural Glass Invitational , Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003	“Glass: Heat Transformed”, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
2002	“Great Glass Auction” exhibit/auction, benefiting the Bay Area Glass Institute, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
2002	Faculty Invitational, Louie Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
2002	“One Week of Glass”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
2002	California Glass Exchange Invitational, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2001	“Converging Ideas”, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2001	“A Galerie of Glass”, Carlyn Galerie, Dallas, TX
2001	“Great Glass Auction” exhibit/auction, benefiting the Bay Area Glass Institute, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
2001	“Glass Now”, exhibit/auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2001	Group Juried Exhibit, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA – gold prize
2000	Faculty Exhibit, Louie Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
2000	“Fragments lll”, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2000	10th Anniversary Invitational, Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000	“Material World”, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2000	“Glass! Glass! Glass!” Hayward City Hall, Hayward, CA
1999	“Fragments II”, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
1999	“A Gathering of Glass VII”, Sable V Gallery, Wimberley, TX
1999	Invitational Exhibit, San Jose Institute of Contemporary art, San Jose, CA
1998	“A Gathering of Glass VI”, Sable V Gallery, Wimberley, TX
1998	“Fragments’ d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
1998	Invitational Exhibit, San Jose Institute of Contemporary art, San Jose, CA
1998	Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College Gallery, Fremont, CA
1997	Margaret Berman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997	“Love Knots, Love Nots”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1996	Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
1996	Margaret Berman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996	Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
1996	“Chaos and Order” Los Gatos Museum, Loa Gatos, CA
1996	“The Embattled artist” Serra House, Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, CA
1994	“Art in Fusion” Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA
1994	“GLASS”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1993	“Gavilon College Gallery Invitational”, Gavilon College, Gilroy, Ca
1992	Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
1989	Gallery House juried exhibition, Palo Alto, CA
1987	Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College Gallery, Ohlone college, Fremont, CA
1987	“East Bay Connections” invitational, Cal State Hayward Gallery, Hayward, CA
1983	“National Warm Glass Show” U. of New Mexico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1981	“Collaboration” invitational, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1981	“New Mexico Glass Exhibition”, Santa Fe, NM
1980	“New Mexico Glass Exhibition”, Santa Fe, NM
1979	“Colorado Women in the Arts” Golden, CO
1979	“Colorado Glass Exposition” Boulder, CO
1978	“Colorado Glass Exposition” Boulder, CO
AWARDS and HONORS
2005	Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship
ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS
	Chicago Reader, www.chicagoreader.com, January 9, 2009 Tri-City Voice, Fremont, CA, December 24, 2008 Glass Art Society Journal, 2008 “Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture”, catalog 2007 “Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture”, catalog 2006 500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, Ashville, NC, 2006 Fremont Bulletin, Fremont, CA, November 5, 2005 Tri-City Voice, Fremont, CA, October 25, 2005 Silicon Valley Home Magazine, San Jose Mercury News, September, 2005 www.digitry.com - artists in residence/Mary White & Susan Longini Glass Art Society Journal, 2004 "Carnivale", Pilchuck School auction catalog, 2004 "Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture", catalog 2004 Palo Alto Daily News, February 10, 2004 "Great Glass Auction 2004" Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalog, 2004 “Reflections”, Pilchuck School auction catalog, 2003 “2nd Annual Great Glass Auction” Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalog, 2002 Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Pittsburgh, PA, November 25, 2001 The Chronicle, Pittsburgh, PA, October 31, 2001 “Great Glass Auction” Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalog, 2001 “Glass Now” National Liberty Museum auction catalog, 2001 San Jose Mercury News, February 28, 1998 Los Gatos Times, November 13, 1996 San Jose Mercury News, March 14, 1994 Oakland Tribune, November 30, 1988 San Jose Mercury News, July 25, 1988 San Jose Mercury News, October 22, 1986 Fremont Argus, April 9, 1982 Albuquerque Journal, February 28, 1981 Albuquerque News, February 13, 1980 Presbyterian Medical Center Calendar, Denver, CO 1978
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMMISSIONS/ COLLECTIONS	Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA (8 installations)
2005	Arts Council Silicon Valley Arts and Business Awards
2004	Arts Council Silicon Valley Arts and Business Awards
	Toyota Corporation, Toyota City, Japan City of Fremont, % for the Arts commission, Animal Shelter, Fremont, CA Santa Clara County Medical Center, San Jose, CA City of Horta, Portugal City of Jaipur, India City of Fukaya, Japan O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, CA All Saints Episcopal Church, Denver, CO