Curriculum Vitae
AWARDS & HONORS
2023
Project Grant: The Awesome Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
2022
"TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass" competition finalist: Bullseye Projects, Portland, OR.
2020
Emergency Grant: Glass Art Society.
Merit-Based Artist Residency Grant: Vermont Studio Center.
2018
Selected by the jury for New Glass Review #39, Neues Glass / Corning Museum of Glass.
2014
Scholarship: The Studio At The Corning Museum of Glass.
2013
Investing in Artists grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation: Los Angeles / San Francisco, CA.
John H. Hauberg Fellowship / Artist in Residence: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2010
Corning Incorporated Award Nomination: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
Scholarships: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2006
Corning Incorporated Award.
2004
Selected by the jury for New Glass Review #25, Neues Glass / Corning Museum of Glass.
"Emerge" glass competition finalist: Bullseye Gallery, Portland Oregon.
2003
Corning Incorporated Award Nomination: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
SECA Award Nomination: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
1997
Bay Area Award Nomination: New Langton Arts, San Francisco.
Honorable Mention: Art Calendar Magazine.
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MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2022
Tacoma Museum of Glass. Tacoma, WA. Group show: "Connections 2022: Glass from Every Angle", juried GAS Member Exhibition.
Bellevue Arts Museum. Bellevue, Washington. Group show: "TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass".
2020
New Museum of Los Gatos (NUMU). Los Gatos, California. Group show: "Art in the Time of Corona".
Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA). Chico, California. Group show: "Unbroken Legacies: Northern California Art Glass".
MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland. Group show: "Extraordinary!".
2019
Tacoma Art Museum Store, Tacoma Washington: Invited to consign work in conjunction with the opening of their new glass wing and inaugural exhibition: "Metaphor into Form: Art in the Era of the Pilchuck Glass School".
2018
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. Group show: "Memory and Perception".
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Group Show: "Sound and Vision".
2017
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA. Group show: “California Sculpture Slam”.
Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, New York. Group show:
“Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library” (continued until February 2019).
2016
MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland.
Invitational Group Show: “This is Not a Bottle".
2015
Le Musée Valaisan de la Vigne et du Vin (Valaisan Museum of the Vineyard and Wine). Sierre, Switzerland.
Invitational Group Show: "This is Not a Bottle”.
2010
National Liberty Museum Glass Gallery. Philadelphia, PA. Group show.
2005
San Francisco Airport Museum. SF, CA. Group show: “Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Glass Arts”.
2000
Luther Bean Museum. Alamosa, CO. Group show: “Cleavage”.
1999
Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum. Albuquerque, NM. Group show: “Cleavage”.
1998
California Museum of Art. Santa Rosa, CA. Group show: “California Small Works 1998”.
Museum of Art & History. Santa Cruz, CA. Group show: “In The Shadow of Life”.
1991
California Museum of Art. Santa Rosa, CA. Group show: “California Small Works 1991”.
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SOLO (*) - FIVE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016
* Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "Cryptic Flowchart".
2010
Accident & Artifact. San Francisco, CA. “Artwork by: Julie Alland, Phillip Dvorak & Michael Markowitz”.
* Edwin Klokars Blacksmithing Building. San Francisco, CA. “Echo”.
2009
* Public Glass Gallery. San Francisco, CA. “Desire Path Revisited”.
2008
Public Glass Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
2006
* Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Julie Alland, Cast Glass Sculpture”.
2000
SFSU Student Center Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA. “Instigating Banality”.
1983
* Reed Gallery. Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Group show: "Microcosmos".
O'Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Vally, CA. "In-Sight".
Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. "Left Coast Annual".
SJCC Gallery. San Jose, CA. Invitational: "Plus One (+1)".
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston, TX. "TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass".
2022
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Group show: "3D".
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA. "TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass".
2021
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "50th Anniversary Survey Exhibition".
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY (Virtual Exhibition). "Black & White".
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY (Virtual Exhibition). "UnEditioned".
Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA (Virtual Exhibition). "Connections - Glass From Every Angle - 2021 Member's Exhibition"
Applied Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, CA. "Methods in Glass".
2020
PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, California (Virtual Exhibition). "2020 Bay Area Current(ly)".
B-Part Exhibition Space, Berlin, Germany. Photographic Exploration Project "New Talents 2020".
Grey Cube Gallery, Online. "Botanicals".
Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. "While You Were Out".
Slash Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Virtual Exhibition). "/digital room/".
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA (Virtual Exhibition). "Left Coast Annual".
2019
Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Seattle, WA. "Masquerade”.
Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA. "Si02 Fused Glass Showcase".
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "New Year’s Gallery Artists Group Show”.
2018
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. "Bay Area Women Artists".
2017
Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Seattle, WA. "Millefiori: 1,000 Flowers”.
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall, San Francisco, CA. "Video Essay Screenings".
Glass Wheel Studio Gallery, Norfolk, VA. “Reflections from the Edge: Glass, Art & Performance - Glass Art Society Juried Exhibition”.
2015
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "Bay Area Gallery Artists in a New Space, Part I" Exhibition.
American Steel Gallery, Oakland, CA. Invitational: "Experiments & Variations".
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA. "California Now - Clay, Glass & Enamel".
2014
Bullseye Glass Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY. Invitational: "Multiply".
Brick House Gallery, Tacoma, WA. Invitational: "Current Work".
Cannery Gallery 104, San Francisco, CA. "Paraphrase".
Bullseye Glass Gallery, Emeryville, CA. Invitational: "Multiply".
2013
Piedmont Cntr for the Arts, Piedmont, CA. "Return to Simplicity". Juror: Rene de Guzman, Sr Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of CA.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Several untitled group shows throughout the year.
2012
Pacific Art League. Palo Alto, CA. "Pressing Matters".
Arc Gallery. San Francisco, CA. "Masquerade".
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts. Mill Valley, CA. "Wabi Sabi".
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. "Gallery Selections".
Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. “Left Coast Annual”.
Contemporary Glass Society. Kingswinford, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Juried/OnLine: "International Artists Exhibition".
2011
Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Santa Monica, CA. Invitational: “Chain Letter”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “H20, a Survey of Works About Water”
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “40th Anniversary Exhibition”.
Brick House Gallery. Tacoma, WA. "Brick House Gallery Invitational".
2010
Brooklyn Art Library. Brooklyn, NY. “The Space Between”.
Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. “Arts on Fire XIV”. Juror: Phillip Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California.
Brick House Gallery. Tacoma, WA. Invitational: “Whimsy”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Several untitled group shows throughout the year.
2009
S12 Galleri og Verksted. Bergen, Norway. “A Screw Loose”.
1506 Palm Avenue. Richmond, CA. Invitational: “Chain Reaction”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Several untitled group shows throughout the year.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “High-rise Project”.
2008
Sculpturesite Gallery. San Francisco, CA. Invitational, juried by George & Dorothy Saxe: “Bay Area Glass Sculpture”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Autumn Group Show”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Summer Selections”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Winter Group Exhibition”.
2007
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Winter Group Show II”.
2006
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Summer Group Show Part 2”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Materialism, Spring - Summer Group Show”.
Tobin - Hewett Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky. “Scale / Detail, small works with powerful presence”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Winter Group Show”.
2005
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Installations & Recent Works, Summer Group Show”.
Limn Gallery. San Francisco, CA. “Selections”.
Tobin - Hewett Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky. “Warm Thoughts”.
2004
Bullseye Glass Resource Center. Portland, OR. “e-merge: WG@BE3”.
2003
Kevin Grady Art Glass. SF, CA. “LIT Interactions Between Glass & Light”. Public Glass Gallery. SF, CA. Group show.
2002
Pro Arts Gallery. Oakland, CA. “Juried Annual”.
2001
Bedford Gallery. Walnut Creek, CA. “Objects Considered: Modern & Post-modern Still-life”.
1999
South of Market Cultural Center. San Francisco, CA. “Casa De Espantos”. Manor House Gallery. Belmont, CA. “Bay Arts”.
1998
Crucible Steel Gallery. SF, CA. “Busted”. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. SF, CA. “Labyrinth”
1997
New College Cultural Center. SF, CA. “Labyrinth For Life And Death”. Four Walls Gallery. SF, CA. “Post Post-card II”.
1996
Southern Exposure Gallery. SF, CA. “Confess”.
Mission Cultural Center. SF, CA. “Yesterday, Today & Mañana; Rooms For The Dead”.
Four Walls Gallery. SF, CA. “Post Post-card”.
Academy of Art 8th Floor Gallery. SF, CA. “Selections”.
Four Walls Gallery. SF, CA. “Glean”.
680 Townsend. SF, CA. “fan da {sic}kle, impressions of the end of our century”.
Somar Gallery. SF, CA. “Kaleidoscope Reborn”.
1995
Bayfront Gallery. SF, CA. “Kaleidoscope”.
New College Cultural Center. SF, CA. “Offerings to Remember: Day of the Dead”.
1994
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. SF, CA. “Rooms For the Dead”.
San Francisco Aids Foundation. SF, CA. Group show. Life Conference Center. SF, CA. “artReach”.
1993
Fort Mason Firehouse. SF, CA. “First Night”.
Limn Showroom. SF, CA. “Light Escapes”.
1992
Pro Arts Gallery. Oakland, CA. “Juried Annual”.
Gallery Route One. Point Reyes, CA. “With The Earth”.
1991
Institute for Design and Experimental Art. Sacramento, CA. “Art as Social Comment”.
1989
Fort Mason Art Center. SF, CA. Group show.
1981
Boston Museum School Gallery. Boston, MA. Group show.
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PERIODICALS
Alexander Castro "Unbound", Glass Quarterly, issue 170 / Spring 2023.
Helen Lee "Tg, to Cohere and Coalesce: The Movement of Kilnforming", Neues Glas Magazine, issue # 2/2022.
Valerie Hughes “EXHIBITION: Philadelphia Glass Museum Seeks to Join the Visual & the Auditory in “Sound + Vision””,
Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet, April 17, 2018
Camille Hamilton, “Artist Spotlight” Interview with Julie Alland, Glass Alliance of Northern CA, July 2017 Newsletter.
"De Dyonisos à Magritte", Magazine Ateliers d'Art de France #121, Paris, France. January 5 2016
Editorial group, "This Is Not a Bottle", Glass is More e-Magazine, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May 2015
Rebecca Hopman, "Libraries Inspiring Artists: Kiln Allegories", Corning Museum of Glass Blog, January 2, 2015
Jim Brag, "'Multiply' Exhibition And Print Exchange At Mamaroneck's Bullseye Gallery", Mamaroneck Daily Voice, 12/4/14.
R.L. Gibson, Interview: "Featured Artist: Julie Alland", Art & Art Deadlines blog, December 20, 2012.
DeWitt Cheng, "Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica". DeWitt Cheng Blog, April 27, 2012.
DeWitt Cheng, "Don Soker Contemporary Art 40th Anniversary July 9 2011", DeWitt Cheng Blog, July 25, 2011.
Regina M. Connell, Interview: “DesignCraft Heroine: Julie Alland”, Handful of Salt OnLine magazine, January 25, 2011.
Michael Risenhoover, “Arts on Fire XIV!”, Art Guild of Pacifica Newsletter, May 2010.
Nancy Davis Kho, “Glass Artists Featured at Forthcoming Show”, San Francsico Chronicle, November 22, 2008.
Kenneth Baker, “Summertime means a stampede of group shows. As the dust settles, some visions will shimmer
insistently in the memory”, San Francisco Chronicle, August 13, 2005.
Michael Rogers, Juror's statement: New Glass Review #25, (juried publication) Neues Glass / Corning Museum of Glass. May 2004.
Alicia Miller, “'Instigating Banality' at San Francisco State University”, Artweek, December 2000.
Wesley Pulkka, “Cleavage, a powerful look at women's bodies, roles”, The (Albuquerque) Sunday Journal, September 9, 1999.
Michael Davis, “Breast exhibits bare all, explore roles in society”, New Mexico Daily Lobo, September 8, 1999.
Colin Berry, “Navigating Open Studios” (...Top Picks...), CitySearch OnLine magazine, October 8, 1998.
Jori Finkel, “Over There; a Critical Guide to San Francisco Events”, East Bay Express, December 20, 1996.
Catherine McEver, “Art in an Apocalyptic Age”, East Bay Express, March 6, 1992.
Diane Brussell, “Alland Shows People”, The Antioch Record, June 3, 1983.
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CATALOGS
"Art of The Word", Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA. 2024
"Tg Transitions in Kiln-glass", Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR. 2022
"Extraordinary!", MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts), Lausanne, Switzerland. February 2020.
“Sound + Vision”, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia PA, April 2018.
“Glass Art Society Member Juried Exhibition”, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA. July 2017.
"MFA Never", Root Division. San Francisco, CA. February 2016
"This is Not a Bottle", MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2015.
"Masquerade National Juried exhibition at Arc Gallery", San Francisco, CA. October 2012.
“Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction Catalog” (juried), Seattle, WA. 2003 - 2007, 2010, 2016 - 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.
“Selections Catalog”, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA. May 26, 2005.
“e-merge: WG@BE3 Catalog”, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland Oregon. December 2004.
“Selections Catalog”, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA. July 8, 1996.
“Pro Arts 1992 Annual Catalog”, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. February 26, 1992.
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OTHER MEDIA, PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING
Teaching assistant for Paul Marioni. Sand casting. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Hand on History Session, 9/2 - 9/8/12.
Teaching assistant for C. Matthew Szosz. Sand casting workshops. Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Visiting artist. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. February 22, 2006.
Visiting artist. California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA. December 7, 2005.
Sand casting demonstration. Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. September 23, 2005.
“SPARK” Calendar segment featuring Belcher Artists Open Studios with video of new work in progress, KQED TV, October 2003.
Teaching assistant for C. Matthew Szosz. Lost wax kiln casting. Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. 2003 - 2004.
“State of Events” artist interview by Doug Brown, Channel 27, October 27 - 29, 2000.
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Private
David Chatt
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola
Deborah Horrell
Karen Lamonte
Jody & Stratton Sclavos
Brent Sommerhauser
Public
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin.
MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland.
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York.
Bullseye Glass Company, Portland Oregon.
The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA. Image of work in the Observatory Library Atlas. Edition of 1 by Megan & Rick Prelinger.
Dio Deka Restaurant, Los Gatos California.
Pilchuck Glass School Print Collection, Seattle Washington.
Robert I. Kahn Gallery at Temple Emanu El, Houston, Texas.
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EDUCATION
December 2022
Ink Optional: Screenprinting With Alternative Materials. Instructor: Defne Beyce. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
July 8 2019
Lumen Print Workshop. Instructor: Rachelle Bussiéres. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
October 19 - December 7 2019
Experimental Monotype Printing. Instructor: Rebecca Rippon. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francsico, CA.
July 11 - August 15 2017
Video Essay. Instructor: Izidora Leber. San Francsico Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Summer 2014
Kiln Allegories. Instructor: Mel George. The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
January 18 - 19 2013
Image Transfers for Kiln Glass. Instructor: Carrie Iverson. Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Emeryville, CA
April - July 2012
Etching and Monotype. Instructor: Russel Pachman. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Summer 2011
Printing the Glass Matrix (printing with and on glass plates, glass plate as sculptural object, image layering).
Instructor: Charles Cohan. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2010
Bobo's Magical Mystery Tour (sand casting glass). Instructor: Nancy Blair. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2008
Dip & Stich (sand casting glass, working with multiples).
Instructors: Cathy Chase & David Chatt. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2006
Sculpture In/Sight (sand casting glass). Instructor: Brynhildur Thorgeirsdottir. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2005
A Personal Archeology (sand casting glass). Instructor: Jeremy Popelka. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2004
Combined Casting Techniques. Instructor: Janusz Walentynowicz. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2003
Survey Of Glass Techniques. Instructor: Karen Lamonte. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2002
Kiln Casting Fundamentals, Advanced Kiln Casting. Instructor: C. Matthew Szosz
Advanced Kiln Casting Independent Study.
Public Glass, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Accounting Certificate. Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
1983
B.F.A., Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
2023
Project Grant: The Awesome Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
2022
"TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass" competition finalist: Bullseye Projects, Portland, OR.
2020
Emergency Grant: Glass Art Society.
Merit-Based Artist Residency Grant: Vermont Studio Center.
2018
Selected by the jury for New Glass Review #39, Neues Glass / Corning Museum of Glass.
2014
Scholarship: The Studio At The Corning Museum of Glass.
2013
Investing in Artists grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation: Los Angeles / San Francisco, CA.
John H. Hauberg Fellowship / Artist in Residence: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2010
Corning Incorporated Award Nomination: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
Scholarships: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2006
Corning Incorporated Award.
2004
Selected by the jury for New Glass Review #25, Neues Glass / Corning Museum of Glass.
"Emerge" glass competition finalist: Bullseye Gallery, Portland Oregon.
2003
Corning Incorporated Award Nomination: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
SECA Award Nomination: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
1997
Bay Area Award Nomination: New Langton Arts, San Francisco.
Honorable Mention: Art Calendar Magazine.
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MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2022
Tacoma Museum of Glass. Tacoma, WA. Group show: "Connections 2022: Glass from Every Angle", juried GAS Member Exhibition.
Bellevue Arts Museum. Bellevue, Washington. Group show: "TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass".
2020
New Museum of Los Gatos (NUMU). Los Gatos, California. Group show: "Art in the Time of Corona".
Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA). Chico, California. Group show: "Unbroken Legacies: Northern California Art Glass".
MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland. Group show: "Extraordinary!".
2019
Tacoma Art Museum Store, Tacoma Washington: Invited to consign work in conjunction with the opening of their new glass wing and inaugural exhibition: "Metaphor into Form: Art in the Era of the Pilchuck Glass School".
2018
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. Group show: "Memory and Perception".
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Group Show: "Sound and Vision".
2017
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA. Group show: “California Sculpture Slam”.
Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, New York. Group show:
“Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library” (continued until February 2019).
2016
MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland.
Invitational Group Show: “This is Not a Bottle".
2015
Le Musée Valaisan de la Vigne et du Vin (Valaisan Museum of the Vineyard and Wine). Sierre, Switzerland.
Invitational Group Show: "This is Not a Bottle”.
2010
National Liberty Museum Glass Gallery. Philadelphia, PA. Group show.
2005
San Francisco Airport Museum. SF, CA. Group show: “Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Glass Arts”.
2000
Luther Bean Museum. Alamosa, CO. Group show: “Cleavage”.
1999
Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum. Albuquerque, NM. Group show: “Cleavage”.
1998
California Museum of Art. Santa Rosa, CA. Group show: “California Small Works 1998”.
Museum of Art & History. Santa Cruz, CA. Group show: “In The Shadow of Life”.
1991
California Museum of Art. Santa Rosa, CA. Group show: “California Small Works 1991”.
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SOLO (*) - FIVE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016
* Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "Cryptic Flowchart".
2010
Accident & Artifact. San Francisco, CA. “Artwork by: Julie Alland, Phillip Dvorak & Michael Markowitz”.
* Edwin Klokars Blacksmithing Building. San Francisco, CA. “Echo”.
2009
* Public Glass Gallery. San Francisco, CA. “Desire Path Revisited”.
2008
Public Glass Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
2006
* Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Julie Alland, Cast Glass Sculpture”.
2000
SFSU Student Center Art Gallery. San Francisco, CA. “Instigating Banality”.
1983
* Reed Gallery. Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Group show: "Microcosmos".
O'Hanlon Center For The Arts, Mill Vally, CA. "In-Sight".
Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. "Left Coast Annual".
SJCC Gallery. San Jose, CA. Invitational: "Plus One (+1)".
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston, TX. "TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass".
2022
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Group show: "3D".
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA. "TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass".
2021
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "50th Anniversary Survey Exhibition".
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY (Virtual Exhibition). "Black & White".
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY (Virtual Exhibition). "UnEditioned".
Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA (Virtual Exhibition). "Connections - Glass From Every Angle - 2021 Member's Exhibition"
Applied Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, CA. "Methods in Glass".
2020
PhotoAlliance, San Francisco, California (Virtual Exhibition). "2020 Bay Area Current(ly)".
B-Part Exhibition Space, Berlin, Germany. Photographic Exploration Project "New Talents 2020".
Grey Cube Gallery, Online. "Botanicals".
Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. "While You Were Out".
Slash Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Virtual Exhibition). "/digital room/".
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA (Virtual Exhibition). "Left Coast Annual".
2019
Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Seattle, WA. "Masquerade”.
Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA. "Si02 Fused Glass Showcase".
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "New Year’s Gallery Artists Group Show”.
2018
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. "Bay Area Women Artists".
2017
Pilchuck Glass School Gallery, Seattle, WA. "Millefiori: 1,000 Flowers”.
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall, San Francisco, CA. "Video Essay Screenings".
Glass Wheel Studio Gallery, Norfolk, VA. “Reflections from the Edge: Glass, Art & Performance - Glass Art Society Juried Exhibition”.
2015
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA. "Bay Area Gallery Artists in a New Space, Part I" Exhibition.
American Steel Gallery, Oakland, CA. Invitational: "Experiments & Variations".
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA. "California Now - Clay, Glass & Enamel".
2014
Bullseye Glass Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY. Invitational: "Multiply".
Brick House Gallery, Tacoma, WA. Invitational: "Current Work".
Cannery Gallery 104, San Francisco, CA. "Paraphrase".
Bullseye Glass Gallery, Emeryville, CA. Invitational: "Multiply".
2013
Piedmont Cntr for the Arts, Piedmont, CA. "Return to Simplicity". Juror: Rene de Guzman, Sr Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of CA.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Several untitled group shows throughout the year.
2012
Pacific Art League. Palo Alto, CA. "Pressing Matters".
Arc Gallery. San Francisco, CA. "Masquerade".
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts. Mill Valley, CA. "Wabi Sabi".
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. "Gallery Selections".
Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. “Left Coast Annual”.
Contemporary Glass Society. Kingswinford, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Juried/OnLine: "International Artists Exhibition".
2011
Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Santa Monica, CA. Invitational: “Chain Letter”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “H20, a Survey of Works About Water”
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “40th Anniversary Exhibition”.
Brick House Gallery. Tacoma, WA. "Brick House Gallery Invitational".
2010
Brooklyn Art Library. Brooklyn, NY. “The Space Between”.
Sanchez Art Center. Pacifica, CA. “Arts on Fire XIV”. Juror: Phillip Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California.
Brick House Gallery. Tacoma, WA. Invitational: “Whimsy”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Several untitled group shows throughout the year.
2009
S12 Galleri og Verksted. Bergen, Norway. “A Screw Loose”.
1506 Palm Avenue. Richmond, CA. Invitational: “Chain Reaction”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. Several untitled group shows throughout the year.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “High-rise Project”.
2008
Sculpturesite Gallery. San Francisco, CA. Invitational, juried by George & Dorothy Saxe: “Bay Area Glass Sculpture”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Autumn Group Show”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Summer Selections”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Winter Group Exhibition”.
2007
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Winter Group Show II”.
2006
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Summer Group Show Part 2”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Materialism, Spring - Summer Group Show”.
Tobin - Hewett Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky. “Scale / Detail, small works with powerful presence”.
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Winter Group Show”.
2005
Don Soker Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA. “Installations & Recent Works, Summer Group Show”.
Limn Gallery. San Francisco, CA. “Selections”.
Tobin - Hewett Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky. “Warm Thoughts”.
2004
Bullseye Glass Resource Center. Portland, OR. “e-merge: WG@BE3”.
2003
Kevin Grady Art Glass. SF, CA. “LIT Interactions Between Glass & Light”. Public Glass Gallery. SF, CA. Group show.
2002
Pro Arts Gallery. Oakland, CA. “Juried Annual”.
2001
Bedford Gallery. Walnut Creek, CA. “Objects Considered: Modern & Post-modern Still-life”.
1999
South of Market Cultural Center. San Francisco, CA. “Casa De Espantos”. Manor House Gallery. Belmont, CA. “Bay Arts”.
1998
Crucible Steel Gallery. SF, CA. “Busted”. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. SF, CA. “Labyrinth”
1997
New College Cultural Center. SF, CA. “Labyrinth For Life And Death”. Four Walls Gallery. SF, CA. “Post Post-card II”.
1996
Southern Exposure Gallery. SF, CA. “Confess”.
Mission Cultural Center. SF, CA. “Yesterday, Today & Mañana; Rooms For The Dead”.
Four Walls Gallery. SF, CA. “Post Post-card”.
Academy of Art 8th Floor Gallery. SF, CA. “Selections”.
Four Walls Gallery. SF, CA. “Glean”.
680 Townsend. SF, CA. “fan da {sic}kle, impressions of the end of our century”.
Somar Gallery. SF, CA. “Kaleidoscope Reborn”.
1995
Bayfront Gallery. SF, CA. “Kaleidoscope”.
New College Cultural Center. SF, CA. “Offerings to Remember: Day of the Dead”.
1994
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. SF, CA. “Rooms For the Dead”.
San Francisco Aids Foundation. SF, CA. Group show. Life Conference Center. SF, CA. “artReach”.
1993
Fort Mason Firehouse. SF, CA. “First Night”.
Limn Showroom. SF, CA. “Light Escapes”.
1992
Pro Arts Gallery. Oakland, CA. “Juried Annual”.
Gallery Route One. Point Reyes, CA. “With The Earth”.
1991
Institute for Design and Experimental Art. Sacramento, CA. “Art as Social Comment”.
1989
Fort Mason Art Center. SF, CA. Group show.
1981
Boston Museum School Gallery. Boston, MA. Group show.
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PERIODICALS
Alexander Castro "Unbound", Glass Quarterly, issue 170 / Spring 2023.
Helen Lee "Tg, to Cohere and Coalesce: The Movement of Kilnforming", Neues Glas Magazine, issue # 2/2022.
Valerie Hughes “EXHIBITION: Philadelphia Glass Museum Seeks to Join the Visual & the Auditory in “Sound + Vision””,
Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet, April 17, 2018
Camille Hamilton, “Artist Spotlight” Interview with Julie Alland, Glass Alliance of Northern CA, July 2017 Newsletter.
"De Dyonisos à Magritte", Magazine Ateliers d'Art de France #121, Paris, France. January 5 2016
Editorial group, "This Is Not a Bottle", Glass is More e-Magazine, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May 2015
Rebecca Hopman, "Libraries Inspiring Artists: Kiln Allegories", Corning Museum of Glass Blog, January 2, 2015
Jim Brag, "'Multiply' Exhibition And Print Exchange At Mamaroneck's Bullseye Gallery", Mamaroneck Daily Voice, 12/4/14.
R.L. Gibson, Interview: "Featured Artist: Julie Alland", Art & Art Deadlines blog, December 20, 2012.
DeWitt Cheng, "Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica". DeWitt Cheng Blog, April 27, 2012.
DeWitt Cheng, "Don Soker Contemporary Art 40th Anniversary July 9 2011", DeWitt Cheng Blog, July 25, 2011.
Regina M. Connell, Interview: “DesignCraft Heroine: Julie Alland”, Handful of Salt OnLine magazine, January 25, 2011.
Michael Risenhoover, “Arts on Fire XIV!”, Art Guild of Pacifica Newsletter, May 2010.
Nancy Davis Kho, “Glass Artists Featured at Forthcoming Show”, San Francsico Chronicle, November 22, 2008.
Kenneth Baker, “Summertime means a stampede of group shows. As the dust settles, some visions will shimmer
insistently in the memory”, San Francisco Chronicle, August 13, 2005.
Michael Rogers, Juror's statement: New Glass Review #25, (juried publication) Neues Glass / Corning Museum of Glass. May 2004.
Alicia Miller, “'Instigating Banality' at San Francisco State University”, Artweek, December 2000.
Wesley Pulkka, “Cleavage, a powerful look at women's bodies, roles”, The (Albuquerque) Sunday Journal, September 9, 1999.
Michael Davis, “Breast exhibits bare all, explore roles in society”, New Mexico Daily Lobo, September 8, 1999.
Colin Berry, “Navigating Open Studios” (...Top Picks...), CitySearch OnLine magazine, October 8, 1998.
Jori Finkel, “Over There; a Critical Guide to San Francisco Events”, East Bay Express, December 20, 1996.
Catherine McEver, “Art in an Apocalyptic Age”, East Bay Express, March 6, 1992.
Diane Brussell, “Alland Shows People”, The Antioch Record, June 3, 1983.
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CATALOGS
"Art of The Word", Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA. 2024
"Tg Transitions in Kiln-glass", Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR. 2022
"Extraordinary!", MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts), Lausanne, Switzerland. February 2020.
“Sound + Vision”, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia PA, April 2018.
“Glass Art Society Member Juried Exhibition”, Glass Wheel Studio, Norfolk, VA. July 2017.
"MFA Never", Root Division. San Francisco, CA. February 2016
"This is Not a Bottle", MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2015.
"Masquerade National Juried exhibition at Arc Gallery", San Francisco, CA. October 2012.
“Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction Catalog” (juried), Seattle, WA. 2003 - 2007, 2010, 2016 - 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.
“Selections Catalog”, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA. May 26, 2005.
“e-merge: WG@BE3 Catalog”, Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland Oregon. December 2004.
“Selections Catalog”, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA. July 8, 1996.
“Pro Arts 1992 Annual Catalog”, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. February 26, 1992.
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OTHER MEDIA, PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING
Teaching assistant for Paul Marioni. Sand casting. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Hand on History Session, 9/2 - 9/8/12.
Teaching assistant for C. Matthew Szosz. Sand casting workshops. Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Visiting artist. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. February 22, 2006.
Visiting artist. California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA. December 7, 2005.
Sand casting demonstration. Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. September 23, 2005.
“SPARK” Calendar segment featuring Belcher Artists Open Studios with video of new work in progress, KQED TV, October 2003.
Teaching assistant for C. Matthew Szosz. Lost wax kiln casting. Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. 2003 - 2004.
“State of Events” artist interview by Doug Brown, Channel 27, October 27 - 29, 2000.
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Private
David Chatt
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola
Deborah Horrell
Karen Lamonte
Jody & Stratton Sclavos
Brent Sommerhauser
Public
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin.
MUDAC (Museum of Design & Contemporary Applied Arts). Lausanne, Switzerland.
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York.
Bullseye Glass Company, Portland Oregon.
The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA. Image of work in the Observatory Library Atlas. Edition of 1 by Megan & Rick Prelinger.
Dio Deka Restaurant, Los Gatos California.
Pilchuck Glass School Print Collection, Seattle Washington.
Robert I. Kahn Gallery at Temple Emanu El, Houston, Texas.
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EDUCATION
December 2022
Ink Optional: Screenprinting With Alternative Materials. Instructor: Defne Beyce. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
July 8 2019
Lumen Print Workshop. Instructor: Rachelle Bussiéres. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
October 19 - December 7 2019
Experimental Monotype Printing. Instructor: Rebecca Rippon. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francsico, CA.
July 11 - August 15 2017
Video Essay. Instructor: Izidora Leber. San Francsico Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Summer 2014
Kiln Allegories. Instructor: Mel George. The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
January 18 - 19 2013
Image Transfers for Kiln Glass. Instructor: Carrie Iverson. Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Emeryville, CA
April - July 2012
Etching and Monotype. Instructor: Russel Pachman. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Summer 2011
Printing the Glass Matrix (printing with and on glass plates, glass plate as sculptural object, image layering).
Instructor: Charles Cohan. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2010
Bobo's Magical Mystery Tour (sand casting glass). Instructor: Nancy Blair. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2008
Dip & Stich (sand casting glass, working with multiples).
Instructors: Cathy Chase & David Chatt. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2006
Sculpture In/Sight (sand casting glass). Instructor: Brynhildur Thorgeirsdottir. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2005
A Personal Archeology (sand casting glass). Instructor: Jeremy Popelka. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2004
Combined Casting Techniques. Instructor: Janusz Walentynowicz. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
Summer 2003
Survey Of Glass Techniques. Instructor: Karen Lamonte. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
2002
Kiln Casting Fundamentals, Advanced Kiln Casting. Instructor: C. Matthew Szosz
Advanced Kiln Casting Independent Study.
Public Glass, San Francisco, CA.
1999
Accounting Certificate. Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
1983
B.F.A., Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH