John Nickerson

		Finned Bowl Cut and blown glass
		Footed Vase Cut and blown glass
		Quad-Open Bowl Cut and blown glass
		Small Cut Plate Cut and blown glass
		Pink Cut Bowl Cut and blown glass
		Large Cut Plate Cut and blown glass

Born:

 May 15, 1939 - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Education:

1969, MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.

1964, BA, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana

Also Attended:

1965-1966, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan

1966, The School for American Craftsmen, Rochester, New York

Personal Experience:

1977~present, Artist working in glass

1955~1997, Guest Lecturer, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1989, Cleveland Institute of Art Summer Sessions, Cleveland, Ohio

1976~1977, Artist in Residence, Kanawha County Continuing Education Program, Charleston, West Virginia

1974~1975, Associate Master of design, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and glass. Georgian College of Art and Technology, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

1970~1974, Designer in Residence, Blenko Glass Company, Inc. Milton, West Virginia

1969~1970, Assistant Professor of ceramics and design, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

1967, Staff Designer, Shuron-Continental, Division of Textron Corporation, Rochester, New York

1965~1966, Industrial Design Sculptor, General Motors Styling Staff, Warren, Michigan

1964, Ceramic Designer, Pacific Stoneware, Inc., Portland, Oregon

Solo Exhibitions:

2000 & 1999, Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.  Panache Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Invitational Exhibitions:

1997, "Glass Ohio: Ohio State of the Art," Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio

1990, "Sculptural Glass," Grohe Glass Gallery, Hyannis Massachusetts

1989, "Glassworks I," Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado

1989, "Cartons, Cans, and Other Containers," Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon

1988, "Glass 1989," C. Corcoran Gallery, Muskegan, Michigan

1988, "Glass and Paintings," Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1988, "Three Glass Artists," River Run Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho

1987, "Glass Beyond Tradition," Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, Colorado

1987, "John Nickerson and Brent Young," The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland

1987, "Glass, Clay, and Fiber," Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado

1986, "Neues Glass aus Japan und Amnerika," Basel Museum Fur Gestatlung, Basel, Switzerland

1986, "New American Glass: Focus II, West Virginia," Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia

1985, "Glass Group Show," Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, Colorado

1983, "Forms and Textures," Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

1982, "American Glass Masters," Human Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1981, "National Crafts '81," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina

1981, "Emergence, Art in Glass," Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

1980, "Contrasting Glass," Jorice Gallery, New York, New York

1980, "National Invitational Glass Exhibit," Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

Juried Exhibitions:

1997, "American Craft Exposition," Evanston, Illinois

1991, "Washington Craft Show," Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

1989, "Philadelphia Craft Show," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

1985, "Studio Glass: A Contemporary American Survey," Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, California

1984, "Americans in Glass '84," Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art, Wasau, Wisconsin

1979, "New Glass '79," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

1979. "Colorado Crafts: 17 Views," Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado

Commissions:

1991, Zenith Restaurant, Denver, Colorado, Decorative Appointments and Light Fixtures

1991, St. Michael The Achangel Catholic Church, Aurora, Colorado, Liturgical Appointments, Sanctuary Lamps

1986, Light of the World Catholic Church, Littleton, Colorado, Liturgical Appointments

Awards and Honors:

1986, Colorado Governor's Awards Commission, Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities

1986, Creative Fellowship

1981, National Endowment for the Arts Craftsman's Fellowship Grant

Selected Publications:

Who's Who in the West, December, 1995

Washington Post, April 18, 1991

Contemporary Glass, (Harry Abrams) by Suzanne K. Frantz, 1989

Glass Art, November/December, 1989

Who's Who in American Arts, December, 1986

Art in America, March, 1985

New Glass Review, May, 1984

American Craft, November, 1984

American Craft, July, 1982

Design Through Discovery, (Holt, Rhinehard & Winston) by Marjorie Bevlin, 1982

Studio Glass, January, 1982

American Craft, September, 1981

New Glass Review, May, 1981

Life, April, 1979

Permanent Collections:

Alfred University, Alfred, New York

BP Amoco, London, England

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado

Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Getty Oil Corporation, Denver, Colorado

Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan

Mountain Bell, Denver, Colorado

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan

Musee des Arts Decortifs, Luasanne, Switzerland

National Repertory Orchestra, Evergreen, Colorado

Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Washington

Realities, Inc., Denver, Colorado

Shaw-Walker Company, Muskegon, Michigan

Synergen Corporation, Boulder, Colorado

The Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia