ROBERT A. MICKELSEN

MICKELSEN STUDIOS, INC.    700 Atlantis Road #304   Melbourne, FL. 32904   (321) 956-1222
www.mickelsenstudios.com
rm@mickelsenstudios.com

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

             t Early Education at Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii; Humboldt State University, California.      

            t 2 Year Apprenticeship  1975-1976 Steven L. Sebaugh, Glass Impressions, Greeley, Colorado.

            t Lampworking Class at Penland from Paul Stankard  1987

            t Glassblowing Class at The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass from Bill Gudenrath  1999, 2000

 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:  (selected)

            t The Corning Museum of Glass permanent collection

           t The Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution - permanent collection

    t The Toledo Museum of Art - permanent collection

   t The Carnegie Museum of Art - permanent collection

            t The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC - permanent collection          

t The Cleveland Museum of Art

t The Lampwork Museum in Kobe Japan                    

TEACHING EXPERIENCE  (selected)

            t Pilchuck Glass School - 1994, 1995, 2002

            t Flameworking workshops taught in home studio - Spring, Fall 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

   t Frabel Studios - Atlanta, GA. - Workshop on color application. - July, 1997

            t Penland Crafts School - 1997

            t The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass - 1998, 1999, 2001

            t Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY -  2000

            t Eugene Glass School - 2002, 2003, 2004

SPECIAL HONORS

            t Selected for inclusion in the 1993 Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review, vol. 14   

            t "Sangre del Iguanazul" goblet purchased by Corning Museum of Glass - 1993

            t Niche Awards 1995, 1996, 1997 - First Place - Non-functional Glass, Lampworking, Teapots

            t Selected for Annual Pilchuck Exhibit at Seattle-Tacoma Airport - 1995, 1996

            t Best of Category – Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show – 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003

            t Board of directors of The Glass Art Society - 1999 - 2005; Treasurer 2002 - 2003; Vice-President 2003 - 2004

            t Winner - ABCs of Glass - Mostly Glass Gallery - 1998

            t Selected for inclusion in the 1999 Corning Museum of Glass New Glass Review, vol. 20   

   t “Organism Series - Carnivore” acquired by The Renwick Gallery for their permanent collection. 1999

   t “Organism Series - Alien ” acquired by The Toledo Art Museum for their permanent collection. 2003

   t “Organism Series - Nematocyst ” acquired by The Carnegie Art Museum for their permanent collection. 2003

   t Selected as special honoree by Salem Community College at their annual flameworking conference - 2005

 SELECTED RETAIL AND WHOLESALE SHOWS

            t Buyer's Market of American Crafts - Philadelphia          1989 - 2001

            t The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show             1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

            t ACE Craft Show - Baltimore                                       1994 - 1995, 1998 - 2005

            t Smithsonian Craft Show - Washington DC                      2005

 PUBLISHED WORK

            t Glass Line - Volume 2, Number 6 - 1990 : Footprints

            t Glass Line - Volume 4, Number 4 - 1991 : Stand and Deliver

            t Glass Line - Volume 4, Number 5 - 1991 : Decorating with Shards

            t Glass Line - Volume 4, Number 6 - 1991 : Casing Glass for the Lampworker

            t Glass Line - Volume 5, Number 5 - 1992 : The Soft Touch : An Introduction

            t Glass Line - Volume 5, Number 6 - 1992 : The Soft Touch : Making Beads

            t Glass Line - Volume 5, Number 8 - 1992 : The Soft Touch : Basic Techniques

            t Glass Line - Volume 5, Number 9 - 1992 : The Soft Touch : Advanced Techniques

            t Glass Line - Volume 8, Number 6 - 1995 : Working with Northstar Borocolor Glass

            t Writes a regular feature column for both Glass Line and Common Ground: Glass on Flameworking.

            t Wrote and published a “web-book”, Mondo Fiamma - A Global Overview of Flameworked Glass Art with co- author Jennifer Frehling Zamboli.

            t Vetro Magazine - Volume 1, Number 0 - 1998 : A Brief History of Lampworking

 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

            t Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition - 1992, 1993

            t Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, Illinois - 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

            t William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA : 17th Annual International Pilchuck Exhibition - 1994

            t Habatat Gallery, Pontiac Michigan : International Lampworked Glass Exhibition - 1994

            t Glass Lover’s Weekend, Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey - 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003

            t Belvetro - Miami Beach, Florida - Solo Show - 1995, 1997

            t Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Miami Beach, Florida - 1996, 1997

            t Society for Arts and Crafts - Boston, Massachusetts - Out of the Flame - 1996

            t Gallery Lara - Chicago, Illinois - Solo Show - 1996

            t Craft Alliance - St. Louis, Missouri - Survey: Flameworking ‘97          

           t Miller Gallery - New York City, New York - Flameworking Show - 1997, 1999

            t Vespermann Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia - Solo Show - 1997

            t Philabaum Glass Gallery - Tucson, Arizona - Regions of the Flame - 1997

            t Tucson Art Museum - Tucson Arizona - Calido! - 1997

   t Miller Gallery - New York City, New York - Figurative Show - 1997, 1998, 1999

   t Habatat Gallery - Pontiac, Michigan - International Glass Invitational - 1998

   t Mostly Glass - Englewood, New Jersey - Toffolo/Mickelsen - Ethereal Glass I, II – 1998, 2000

   t Center of the Earth - Charlotte, North Carolina - VISTAS IV - A Glass Invitational - 1998, 1999

   t Stones Gallery - San Francisco, California - Dreamscapes in Glass - Flamework Invitational - 1998

   t Wheaton Village - Millville, NJ - The Human Form in Allegory, Metaphor, and Myth - 1998

   t Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA - Flameworking Show - 1998

   t Cool Arts at The Gallery - Corning, New York - Solo Show – 1998, 2001

   t Habatat Gallery - Boca Raton, Florida - International Invitational Show - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

            t ERL Originals - Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Solo show – 1999, 2001

            t Gallerie Dorita - Atlanta, Georgia - Joint Show with Cesare Toffolo - 1999

            t Kane-Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia - Solo show - 1999

            t Contemporary Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center - Honolulu, Hawaii - Solo Show – 2000

            t Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida – Solo Show - 2001

            t Mostly Glass Gallery, Englewood, NJ - Solo Show - 2004

            t Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida – Group Show with Paul Stankard, Kari Russell-Pool, and Janis Miltenberger - 2005