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Stephen Dee Edwards artwork
Stephen Dee Edwards artwork
Stephen Dee Edwards artwork
Stephen Dee Edwards artwork
Stephen Dee Edwards artwork
Stephen Dee Edwards artwork
 
       
 

My work represents my ongoing fascination with nature and our relationship to it. The figure, birds, and abstract natural forms are used to promote meditation on nature, structure and material.

 

Steve Edwards and student

 
 

Steve Edwards

 

Stephen Edwards
Professor of Glass, Chair of Glass Department
 
 
   
 

Education

  • B.A., San Jose State University
  • M.F.A., Illinois State University

Selected Solo or Two-Person Exhibitions

  • Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Art Glass Gallery, Zurich
  • Angela Hollings Gallery, Germany; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
  • The Branch Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Galerie L., Germany
  • The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Miller Gallery, New York City, New York
  • Glass Galerie Klute, Vienna, Austria
  • Invetro Galerie, Hannover, Germany
  • Galerie Hoffman, Bad Griesbach, Germany
  • Vesperman Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Galerie Herrmann, Bodenmais, West Germany
  • Galerie Rob van den Doel, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Perception Gallery, Houston, Texas
  • Galerie Gottschalk-Betz, Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, Michigan
  • Habatat Galleries, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
  • The Glass Veranda, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • Branch Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • "Figurative Glass Invitational," Miller Gallery, New York City, New York
  • "A Glass Act," Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, Michigan
  • Galerie L., Hamburg, Germany
  • Glas Galerie Klute, Vienna, Austria
  • 15th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
  • "Cast Glass," Bel Vetro Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
  • "Recent Acquisitions," Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
  • "SOFA Chicago," Miller Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
  • "American Arts and Crafts," Dansk Kustindustrimuseum, Denmark
  • Glassgalerie Klute, Vienna, Austria
  • Ebeltoft Glassmuseum, Denmark
  • Kasper Hauser Castle, Hamburg, Germany
  • SOFA, Miami Beach, Florida
  • "Calido," The Tucson Museum of Art, Tuscon, Arizona, Traveling Exhibition
  • Art Fair Hannover, Hannover Heerrenhausen, Germany
  • LifeArt Fair, Bremen, Germany
  • LifeArt Fair, Hannover, Germany
  • 20th Century Decorative Arts Auction, Christie's Auction House, New York
  • "Guests from USA," Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
  • "Glass Now: 17th World Studio Glass Exhibition," Featured Artist, Azabu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • One year Traveling Exhibition Sponsored by Yamaha Corporation. Traveled to Hamamatsu, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, and Kyoto, Japan
  • "100 Jahre Glass Und Kunst," Essener Glass Gallery, Essen, Germany
  • "Maruzen Exhibition," Nagoya, Japan
  • Sofa Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois (represented by the Glass Art Gallery)
  • "Contemporary Masterworks of Glass Auction," Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
  • "Glass Now, '93," Yamaha Galleries, Traveling International Invitational, Japan
  • Habatat Galleries International Invitational, Michigan
  • "New Glass Review," Corning Museum, Corning, New York
  • National Museum of the Ukraine, Lvov, Ukraine
  • Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico
  • Klute Gallery, Vienna, Austria
  • Oberglas Museum, Barnback, Austria
  • West End Gallery, Corning, New York
  • Kunsthaus am Museum International Art Auction, Koln, Germany
  • Nielson Gallery, Malmo, Sweden, International Invitational
  • Kanazawa Grand-Prix Arts and Crafts Competition, Kanazawa, Japan
  • Holsten Galeries, Palm Beach, Florida

Selected Collections

  • National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Museum fur Kunst and Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
  • Cevider Museum, Valencia, Spain
  • Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
  • Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
  • RJ Reynolds Corporate Art Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
  • Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconson
  • Kestner Museum, Hanover, West Germany
  • Rahr West Museum, Manitowac, Wisconson
  • Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Gallery of Fine Art, Topeka Public Library, Topeka, Kansas
  • Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
  • Musee des Art Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Wortembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart West Germany
  • Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
  • Oberglass Museum, Barnbach, Ausrtia
  • North Carolina Governor's Western Residence Collection, Asheville, North Carolina
  • State University of New York, Chancellors Office, Albany, New York
  • Hicory Museum of Art, Hicory, North Carolina
  • Niijima Contemporary Glass Art Museum, Niijima, Japan
  • Aichi University, Nagoya, Japan
  • Ashville Art Museum, Ashville, North Carolina
  • Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Neenha, Wisconson
  • The Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan
  • The Carborundum Company, Monofrax Headquarters, Falconer, New York
  • The Paul Vickers Center for Glass, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
  • Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
  • Museo Municipal Contemporaneo de Arte en Vidrio Ciudad de Alcorcon, Spain
  • The Bernstein Center for Life Sciences, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
  • Sklardke Muzeum, Novy Bor, Czech Republic
  • Charlotte Public Library, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • North Carolina State Universtiy, Ashville, North Carolina
  • Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina

Selected Awards/Honors

  • Alfred University Summer Research Grant
  • National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship, 1984, 1982.