EDUCATION
2014 MFA Glass | Rochester Institute of Technology
2007 BFA Glass Sculpture, Minor in Art History | Southern Illinois University Carbondale
RESIDENCIES/VISITING ARTIST
2026 Artist in Residence | Starworks Glass | Star, NC *Fall 2026
Artist in Residence | Duncan McClellan School Project | St. Petersburg, FL
Guest Artist | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Artist in Residence | New Harmony Clay Project | New Harmony, IN
2025 Spring Pentaculum | Arrowmont School of Craft | Gatlinburg, TN
Artist in Residence | Blowing Rock Art and History Museum | Blowing Rock Art and History Museum
Visiting Artist Grand Re-Opening | Chrysler Museum of Art | Norfolk, VA
Visiting Artist Hot Glass Cold Beer | Starworks Glass | Star, NC
2021-25 Resident Artist | Penland School of Craft | Penland, NC
2024 Visiting Artist Glass After Dark | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Visiting Artist | Tulsa Glass Blowing School | Tulsa, OK
Visiting Artist | Arizona Glass Alliance | Phoenix, AZ
Visiting Artist | Glass Alliance of New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM
2023 Resident Artist | UrbanGlass | Brooklyn, NY
2019 Visiting Artist | Salem Community College | Salem, NJ
2015-17 Resident Artist| Glass Wheel Studio | Norfolk, VA
2015 MFA Traveling Assistant Residency | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Visiting Artist | Forest Park Community College | St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist | East Richland High School | Olney, IL
2011 Artist in Residence | The WORKS | Newark, OH
2010-11 Artist in Residence | University of Oregon Erb Memorial Craft Center | Eugene, OR
EXHIBITIONS
2026 100 & Under | Arrowmont Gallery | Knoxville, TN *Aug 2026
Intro | Hidell Brooks Gallery | Charlotte, NC
2026 Instructor Exhibition | Sarah J. Blain Gallery | Gatlinburg, TN
Unity: 54th Annual International Glass Invitational | Habatat Gallery | Royal Oak, MI
Cups for Yall | Houston Center for Contemporary Craft | Houston, TX
Sarasota Glass Art Fair | Ringling College of Art and Design | Sarasota, FL
Ear Candy | Alma’s Gallery | Richmond, VA
2025 Design Shop | Gravers Lane Gallery | Philadelphia, PA
CraftForms 2025 | Wayne Art Center | Wayne, PA
2025 Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition | Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh | Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Glass 2025 |Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum | Cullowhee, NC
Glass Immersed | D’Art Center | Norfolk, VA
Terra | Alma’s Gallery | Richmond, VA
Consideration: An Installation by Sarah Vaughn| Blowing Rock Art and History Museum | Blowing Rock, NC
Ear Candy | Alma's Gallery | Richmond, VA
2024 Glasstopia: The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk International Airport |Norfolk, VA
First Look | Mirrorball Gallery | Tryon, NC
Where Water Meets Land | Focus Gallery Penland Gallery | Penland, NC
A Walk in the Woods | UrbanGlass's Robert Lehman Gallery | Brooklyn, NY
Material Topics Symposium Exhibition: Shift in Values |Wellington B. Grey Gallery | Greenville, NC
People/Places | Ken Saunders Gallery | Chicago, IL
2023 CraftForms 2023 | Wayne Art Center | Wayne, PA
Artlink's 4th Annual Cup Exhibition | Artlink Contemporary Gallery | Fort Wayne, IN
Acts of Healing and Repair | Whatcom Museum | Bellingham, WA
Connections 2023 | Glass Art Society Venue | Detroit, MI
Fantastic Fibers | Yeiser Art Center | Paducah, KY
Domestic Detritus | Brea Gallery | Brea, CA
2022 Small Works/Big Impact |Momentum Gallery | Asheville, NC
Uncommon Volumes: Sculptural Selections from Studio Glass in the Region | Blowing Rock Art and History Museum | Blowing Rock, NC
A Shared Space | Appalachian Center for Craft | Cookeville, TN
Illuminations in Glass | Winterowd Fine Art | Santa Fe, NM
Connections 2022 | Tacoma Museum of Glass | Tacoma, WA
2021 Small Works/Big Impact |Momentum Gallery | Asheville, NC
Lost|Found | Ken Saunders Gallery | Chicago, IL
X-Marks the Spot: A Decade of the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Commune | Norfolk, VA
Photo/Graphic Tendencies | Gallery 261 | Norfolk, VA
Pilchuck: Celebrating 50 Years| Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park | Camano Island, WA
Connections: Glass from Every Angle | Glass Art Society International Juried Exhibition | Virtual
Systems of Tension: Collaborative Installation by Caitlin Blomstrom and Sarah Vaughn | Vestibule 102 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Materials Hard and Soft | Patterson-Appleton Arts Center | Denton, TX
2020 Chroma 2020 |The Gallery at Fort Houston | Nashville, TN
2019 SOFA Chicago | Ken Saunders Gallery | Chicago, IL
Get Real: Figurative Sculpture by Women | Peninsula Fine Arts Center | Newport News, VA
Transmutation | Anno Domini | San Jose, CA
Structured Ambiguity: An Installation by David King and Sarah Vaughn | Vestibule 102 | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Now Playing: New Forms in Contemporary Glass | William King Museum of Art | Abingdon, VA
Her Voice | Ken Saunders Gallery | Chicago, IL
2018 SOFA Chicago | Navy Pier Chicago, represented by Ken Saunders Gallery
Illustrious Expressions: An Exploration of Imagination and Reality | Vereen Gallery | Moultrie, GA
Milano Vetro-35 | Castello Sforzesco | Milano, Italy
3rd Annual Workhouse Glass National Exhibition | Workhouse Art Center | Lorton, VA
2017 Act TWO: Featuring the Resident Artist of Glass Wheel | Glass Wheel Studio | Norfolk, VA
3rd Annual Workhouse Glass National Exhibition | Workhouse Art Center | Lorton, VA
Got Glass!!! Convergence | Sebastopol Center for the Arts | Sebastopol, CA
Virginia Glass Guild 30th Anniversary Exhibition | Charles H Taylor Arts Center | Hampton, VA
A New Year | Origins Gallery | Norfolk, VA
Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland 2017 | Gallery 924 | Indianapolis, IN
2017 Rawls Museum Arts National Juried Exhibition | Rawls Museum Arts | Courtland, VA
Trompe L'oeil | Glass Wheel Gallery | Norfolk, VA
Now Arriving | Norfolk International Airport | Norfolk, VA
Snapshots in Glass | Vestibule 102 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Reminiscence | Ken Saunders Gallery | Chicago, IL
Homeward Bound | Taubman Museum of Art | Roanoke, VA
Teapots! 11th Invitational | Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery | Pittsburgh, PA
Embracing Narrative | Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center | Portsmouth, VA
2016 Act ONE: Featuring the Resident Artist of Glass Wheel | Glass Wheel Gallery | Norfolk, VA
Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland | Atrium Gallery Ball State University | Muncie, IN
Just Between Us | Glass Wheel Gallery | Norfolk, VA
2015 Virginia Glass Guild 26th Annual Juried Art Exhibition | Charles H. Taylor Art Center | Hampton, VA
Weather-Worn Memories | Vestibule 102 Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland | Indiana Art Center | Indianapolis, IN
Original Voices| Ken Saunders Gallery | Chicago, IL
2014 Out of Town – Open USA: 44 American Glass Artists | Contemporary Glass Society | Great Britain
Convergence: 3rd Annual Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium Exhibition | University Gallery Rochester, NY
Reconstructed Memories: MFA Thesis Exhibition | Art and Vintage on Main | East Rochester, NY
Unexpected Imagery | Gallery R | Rochester, NY
2013 Arts Cultural Council's Student Showcase | Arts and Cultural Center | Rochester, NY
2012 Emerge 2012 | Bullseye Gallery | Portland, OR
2011 A Display of Works | the Works Gallery | Newark, OH
2010 Glass at 40: Southern Glass Works Alumni Show | University Museum | Carbondale, IL
Finding Balance | Third Degree Glass Factory | Saint Louis, MO
Transition | Springfield City Hall Art Gallery | Springfield, OR
2009 Artist of the Studio | Third Degree Glass Factory | Saint Louis, MO
Missing | Longbranch | Carbondale, IL
2008 Emerge 2008 | Bullseye Resource Gallery | Portland, OR
2007 New Beginnings: Featuring Graduates of the SIUC Glass Program | Third Degree Glass Factory |Saint Louis, MO
Rickert-Ziebold Award Trust Competition | Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory | Carbondale, IL
Common Elements BFA Thesis Exhibition | Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory | Carbondale, IL
C-4 1st Annual Juried Art Exhibition | Surplus Gallery, Glove Factory | Carbondale, IL
AWARDS|SCHOLARSHIPS|GRANTS
2026 Award of Excellence | Unity: 54th Annual International Glass Invitational
2025 Get Ready Grant | Cerf+
Windgate Individual Artist Grant at Penland School of Craft
Artist Support Grant | North Carolina and Toe River Arts Council
2023 Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant | South Arts
Honorable Mention | CraftForms 2023
2021 2nd Place | Connections: Glass from Every Angle | Glass Art Society International Juried Exhibition
2020 People's Choice Kiln Formed Glass| Glass Gathering
1st Place Kiln Formed Glass | Glass Gathering
Artist Support Grant | Glass Art Society
2018 Juror’s Choice | Virginia Glass Guild 31st Anniversary Exhibition
2nd place | Virginia Glass Guild 31st Anniversary Exhibition
Jurors' Choice: Honorable Mention | Pilchuck Auction Gala
2017 Virginia Glass Guild Scholarship | Virginia Glass Guild
Best in Show | Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland 2017
2nd Place | Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland 2017
2nd Place | 2017 Rawls Museum Arts National Juried Exhibition
2016 Nomination for Saxe Emerging Artist | Glass Art Society
2014 1st Place | Glass Art Society International Student Exhibition
2013 Research and Creativity Grant | Rochester Institute of Technology
2008 Academic Award | Emerge | Bullseye Glass
2007 Rickert-Ziebold Award Trust | Southern Illinois University Carbondale
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-now Owner, Fabricator, Designer | Stacking Stones Studio
2026-now Gaffer | Terrane Glass Design | Burnsville, NC
2026 Workshop Assistant | Stephen Paul Day “The Magic of Mold-Mix 6: Sculpting Works in Glass and Bronze” |Pilchuck Glass School
Make it. Remove it. Cast it. | Arrowmont School of Art and Craft | Gatlinburg, TN
Glass54: Unity Featured Presenter | Habatat Gallery | Royal Oak, MI
2025 Emerging Artist in Residence Coordinator | Pilchuck Glass School
Make it, Lose it, Cast it: An Introduction to Kiln Casting | Pittsburgh Glass Center | Pittsburgh, PA
Featured Artist Lecture | AACG Get Fired Up Meet Up | virtual
2023 Studio Building Coordinator | Pilchuck Glass School
2022 Teaching Assistant | Silvia Levenson "Thinking in Glass" | Pilchuck Glass School
Artist Discussion | VCU Graduate Seminar Professional Practices | virtual
Featured Guest Artist | Connected in Glass Podcast | virtual
2021 Featured Artist Lecture | AACG Get Fired Up Meet Up | virtual
2016-21 Studio Instructor | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
2016-20 Faculty | Governor's School for the Arts | Norfolk, VA
2020 Adjunct Faculty | Virginia Wesleyan University | Norfolk, VA
2016-20 Adjunct Faculty | Old Dominion University | Norfolk, VA
2019 Just Glue It: The Illusion of the Effortless | Urban Glass Workshop | Brooklyn, NY
2019 Program Supervisor | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
2018 Program Supervisor | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
Studio Building Coordinator | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
Cold Shop Assistant | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
2017 Studio Building Coordinator | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
2016 Teaching Assistant | Stacy Lynn Smith | Chrysler Museum Glass Studio | Norfolk, VA
Studio Building Coordinator | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
2015-16 Artist Assistant | Robin & Julia Rogers
Artist Assistant | Charlotte Potter
2015 Teaching Assistant | Robin Rogers & Julia Rogers
Teaching Assistant | Charlotte Potter
2013-14 Artist Assistant | Robin Cass
Artist Assistant | David Schnuckel
2012-14 Graduate Assistantship | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY
Teaching Assistant | Michael Rogers
2012 Pole Turner | Pilchuck Glass School | Stanwood, WA
2010-12 Glassblower | Noble Glass | Eugene, OR
2007-11 Instructor | Third Degree Glass Factory | Saint Louis, MO
PUBLICATIONS
2025 New Glass Review 45 | Corning Museum of Glass
2023 Dealing with Artistic Failures by Vicki Schneider | Glass Art Magazine | Vol 38. Issue 4. pg. 12-13
Fantastic Fibers 2023|Yeiser Art Center juror: Rena Wood | p. 33
Fragile Stalwarts: A New Glassblower at Penland is Bringing Ethereal Emotions to Her Craft by Allison Sherman | WNC Magazine | Winter 2023: p. 32-33
2021 Momentum Gallery Hosts Two Exhibitions | The Laurel of Asheville | December 2021: p. 22
Lost|Found | Ken Saunders Gallery
Connections: Glass from Every Angle | Glass Art Society | p. 8-9
34th Annual Materials Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition | Greater Denton Arts Council | p. 44
2020 Chroma: A Contemporary Survey of American Glass | Meredith Edmonson & Jennifer Crescuillo | p. 55
2020 GAS Member Exhibition Catalog | Glass Art Society | p. 53
2019 Her Voice | Ken Saunders Gallery | p. 70-75
2018 Milano Vetro-35 | Comune di Milano | p. 42
2017 Reminiscence | Ken Saunders Gallery
2016 The Glass Wheel Studio: Keeping the Creative Wheels Turning | Distinction Magazine, February 2016, p. 54-58
2015 Original Voices | American Art Collector Magazine, May 2015, p. 184-85
Original Voices | Ken Saunders Gallery | p. 74-87
Artist to Know | Where Magazine Chicago | April 2015, p. 19
2014 Reconstructed Memories: A Master's Thesis | Rochester Institute of Technology
2013 Glass Art Society International Student Exhibition Jurors Selection | p. 27
2012 Emerge 2012 | Bullseye Glass | p. 39
2008 Emerge 2008 | Bullseye Glass | p. 20-21
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2024 Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts (University of North Carolina School for the Arts) | Winston-Salem, NC
Glass Light Hotel and Gallery | Norfolk, VA
2016 Capital One | Richmond, VA
2003 East Richland High School | Olney, IL