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The artist, Milissa Montini
My work in contemporary glass art is based on exploring form and color in glass with the interaction of light. My designs are timeless, reminiscent of an ancient lure. I use the murrini as the starting point and the basis for my design work.
My murrini work reflects a fascination with specific subject matter selected from personal encounters that have shaped my work and my life. The murrini patterns are abstracted designs found in nature, ranging from the beginning with insects and bugs, moving to the multifaceted field of vegetation in which we live, and expanding to the movement of the sea’s currents and its shells.
Milissa Montini CV in PDF
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2011 | Incendiary Dreams, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL |
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| 2010 | A Survey of Contemporary Flameworking, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL | |
| Pittsburgh Adorned: Classic to Contemporary, Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 2009 | Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Penland Book of Glass - Master Classes in Flamework Techniques |
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| Glass Line Magazine 4/5 2009 | ||
| Paul Stankard's Survey, Create Virtues onto an object | ||
| Reflections in Glass, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA | ||
| 2008 | International Flameworking Conference, Salem Community College, NJ |
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| 2007 | International Society of Glass Beadmakers in Minneapolis, MN |
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| 2007 | Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Glass Show, Oct. 19 – Nov. 16 |
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| 2006 | SOFA NY, Snyderman-Works Gallery |
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| 2005 | SOFA NY, & SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery Glass Weekend, Wheaton Village, NJ, Snyderman-Works Gallery |
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| 2004 | SOFA NY, & SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery | |
| 2003 | Glass Weekend, Wheaton Village, NJ, Snyderman-Works Gallery |
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| 2002 | Glass: Diverse Expressions, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI |
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| 2001 | SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery |
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| 2000 | SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| 1999 | SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| 1998 | Society of Glass Bead Makers Show, G.A.S. Conference, Seto, Japan | |
| 1997-1998 | Art for Aids, Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1997 | Debut! 1st Annual Group Invitational, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, |
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| 1996 | Riverside Design Group, Seoul, Korea |
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| 1995 | Art Show for the Homeless, Pittsburgh, PA |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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| 2007 | Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain, GAS Conference Presenter, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2007 ISGB Gathering Conference Presenter, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007 |
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| 2006 | The Glass Center Hilliards, PA |
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| 2004 | Private Studio, Aliquippa, PA |
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| 2000-1998 | Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
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| 2000 | The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
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| 1998 | The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
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| 1994-1999 | Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA Sweetwater Art Center, Sewickley, PA |
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| 1997 | Connie Hill-Rosenthal Studio, Youngstown, OH |
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| 1996 | Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA |
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EDUCATION |
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| 2005 | Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| 2004 | The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
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| 2002 | The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
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| 1997 | The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
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| 1996 | Hot Glass Horizons, Corning, NY |
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| 1995 | Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA |
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| 1993 | Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA |
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| 1992 | Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA |
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| 1976 | The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2009 | Penland Book of Glass - Master Classes in Flamework Techniques | |
| Glass Line Magazine 4/5 2009 | ||
| Paul Stankards Survey, Create Virtues onto an object | ||
| 2007 | New Glass Review 28 | |
| 2006 | 25 Years of New Glass Review | |
| 2003 | NY Arts, Glass: Interpretations on a Vision | |
| 2002 | New Glass Review 23 |
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COMMISSION |
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| 2001 | Mystery Sphere for Dan Daley | |