HIGHLIGHTS
Experience in the following areas of glass crafts
- stone wheel engraving
- glass engraving lathes set-up
- drill engraving
- glass blowing
- stained glass
WORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Northlands Creative Glass ( Scotland) - Artist in residance Feb. - March 2008
- Sheridan College - Glass engraving instructor 1991-current
- Living Arts Centre- Mississauga, Ontario - Sept.01.2004 a resident of the glass studio
- Espace Verre - Montreal - "workshop for professionals" June09-14 / 2003
Aug. 11-14 /03 Oct. 9-13 /03 Oct19-29/04 - stone wheel engraving course.
- Glass Dreams - self operated craft shop - glass blowing and stone wheel engraving
own and custom made designs, repairs to glass 1989-2004
- Harbourfront Centre glass studio (Toronto) - full time resident with the award of one year scholarship
1993-1995
- Kristos- stone wheel engraving glass shop (Athens - Greece) - custom made designs for leaded crystal glass 1984-1985
- Father`s - stone wheel engraving glass shop (Warsaw - Poland) - custom made designs for leaded crystal and soda lime glass, repairs to glass 1977-1984
EDUCATION
- Sheridan College - 3 years glass program - School of Crafts and Design (Canada) 1990-1993
- Rosa Luxemburg - technical secondary school (mechanics) final diploma (Poland) 1976-1980
EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS
- 2010- FIMA -Festival International Montreal an Arts - Honourable Mention
- 2007 - Work has been purchased into the permanent collection of Royal Ontario Museum
- GLASRIJK TUBBERGEN -Glass Art Exhibition Holland 2006
- Glass Sellers Prize - 1st time entry in the Guild of Glass Engravers Exhibition
December 2004- London England
- Best Glass Award- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2002
- 2002 - work have been purchased as a part of the Fine Art Collection of the Departament of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Galerie Elena Lee Verre D`Art (Montreal) - annual student and faculty exhibition 1991-2002
- Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery (Waterloo-Ontario) - DIRECTIONS - The Glass Art Association of Canada - Members exhibition 1994
- True Places Gallery (Mississauga- Ontario) - Dream in Glass- one man show 1994
- Burlington-( Ontario ) Spring Craft Fair - Award of Excellence 1990
- Owen Sound (Ontario) Craft Show - Best of show 1992, 1993
PRFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- The Giuld of Glass Engravers ,London, UK
- Glass Art Association of Canada,
- Guild of Glass Engravers, Ontario Craft Council
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