Resume
ARTIST RESUME
Solange Ledwith
Phone: (985)710-3873
Email: solange@swampgirlglassllc.com
Website: swampgirlglassllc.com
Instagram: @swampgirlglass
FB: Swamp Girl Glass Blowing
EDUCATION
2015 Lampworking with Roger Parramore, Zollie Glass Studio, San Antonio,
TX
2014 Fuels Apprentice Certification, Sheppard AFB, TX
2014 Air Force Basic Training, Lackland AFB, TX
2009 “The Glass Matrix”, Pilchuck, WA
2008 California State University, Fullerton, CA
Masters of Art; Emphasis: Studio Art/Glass
2008 “Making a Hard thing Harder”, Pilchuck, WA
2008 “Sculpting Inside the Vessel”, Van Nuys, CA
2008 “The Glass Skin”, Summer Arts, Fresno, CA
2006 California State University, Chico, CA
Bachelors of Art, Emphasis: Studio Art/Glass
2006 “Painting with Light”, Fullerton, CA
2004 “Blow and Glow”, Corning, NY
2004 “The Figure in Glass”, Summer Arts, Fresno, CA
WORK/ PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
2018-Current Swamp Girl Glass Blowing LLC, Slidell, LA - Owner
2018-Current YAYA Art Center, New Orleans, - Education Outreach Director/Instructor/Studio Manager Assistant
2010-Current Rose Tree Glass Studio, New Orleans, LA
– Gaffer/Fabricator,Product Management
2010-2011 Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA – Artist Assistant
2010 Assistance in production of glass eyes for Tim Burton robot, Los Angeles, CA
2010 “Deepwater Horizon Response”, New Orleans, LA
– Installation Artist Assistant for Mitchell Gaudet
2010 “Living With Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond”, New Orleans, LA
- Installation Artist Assistant for Mitchell Gaudet
2010 Artist Assistant for Paul Rucker, Pilchuck Glass School, WA
2006–2010 Cariati Studios, Los Angeles, CA, (Contract Work)
– Artist Assistant,Production/Office Management
2007-2010 Revolution Glass, El Segundo, CA (Contract Work)
– Artist Assistant, Production/Office Management
2008-2009 Katherine Gray, San Bernardino, CA (Contract Work)
– Artist Assistant
- Viccolo Glass, Van Nuys, CA (Contract Work) – Artist Assistant
2007-2009 Kataylst Foundation for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
– Gallery Assistant
- Steve Klein Studios, Orange, CA(Contract Work) – Artist Assistant
- Chamberlain Glass, Los Angeles, CA (Contract Work)
– Artist Assistant
2006 “End of Empire”, Fullerton, CA – Installation/Fabrication Artist
- Assistant for the De La Torre brothers, Main Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
2005-2006 Kalen Glass, Orange, CA (Contract Work) – Artist Assistant
2005-2006 Jeff Price Studios, Santa Ana, CA (Contract Work)
– Artist Assistant
2005-2006 United Glass Studio, Santa Ana, CA (Contract Work)
– Artist Assistant
- Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA – Kitchen Assistant
- Urban Glass Studio, Brookyln, NY – Studio Technician
2004-2005 Satava Art and Glass, Chico, CA (Contract Work) – Artist Assistant
TEACHING /TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE
2018 Glass/Art Making with NOLA Homeschoolers, Southeastern Homeschool
Group – Slidell, LA
2018 Glass Making/Blowing/Professional Practices – YAYA Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2018 ‘Create-Your-Own’ Glass Courses, Swamp Girl Glass Blowing
2010-2018 ‘Blow Your Own Ornament/Pumpkin’, Rose Tree Glass Studio, NO, LA
2009 Pilchuck, WA – Cups with Cane – Tom Rowney
2008 Revolution Glass Studio, El Segundo – Begininning Glass – Josh
Gelfand
- CSU, Fullerton – Beginning and Advanced Glass – with Joe
Cariati and John Leighton
2005 Urban Glass Studio - Beginning Glass 2 - James McCloed
2005 NYU / LIU Urban Glass Studio - Beginning Glass - James McCloed
2004 CSU, Chico - Beginning Glass - Patrick Collentine
SOLO EXHIBITION
2008 Master of Arts Exhibition, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
2007 ‘Pick Up The Pieces’, Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
2006 ‘With Imagination’ PS 51, Bronx, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Glass and Metal SCULPTURE EXHIBITION”, Studio Waveland, MS
2018 “Phosphorescence and Flurescence”, Studio Waveland, MS
2018 “Vibrenese”, Studio Waveland, MS
2011 “Interwoven”, Gallery 57, Pomona, CA
2011 “Glass in All Senses”, Brattleboro Museum, VT
2010 “Transitions”, Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Wheaton Fellows, Millville, NJ
2009 Student Auction, Pilchuck, WA
2009 “How Is This Glass”, Corning, NY
2009 “LA Glassworks Open House”, El Segundo, CA
2009 “Cirque de Verre”, Millville, NJ
2008 “Collaboration”, Katalyst Foundation for the Arts, LA, CA
2008 28th Annual Auction, Pilchuck, WA
2008 Student Auction, Pilchuck, WA
2007 “Taste of LA”, Los Angeles, CA
2007 “Power of the Skirt”, Dogwood Fine Art Gallery, Running
Springs, CA
2007 “The Glass Show”, Center Gallery, CSU, Fullerton, CA
2006 Student Auction, Pilchuck, WA
2006 “History of Glass”, Pilchuck Staff Show, Stanwood, WA
2005 “Friends in Glass”, CSU, Fullerton, CA
2005 Student Auction, Pilchuck, WA
2005 27th Annual Auction, Pilchuck, WA
2005 “History of Glass”, Pilchuck Staff Show, Stanwood, WA
2004 “That Glass Thing”, President's Gallery, Fresno, CA
2004 “Nature by Nature”, BFA Gallery, Chico, CA
2004 50th Annual CSUC Juried Show, Chico, CA
2003 49th Annual CSUC Juried Show, Chico, CA
2003 “Fired”, Humanities Gallery, Chico, CA
2002 Vagabond Rose Gallery, Chico, CA
2002 “Pure Dope”, BFA Gallery, Chico, CA
2001 Senator Theatre, Chico, CA
SELECTED AWARDS
2010 Wheaton Fellow Recipient
2009 GALA Scholarship, “The Glass Matrix”, Pilchuck, WA
2008 Sue Bradford Hauberg FULL Scholarship, “Making a Hard Thing Harder”, Pilchuck, WA
2008 Summer Arts workshop, “The Glass Skin”, Fresno, CA
2004 Summer Arts workshop, “The Figure in Glass”, scholarship,
Fresno, CA
PUBLICATIONS
NEUES GLAS ‘Glass Dresses’, by Jennifer Scanlan, Associate Curator, Museum of
Arts, and Design, NY, USA, No. 2/2012, p.32-37
CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS ‘How is this Glass?’, by Yuka Otani and Anjali Srinivasan, NY, USA, BIB NO. 144719
NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE ‘Fiery Dance: Glass Blower passionate about her art’, by Kathleen Deshotel, May 2014, p01G
STUDIUM California State University, Chico, CA, Volume 5, Spring 2004,
“California Warmth”, p.2, 93
Corning Museum of Glass, ‘How is this Glass’
New Orleans Advocate
COMMISSIONS
2013 ‘Pelicans on Parade’ – North Shore Dermantology, 2780 Gause Blvd E,
Slidell, LA
2013 ‘Pelicans on Parade’ – Dr. Ileana Tandrum, Gause Blvd E, Slidell, LA
2013 Graffiti Mural, Debbie Roger’s Manor, Slidell, LA
2010-2012 ‘Live Confident’ Tournament Design Logo, Slidell, LA
2010-2011 ‘Live Confident’ Haunted House Design and Fabrication, Slidell, LA
2010 ‘Live Confident’ Open House Caricature Artist, Slidell, LA
2010 ‘Live Confident’ Auction Piece Designs and Fabrications, Slidell, LA
2010 Grayson Mural, Slidell, LA, Mural – Home Decor
2008 ‘Unrestricted’, Los Angeles, CA, glass centerpiece, Gallery Decor
- PS 51, Bronx, NY, Mural – Public School Decor