JOSEPH ROSSANO
Born 1962 Lexington, Kentucky
Lives and works in Arlington, Washington

EDUCATION
1987 Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1987 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington

REPRESENTATION
The Lowe Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia
Imago Galleries – Palm Desert, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Google Fusion tables and the Art of DNA Barcoding, Google – CA

2009
The Barcode of Life: Environment-Evolution- Exuberance, Bill Lowe Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia

2008
Museum of Glass – Mirrored Murrelets - Exterior Installation in one hundred foot-long reflecting pool.
Interdependence, Millenia Fine Art – Orlando, Florida
Everything White, Sandra Ainsley Gallery - Toronto, Ontario, Canad

2007
Bellevue Arts Museum - Lobby exhibit, Bellevue, Washington
Thomas R. Riley Galleries, - Cleveland, Ohio
A Forest in Shadow, Habatat Galleries - Chicago, Illinois

2006
Sandra Ainsley Gallery - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Unspoken Connections, Bill Lowe Gallery - Santa Monica, CA

2005
Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Cleveland, Ohio
Sandra Ainsley Gallery - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004
Bill Lowe Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of Northwest Art -Vanished and Vanishing, La Connor, Washington
Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Cleveland, Ohio

2003
Habatat Galleries - Chicago, Illinois
Bill Lowe Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia
Joseph Rossano at The Lowe Gallery, Bill Lowe Gallery - Santa Monica, California

2002
Places in Time, Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Columbus, Ohio

2001
Vanished and Vanishing, Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Kirkland, Washington

2000
Vetri Gallery - Seattle, Washington

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Wild/Life, Museum of Northwest Art- La Conner, WA

2010
Pulse: Signs of Life, The Lowe Gallery- Atlanta, GA

2009 Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL
Anything but Clear: The Studio Glass Movement 1979 - 2009, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens – Memphis, TN

2008
Flock and Feathers: Birds in Culture, Science & Art, Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art - Scranton, PA
Narratives in Contemporary Glass, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Elliott Brown Gallery at SOFA Chicago, IL

2007
Green Matters, Elliott Brown Gallery at SOFA Chicago, IL
North of Seattle Biennial – Past Forward, Anacortes, Washington
Snohomish County Arts Council – The Art of Flight, Everett, Washington

2006
Galerie Internationale du Verre - Memory, Biot, France
Habatat Galleries - 33rd Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oaks, Michigan

2005
Habatat Galleries - Chicago, Illinois
Habatat Galleries - Fragile Nature, Royal Oaks, Michigan

2004
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg, Florida
Bryan Ohno Gallery - Seattle, Washington
Habatat Galleries - 32nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oaks, Michigan
Nikon Gallery - Photo Central, Traveling Group Photography Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Sandra Ainsley Gallery - Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2003
Bill Lowe Gallery - Selected New Works by Gallery Artists, Santa Monica, California
Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Waterford Crystal Traveling Exhibition, Kirkland, Washington
The Mansfield Art Center - Beauty Born of Fire-Contemporary Glass in America, Mansfield Ohio
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center - Homeland, Port Angeles, Washington

2002
Habatat Galleries - Team Chihuly, Chicago, Illinois

2001
Friesen Gallery - 25th Anniversary, Sun Valley, Idaho

SPECIAL PROJECTS & AWARDS
Smithsonian Institution – Artist’s Research Fellowship Nomination, 2011
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation – Biennial Award Nomination, 2009
Smithsonian Institution – Artist’s Research Fellowship Nomination, 2006
Ford Motor Company Fellowship with Earthwatch Institute, 2004
Earthwatch Community Fellowship- with Dr. Astrida Onat’s “Traditions of Cedar, Salmon and Gold”, Skagit River Basin, Washington.
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation – Biennial Award Nomination, 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professional Artist - Arlington, Washington, 1990-present
  


• Waterford Crystal - Waterford, Ireland, 1997-2004
  


• Artistic Coordinator and Program Director for Artists in Residency: Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Richard Royal, Richard Marquis, and Hiroshi Yamano. Oversight of project mission, schedule, and Waterford factory needs for artists. Developed and coordinated traveling exhibit of artists’ work in United States.
  


• Dale Chihuly Studio - Seattle, Washington, 1989-1997
  ---Glass Studio Manager- Liaison between Dale Chihuly and team. Responsible for daily interpretation of Chihuly’s artistic vision for glass blowing projects. Managed 30 full-time artists blowing at the studio, personnel, scheduling, contract negotiations, coordinating visiting artists, facility management, maintenance needs, negotiated supplier/contractors contracts, oversight of glass related expenses, negotiated barters.
  ---Head Gaffer (glass blowing team leader) - “Persian”, “Seaform”, and “Basket” series, worked with Italian glass masters Lino Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto on “Venetian” series.
  ---Project Manager – Glass Production, “Chihuly Over Venice” - Developed relationships with international studios in Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Japan and France. Managed glass blowing needs at each venue, artistic mission as directed by Chihuly, coordinated equipment and supply needs for each blow, oversight of staffing, travel, costs.
  


• Italo Scanga and Richard Royal - Seattle, Washington, 1991-1996
  Gaffer -Executed a series of Italo Scanga’s glass pieces, and assisted on the execution of collaborative glass pieces between Richard Royal and Italo Scanga.
  


• Pilchuck Glass School - Stanwood, Washington
  ---Associate Gaffer - with Nadege Desonatgze in the execution of her work, 2001
  Associate Gaffer - with William Morris for works by Italo Scanga, Judy Phaff, Patrick Reyntiens, Pike Powers, 1991-1993
  ---Associate Gaffer - with Martin Blank on work by Damian Priour, Andrew Ginzel and Christian Jones, Kurt Wallstab, Clifford Rainey, and
  James Watkins, 1991
  


• Dan Dailey - Kensington, Massachusetts, 1990, 1987
  Assistant -Assisted Richard Royal and Benjamin Moore in execution of blown glass head series.
  


• William Morris - Stanwood, Washington, 1988-1989
  Apprentice - Assisted William Morris in execution of series “Early Artifacts”, “Standing Stones”, “Stone Vessels”, and “River Rocks”. Responsible for studio organization and public demonstrations.
  
  
• William Dexter - Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1987
  Apprentice - Assisted in fabrication of glass studio. Vital member of production glass-blowing team.
  
• Corning Museum of Glass and Thomas Buechner, Curator - Corning, New York, 1987, 1989
  Assistant - with William Morris in fabrication of blown glass sculpture representing Buechner's interpretation of Wagner's "Ring."
  

MEDIA / PUBLICATIONS

1. Morse Museum, Winter Park, FL. Annual Public Lecture – “In Tiffany’s Steps – A Contemporary Glass Artist’s Journey.” March, 11, 2008.
   
2. Yood, James. “A Forest in Shadow: Joseph Rossano at Habatat Galleries,” Glass Quarterly: Art:Design:Culture, No. 107, 2007, p. 67.
   
3. Murray, Mike. “Northwest Reshapes N.Y. Artist,” Everett Herald, December 10, 2004.
   
4. Ament, Deloris Tarzan. “Joseph Rossano at the Museum of Northwest Art,” Artweek, April 2004, p.27.
   
5. Fiege, Gale. “Art of the Land,” Skagit Valley Herald, January 8, 2004.
   
6. Hudson Valley Daily Mail - “Multimedia artworks are rooted in the Catskills”, July 6, 2002
   
7. SOFA Chicago - Spokesperson for “Waterford Artist in Residency” Special Events, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
   
8. Arlington Times/Marysville Globe -"Pure Form Glass Jars Brighten Invitational Show," July 7, 1999
   
9. KCTS Seattle/PBS - with Dale Chihuly on “Chihuly Over Venice”, various locations, 1998
   
10. KCTS Seattle/PBS - “Seattle Evening” with Dale Chihuly and crew working on Persian series, Seattle, 1991
    
11. KCTS Seattle/PBS - “The Home Show” with Dale Chihuly and crew working on Float series, Seattle, 1991
    
12. NBC - “Today Show” with William Morris and crew making a “Stone Vessel”, New York, 1989