DAVID WILLIS
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley, BA, 1992
Interdepartmental Field Studies Major, area of concentration,
Social Change, Minor in Conservation and Resources Studies
1997 – Present Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA: Student,
Teaching Assistant, Studio Coordinator, Instructor, Trustee
2005 – 2009 Continuing Education in Art History, University of Oregon
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Surge, Group show, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA
2023 Exhibition, Austin/Hohmann Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2021 Viral Glass2021, Habatat Glass, Virtual Exhibition
2021 Group Show, Orchids: Attraction and Deception, Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, VA 2020 Pandemic
2019 Exhibition, Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA
2018 Group Show, Narratives in Glass, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2017 Group Show featuring Lino Tagliapietra and Toots Zynsky, David Willis
Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA
2016 Commission for High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
2015 Featured Artist, International Flameworking Conference, Salem, NJ
2015 Solo Show, Picking Up What I’m Putting Down, Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA
2014 Work exhibited at Austin Art Projects pop-up, Chicago
2014 Group Show, Peoples Art of Portland, Portland, OR
2013 Work exhibited at opening of Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA
2012 Visiting Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA 2012 Group Show,
50 x 50, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2010 Group Show,
Realism in Diverse Media, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2010 Featured Artist, Niijima International Glass Art Festival, Nijima, Japan
2010 Group Show, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2010 Group Show, Ephemeral: A Group Exhibition of New Glass Sculpture,
Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Group Show, Material Expression: New Works in Glass, Heller Gallery,
New York, NY
2009 Pilchuck on Display: An Exhibition of International Glass Art, Seattle, WA
2008 Group Show, 26th Annual International Glass Invitational,
Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2007 Group Show, NewArt Northwest, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art,
University of Oregon
2007 Group Show, MetaMedia, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 2007 Group Show,
Weeds, Seeds and Buds, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
2006 SOFA New York, Mostly Glass Gallery, Englewood, NJ 2006 Group Show,
Global Views, Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2005 SOFA Chicago,
Mostly Glass Gallery
2005 SOFA New York, Mostly Glass Gallery
2005 Group Show, The ABC of Glass, Mostly Glass Gallery 2004 SOFA
Palm Beach, Mostly Glass Gallery
2004 Solo Show, Mostly Glass Gallery
2003 Group Show, National Glass Invitational, Chemeketa Community College,Salem, OR
2002 Group Show, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2001 Group Show, Passing the Torch, West End Gallery, Corning, NY
TEACHING AND TECHNICAL EXPIRENCE
2023 Instructor, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass
2022 Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School
2022 Lecturer, University of Washington, School of Art, Art History and Design
2021 Lecturer, University of Washington, School of Art, Art History and Design, 3D4M, Introduction to Glass
2021 (cancelled) Instructor, The Penland School of Craft
2020 (cancelled) Instructor, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass
2018 Demonstrating Artist, Glass Art Society Annual Conference, Murano, IT
2017 Instructor, Flameworking, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Featured Artist at International Flameworking Conference, Salem, NJ
2015 Instructor, Flameworking, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2014 Instructor, Flameworking, Pilchuck Glass School
2013 Instructor, Flameworking, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass
2012 Instructor, Flameworking, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2011 Instructor, Flameworking, Pilchuck Glass School
2010 Invited Demonstrator, Glass Art Society Conference, Louisville, KY
2010 Instructor, Flameworking: From Beads to Botanicals,
Niijima International Glass Art Festival
2009 Instructor, Flameworking, University of Oregon 2008 Instructor,
Flameworking, University of Oregon
2007 Adjunct Faculty Member, Flameworking, Chemeketa Community College,
Salem, OR
2007 Instructor, Flameworking, University of Oregon
2006 Visiting Artist demonstration, Pilchuck Glass School
2006 Instructor, Sculptural Flameworking, University of Oregon
2006 Instructor, Fine Goblet Making, Eugene Glass School
2006 Instructor, Flameworking, University of Oregon
2005 Flameworking Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School
2005 Instructor, Flameworking, University of Oregon
2005 Invited Demonstrator, Glass Art Society, annual conference, Adelaide, Australia
2005 Instructor, Advanced Flameworking, Eugene Glass School
2004 Teaching Assistant for Roger Parramore, Pilchuck Glass School
2004 Flameworking Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School
2003 Saxe Award Nominee, Pilchuck Glass School
2003 Instructor, Fine Goblet Making, Eugene Glass School
2003 Flameworking Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass
2002 Instructor, Goblet Making, Eugene Glass School
2002 Studio Assistant in Flameworking, Penland School of Crafts
2002 Teaching Assistant for Roger Parramore and Boyd Sugiki, Pilchuck Glass School
2002 Flameworking Shop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School
2002 Teaching Assistant for Roger Parramore, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2001 Flameworking Shop Coordinator. Pilchuck Glass School
2000 Teaching Assistant for Roger Parramore, Pilchuck Glass School
1999 Teaching Assistant for Roger Parramore, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR
1999 Student with Roger Parramore, Pilchuck Glass School
1999 Student with Roger Parramore, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass
1998 Student with Tina Aufiero, glass casting, Pilchuck Glass School
1997 Student with Jocelyn Prince, glassblowing, hot casting, coldworking, Pilchuck Glass School
1994 Began flameworking apprenticeship with Bob Snodgrass, Eugene, OR