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Motorcity Glassworks

artworkby: Kevin Carlin

Kevin P. Carlin

Education
   2003 -    BFA, College for Creative Studies, major in glass art

Workshops
   2000 -    University of Hawaii at Manoa, instructor Rick Mills
2001 -    Pilchuck Glass School, "Thirty year Glass review" instructor John Miller
2002 -    Pilchuck Glass School, "Design Theory" Instructors David Levy, Peter Ivy

Employment
   2000 - 2002 Assistant for Glassblower, Geoff Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii
2002 - 2003 Assistant for glassblower, Jeff Mack, Detroit, Michigan
2003 - 2004 Assistant for glass artist, Herb Babcock, Detroit Michigan
2003 - 2006 Assistant for glassblower, Andrew Madvin, Detroit Michigan
2004 - 2006 silversmith, Barbara Cary Jewelery LLC, Birmingham, Michigan
2006 - present Motorcity Glassworks LLC. owner, designer, gaffer, engraver

Group Exhibitions
   2000 -    Manoa Gallery, "Big Bubble Bonanza" Honolulu, Hawaii
2001 -    Noel Night, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2001 -    Michigan Hot Glass Gallery, "Hot Glass Artists" Detroit, Michigan
2002 -    Janice Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
2002 -    U245 "CCS Artists" Detroit, Michigan
2003 -    Janice Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
2003 -    U245 "Glass" Detroit, Michigan
2003 -    College for Creative Studies "CCS Senior Thesis Show" Detroit, Michigan
2005 -    Janice Epstein Gallery, West Bloomfield, Michigan
2005 -    Axiom Glass "Transparent Windows" Detroit, Michigan
2010 - Glass Art Guild of Utah Fine Art Show, Salt Lake City, Utah

Juried Shows
   2006 -    American Craft Council, Fine Craft Show, Atlanta, Georgia
2006 -    American Craft Council, Fine Craft Show, Charlotte, North Carolina
2006 -    Orchard Lake Fine Art Fair, Orchard Lake, Michigan
2006 -    American Craft Council, Fine Craft Show, San Francisco, California
2006 -    American Craft Council, Fine Craft Show, Sarasota, Florida
2007 -    Boca Raton Art Fair, Boca Raton, Florida
2007 - Art Fair Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2007 - Detroit festival of the arts, Detroit, Michigan
2010 - Park City Art Festival, Park City, Utah

Scholarships
2001 -    University of Hawaii, Pilchuck Scholarship
2001 -    College for Creative Studies student half scholarship
2002 -    College for Creative Studies Pilchuck Scholarship

Awards
   2007 - Arther L. Johnson Excelence Award
2010 - Best of Show. Glass art guild of Utah Art Show

Publications
2003 -    Detroit News, "Ring of Fire" article on Detroit's upcoming glass artists

Commissions
2003 -    St. Claire Shores Public Library, five panel stained glass window
2005 -    Salt Lake City, Utah. Garden Sculpture, Private residence

Galleries
- A Gallery - Salt Lake City, Utah