RACHEL JOSEPHER GASPERS

Port Townsend, Washington 98368

Birthdate: July 29, 1947* Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:

2007

Art Port Townsend, Juried Exhibition

2006

INSTALLATION in Webster's Woods ARt Park, Port Angeles, WA

"DISASTER" Exhibition, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, WA

Art Mine, opening exhibition, Port Hadlock, WA

Abstract Exhibition, Northwinds Gallery, 2006

2005

Art Port Townsend, West Coast Juried show,
Esther Luttikhuizen, Juror

2004

Northwind Gallery, Figurative Art Juried Exhibition,
Port Townsend, WA
Northwind Gallery, Abstract Art Juried Show,
Port Townsend, WA

2003

Port Townsend Gallery, one woman show paintings/sculptures

2002

City of Dreams Exhibition, Seattle, Wa,
Curator: Lamar Harrington

1998

Totally Sculpture Show, Jaqua Gallery, Port Townsend, WA

1996

Metropolis Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, Solo Show
North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center,
Golden, Colo.
Juror: Manuel Neri
Manhattan Arts International Magazine, Artist Showcase Award Winner

1995

Manhattan Arts International Magazine, Critic's Pix Award, New York

1994

Francis and June Spiezer Collection of Art "A Passionate Perspective",
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Manhattan Arts International Magazine, Critic's Pix Award, NewYork
Revue Magazine of Sculpture, Juried publication, Loveland, Colorado

1993

Carpe Diem Gallery, Paris, France
Galerie Herrmann, Drachselsried, Germany
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, solo show

1992

Carpe Diem Gallery, Paris, France
Galerie Herrmann, Drachselsried, Germany
Franklin House Gallery, solo shows Port Townsend, WA

1991

New Glass Review, #12 Nues Glass magazine
Carpe Diem Gallery, Paris, France
Galerie Herrmann, Drachselsried, Germany
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1990

13th Annual Pilchuck Exhibition William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Bumbershoot "Never Before Funded" Show Seattle, Washington
"Farewell to Fish" Solo show, Blue Heron Gallery, Washington
Coos Bay Art Museum Nature & Wildlife Exhibition, Coos Bay, Oregon
"Making It Bold" Invitational IV, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Glass Invitational Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
Teaching Assistant to Klaus Moje Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington

1989

Southwest Glass Invitational Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Featured Artist, April 1989 Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California
National Glass Competition Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
6 Artists Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, California

1988

The International Exhibition of Glass '88 Kanazawa, Japan
Design '88 Showplace Design Center Juror: Kenneth Trapp
Renwick Gallery Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Summer Glass Invitational Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
Kirvan/Bartoscewicz Gallery Christmas Show Palm Springs, California
Inanimate Animals Multimedia Show, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, California
Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show Tacoma, Washington
Living Artists of Bolinas, Bolinas, California

1987

Wyoming Glass International Exhibition Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming
Juror: Dale Chihuly
Stained Glass Association of America International Competition & Exhibition,
Corning Museum of Glass
Exhibition '87 National Competition Berkeley Art Center Association
Jurors: Kenneth Baker, Ruth Braunstein, M. Parmenter
Design '87 - Baulines Craftsmen's Guild
Jurors: Lloyd Herman, Ann Robbins
Reflections '87: Glass Invitational and Photography Competition
Brea Civic & Cultural Center, Brea, California

1986

Scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School with Klaus Moje
Glass Art Glass Honolulu, Hawaii
Wichita National Competition Wichita, Kansas Juror: Helen Drutt-English
Lillian Paley Center for the Visual Arts Oakland, California
"American Style" - Macy's San Francisco, California

1984

Two Woman Show Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, California Marin Art & Garden Center Competition
Juror: Kenneth Trapp

1986, 85

Marin County Fine Crafts Show Awards

1978

"Art in Public Places" Award California Arts Council

1976

One Woman Show Fig Tree Gallery, San Francisco

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

9/93 - CURRENTLY Paleontological Preparato (Volunteer),
Burke Museum of NaturalHistory,
Seattle, Washington

EDUCATION

1986

Pilchuck School Scholarship Stanwood, Washington
Klaus Moje, Instructor
Fused and cast glass technique

1984-86

California College of Arts & Crafts Oakland, California
Marvin Lipofsky, Instructor
Glass technique, painting, drawing

1956-58

Brooklyn Museum of Art
Drawing technique

ACADEMIC DEGREE:

Master of Public Health, Immunology, 1972<
University of California, Berkeley

PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS:

1996 Manhatten Arts International Magazine, Artist Showcase Award Winner
1995 Manhatten Arts International Magazine
1994 Revue Magazine of Sculpture Manhatten Arts International Magazine
1990 New Glass Review, #12, Nues Glass magazine
1989 Professional Stained Glass feature article, Aug. 1989
1988 Pacific Sun feature article by Dorothy Kelly
1985 Pt. Reyes Light Joanne Dickson, art journalist
1982 Handcrafted Doors & Windows Rodale Press, Amy Z. Rowland
1976, 84 Marin Independent Journal feature articles
1976 San Francisco Chronicle Alfred Frankenstein, art critic
Pacific Sun Tom Cervenick, art critic

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

Francis and June Spiezer, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford , Illinois
Ralph and Shirley Odes, Highland Park, Illinois
Anthony and Gay Frank, Belvedere, California
MG and Jerry Garcia, Stinson Beach, CA