NIIJIAM GLASS ART CENTER

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B Bruce Chao (ブルース・チャオ)
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1. PROCESSION (24'L x 5'W x 24'H) 1990
2. WINDOW SEATS (32"L x 16"W x 42"H) 1986
3. MOTE (12'D x 14'W x 13'H) 1994
4. (10'Lx 4.5"W x 6'10") 1989
5. GALL (15'D) 1997
6. BERG (12'L x 8'3'W x 6'H) 1998
7. RENDS (15'L x 2'7"W x 7'7"H) 1989
8. EYELET(16'L x 9'W x 11'H) 1994
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ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1993 Rhode Island College, Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI
1989 O.K. Harris Gallery, NYC, NY
1982 80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA
1981 Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
1979 " Suspended ", PS 1 Auditorium,
Institute for Art & Urban Resources, NYC, NY
1978 " Angels ",O.K. Harris Gallery, NYC, NY
1977 " An Invisible Barrier ", O.K. Harris Gallery, NYC, NY
" 3 Transparent Installations ",
Sullivant Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION IN GROUP EXHIBITION:
1993 " Glass Installations ", American Craft Museum, NYC
1990 " Glassworks ", Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1987 " Glass: Another View ", University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hononolulu, HI
1986 " Glas '86 ", Fortress of Asperon, Leerdam, Holland
1984 " Large Glass Installations ", Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1980 Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
The New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
" Stacked, Packed and Hung ", N.A.M.E. gallery, Chicago, IL
" Five Ohio Sculptors", Contemporary Art Center, Chincinnati, OH
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1997-99 " The Glass Skin ", Japan: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo: Shimonoseki City Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu. USA: The Corning Museum of Glass, NY. Germany: Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, kunstsammlungen Der Veste Coburg
1991 " Exposition Art Contemporain du Verre", Upper Normandy Regional Council, Rouen, France
1991-94 DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, 3-year loan of "Berg" (outdoors), Lincoln, Ma
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1995 Milne, Victoria, " Glasshouse " (a travel research project), Glass [magazine], #61, Fall.
1993 Princenthal, Nancy, " Glass Installations ", American Craft Museum catalgue essay.
Kuspit, Donald, " Bruce Chao's Arc from Purlity to the Uncanny ", Glass [magazine], #51, Spring.
1980 Olander, William, " Ohio Sculptors: Score & Performance ", Dialogue, May-June.
1979 Kuspit, Donald, " Columbus ", Art in America, July-August
Bell, Tiffany, Review, Arts February
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AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS:
1996 NEA United States/Japan Creative Artist Fellowship (Travel/Research)
1990 NEA Arrtist Fellowship Grant, Sculpture
1981 NEA Artist Fellowship Grant, Sculpture
Ohio State University Arts College Reseach Grant, Sculpture
Nominee, Awards in the Visual Arts (1), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
1976 NEA Artist Fellowship Grant, Sculpture
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EDUCATION:
1974-75 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI MFA,1975
1973 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1971-73 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI BFA,1973
1969-71 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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EMPLOYMENT, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1982-99 Glass Department Head, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1982-84 Designer, hand-blown glassware, Dansk International Designs, Ltd., Mt. Kisco, NY
1982 production site inspection, Dalien, Peoples Republic og China
1976-82 Assistant Professor of Art, Glass Program Coodinator, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1980 Prop Designer/Maker (blown glass), "Dead End Kids", JoAnne Akalaitis, director; Joseph Papp, producer; at the Public Theatre, NYC (11/18/80-3/1/81)

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