GLENN GRISHKOFF Studio/Office: 714-290-6903
2107 Nyon Place Email: glenngrishkoff5@gmail.com
Anaheim, CA 92806 USA Web Site: www.glenngrishkoff.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A. 1992, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
B.F.A. 1990, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
A.A. 1985, Cypress Community College, Cypress, CA
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-2012 Visiting Professor, Ceramics, Sculpture, 3D Design, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
2003-2004 Assistant Professor of Art: Sculpture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2000-2003 Assistant Professor of Art: Ceramics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
1997-2000 Visiting Instructor of Art: Ceramics, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
1993-1997 Assistant Professor of Art: Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
1993 Lecturer: Cypress Community College, Cypress, CA
1992 Lecturer: University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
INVITATIONAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES AT COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND ART CENTERS
2009 A Brush with Art, Mud-Pi Artist-in Resident and Workshop Presenter, Florida Keys Community College, Key West, FL
A Brush with Art, Visiting Artist Residency, Black Hill State University, , Black Hill, SD
2008 Hill Tribe Reflections, Chiang Dao Artist-in Resident, Chiang Dao, Thailand, April 15th to June15th
Mud-Pi Guest Resident, Workshop Presenter, March 3rd to March 18th, Key West, FL
2007 Hope Circle Fine Arts Residency, Workshop presenter, Outskirts Gallery, Hope ID
Marshall University Visiting Artist, Marshall University Department of Art and Design, Huntington, WV
Westminster College Visiting Artist Residency, Westminster College Department of Art, New Wilmington, PA
2006 Guest Resident Artist and Instructor, New Mexico State University, Alamogordo Branch Community College
2005 Senior National Guest Residency Fellowship, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland OR
Visiting Guest Artist Residency Fellowship, LH Ceramics Project, Joseph, OR
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 A Brush with Life, Oxnard College, McNish Gallery, Oxnard, CA
2009 Beyond Brushes and Function, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD
2008 Beyond Brushes and Function, Jacklin Arts & Culture Center, Post Falls, ID
2007 Brushing Away the Dust: Getting Back up on the Horse Again, Pendleton Center for the Arts,
Brushing Away the Dust: Getting Back up on the Horse Again, Birke Art Gallery, Department
of Art and Design, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
2005 Grishkoff’s Treasures, Recent Mix Media, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2004 The Tool as Art, da Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
2003 Collaboration with Nature; Brushes, Ceramics and Marks, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
AWARDS/Grants/Fellowships
2008 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Award, Idaho Council on the Arts, Boise, ID
Quick Arts Awards, Idaho Council on the Arts , Two grant awards submitted by arts organizations on my behalf, Boise, ID
2005 First Place, National American Bamboo Society Annual Arts & Crafts Competition winner.
2003 Art Equinox, Jurors Award in Sculpture, Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
1999 Quick Arts Grant, maximum funding , Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, ID
1998 East Meets West; Keynote Speaker & Workshop Presenter, Northwest Art Education Conference , Funded by an arts education grant, from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
1995 Faculty Travel Research Grant, travel and research money awarded to research artists in South Africa and Namibia, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
1994 Fully Funded Visiting Artist Fellowship Award, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
1992 Participant Award, International Workshop for Ceramic Art Tokoname, Tokoname, Japan
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2009-Present Heirloom Brush Commissions, Ongoing project creating heirloom sculptures as works of art for individuals, future website (www.heirloombrushes.com), focusing on works of art that document the lives of humans and animals using important personal objects and photos.
2013 Commissioned by Colleen Atwood (Hollywood costume designer) and Will Smith (actor), to create a series of interactive brush sculptures for proposed movie, Redemption of Cane, beginning the fall of 2012 and ending Spring of 2013.
WEBSITE PUBLICATIONS
2013 Produced by Oxnard College FTVE Program, Glenn Grishkoff, A Brush with Life, 2013, http://youtu./be/xMapzTk6JK0
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2014 Flora and Fauna, ceramics exhibition, The Brinton Museum, Big Horn WY, June 15th to September 2nd of 2014, curated by Elaine Olafson Henry, editor and publisher of ceramic journals Ceramics: Art and Perception and Ceramics TECHNICAL, full color catalog
Summer Visiting Resident Artist Exhibition, Sierra Nevada College, Prim Gallery, June 10 to September 6, Incline Village, NV
2013 15th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coeur d' Alene, ID
Silica Ceramics Studios Fall Invitational, Silica Studios Gallery, December, Palm Springs, CA
2012 CELEBRATE exhibition Guest Artist, lead Brush making and Painting to Music lessons during ARTsmart, curated by Terry Lenihan, Thomas P. Kelly Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
2011 A Brush With Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture and Handmade Brushes, Painted Fish Gallery, Dunedon, FL, new Yasuko Nakamura, Simon Boses and Glenn Grishkoff
The Soldner Society, The Heights Waterfront Gallery, in conjunction with “Tidal Forces”, 2011 Conference in Tampa sponsored by the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, Tampa, FL
2010 New Faculty Show, Glenn Grishkoff, Julia Salinger and Frances Jetter, The Truro Art Center Art Gallery Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2009 The 100th Show Celebration: 10 Artists, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID,
Summer Visiting Artists Faculty Invitational”, Sierra Nevada College, Prim Gallery, Incline Village, NV
2008 Mud-Pi International Workshop Exhibition: Key West, Kyoto and Beyond, Art@830 Gallery, in conjunction with Mud-pi Florida Keys Community College, Key West, Florida
The 10th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2007 Yuma Symposium Visiting Artists Exhibition, Yuma Fine Arts Association, in conjunction as an invited speaker and demonstrator for the Yuma Symposium, Yuma AZ
Hot Clay Summer Exhibition of Instructors, Idyllwild Arts Foundation, Parks Exhibition Center,
Idyllwild, CA
2006 Defining the Bamboo Aesthetic, The Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery,
Portland, OR
2005 Small Works Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2004 Standing Room Only: 60th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery,
Claremont, CA
1999 1994 Exhibition of Works born at the Park, Artists in Residence, Shigaraki Cultural Ceramic Park, Shigaraki, Japan
CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coeur d’Alene, ID, owner Steve Gibbs
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Coleen Atwood, costume designer
Will Smith, actor
Huell Howeser, producer of "California Gold", TV documentries
Wayne Gretzky estate
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, guest artist museum collection, Shigaraki, Japan
International Workshop Ceramic Art Tokoname, resident collection, Tokoname, Japan
LH Ceramic Project, guest resident collection, Joseph, OR
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Peter and Anadair Voulkos estate
David Armstrong, founder of the American Museum of Ceramic art, Armstrong Gallery
Steve Gibbs, owner and founder of The Art Spirit Gallery
Paul Soldner estate
Ida Shoichi estate
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS AS PRESENTER
Hill Tribe Festival, Chiang Dao, Thailand
Chiang Dao Wittavakhom High School, Chiang Dao, Thailand
Mashiko Museum of Art, Mashiko, Japan
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
International Workshop Ceramic Art Tokoname, Tokoname, Japan
SELECTED USA WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES AS PRESENTER
The St. Petersburg Museum of Contemporary Craft, FL
McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH
Archie Bray Ceramic Foundation, Helena, MT
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Yuma Arts Symposium, Yuma, AZ
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
The Wooster Functional Ceramic Conference, Wooster, OH
Idyllwild Arts Foundation, “Hot Clay”, Idyllwild, CA
Sierra Nevada College,Summer Workshop Program, Incline Village, NV
Mud-Pi International Ceramic Workshop, Key West, FL
Chautauqua School of Fine Art, Chautauqua, NY
Cleveland Art Institute, Cleveland, OH
The South West School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
Woodstoke Ceramic Workshop, Penryn, CA
Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Iowa State University, Department of Art, Aims, IA
The Hands Workshop, Richmond, VA
Loyola Mary Mount University, Los Angeles, CA
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Outskirts Gallery, Hope, ID
Eckard College, St Petersburgh, FL