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KELLY O’DELL
Kelly O'Dell was captivated by glass many years ago by watching her father's glassblowing as she grew up. Kelly's goal in her desi...
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Kelly O'Dell was captivated by glass many years ago by watching her father's glassblowing as she grew up. Kelly's goal in her desi...
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KELLY O’DELL
Kelly O'Dell was captivated by glass many years ago by watching her father's glassblowing as she grew up. Kelly's goal in her design-work is to create a visually alluring composition of color, light, and mass. She currently produces her work at the Pilchuck Glass School.
In 2003 O'Dell joined the William Morris blowing team and found herself searching for a way to exhibit and refine her newfound skills. Dinosaurs became her subject and focus, due to the technical challenge they presented, as well as their significance in her life. "I am unearthing themes born of extinction, preservation, discovery, memory, and self-reflection," says O'Dell. "By studying bone structures and fossils I often arrive at thoughts of my own mortality." She refers to these pieces as memento mori, a physical manifestation that reminds the owner that all things are mortal.
Education
1999 BFA in Studio Art, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1996-06 Various workshops attended/assisted/co-instructed or demonstrations given at: Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK BAGI Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA Konawaena High School, Kona, Hawaii Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Punahou High School, Honolulu, Hawaii San Francisco State University, CA University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, NY The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Selected Exhibitions
2008 65 Million Years, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2007 Young Glass 2007,GlasmuseetEbeltoft, Denmark
2006 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA Message in a Bottle, (Peter Ivy's class underwater art project), Larrabee State Park, Bellingham, WA Bay Area Glass Institute Auction, San Jose, CA
2005 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2004 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
2003 Indelible: Tattoo Art, The Green Door Gallery, Kansas City, MO Featured Artist, OC Fair 2003, Orange County, CA Cash, Gas, or Glass, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA Hearts and Flowers, The Folktree Collection, Pasadena, CA Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
2002 Orange County Fair Juried Art Exhibition (Featured Artist), Cost Mesa, CA Form + Function III, The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA LA LUCAS, Los Angeles, CA Day of the Dead, The Folktree Collection, Pasadena, CA The September 11th Retrospective, The GreenEggz Gallery, Collingswood, NJ Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA Anacortes Art Festival Exhibition, Anacortes, WA Bay Area Glass Institute Auction, San Jose, CA
2001 Form & Function II, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
2000 Free Association, Serpentine Studio, Seattle, WA
1999 Last Life Lounge, Ceramics Showcase, University of Hawaii, Honolulu Featured Artist, MTV –The Real World” House, Honolulu, HI Works in a Series and Art Exhibition, Fox-Kaltreider Gallery, Honolulu, HI Heart of the Matter, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI Passage: An Entrance to Exit (BFA Degree Show), Main Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI Vitreous Spectacle, Gallery Iêolani, Windward community College, Kaneohe, HI
1998 Japanese Chamber of Commerce Show, Amfac Bldg, Honolulu, HI Weddings: Fit to be Tied, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI Student Show and Competition, Kitrell-Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX Pilchuck Class Show, Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Impermanence, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI Pin-Up Artists 1977-1997, Queen Emma Gallery, and Honolulu HI College Art Exhibition, Amfac Bldg, Honolulu, HI Glass: A Traveling Exhibition, Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, and Leeward Community College Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1996 Showcase '96, Queen Emma Gallery, Honolulu HI The Mold and the Molded, Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Awards
2006 Saxe Award and Corning Award Nominations, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Partial Scholarship for Peter Ivy class, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2003-05 Saxe Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004 Partial Scholarship for PinoSignoretto/ Amber Hauch class, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2002 September 11th Retrospective Exhibition Award, The GreenEggz Gallery, Collingswood, NJ
1998 Travel Grant (toward Pilchuck studies), Associated Students of the University of Hawaii Geraldine P. Clark Memorial Fellowship, University of Hawaii Art Dept
1997 Henry Clark Pilchuck Scholarship, University of Hawaii Art Dept Outstanding Student of the Year Award, University of Hawaii Art Dept
1997-98 Corning Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School
1996-99 Sybil HeideScholarship, University of Hawaii Art Dept
1994-98 Walter F. Blaine Scholarship, Goldman Sachs, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Publications
2004 Skin&Ink Tattoo Magazine, featured article, Spring Issue
2003 Angeleno Magazine (Los Angeles), featured artwork, March Issue
2001 Juxtapoz Magazine featured article on Roq La Rue gallery 2000-2001 opening of exhibition
–I Love Mom,” April/May issue
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Kelly O'Dell was captivated by glass many years ago by watching her father's glassblowing as she grew up. Kelly's goal in her design-work is to create a visually alluring composition of color, light, and mass. She currently produces her work at the Pilchuck Glass School.
In 2003 O'Dell joined the William Morris blowing team and found herself searching for a way to exhibit and refine her newfound skills. Dinosaurs became her subject and focus, due to the technical challenge they presented, as well as their significance in her life. "I am unearthing themes born of extinction, preservation, discovery, memory, and self-reflection," says O'Dell. "By studying bone structures and fossils I often arrive at thoughts of my own mortality." She refers to these pieces as memento mori, a physical manifestation that reminds the owner that all things are mortal.
Education
1999 BFA in Studio Art, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
1996-06 Various workshops attended/assisted/co-instructed or demonstrations given at: Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK BAGI Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA Konawaena High School, Kona, Hawaii Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Punahou High School, Honolulu, Hawaii San Francisco State University, CA University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, NY The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Selected Exhibitions
2008 65 Million Years, solo, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2007 Young Glass 2007,GlasmuseetEbeltoft, Denmark
2006 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA Message in a Bottle, (Peter Ivy's class underwater art project), Larrabee State Park, Bellingham, WA Bay Area Glass Institute Auction, San Jose, CA
2005 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
2004 Pilchuck Staff Show, The History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
2003 Indelible: Tattoo Art, The Green Door Gallery, Kansas City, MO Featured Artist, OC Fair 2003, Orange County, CA Cash, Gas, or Glass, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA Hearts and Flowers, The Folktree Collection, Pasadena, CA Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
2002 Orange County Fair Juried Art Exhibition (Featured Artist), Cost Mesa, CA Form + Function III, The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA LA LUCAS, Los Angeles, CA Day of the Dead, The Folktree Collection, Pasadena, CA The September 11th Retrospective, The GreenEggz Gallery, Collingswood, NJ Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA Anacortes Art Festival Exhibition, Anacortes, WA Bay Area Glass Institute Auction, San Jose, CA
2001 Form & Function II, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
2000 Free Association, Serpentine Studio, Seattle, WA
1999 Last Life Lounge, Ceramics Showcase, University of Hawaii, Honolulu Featured Artist, MTV –The Real World” House, Honolulu, HI Works in a Series and Art Exhibition, Fox-Kaltreider Gallery, Honolulu, HI Heart of the Matter, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI Passage: An Entrance to Exit (BFA Degree Show), Main Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI Vitreous Spectacle, Gallery Iêolani, Windward community College, Kaneohe, HI
1998 Japanese Chamber of Commerce Show, Amfac Bldg, Honolulu, HI Weddings: Fit to be Tied, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI Student Show and Competition, Kitrell-Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX Pilchuck Class Show, Bubba Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Impermanence, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI Pin-Up Artists 1977-1997, Queen Emma Gallery, and Honolulu HI College Art Exhibition, Amfac Bldg, Honolulu, HI Glass: A Traveling Exhibition, Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, and Leeward Community College Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1996 Showcase '96, Queen Emma Gallery, Honolulu HI The Mold and the Molded, Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Awards
2006 Saxe Award and Corning Award Nominations, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Partial Scholarship for Peter Ivy class, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2003-05 Saxe Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2004 Partial Scholarship for PinoSignoretto/ Amber Hauch class, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2002 September 11th Retrospective Exhibition Award, The GreenEggz Gallery, Collingswood, NJ
1998 Travel Grant (toward Pilchuck studies), Associated Students of the University of Hawaii Geraldine P. Clark Memorial Fellowship, University of Hawaii Art Dept
1997 Henry Clark Pilchuck Scholarship, University of Hawaii Art Dept Outstanding Student of the Year Award, University of Hawaii Art Dept
1997-98 Corning Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School
1996-99 Sybil HeideScholarship, University of Hawaii Art Dept
1994-98 Walter F. Blaine Scholarship, Goldman Sachs, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Publications
2004 Skin&Ink Tattoo Magazine, featured article, Spring Issue
2003 Angeleno Magazine (Los Angeles), featured artwork, March Issue
2001 Juxtapoz Magazine featured article on Roq La Rue gallery 2000-2001 opening of exhibition
–I Love Mom,” April/May issue
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