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EDUCATION

1986  B.F.A. - Glass Sculpture, MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston, MA
1980  BA - Fine Art, Cum Laude, Distinction in Art - EMMANUEL COLLEGE, Boston, MA
1979  Junior Year Abroad - RICHMOND COLLEGE, London, England

AWARDS/ VISITING ARTIST

2008  Djerassi Resident Artist Winter Program Honorary Fellowship, Woodside, CA
          Meet the Artist, Guest Lecturer at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2007  California College of the Arts, Senior Lecturer, Oakland, CA
          California State University, Visiting Artist, Sculpture Dept, Sacramento, CA
2006  Djerassi Resident Artist Program Honorary Fellowship, Woodside, CA
          City of Emeryville-Purchase Award (installation City Hall lobby,) Emeryville, CA
2004  International Kinetic Sculpture Competition: 2nd Place
2003  Encoding Altruism: SETI Workshop, Paris, France
          EYAP (Emeryville Youth Art Program) Grant, Solar Mural Project, Emery High School, Emeryville, CA
2001  Fellowship Award, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
2002  Merit Award, High Touch/High Tech, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
1999  Premier Visiting Artist Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1992  Silver Award Winner, Kristallnacht Competition - Artists Confronting the Inconceivable

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008   Kinetic Tea House, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2007   Verge, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2005   Breathing Lessons, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2001   Making A Wake, Somar Gallery, S.F., CA
1999   Pollination's, Gallery 371, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997   Markers: Kinetic Sculpture Installation, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, SF.
1992   Markers of the Invisible Contours, Open Arts Circle Gallery, Oakland, CA
1986   Bundling, University of Vermont Art Gallery, Burlington, VT
1985   Light Works, Lillian Immig Gallery, Boston, MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008   New Directions Winston Wachter Gallery Seattle WA
           Ginny Ruffner and Therese Lahaie
, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
           Places Between- Diablo Valley College Gallery, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
           Glass Concepts, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015

2007   Area, Blurring The Lines, University Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
       Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, Katonah Museum, NY
           DuoPolis, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary

2006   2 Feet Up, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
           This Is Glass, Heller Gallery, NYC, NY
           Global View, Heller Gallery, NYC, NY
           Lucid, Contemporary Quarterly Project Space

2003  The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY, NY
           Fresh!, Heller Gallery, New York, NY

2002   Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
           Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
           Orange, !hey! Gallery, Oakland, CA

2001   6 -15 Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA

2000   High Touch/ High Tech, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
           Disparities II, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1999   Quality of Light, Museum of Art, McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA

1998   Glass America, Heller Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.
           Art & Digital Technology, Santa Clara County Fair, Santa Clara, CA

1997   Glass America, Heller Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.
           Calido, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ - Traveled: Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
            Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
            Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
            Finding the Fulcrum, Minna Street Gallery, S.F. CA
            For, By and With Women, Morgan @Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1996   Glass Linking Art & Science, M. I.T., Compton Gallery, Cambridge, MA
           A Case for Art, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
           Glass, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

1995   The Art of Light and Glass, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
            Anonymous Arrangements, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1994    New Images, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
            Glass, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
            World of Maps, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, Anchorage, AK
            Artist's Shedding Light on Science, San Francisco State Art Gallery, S.F., CA
            Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            North by Northeast II, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
            Truth in Glass, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ

1993   The Living Room Show, Terrain Gallery, S.F., CA
            Filler, Terrain Gallery, S.F., CA,
            Blue Sky Thinking, Opts Events Gallery, S.F., CA, Interactive Sculpture Performance
            Light Escapes, Limn Gallery, S. F., CA
            The Known and the New, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ
            Art and Physics: Ylem Exhibition, Exploratorium, S.F., CA

1992   "Mapping," Open Arts Circle: Oakland, CA, Dance Co. Collaboration
            4th Annual B.C. Glass Exhibition, Hong Kong Bank, Vancouver, BC
            Mass Art Glass Show, Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, MA Therese Lahaie
            Art and the Cosmos, YLEM Exhibition, Exploratorium, S.F., CA
            California Design 92, Contract Design Center, S.F., CA
            New Views, Philabaum Gallery, Tucson, AZ, "Featured Artist
            L x H x W, Main Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1991   National Glass Invitational, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
            7Th Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
            West Coast Glass Show, California Craft Museum, S.F., CA

1990   Bay Area Glass, Soco Gallery, Napa, CA
            National Glass Invitational, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1989    Buoy Woman, York Street Studios, S.F., CA, Glass installation
            Glass Fashion Show, Art Zone, Toronto, Canada
            National Glass Exhibition, University Art Gallery, San Bernadino, CA

1987   Bay Currents, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, S.F., CA

REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS

Genocchio, Benjamin, Reviews: Shattering Glass, Katonah Museum of Art, The New York Times, Dec, 2007
Spicer, Jakki, Reviews: Duopolis, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, East Bay Express, Dec. 2007
Barclay Morgan, Ann, Reviews: The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Art, Sculpture Magazine, September, 2004
Mc Elroy, Joseph: Reviews: The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Shambhala Sun, March, 2004
Baker, Ken: Making A Wake, Somar Gallery, San Francisco Chronicle , Feb.2001
Uhlin, Craig: Disparities II, Arizona Daily Wildcat, November 1999
Chambers, Karen: Glass America 1997, Review, p. 24-25, January 1997
Rinaldo, Ken, Article: Integrated Hemispheres: Women Art and Technology.
Leonardo, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 4 -5, Color and B & W reproductions, April 1997
Calido: Tucson Museum of Art, Calido Exhibition Catalog, 1997
American Craft, featured PORTFOLIO, p. 64, color reproduction, June-July, 1997
Lahaie, Therese, Lecture, Emerging and Diverging Artists Using Glass in the Bay Area," published in Glass Art Society Journal, 1994
Marsden, Guy, "Motion Sensor Applications for Artworks," Marquette, p. 18, Dec, 1994
Sherman, Ann Elliott:"Glass Act, "San Jose Metro Guide, p. 49, Oct, 20-26, 1994
Glowen, Ron: Wunderkammer, Glass, Spring/ Summer 1994
Regan, Margaret:"New Views," The Tucson Weekly p. 26, Feb. 19-25, 1992

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
Emeryville City Hall, Purchase Prize City of Emeryville, CA
Key Curriculum Press, Emeryville, CA

PUBLIC LECTURES

2007   "Verge," California College of the Arts
1999   "How I Learned to Breath," Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada
           "How I Learned to Breath" 20th Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ
1995  "Navigating with Walt the Solar Subversive," Tuesday Artists Series, San Jose State University
           "Navigating with Walt the Solar Subversive", Exploratorium, SF, CA
           "Navigating with Walt the Solar Subversive", 20th Anniversary, Summervail Symposium, Colorado Mountain College -Vail, CO
1994   "Emerging Artist Using Glass in the Bay Area" GAS Conference, Oakland, CA
           "Artists Lecture Series ", Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Oakland, CA
            Artists in "GLASS" exhibition, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art , San Jose, CA
1991   "3 Dimensional Drawing with Glass," Urban Glass, NY, NY
1986   Traveling Lecturer, "American Glass Programs," Tama University, Tokyo, Japan