Miles Van Rensselaer
Van Rensselaer Studios
1352-1354 River Rd, Lopatcong, NJ 08865 USA
www.vanren.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016
AD20/21, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA (4/7-10)
Group Exhibitions, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
Maori Moko, Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL (ongoing)
43rd Annual GAS Conference, GAS Live Auction, Corning, NY (6/9)
Figurative Show, Habatat Galleries, W. Palm Beach, FL (into 2017)
2015
SOFA Exhibition, Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL
43rd Annual International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI (4/23-5/25)
OMG: Objects in Metal & Glass (2-prs), Habatat Galleries, W. Palm Beach, FL (12/12/14-present)
Living With Craft (national invitational), Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (12/5/14-1/31/15)
Group Exhibitions, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ
2014
Ancestries in Glass, Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL (10/18-present)
SOFA Chicago, SOFA Chicago (with Habatat Galleries Michigan), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (10/5-9)
Hot Glass 2014, The Arts Commission, Toledo, OH (9/25-10/30)
Mansion in May “Blairsden”, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ (5/1-5/31)
43rd Annual GAS Conference, GAS Live Auction, Chicago, IL (3/22)
International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Nanao, JAPAN (thru 1/26)
2013
Gallery Artist, Heller Gallery, New York, NY (thru present)
Intl. Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, 21st Century Museum of Contemp. Art, Kanazawa, JAPAN (thru 11/4)
41th Annual International Invitational & EXPOSÉ, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI (4/27-5/25)
Craft Forms 2013 (international juried), Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (12/6/13-1/24/14)
2012 & earlier
Gallery Artist, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto CANADA (ongoing)
Gallery Artist, Heller Gallery, New York, NY (1999 thru present)
Gallery Artist, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (1999 thru present)
50 Years of Studio Glass, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ (2012)
Primal Inspirations: Contemporary Artifacts, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, WI (2010-11)
37-39th Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI (2009-2011)
Fete de Verre: FUTUR (UrbanGlass), Capitale, NYC (2011)
GlassWeekend 2011, (with Habatat Galleries MI), Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
Art Palm Beach 2010 (with Habatat Galleries, MI), Convention Center, Palm Beach, FL (1/14-19)
SOFA Chicago 2009 (with Habatat Galleries Michigan), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Reflections in Glass (invitational), Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Celebrating Connections, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ (4/24-12/31/08)
Sculptural Perspectives (2007 Solo), Studio 7, Bernardsville, NJ
Transformational Matter, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Hot Glass in the Bluegrass, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Glass Birthday Suit 2007, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
25th Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Empire-Fulton Park, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
Art Miami 2006 (w/Heller Gallery, New York), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami ,FL
Craft Forms 2006 (international juried), Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Grasping the Intangible (2005 Solo), Heller Gallery, New York, NY
SOFA Chicago 2005 (w/Heller Gallery, New York), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
A Periodic Table (2004 themed invitational), Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Biennial of Glass, (2004 juried) Robert Lehman Gallery, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition (2003/2004) Heller Gallery, New York, NY
International Emerging Glass Artists (01-03 invitational), Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Red, White & Blue (2002 invitational: 9/11 Memorial Show), Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Artists (2002-2004), The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Glass America 1999-2001 (national invitational), Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Glass Now Annual Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA (2000 to present)
70th, 72nd, 78t Annual Juried Exhibition (‘99/’01/‘07), Phillips’ Mill Art Assoc., New Hope, PA
Gen X / Year of Young Glass (1999/2000 national juried), Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, GRANTS & PUBLICATIONS
2016
2014
2014
2014
2011
2010
2010
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005
2003
2003
2003-4
2001, 2003-4
1999
1998
1998
Merit Scholarship for Winter Intensive, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Rosenberg Residency, Salem State University, Salem, MA
Visiting Artist, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Best Cast Metal/Hollowware 2014: NICHE Awards, Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Pushing the Limits, featured article by Vanessa Kotz in American Style Magazine, p. 19-21
www.artpalmbeach.com, monumental slumped Maori heads on Art Palm Beach homepage
Primal Inspirations, exhibition announcement by Ferdinand Hampson in AACG newsletter
Artist of the Month, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Dallas, TX
Merit Award: Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Professional Artist-in-Residence: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Best Slumped/Cast Glass 2006: NICHE Awards, Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
In Good Hands, NICHE Magazine, Baltimore, MD
New York Gallery Guide, review of Grasping the Intangible
ARTnews, review of Periodic Table by Robin Rice in January issue
International Glass Art, Richard Wilfred Yelle
Sculpture Award: Artsbridge National Exhibition, Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ
Best of Show, Riverside Festival of the Arts, Phillipsburg, NJ
Artist Grant: Contemporary Glass Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Harlov-Davis Award: Phillip’s Mill Art Association, New Hope, PA
Award of Excellence, Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ
1st Place Sculpture, Lamington Invitational, Lamington, NJ
COLLECTIONS
2014
1999-2007
2002
2005-present
19991997
Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, CHINA
Clifton Sculpture Park: Clifton, NJ
National Liberty Museum: Philadelphia, PA
Tom & Denise Stern, New York, NY
Numerous private collections
Kenyon College: Gambier, OH
DEMONSTRATIONS/LECTURES/EXPERIENCE
2014
2013
2011-2015
2007-present
2006-2008
2005
2004-2006
2003- present
2002-present
1996-2002
1999-2001
43rd Intl. GAS Conference, ”Material Hybridity” Glass/Metal Demon Artist, West Supply, Chicago, IL
Osaka University of Art, Osaka, JAPAN: Lecture
Vandermark-Merrit Glass Studios, Hot Glass Demonstrations, Readington, NJ
GoggleWorks “Get It While It’s Hot”, Hot Glass Demonstrations, Reading, PA
Banana Factory “Fire and Ice Gala”, Hot Glass Demonstration and Auction, Bethlehem, PA
Corning Museum of Glass “The Hot Glass Road Show”, Demonstration at SOFA Chicago, IL
Wheaton Arts, Visiting Artist Demonstrations, Millville, NJ
UrbanGlass, Tyler School of Art, Crefeld School, SIU Carbondale, Alfred U Lectures/Demos
Van Rensselaer Studios, founder/operator bronze foundry/glass studio, Lopatcong, NJ
Tobin Glass, assistant to the artist/studio manager, Coopersburg, PA
Bucks County Community College Glass, fabricate furnace & annealers, Newtown, PA
EDUCATION
1999
1997-2000
1998
1996
1995
Penland School of Crafts (Pamina Traylor: Hot Glass/Mixed Media) Penland, NC
Bucks County Community College, Glassblowing, Newtown, PA
Hot Soup Glass Studio (Megan Stevens: Glassblowing) Philadelphia, PA
Kenyon College (Double Major in Fine Arts/Sculpture & BA English/Poetry) Gambier, OH
Institut Keguruan Dan Ilmu Pendidikan (Intensive Language) Malang, Jatim, INDONESIA
Padepokan Seni Mangun Dharma (Woodcarving/Mask-making) Tumpang/Jatim, INDONESIA
I Ketut Dura (Apprentice to the Artist) Mas, Bali, INDONESIA