curriculum vitæ for Wesley Fleming

Public Collections

• Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

• ISGB President's Collection, ISGB.org

• Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Kobe, Japan

• Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA

• Racine Art Museum, Racine WI

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Exhibits & Juried Selections

2022

• Fired Up: Glass Today, group exhibit: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT

• Boundless Curiosity, group exhibit: Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA

• Lifeforms, group exhibit: Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

2021

• Presenter, ISGB Gathering, virtual

• Glasstastic 2021, group exhibit: Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT

2020

• Expect the Unexpected, group exhibit: Racine Art Museum, Racine WI

• Silvestris, Wild and Untamed, solo exhibit: Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT

2019

• Vermont Glass Guild, group exhibit: Salmon Falls Gallery, Shelburne Falls MA

• Glasstastic 2019, group exhibit: Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT

2018

• Teapots! 12, group exhibit: Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh PA

2017

• Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library, group exhibit: Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

2016

• Small Works, group exhibit: Glass Wheel, Norfolk VA

• Presenter, Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning NY

• Spiders! Interconnectedness, Innovation & Stewardship, group exhibit: Grant Teton AMK Ranch, Moran WY

• Lifeforms, group exhibit: Houghton Gallery, Corning NY

• The Studio at 20, group exhibit: Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

• Lifeforms, group exhibit: Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA

2015

• Presenter, Kobe Lampwork Museum, Kobe Japan

• Jeepers Creepers, group exhibit: I.D.E.A. Museum, Mesa AZ

2014

• Josh Simpson and Friends, group exhibit: Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield MA

• GLASS Bash, group exhibit: Salmon Falls Gallery, Shelburne Falls MA

• Lifeforms, group exhibit: Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL

• Smithsonian Craft Show, vendor: National Building Museum, Washington DC

• Lifeforms, group exhibit: National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia PA

2013

• The World of Glass Sculpture, group exhibit Kobe Lampwork Museum, Kobe Japan

• Panelist, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY

• Lifeforms, group exhibit Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA

• New Glass, group exhibit Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA

• Presenter, GlassBoston, Cambridge MA

2012

• The Teapot Redefined, group exhibit Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA

• Fire & Sand: Contemporary American Glass, group exhibit Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ

• Presenter, Soft Glass Invitational, Hilliards PA

• Passing the Torch, group exhibit WheatonArts, Millville NJ

2011

• Wesley Fleming & Chris Visgitis, Duo Exhibit Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh PA

• Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle WA

2010

• Eccentric Insects, group exhibit Racine Art Museum, Racine WI

• Presenter, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY

2009

• Spineless Wonders - Invertebrates as Inspiration, group exhibit, University of Southern Maine, Atrium Gallery, Lewiston ME

2008

• Hooked on Fish, group exhibit Livingston Center for Art and Culture, Livingston MT

• Small Wonders, group exhibit, Sycamore Fine Arts, Goshen IN

• Ray Campeau & Wesley Fleming, Duo Exhibit Main Stope Gallery, Butte MT

• Catch the Reading Bug, Solo Exhibit Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman MT

2007

• Glass at Daniel Kany Gallery, group exhibit, Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland ME

2006

• What's Bugging You?, group exhibit Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough NH

• Reframing Nature, group exhibit Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown NY

• Erotik Neurotik, group exhibit, Elise Mankes Studio, Marblehead MA

• Small Wonders: The World of Insects, group exhibit, Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts, Somerville MA

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Publications

• podcast interview Glass Blowers Companion, 2021

• podcast interview Connected in Glass, 2021

• "Annual Bulletin" Paperweight Collectors Association, 2020

• "Inspired by Insects: Bugs in Contemporary Art" Schiffer Publishing, 2017

• "Glass Art: 112 Contemporary Artists" Schiffer Publishing, 2016

• "Realism for a Reason" Glass Quarterly, Summer 2016

• "Exotic Worlds" American Art Collector, volume 125, 2016

• "Wesley Fleming" Lammaga Magazine (Japan Lampwork Society), 2015

• "Sculpting a Big, Scary Spider" Flow Magazine, Spring 2015

• "Smithsonian Craft Show" Ornament Magazine, Spring 2014

• "Wesley Fleming" DPI Magazine (Taiwan), 2014

• "Wesley Fleming" Lammaga Magazine (Japan Lampwork Society), 2013

• "Glass Microcosmos" Glass Art Society Journal, 2012

• "Humor in Craft" Schiffer Publishing, 2012

• "Soulful Consideration" Glass Line Magazine, June/July 2010

• "Show Talk, Your Slides and the Jury—Working with Photographers" Profitable Glass Quarterly, Summer 2010

• "Reproducing Nature - Wesley Fleming, Master of Realistic Results" Flow Magazine, Spring 2010

• "The Open Torch and Bead Bazaar 2008 Gathering" Ornament Magazine, Summer 2009

• "Class Makes Cool Beads Out of Hot Glass" Livingston Enterprise, April 2009

• "Made On Earth - Report from the world of backyard technology" MAKE Magazine Volume 17, March 2009

• "Artist Interview - Wes Fleming" Glass Addiction Forum, February 2008

• "Artist Showcase" Glass Art Magazine, September 2006

• "Sculpting Soft Glass - Making Cherub Ornaments" Glass Line Magazine, January 2006

• "Wesley Fleming" Crafts Report Magazine, Online Exclusive, August 2005

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Awards

• Niche Awards Finalist NICHE magazine, 2012

• GlassCraft Emerging Artist Award Flow Magazine, Summer 2009

• 2nd Place 2008 ISGB Gathering All Member Show Oakland, CA

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Education

• 2019 - Adhesives workshop. Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY

• 2017 - Attended Glass Art Society Conference (also 2007, 2011, 2016)

• 2016 - Attended Annual Seminar on Glass on Blaschka Glass, Corning NY

• 2013 - Attended International Flameworking Conference (also 2012, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2004), Salem NJ

• 2013 - Attended GlassBoston Conference, Boston MA

• 2013 - Attended International Society of Glass Beadmakers Gathering (also 2010, 2008)

• 2005 - Studied sculptural flameworking with Lucio Bubacco and Vittorio Costantini, Venice Italy

• 2003 - Flameworked Beadmaking Survey. Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA

• 2001 - Beginning Glassblowing. Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge MA

• 1999 - Studied fine metal jewelry fabrication. Ostwald workshops, Oakland CA

• 1998 - B.A. in Computer Science with Geology minor. Oberlin College, Oberlin OH

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Work Experience

• Teach glass sculpting internationally, including: Corning Museum of Glass, Kobe Lampwork Museum, Penland School of Craft, Snow Farm 2007 - present

• Presenter, Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli Turkey 2021

• Presenter, ISGB Gathering, virtual 2021

• Presenter, Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning NY 2016

• Presenter, GlassBoston Conference, Cambridge MA 2013

• Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle WA 2011

• Presenter & Teacher, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY 2010

• Teaching Assistant for Vittorio Costantini, ISGB Gathering 2008

• Flameworking Teacher, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA 2006 - 2007

• Flameworking Studio Co-Head, Snow Farm Summer High School Program, Williamsburg MA 2006

• Flameworking Teacher, Diablo Glass School, Boston MA 2004 - 2006

• Assistant Flameworking Teacher, Snow Farm Summer High School Program, Williamsburg MA 2005

• Hotshop Assistant, Josh Simpson, Shelburne Falls MA 2003

• Lab Monitor, MIT Glass Lab, Cambridge MA 2001 - 2003

• Intern, Fellerman & Raabe Glassworks, Sheffield MA 2001

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Related Activities

• Board of Directors, Snow Farm, 2021 - present

• Chairperson, Ashfield Cultural Council, 2011 - 2016

• Corresponding Secretary & Membership Coordinator, New England Chapter, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, 2006 - 2007

• Secretary Brookline Artists' Open Studios, 2005

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