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BORN
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1963
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San Francisco, CA
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EDUCATION
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1984-1999
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Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (studied with Lino Tagliapietra, Cecco Ongaro, Benjamin Moore, Dorit Brand, Judy Hill and Dan Dailey)
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AWARDS
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2003
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Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
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2002
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Seattle Arts Commission, Purchase Award
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2000
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Mayor's Award and 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, Diversified Arts, Best of Division,
Indian Art NW, Portland, OR
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1999
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First, Second, and Third Place, Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW,
Portland, OR
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1998
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First Place, Diversified Arts, Best of Division, Indian Art NW, Portland, OR
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1996
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The Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
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1995, 1999
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Washington Mutual Foundation, Study Grant, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
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1988, 1990
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The Glass House Goblet Competition Purchase Award
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1985
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Work Study Grant, The Institute of Alaska Native Arts
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EXHIBITIONS
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2004
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"Effigy" William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Blue Rain Exhibition, traveling road show, Palm Springs, CA
Boreal Traditions, Anchorage, AK
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2002-2003
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"Vision Quest" William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2003
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"nDn Art", Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
"Threshold"Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Representing Representation VI", Arnot Art Museum, New York, NY
"Anniversary Exhibition", Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
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2001
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"Clan House", William Traver Gallery, Seatlle, WA
"Glass Potlatch", Chappell Gallery, New York
"Lino Tagliapietra et Amici", Fuller Museum, Brockton, Massachussetts
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2000
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"Millennium Glass," Kentucky Arts & Crafts Gallery, Louisville, KY
"Traditions in Glass", Sheldon Museum , Haines, AK
Blue Rain Roadshow, San Francisco, CA
"Head, Heart, and Hands", American Craft Museum, New York & Yakima Nation Museum & Cultural Center
"Glass Formline", William Traver gallery, Seattle, WA
Indian Art Northwest & Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, Festival & Gallery Show
"Cultural Edge: Contemporary Views of Native Artists", Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
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1999-2000
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"Head, Heart & Hands," DeLand Museum, DeLand, FL
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1995-present
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"Instructor's Exhibition," Center on Contemporary Arts, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
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1999
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"Glass Formline," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Head, Heart & Hands," American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Indian Art NW & Butters Gallery, Portland, OR (festival and gallery show)
"Invitational Road Show," Blue Rain Gallery, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
"Head, Heart and Hands," Yakima National Cultural Heritage and Museum, Yakima, WA
"Current Work," Gallery San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
"New Work," Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA
"Port of Seattle Show," Sea-Tac Airport, Sea-Tac, WA
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1989-1998
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"Annual Pilchuck Glass Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
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1998
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"Premonitions," Spirit Wrestler, Vancouver, B.C.
"Head, Heart & Hands," Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
"Head, Heart & Hands," Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
"Invitational Exhibition," Blue Rain Gallery, Taos, NM
Jeff Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
"Group Show," Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
"Port of Seattle Show," Sea-Tac Airport, Sea-Tac, WA
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1991-1997
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Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD (solo)
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1993-1997
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"Group Show," Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR
"5 NW Artists," Gumps, San Francisco, CA
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1997
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"Four in Glass," Fova Gallery, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
"Group Show," Kiva Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
"Passion Afire," Seattle, WA
"NW Coast Images in Glass," Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
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1988-1996
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"Annual Goblet Show," The Glass House, Seattle, WA
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1996
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"A New Generation," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
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1995
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"A Powerful Presence, Pilchuck 25 Years," Bumbershoot Arts Festival , Seattle, WA
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1994
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"Six Glass Artists," Gallery Glass 1, Stockholm, Sweden
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1991 - 1992
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"Goblet Show," Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
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1992
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"New Visions," The Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
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1991
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The West End Gallery, Bethesda, MD (solo)
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1990
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"Goblet Show," Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
"Group Show," Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
"Group Show," Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1989
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International Glass Trade Show, Tokyo, Japan
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COLLECTIONS
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City of Seattle, Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY (Rakow Commission)
Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Heard Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
Mint Museum of Art & Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
St. Paul¹s Cathedral, Oklahoma City, OK
The Museum of Natural History, Anchorage, AK
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, LECTURES AND TEACHING
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2004
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Lecturer, Museum of Art and History, Anchorage, AK
Lecturer, Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, AK
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2003
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Lecturer, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Faculty Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Guest Lecturer, Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA
Guest Lecturer, University of Washington¹s Native Studies, Seattle, WA
Guest Lecturer, California College of Art and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Guest Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Guest Lecturer, The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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2002
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Guest Lecturer, Microsoft Art Collection Panel Discussion, "Collecting Glass Today"
Guest Lecturer and Demonstration, The Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian, The James Renwick Alliance
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2001
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Guest Lecturer, Native American Art Society Association Conference, "From the Fire Pit of the Canoe People."
Instructor / Co-Creator, Pilchuck Glass School, "Glass & Wood," Donors' Totem Pole
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2000
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Artist Assistant to Joe David, Pilchuck Glass School, Artist in Residence Program
Visiting Artist, Taos Glass Arts and Education, Taos, NM
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1985-present
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Assistant Glass Blower to Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Fritz Dreisbach, Dante Marioni, Lino Tagliapietra, Temo Sarpenava, Stanislav Libensky, Sonja Blomdahl, Ann Wåhlstrom, Marvin Lipofsky
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1992, 1999
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Collectors Conference Workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
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1999
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Blowing Demonstration, Glass Art Society, Tampa, FL
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1998
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Visiting Artist, 'Documents 98,' Ezra Glass Studio, Kanazu, Japan
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1993
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Workshops & Demonstrations, Kosta Boda, Sweden, Itala and Nuutaajarvi, Finland
Co-Founded Maggio Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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1988-1990
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Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
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1982 - 1985
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Glass Blower, The Glass Eye Studios, Seattle, WA
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PUBLICATIONS
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2003
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"Preston Singletary, Tlingit" Fjarde Varlden, Carl Johan Gurt, January 2003, pg. 5-11.
"Preston Singletary" Southwest Art Magazine, Dottie Indyke, June 2003, pg. 32-34.
"Crossing the Threshold" Queen Anne Magnolia News, Nancy Worssam, June 11, pg. 14.
"The Perfect Couple: Native American artifacts and glass art" Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Judy Wagonfeld, June 6, pg. 18.
"Breaking Into Glass" The Arizona Republic, John Carlos Villani, May 11, E1.
"A Seattle Collection" Native Peoples, Barry Herem, July/August, 64-66/ "Vision Quest" Art Access, January, 2003.
"Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American Artists.," American Indian Art Magazine Spring 2003, Carolyn Kastner & Rosalyn Tunis, p.56
"SAM merges Native art from past with modern styles" The Daily of the University of Washington, May 29, pg. 7.
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2002
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"In the Galleries," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Regina Hacket, March 7, 2002.
"Tradition and Experiment fuse. . . " Anchorage Daily News, June 13,2002, pg. D6.
"In the Galleries," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Regina Hackett,p. D1, March 7, 2002.
"The Jet City," Lars Falk, Gant Fall and Winter Catalogue, 2001.
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2001
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"Clan House: Preston Singletary at William Traver," Glashaus, Geoff Wichert, 4th ed. pg. 6-7.
Native Peoples Magazine, Nov. Issue, Gary Wyatt, "Cross Cultural Fusion," Pilchuck Totem Pole.
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2000
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"Modern Masters," HGTV Artist Profile, aired January 25, 2001.
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1999
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New York Times, Sept. 19th, Charlie LeDuff, "Native Art you won't see in the Casinos"
"Mythic Beings", Gary Wyatt. Spirit art of the NW coast. pub. by Douglas & McIntyre
Southwest Art, Bonnie Ganglehoff, "Artist Profile" August Issue
Native Peoples Magazine "Native and European traditions meet..., ("Creating" section, Spring issue.)
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1998
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The Wall Street Journal Sept 4, 1998, Gail King, "Tackling tradition with style and wit."
New Art Examiner, Mars, Glen Brown, "Four in Glass."
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1990
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Glasswork Magazine, Japan, Nr 11, Dick Weiss, "The Glassblowers of the Pacific NW".
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1997
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St. James Guide to Native North American Artists, Bio.
Indian Artist Magazine, Winter issue, Ramona Gault, "Feature article".
"Four in Glass", Matthew Kangas, Lubboc, TX, Fova Galleries.
The Seattle Times, March 30, Robin Updike, "A Place to Reflect".
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1996
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Glass Magazine #63, review, Geoffrey Wichart, "A New Generation."
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1995
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Skona Hem, Interior Magazine, Sweden, July. Lage Stone.
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Artist Information
 Artist page
CV
Exhibit Information
Raven Steals the Light
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