2004-present: Assistant Professor, Emporia State University
2000-04: Instructor, Emporia State University
2002-05: Sponsor, Alpha Rho Theta (Art Club), Emporia State University
1986 MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1984 MA, California State University, Chico, California
1979
BA, California State University, Chico, California
1981
Pilchuck Glass School, Flora Mace + Joey Kirtpatrick, Stanwood, Washington
2006
Haystack School of Crafts, Sculpting the Figure, Deer Isle, Maine
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Migration,
Le Mieux Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Capillary
Attraction, Mellenic Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 Rare
Breeds, Mercury Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2007:
41st
Annual National Drawing + Small Sculpture Exhibition,
Del Mar
College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Artists
of Pilchuck, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Minnesota
22nd
National Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton,
Texas
Rhino
Alumni Exhibition, Rhino Contemporary Crafts, New Orleans, Louisiana
2006:
Arts
Council Annual Juried Exhibition, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas
Shafer
Regional Invitational, Shafer Memorial Art Gallery, Great Bend,
Kansas
Wichita
Center for the Arts, City Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Emerging
Artists of Pilchuck, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Sculpture,
Emporia Arts Council, Emporia, Kansas
2005:
Arts
Council Annual Juried Exhibition, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas
Hot
Glass, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
River
Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition,
K.C., Missouri
Glass
Madness, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas
2004:
Sibylle
Peretti + Friends, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003:
ESU
Faculty Exhibition, Eppink Gallery, ESU, Emporia, Kansas
Faculty
Exhibition ESU, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas
2002:
Pilchuck
Faculty Exhibition, Anacortas Arts Festival, Anacortas, Washington
2001:
Clearly
Brilliant, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
2000:
Delgado
Faculty Exhibition, Delgado Arts Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Publications
2007 Small Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition, catalog
2006 Shafer
Regional Invitational Catalogue, January 17, 2006
2005 River
Market Regional Exhibition Catalogue, Douglass Freed
2004 "Langniappe", Times
Picayune, Doug MacCash, NOLA, June 12, 2004
2003 "Somatica", Review
Magazine, Kansas City, Kansas, October
2001 Clearly
Brilliant Catalogue, January
1999 "Animals
and Art," Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 28,
1999
1999 "Rare
Breeds," Gambit Weekly, NOLA, April 15, 1999
Lectures
/ Workshops
2007 Slide Lecture, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
2005 Slide
Lecture, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2005 Slide
Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2004 Glass
Sculpting, Red Deer College / TA, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
2003 Evolution,
Pittsburgh Glass Center / TA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Directorial
Experience
2007 Curator: "Big
Bang," Norman R. Eppink Gallery, Emporia, Kanss
2005 Curator: "Tribute
to Women's History Month," Skyline Gallery, Emporia
2000 Curator: "Future
Prediction / Past Refection," Delgado Community College,
New Orleans, Louisiana
2000 Asst.
Gallery Director, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA
Professional
Experiences, Interests and Affiliations
2005 Glass
Art Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia
2003-present Glass
Art Society, Member
1997-present College
Art Association, Member
1998-2005 Audubon
Society, Member
Awards
2008:
Mid-Career Artist Fellowship, Kansas Art Commision, Topeka, Kansas
Research and Creativity Grant, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
2007:
Best in Show, The Art of HeART Care Fine Art Exhibition,
Mercy Regional Health Care, Manhattan, Kansas
Merit Award, "Hearten," The Art of HeART Care Fine Art Exhibition,
Mercy Regional Health Care, Manhattan, Kansas
Merit Award, "Queen's Heart," The Art of HeART Care Fine Art Exhibition,
Mercy Regional Health Care, Manhattan, Kansas
Purchase
Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas
2006 Director's
Award, Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas
2005 Studio
Assistant Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North
Carolina
2002 Mini-Grant,
Kansas Art Commission, Topeka, Kansas
Gallery Representation
Carmen
Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lexington Glassworks,
Lexington, Kentucky
LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Permanent Collections
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Bullseye Glass Factory, Portland, Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. Jon and Mary Shirley, Seattle, Washington
Mr. Robert Riebe, Paulsbo, Washington
Ms. Angela Hill, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman, New Orleans, Louisiana
email : reichenb@emporia.edu
website: robertaeichenberg.com
