Solo Exhibitions Brent Sommerhauser

**** ******** *** *********, *** Gallery, Nevada Arts Council, Carson City, NV 1980 Rockledge Drive

**** ******** ******, ***** ****** Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 89119

2009 the wind would find it out, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA abo8wd@r.postjobfree.com

2008 Amidst: An exhibition of recent coercions, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV www.brentsommerhauser.com

2007 Structuring the Invisible, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV 816-***-****

2004 Threshold, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.

2003 This is not now, Hoyt L. Sherman Studio Art Center, Columbus, OH.

2000 The Subtle and the Sublime, Millennic Glass, Kansas City, MO.

Absentia, AEGON Gallery, Danville, KY.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

Telegraph Art Collective:Conversations and Collaborations, The Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Inclusion in the Fine Art Program in support of Keep Memory Alive, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV

2011

minUMENTAL Invitational, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Continuing Lines:Telegraph in Esslingen,, K&K Entenmann, Esslingen, Germany

10 x 10: An invitational featuring collaborations between visual artists and writers", Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV.

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Opening Lines:Telegraph in Berlin, Pavillon am Milchhof, Ateliergemeinschaft Milchhof e.V., Berlin, Germany.

Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy

Chain Letter, (invitational), Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Constructed Drawing, (w/Telegraph Art Collective), Free Museum of Dallas, Dallas, TX.

2010

I hope you are feeling better, (invitational), Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV.

Let's Talk About Love, Baby, traveling invitational project curated by Chido Johnson -

- Exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Oakland University Art Gallery (Rochester, MI), Asni Village (Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia), National Gallery (Harare, Zimbabwe), Joan Flasch Artist s Book Collection (Chicago, IL) & Craft Alliance (St. Louis, MO).

2009

On, Of or About: 50 Paper Works, (invitational), Gallery I & II, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.

10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, (invitational), University of Hawai i Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI.

Clark County 2009 3D Invitational, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV.

2008

EMU as Muse, (w/Telegraph Art Collective) Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

After Tractatus, traveling invitational exhibition -

- Exhibited at Universidad Nacional (Colombia), Universidad de Iquitos (Peru), Universidad del Estado del Amazonias UEA (Brazil),

Biblioteca Publica del Banco de la Republica, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo & Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia).

2007

3dementia, (invitational), Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV.

Architecture/Structure in Contemporary Craft, (invitational), Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA.

LVAM 56th Art Roundup Juried Exhibition, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV.

Home sweet home, Three person show, SOIL, Seattle, WA.

Telegraph Collective, Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI.

2006

Review Studios Group Exhibition, The Studios Inc., Kansas City, MO.

ArtChicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL.

2005

In, Around, and Through: Observations and Interventions in the Built Environment, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO.

2005 Kansas City Flatfile Invitational, H & R Block ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO.

2004

Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.

Windsor Biennial 2004, (invitational), Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.

unCAGEd, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Ann Arbor, MI (honoring Merce Cunningham's residency).

2001

Two Person Show, Approximations-Brent Sommerhauser & Laura Ward, The Passing Space: A brief gallery, Danville, KY.

Education

2001-03 Master of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH

1993-97 BFA /BS in Psychology, Emporia State University - Emporia, KS

1991-93 Associate of Arts/Associate of Science, Butler County Community College - El Dorado, KS

Awards & Honors

2011 Nominee, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award.

Artist Fellowship Award, Nevada Arts Council.

The George & Dorothy Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

2008 Cirque du Soleil Community Support Grant for the Visual & Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV.

2007 Jackpot Grant Award, Nevada Arts Council.

2005 Nominee, Charlotte Street Foundation Award, Kansas City, MO.

Selected Entry, Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, D sseldorf, Germany.

New Glass Review 26, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY - Work selected as one of 100 innovative works in glass worldwide.

2004 Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Professional Career, Butler County Community College - El Dorado, KS.

2003 Preparing Studio Art Faculty Award, The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH.

Selected Professional Experience

2012

Visiting Lecturer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas - taught 2 D Design, 3 D Design, Intaglio Printmaking & Intro. to Sculpture

(Instructor 2006 2009, 2011 - present).

Shop Carpenter, Production Resource Group/Scenic Technologies, Las Vegas, NV (January 2011 present).

Carpenter for large scale custom projects for clients such as Bentley, Chrysler, HP, MAC cosmetics and Phizer..

Gaffer, Domsky Glass, Las Vegas, NV (June 2010 - present).

Fabrication of custom glasswork for various clients, including the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and Wynn Resorts.

Art Handler for Michele C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory, Las Vegas, NV (February 2009 present).

I provide museum-quality installation of sculpture and two-dimensional artwork for private and corporate art collections.

Art Handler, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (MGM Resorts International), Las Vegas, NV (November 2010 present)

Collection Technician (On-Call), Art Handler/Preparator, Cirque du Soleil Resident Shows Division (May 2010 present)

2009

Assistant to Artistic Director & Emerging Artist-in-Residence Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

Coordinated Pilchuck s residential sessions, oversaw all studio activity and acted as campus authority when the directors were off duty

Assistant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Assisted w/ Material Science & Fabrication Techniques, Entertainment & Engineering Design dept.

2008

Consultant, Glass Division, Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), Las Vegas, NV.

Preparator, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV.

Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

2005

Resident Artist, The Studios Inc., Kansas City, MO.

Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO - taught Collaborative Art Practices, Interdisciplinary department.

Studio assistant, production of custom glassware and lighting fixtures, Rock Cottage Glass Merriam, KS

2004

Co-teacher, The Glass Furnace (Cam Ocagi), Istanbul, Turkey.

Visiting Artist/ Section Head, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI - taught Glassblowing, Casting & Senior Studio, w/ full chairman duties.

2003

Studio Assistant, Ann Hamilton & Michael Mercil, Columbus, OH.

Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH - taught Molten Glassworking & 3-D Design.

Curator, Specify Glass exhibition and catalog, funded by Coca-Cola, J. L. Camera Center Building, The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH.

2001

Associate Producer, Lino Tagliapietra: Maestro of Glass, Mark Pingry Productions, Seattle, WA.

Graduate Fellow, Artist-in-Residence & Art Department Technician, Centre College, Danville, KY (1999-2001).

1999

Glass/3-d Program Head, Adjunct Instructor of Studio Art, spring semester, Hastings College - Hastings, NE

1998

Board of Directors, Student representative, Glass Art Society (1997 1998)

Public and Corporate Work

2006 Commissioned drawing, published advertisement for Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

2004 DaimlerChrysler Global Supplier Award, Assistance in fabrication under the direction of designer, Ericia Bartels-Dawkins, Detroit, MI

Healing Garden and Labyrinth, Participated in the design and creation of a memorial garden, tiled wall and 40 diameter labyrinth,

The Ohio State University, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH

2002 Contributed to Another mile of tile project, Mosaic tiled wall (ceramic and glass) Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1998 Project foreman, architectural glass installation, % for the Arts project, Copeland Hall, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE

Commissioned set elements for the theater production The Daily Grind, El Dorado, KS

Artist-in-Action, commissioned glass and steel totem, Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina, KS

Selected Press

-A Closer Look, Lisa Yamada, Flux Hawaii, June 18, 2011

-Interview with artist Brent Sommerhauser, CENTERpiece Gallery, June 10, 2011

- Bent Wood, Doug Dalsing, Hardwood Floors, February 2011

-Capturing the Wind, Danielle Kelly, Las Vegas Weekly, April 14, 2010

-Onward from Lynda Benglis: what is poured, puffed and curled on the floor, Regina Hackett, Another Bouncing Ball, July 13, 2009

-International Drawing Annual 4, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2009

-Artists answers are blowin in the wind Kristen Peterson, Las Vegas Sun, June 20, 2008

-Detroit:Telegraph Lynn Crawford, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Winter 2007

-Telegraph, Dick Goody, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester Hills, MI, 2007

Windsor, Ontario, John Gayer, Art Papers, Volume 28, 2004

-Nervy and Modern, Glen Bergers, thedetroiter.com, March 12, 2004

-Sequence of Reversals, curated exhibition-in-print, Hesse McGraw, REVIEW Architecture Annual 2003, Kansas City, MO

-International Glass Art Richard Yelle, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003, New York, NY

Selected Collections

Pilchuck Glass School, Print Archives Dean Geleynse, Honolulu, HI

H & R Block World Headquarters, Kansas City, MO Greg Kucera & Larry Yocom, Seattle, WA

Cam Ocagi, Istanbul Tim Mast, Detroit, M

Visiting Artist Lectures

Cam Ocagi, Istanbul Kemper Museum of Art

Pilchuck Glass School Eastern Michigan University

Kansas City Art Institute Oakland University

Cornish College of the Arts University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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