SHAYNA LEIB

Education

2000 - 2003      University of Wisconsin–Madison, Graduate studies in Glass and Metal

                       Masters of Fine Arts, Suma Cum Laude

2002                Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

                        Studied under Ché Rhodes

1993 -1998       California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

                        Baccalaureate in Philosophy, minors in Art & Literature

                        Graduated with Honors; Dean’s List, 1994-1998

                        Member of the Golden Key National Honors Society

Work History

2005                  Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Adjunct Faculty in Glass

                         Department of Art, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

                         Lecturer in Sculpture & Drawing during the Spring and Summer

2004                  Designer & Writer, Prolifique Graphic Design, San Luis Obispo, CA

2003 - 2004        Goldsmith/ Silversmith, Ronald Pearson Design Studios, Deer Isle, ME

2000 - 2003       WI UW Glass Studio & Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, Universtiy

                         of Wisconsin, Madison

                         Teaching experience included glassblowing, fusing, and casting; planned

                         special events/fundraisers; built & maintained hot shop equipment; wrote offical

                         UW glass handbook; researched & implemented safety procedures

Awards and Recognition

2005                  Honorable Mention, “Continuity: Glass in 2005”, PostPicasso

2003                  First Place , Horizon Emerging Artists Award, American Craft Museum,

                         International Sculptural Objects & Functional Art Expo (SOFA) NYC

                         Best of Show, “Beyond Tradition,” Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council

                         Albert Murray Fine Arts Educational Scholarship for Glass, Spring

2002                 Albert Murray Fine Arts Educational Scholarship for Glass, Winter

                        Albert Murray Fine Arts Educational Scholarship for Glass, Summer

2001                  Porter-Butts Gallery Purchase Award for Glass sculpture “The Couple”

                         Glass artwork discussed in International Artist Colloquium, College of

                         Fine Arts, Trivandrum, India

1997                  Cal Poly Art Show Honorable Mention for Glass sculpture

                         “Mr. Box Loses His Mind”

                         First Place, Morro Bay Art Association Art Scholarship for Glass

1994                  Second Place, San Luis Obispo Art Association Scholarship for Painting

                         First Place, Morro Bay Art Association Art Scholarship for Drawing

Publications

2005                  SOFA Chicago 2005 Catalogue

                         The Chicago Reader, 9/16/05

                         Glass Magazine, Fall 2005

2002                  Contemporary Lampworking I by Bandhu Dunham

                         Work published and technique described, pg. 113 & 223

2001                  UW Glass Handbook

Exhibitions

2007                  Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL

                          Group Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, SOFA New York, New York, NY

2006                  Habatat Galleries Chicago, ART Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ

                          CerviniHaas/Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ

2005                  SOFA CHICAGO, Prism Contemporary, Chicago, IL 

                         Glass Weekend ’05 , Wheaton Village, NJ

                         Continuity: Glass in 2005, PostPicasso online exhibition

2004                  Apercu, Prism Cotemporary, Chicago

2003                   SOFA NEW YORK

                          Beyond Tradition, Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council, Milwaukee, WI

                          Moment, Masters of Fine Art Exhibition, Madison, WI

                          Plenty of White Space, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

2002                   Arts Night Out 2002, Madison, WI

                          Punty This, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

                          74th Annual Juried Show, Porter-Butts Gallery, Madison, WI

                          156 Miles to Madison, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago

                          Wisconsin Invasion, Otherwise Gallery, Lansing, MI

                          Catch 22, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

                          Milward-Farrell Gallery,  Madison, WI

                          Wisconsin Invasion, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

2001                   The Best for Last, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

                          Miller National Business Convention, Milwaukee, WI

                         73rd Annual Juried Show, Porter-Butts Gallery, Madison, WI

                         Johnson Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA

2000                  UW Glass Exhibition, Kingsfoot Gallery, Madison, WI

                         Irrepressible Bruce, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI