Clifford Rainey


Education and Professional Experience
1948 - Born in Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.

1965 - 1968
Apprentice Linen Damask Designer, William Ewart and Son Ltd., Belfast.

1965 - 1968
Registered for drawing classes, Belfast College of Art.

1965 - 1968
Registered for, and awarded, 1st. City and Guilds Certificate, Woven Textile Technology, Belfast College of Technology.

1968 - Four months crewing with trawler, Vestmannjar, Iceland.
1968 - 1969
Registered for, and awarded, the Foundation Certificate in Art and Design from the Hornsey College of Art, London.

1969 - Four-month student exchange to the United States of America.

1969 - 1971
Registered for, and awarded, Diploma in Art and Design, from the School of Sculpture, Waltham Forest, School of Art, London.

1970 - Season touring Norway with Cirkus Berny.
1971 - Elected student representative of the Student Union at the Northeast London Polytechnic. Worked for Kastrup and Holmegaards Glassworks, Nestved, Denmark.

1971 - 1973
Registered for, and awarded, Master of Arts degree from the Royal College of Art, London.

1972 - Elected Social Secretary of the Students Union at the Royal College of Art, London.

1972 - Awarded traveling scholarship to the Iittal Glassworks, Finland.

1973 - 1974
Living in the Greek Islands and Turkey.

1974 - Set-up studio, Phipp Street, London.
1975 - Traveled through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Rhodesia, Botswana and South Africa. Executed series of drawings for Piccadilly Exhibition, London (1976).

1974 - 1975
Appointed as lecturer at the Hornsey College of Art in drawing.

1976 - 1977
Appointed as lecturer at the Middlesex Polytechnic in the foundation department.

1977 - 1984
Appointed visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London.

1978 - Living in Mustique, West Indies.
1978 - Appointed lecturer at the Royal College of Art,London.
1980 - Appointed Senior lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London.

1980 - Appointed member of U.K. Council National Academic Awards.

1980 - 1983
External Examiner, Sturbridge College of Art.

1982 - Established Rainey-Cooper Partnership, Architectural Glass practice, London.

1984 - Set up studio, West 57th Street, New York.
1984 - Instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.

1985 - Working, New York and Providence, Rhode Island.
1985 - Instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.

1985 - Set-up studio and glass casting facility, Worship Street, London.

1987 - 1991
External Examiner, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland.

1988 - Instructor at the pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.

1989 - Disbands Rainey-Cooper Partnership.
1989 - Instructor at the pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.

1991 - Closes Worship Street Studio, London.
1991 - Instructor at the pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.

1991 - present
Appointed Visiting Professor of Fine Art, Chair of the
Glass Programme at the California College of Arts and
Crafts, Oakland, California.

1993 - Instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Solo Exhibitions
1974 - Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom.
1975 - David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
1975 - Asset Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1976 - Piccadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1976 - Waterloo Place Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1977 - Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1977 - David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
1979 - Kunstzaal 'De Hooge Hess', Eersel, Holland.
1980 - Heller Gallery, New York, United States of America.
1982 - David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
1986 - Octagon Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1986 - David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
1986 - Habatat Galleries, Lathrup Village, Michigan, United States of America.
1986 - Habatat Galleries, Miami, Florida, United States of America.
1986 - Smith Goodrich Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
1987 - Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1987 - Douglas Hyde Gallery,Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
1987 - Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
1987 - Heller Gallery, New York, United States of America.
1988 - Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany.
1989 - Piccadil1y Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1990 - Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
1990 - Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France.
1990 - Heller Gallery, New York, United States of America.
1992 - Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States of America.
1992 - Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
1993 - Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
1994 - Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
1998 - Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2001 - Habatat Galleries Chicago, "Clifford Rainey: Cycles of Life and Breath", Chicago Illinois, USA

Group Exhibitions
1973 - Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1973 - Patrick Reyntiens, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
1973 - Woodstock Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1973 - Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland.
1973 - Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1973 - Seiby, Tokyo, Japan.
1976 - "Irish Exhibition of Living Art", National Gallery of Ireland.
1977 - Coburger Glasprels, Kunstsammlungen Der Veste Coburg, Germany.

1977 - "Silver Jubilee Exhibition", Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.

1979 - Musee Chateau-D'-Annecy, France.
1979 - Galerie Des Tanneurs, Tours, France.
1980 - Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan.
1980 - "The International Connection", The Round House, London, United Kingdom.

1980 - Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
1981 - Asset Gallery, First Bath Festival Contemporary Art Fair, London, United Kingdom.

1982 - The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
1983 - "Contemporary Drawings", Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1983 - "British Artists in Glass" The Glass Art Gallery,Toronto, Canada.

1985 - "Pilchuck: The Creative Fire", Washington State Capital Museum, Washington, United States of America.

1986 - "Beelden in Glas", Fort Asperen, Asperen, Holland.
1986 - "Cast Glass Sculpture", California State University, Fullerton, California, United States of America.

1986 - "Light Values: Modern Architectural Glass", Crafts Council Touring Exhibition, London, United Kingdom.

1986 - "Contemporary Glass", Louisville ArtGallery, Kentucky, United States of America.

1986 - "British Exhibition", Vienna, Austria.
1987 - "Solsin Collection", University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America.

1988 - "European Glass", Kent State University Art Gallery, Ohio, United States of America.

1989 - "Expressions en Verre II", Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland.

1990 - "New Glass in Europe", Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany.

1991 - "Exposition Art Contemporain Du Verre", Espace Duchamp-Villon, Normandy, France.

1991 - "Selections from the David Jacob Chodorkoff
Collection" Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, United States of America.

1992 - "Clearly Art", Whatcom Museum of History and Art,Washington, United States of America.

1992 - Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, California, United States of America.

1992 - "Clifford Rainey with Selected Glass Seniors", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States

1992 - "Cristalomancia, Art Contemporaneo en Vidrio", Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico.

1992 - Museo de Art Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico.
1992 - "Invitational", Judy YouensGallery, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

1992 - "Glass: From Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art", The Morris Museum, New Jersey, United States of America.

1993 - Fine Art Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America.

1993 - Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America.

1993 - Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Arizona, United States of America.

1993 - "Saxe Collection",Toledo Museum of Art,Ohio, United States of America.

1993 - The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Oklahoma, United States of America.

1993 - "Contemporary Glass from South Florida Collections", Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.

1993 - Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire, United States of America.

1993 - Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America.

1993 - Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, United States of America.

1993 - Palm Springs Desert Museum, California, United States of America.

1993 - "Hybridization: Contemporary Northern California Craft
1975-Present", Oliver Art Center, Oakland, California, United States of America.

1994 - Hunter Museum of Art, Tennessee, United States of America.

1994 - "Large Scale Sculpture", Oakland Museum Sculpture Court at City Center, California, United States of America.

1994 - Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Iowa, United States of America.

1994 - "Wunderkarnmer", Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

1994 - Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, United States of America.

1994 - Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

1994 - "Breaking Traditions, Contemporary Artists Who Use Glass", University College Berkeley Museum, California, United States of America.

1994 - Newport Beach Museum, California, United States of America.

1994 - "World Glass Now", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan.

1994 - "Form, Matter and Content", University Art Gallery, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America.

Works in Public Collections
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Municipal Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
An Chomhairle, Arts Council, Dublin, Ireland.
Lannan Foundation, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America.
Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Oklahoma, United States of America.
Institut du Verre, Haute-Normandie, France.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, United States

Public Commissions
1984 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
"Jeddah Monument". granite, steel, glass, landscaping.

1984 - Queen's University, Belfast.
"Around This Date I Have Drawn a Circle". Granite, cast iron.

1984 - Lime Street Station, Liverpool. Forty meter etched glass wall.

1984 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
"Sierra Centre Ruin". Granite, water, landscaping.

1987 - Technician Instrument Corporation, Dublin. "Name Stone". wood, glass, oil paint.

1988 - Rex House, St. James's, London. Etched glass facade.
1989 - Trade Indemnity House, London. Five etched windows, five meters by two meters.