Marlene Rose
artwork
b. 1967
I like to think that every piece of glass that I create has an ancient memory instilled in its essence more ethereal than its physical form.
-Marlene Rose
Watching Marlene Rose at work in her studio is like a glimpse into some heavenly inferno as she scoops up a ladle of glowing, liquid molten glass from the furnace, carrying it to the sand mold she has carefully prepared. Her creative process is a complex one, requiring many intricate stages alternating between heating and cooling the elements, breathing new life into a method grounded in ancient culture. Rose’s art transcends time, intersecting and connecting mystical elements of past civilizations to contemporary relics of modern life.
EDUCATION:
CCAC, Oakland, CA (MFA)
Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
(B.F.A with Honors, Sculpture/Glass, Newcomb College)
Pomfret School, Pomfret, CT
Greenvale School, Glen Head, NY
GRANTS:
National Endowment of the Arts (2007)
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTION:
Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Leepa-Rattner Museum of the Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Metro General Hospital, Cleveland, OH
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Maclean Collection of Asian Art, Chicago, IL
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Yerevan, Armenia
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
Seven Bridges, Greenwich, CT
University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
MUSEUM EXHIBTIONS:
2019 Fort Wayne Museum Of Art," Cultural Blueprints", Fort Wayne, IN
2018 Backus Museum, Fort Pierce, FL
2017 Wayne Art Center, "Breaking the Glass Ceiling", Wayne, PA
2015 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, “Fired: Glass” Denver, CO
2014-15 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, “Making it in Crafts Two” Lafayette, IL
Longboat Key Center for the Arts, “Radiant Heat, Translucent Light” Sarasota, FL
Morean Art Center, “Keep it Glassy Glass in the Sunshine City” St. Petersburg, FL
2013 National Liberty Museum, “Women in Glass” Philadelphia, PA
2012 Second Biennial International Festival of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria
Krasl Museum, “Primordial Inspirations” Saint Joseph, MI
Museum of Fine Arts, “Global & Local: Studio and Contemporary Glass on Flordia’s West Coast” St. Petersburg, FL
Kalamazoo Museum of Arts “Expressions: International Glass Invitational”, Kalamazoo, MI
Fort Collins Museum of Arts, Ft Collins, CO “Colorado Collects Glass”
2011 Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI "Primal Inspirations, Contemporary Artifacts"
2010 MOSI – Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, FL “Earth Visions”
2009 Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, FL “In a New Light”
2008 Mobile Museum of Art, “GEN-X: Post-Boomers and the New South”, Mobile, ANew Mexico Museum of Art, “Flux: Reflections on Contemporary Glass”, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Gulf Coast Museum of Art, “Ancient and Elemental”, Largo, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018 CODA, Palm Desert, CA
2015 Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New River Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2013 Kuviato Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2012 Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011 Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL
2010 PISMO Galleries, Aspen, CO
2009 Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Gallery DeNovo, “Eastern Light” Sun Valley, ID
Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2007 Fay Gold Gallery, “New Works” Atlanta, GA
Kuivato Gallery, “Buddhas” Sedona, AZ
2006 Fay Gold Gallery, “Glass Relics” Atlanta, GA
Gallery DeNovo, “Ancient & Elemental” Sun Valley, ID
2005 Hodgell Gallery, “New Works” Sarasota, FL
2004 Baisden Gallery, “Cultural Blueprints” Tampa, FL
2002 City Gallery, “Modern Relics” hosted by Kelly Preston, Los Angeles, CA
2001 New Heights Gallery, “New Works” Tampa, FL
1990 Gasperi Gallery, “Changing Faces” New Orleans, LA
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Aibo Gallery, “Timeless Reflections”, Rye, NY 2015
Watson-MacRae, “The Many Facets of Glass”, Sanibel Island, FL
Habatat Galleries, Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2014 Aldo Castillo Gallery, Estero, FL
Habatat Galleries, Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
2013 Newbury Fine Arts, Boston, MA, “Mystical Expressionism: Trilogy”
Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, ID
Sandra Ainsley, Toronto, CA
Edgar Modern, Bath, England
2012 Habatat Galleries, Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
Sandra Ainsley, Toronto, CA
2011 Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, ID
Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, FL
CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Habatat Galleries, Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
2010 Besharat Gallery, “Onward” Atlanta, GA
Swenson Fine Art, Laguna, CA
Besharat Gallery, “Onward” Atlanta, GA
Swenson Fine Art, Laguna, CA
2009 Adamar Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
Manitou Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Patricia Rozvar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Houston Center for Contemporary Art, Houston, TX “Literally Figurative”
2008 Habatat Galleries, Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Manitou Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Patricia Rozvar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2007 Adamar Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
Manitou Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2006 Holland House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contessa Gallery, “Glass Menagerie” Cleveland OH
Sandra Ainsley, Toronto, Canada
2005 Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA
*Award winner
Hanson/King, New Orleans, LA
2004 Adamar Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
2003 Adamar Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
2002 Adamar Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
2000 Louis Peens, “South African Light” Johannesburg, South Africa
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2011 Miami International Art Fair
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
SF Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2010 Miami International Art Fair
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
SF Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 Miami International Art Fair
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
SF Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
ARTSanta Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
ARTSanta Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
ARTSanta Fe, Santa Fe, NM
ArtDC, Washington DC
Art Miami, Miami, FL
2006 SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art Miami, Miami, FL
2005 SOFA NY, New York City, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art Miami, Miami, FL
Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Chicago Contemporary & Classic, Chicago, IL
2004 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2003 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
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