| Statement | |
| "Richard Marquis has had an extraordinary influence on the development of contemporary studio glass in America and around the world. Studying at the University of California at Berkeley during the 1960's, he explored ceramics and was introduced to glassblowing. Unsatisfied by the limited techniques practiced in American studio glass as that time, Marquis went to the island of Murano, near Venice, to observe and work with the masters of a glassblowing tradition acknowledged as the best in the world. Freely sharing his knowledge of the techniques he learned in Venice, Marquis has demonstrated and taught throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand....As an artist, Marquis is admired for his sophisticated understanding of color and form as much as for his humor and willingness to experiment. As a glassblower, he has influenced an entire generation of artists working in glass who aspire to his technical mastery and the originality of his voice."
~ Tina Oldknow |
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| Education | |
| 1972 | M.A. University of California, Berkeley, California |
| 1969 | B.A. University of California, Berkeley, California |
| Selected Shows | |
| 2003 | Sixth Annual Whidbey Island Glass Invitational, MUSEO, Langley, Washington |
| Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C. | |
| Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada | |
| "A Commentary on Nature and the Indy 500", Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington | |
| 2002 | Fifth Annual Whidbey Island Glass Invitational, MUSEO, Langley, Washington |
| 2001 | Fourth Annual Whidbey Island Glass Invitational, MUSEO, Langley, Washington |
| "Whole Elk Theory", Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington | |
| "USAClay", Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. | |
| 2000 | Galerie Rob Van Del Doel, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| "Made in California 1900-2000", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California | |
| "Memories of Murano: American Glass Artists in Venice", American Craft Museum, NY, NY | |
| "Millenium Glass: An International Survey of Studio Glass", Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY | |
| "Eccentric Forms and Structures', Microsoft, Redmond, Washington | |
| 1999 | "Animal Kingdom", Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| "Venezia Aperto Vetro", Ducal Palace, Venice, Italy | |
| "Global Art Glass in Sweden", Borgholm Castle, Oland, Sweden | |
| "Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and Its Origins", Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida | |
| "Outbound: Art at the Forefront of International Trade", Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, Washington | |
| 1998 | Caffe Florian, Venice, Italy (in collaboration with Galleria D'Arte & Divetro, Bergamo, Italy) |
| Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California | |
| Bullseye Resource Center, Portland, Oregon (in collaboration with Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington) | |
| Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York | |
| 1997-1998 | "Richard Marquis Objects: 1967-1997", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington |
| 1997-1998 | "Richard Marquis: Objects of Prolonged Endeavor", Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1997 | "Masters of Contemporary Glass: Selections from the Glick Collection", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| "Recent Glass Sculpture: A Union of Ideas", Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| "Glass Today by American Studio Artists", Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | |
| "Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | |
| "Heir Apparent: Receiving the Secrets of Venetian Glass", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington | |
| "Trashformations: Recycled Materials in American Art and Design", Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington | |
| "!Calido! Contemporary Warm Glass", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona | |
| 1996 | "Venezia Aperto Vetro", The Museo Correr, Venice Italy |
| "Twenty Five at Twenty Five", The Society of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| 1995 | "Suffering From Versatility", Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York | |
| "Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational", The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California | |
| "Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass", Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York | |
| "Breaking Tradition: The Fine Art of Glass", Wignall Museum/Gallery, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California | |
| 1994 | Recent Works in Context, Elliot Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| "World Glass Now '94", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan | |
| 1993 | Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan |
| "Glass '93 in Japan", Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1993-1995 | "Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection", The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
| 1992-1996 | "Clearly Art; Pilchuck's Glass Legacy", Whatcom Museum of History, Bellingham, Washington |
| 1992-1994 | "Glass from Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art", The Morris Museum, Moristown, New Jersey |
| 1992 | "The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '92", Kanazawa, Japan |
| 1992-1991 | "World Glass Now '91", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan |
| 1991 | Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California | |
| "National Objects Invitational", The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| "Beauty of Contemporary Glass Art", Studio S, Japan | |
| 1990 | Sandra Ainsley Art Forms, Toronto, Canada |
| Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California | |
| Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| "The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '90", Kanazawa, Japan | |
| 1989-1993 | "Craft Today USA", American Craft Museum, New York, New York |
| 1989 | Louise Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| Auckland Art Museum, New Zealand | |
| "Expressions En Verre II", Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, France | |
| "The Venetians", Muriel Karasik Gallery, New York, New York | |
| 1988 | "The International Exhibition of Glass Craft '88", Kanazawa, Japan |
| 1987 | Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand |
| 1986-1988 | "Poetry of the Physical", American Craft Museum |
| 1986 | Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| B.Z. Wagman Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri | |
| "Contemporary American and European Glass from The Saxe Collection", The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California | |
| "Architecture of the Vessel", Bevier Gallery of Art, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York | |
| 1985-1986 | "Transparent Motives: Glass on a Large Scale", The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1985 | "Glass on a Large Scale", Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| "World Glass Now '85", Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan | |
| Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 1984 | San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| Traver/Sutton Gallery, Seattle, Washington | |
| "Contemporary Glass: A Decade Apart", Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, Idaho | |
| 1983 | Warner Gallery, Los Angeles, Claifornia |
| 1982 | "World Glass Now '82", Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan |
| "Art and/or Craft: USA & Japan", Kanazawa, Japan | |
| "International Directions in Glass Art", Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia | |
| 1981 | Auckland Art Museum, New Zealand |
| "Americans in Glass", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin | |
| "Works In Glass, 1981", Fox Fine Arts Center, El Paso, Texas | |
| "Made In L.A.- Contemporary Crafts '81", Craft and Folk Art Museum of Los Angeles, California | |
| "Contemporary Glass: Australia, Canada, U.S.A., & Japan", National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan | |
| "New American Glass: Focus West Virginia", Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia | |
| "Emergence, Art in Glass, 1981", Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio | |
| "GLASS: Artist and Influence", Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena, Michigan | |
| 1980 | "New American Glass: "Focus West Virginia", Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia |
| "Robert L. Pfannebecker Collecton: A Selection of Contemporary American Crafts", Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| "Contemporary Glass", Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Branch Gallery, Washington, D.C. | |
| Heller Gallery, New York, New York | |
| 1979 | "New Glass: A Worldwide Survey", Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York |
| 1978 | "Glass America, 1978", Lever House, New York, New York |
| "Americans in Glass", The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin | |
| Gallery Morronnier, Kyoto, Japan | |
| Peabody College Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 1976 | Queen Victoria Museum, Launceton, Tasmania |
| Tasmanian Art Museum, Hobart, Tasmania | |
| "American Crafts '76", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1975 | "International Studio Glass", Illums Bollighus, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1972-1974 | "American Glass Now", The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
| 1974 | Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 1970-1971 | "Toledo Glass National III", The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
| 1971 | Manolides Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1969-1970 | "Toledo Glass National II", The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
| 1969-1970 | "Objects U.S.A.", Johnson Wax Foundation, Racine, Wisconsin |
| 1969 | Palomar College, San Marcos, California |
| "Young Americans", American Craft Museum, New York, New York | |
| 1968 | "California Design Ten", Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California |
| "The American Craftsmen's Invitational Exhibiton", The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington | |
| 1967 | "First Survey of Contemporary American Crafts", University Art Museum, Austin, Texas |
| 1966 | "Toledo Glass National", The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio |
| Awards | |
| 2000 | Outstanding Achievement in Glass, Urban Glass, New York |
| 2000 | Selected Distinguished Alumnus, College of Environmental Design, U.C. Berkeley, California |
| 1995 | Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Crafts Council, New York |
| 1990 | National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
| 1988 | Fulbright-Hayes Grant (Senior), New Zealand |
| 1982 | Fulbright-Hayes Grant (Senior), New Zealand |
| 1982 | Research Grant, U.C.L.A. |
| 1981 | National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
| 1981 | Research Grant, U.C.L.A. |
| 1980 | Research Grant, U.C.L.A. |
| 1979 | Research Grant, U.C.L.A. |
| 1978 | National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
| 1976 | Australian Crafts Council Grant |
| 1975 | Australian Crafts Council Grant |
| 1974 | Australian Crafts Council Grant |
| 1974 | National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
| 1969 | Fulbright Grant, Venice, Italy (Venini & Co,) |
| 1967 | President's Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, California |
| 1966 | Eisner Prize for Design, U.C. Berkeley, California |
| 1963 | National Merit Scholarship |
| Selected Publications | |
| 1989 | American Craft Museum, Craft Today USA, New York, New York, p. 32 |
| 1990 | American Craft Museum, Vessels: From Use to Symbol, New York, New York, p. 2 |
| 1990 | The City of Kanazawa, The International Exhibition of Glass Craft '90, Kanazawa City, Japan, p.164 |
| 1991 | Bonnie Miller, Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work, Chronicle Books, p.76 |
| 1991 | Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, World Glass Now '91, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 42, 86-87, 223 |
| 1992 | Centro de Arte Vitro, Cristalomancia: Contemporary Art in Glass, Monterey, Mexico, pp.110-111 |
| 1992 | The Morris Museum, Glass from Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art, Morristown, New Jersey p. 53 |
| 1993 | Odakyu Museum, Glass '93 in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, p. 5 |
| 1994 | Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, World Glass Now '94, Sapporo, Japan, pp.73,171 |
| 1995 | Noris Ioannou, Australian Studio Glass: The Movement, Its Makers and Their Art, Craftsman House and Australian Council for the Arts, pp. 21, 30, 33, 117, 121, 122, 124, 125 |
| 1996 | Attilia Dorigato & Dan Klein, International New Glass: Venezia Aperto Vetro, pub. by Arsenale Editrice, Venice |
| 1997 | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Masters of Contemporary Glass: Selections from the Glick Collection/ Martha Drexler Lynn, Indiana University Press, Bloomington Indiana, pp. 90-95 |
| 1997 | Tina Oldknow, Richard Marquis Objects |
| 1998 | Renwick Gallery, Skilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, pp.112-113 |
| 2000 | Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Millenium Glass; An International Survey of Studio Glass, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 41 |
| 2000 | American Craft Museum, Defining Craft 1: Collecting for the New Millenium, New York, New York, cover and p. 87 |
