CURTISS R. BROCK
1560 Craft Center Drive Smithville, TN 37166, Telephone: 615/597-6801 x124, cbrock@tntech.edu
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, 1984 Goddard
College, Plainfield, VT
Master of Fine Arts, 1994 University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1989-present - Professor of Glass, Department Head/Glass
Program Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1985-1996 Studio Coordinator/Faculty Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
1991-present Board of Directors New Orleans School of Glassworks, New Orleans,
LA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Luniverre Gallery, Paris, France
2001 Alergria Gallery, Biringham, AL
2000 Running Ridge Gallery, NM
1999 Nantucket Glass works, MA
1998 Hodgel Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1997 W.D.O.Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1996 Galleria San Nicolo, Venezia, Italy
1995 Glassworks, New Orleans, LA
1994 Gallery 105, Champaign, IL
1993 Contemporary Art Niki, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Glassworks, New Orleans, LA
1992 Yamaha, Glass Now ‘92, Tokyo, Japan
1991 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 Charles Grant Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1990 Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN
1990 Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1989 Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1989 Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 Glass Art Gallery, Toronto Canada
1988 University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
1988 Habatat Galleries, Southfield, MI
1988 Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
Crystalex Factory Collection, Novibor, Czechoslovakia
Cincinnati Museum of Art Collection, Cincinnati, OH
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Corning Museum, Corning, NY
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Koganezaki Glass Museum Shizuoka Japan
Muskegon Museum of Fine Art, Muskegon, MI
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO
Musee de Art Decoratifs de la ville de Lausanne, Paris, France
Musee de Design et’d Arts Appliques/ Contemporains Lausanne, Paris, France
Shimonoseke Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Modern International Museum of Glass, Ebeltoft, Denmark
J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN
Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI
Gulf Coast Art Museum,Bellair, FL
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
PRIZES & AWARDS
1999 - "Vessels" The International Exhibition of Glass
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Japan Honorable Mention
1996 - Gallery Mesa , Artists’ Using Language Most Cohesive Body of Work
1995 - Magic City Art Connection, Presidents Award
1992 - International Glass Symposium Invited Participant, Ukraine, Russia
1991 - International Glass Symposium Invited Participant, Novibor,
Czechoslovakia
1991 - Countdown 2001 Best of Show
1989 - Southern Arts Federation N.E.A. Individual Arts Fellowship
1989 - Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Arts Fellowship
1988 - World Glass Now Shimonoseki Museum Prize
1988 - Tennessee Arts League Katzman/Wertham Sculpture Prize
1987 - Capitol Glass Competition Best of Show
1986 - Feet of Glass First Prize
1986 - Michigan Glass First Prize
