Stephen Rich Nelson condensed resume
377 Pheasant Rd. , Shillington, PA 19607 (610) 777-2722
 
 
 
1982
 Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI

Master of Fine Art

 
1980
 Tyler School of Art, Temple University Elkins Park, PA

Bachelor of Fine Art

  
 
 
 
 
1988
 Fellowship -- Masterworks Session Millville, NJ
Creative Glass Center of America  
1987
 Fellowship, PA Council on the Arts Harrisburg, PA
1986
 Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America Millville, NJ
1983
 Teaching Assistant, Pilchuck Glass Center Stanwood, WA
 
 
 
 
2005
 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
Fort Myers Festival of the Arts Fort Myers, FL
19 th Annual Boca Raton Museum of Art Festival Boca Raton, FL
Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts Oklahoma City, OK
The 35 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
Ann Arbor’s South University Art Fair Ann Arbor, MI
Mt. Gretna Festival of the Arts, Judges Award – 4 th year Mt. Gretna, PA
Arts & Apples Rochester, MI
Art in the Park, Shain Park Birmingham, MI
St. James Court Louisville, KY
30 th Annual Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World Orlando, FL
   
2004
 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
  The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
  Fort Myers Festival of the Arts, 2 nd in 3D Fort Myers, FL
  18 th Annual Boca Raton Museum of Art Festival Boca Raton, FL
  Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts Oklahoma City, OK
  The 34 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
  The Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show Philadelphia, PA
  The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts State College, PA
  Ann Arbor’s South University Art Fair Ann Arbor, MI
  Mt. Gretna Festival of the Arts, Judges Award – 3 rd year Mt. Gretna, PA
  The Longs Park Arts Festival Lancaster, PA
  Arts & Apples Rochester, MI
  29 th Annual Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World, 2 nd in Glass Orlando, FL
  Craft Art Festival 2004 St. Petersburg, FL
     
2003
 17 th Annual Boca Raton Museum of Art Festival Boca Raton, FL
The Har Zion Craft Spectacular Penn Valley, PA
The Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, 2 nd in Sculpture Philadelphia, PA
The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts State College , PA
12 th Annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival Reston, VA
  The 33 rd Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
  The Ann Arbor Sidewalk Arts Festival (Original Show) Ann Arbor, MI
  Mt. Gretna Festival of the Arts, Judges Award – 2 nd year Mt. Gretna, PA
  The Longs Park Arts Festival Lancaster, PA
 

Arts & Apples

 Rochester, MI
 
2002
 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove , FL
Paradise City Arts Festival Marlborough , MA
The 32 nd Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville , TN
"Art of the State: Pennsylvania '02," Harrisburg, PA

State Museum of Pennsylvania (1st prize - crafts)

 
Mt. Gretna Festival of the Arts , Judges Award Mt. Gretna, PA
The Longs Park Arts Festival Lancaster, PA
Arts & Apples Rochester, MI
Craft Art Festival 2002, Award of Distinction Tampa, FL
Crafts At The Castle Boston, MA
   
2001
 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
  The 22 nd Naples National Art Festival Naples, FL
  The Har Zion Craft Spectacular Penn Valley, PA
  The Highland Park Festival of Fine Craft Highland Park, IL
  Arts & Apples Rochester, MI
  The 31 st Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville , TN
  The Ann Arbor Arts Festival Ann Arbor, MI
  The Longs Park Arts Festival Lancaster, PA
     
2000
 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
The 41 st Annual Winter Park SidewalkArt Festival Winter Park, FL
The 30 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville , TN
The Ann Arbor Arts Festival Ann Arbor, MI
The Longs Park Arts Festival Lancaster, PA
Arts & Apples (Merit Award) Rochester, MI
The 25 th Annual Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World Orlando, FL
Deland Festival of the Arts (Award of Recognition) Deland, FL
   
1999
 The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
  The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
  The Har Zion Craft Spectacular Penn Valley, PA
  The Ann Arbor Arts Festival Ann Arbor, MI
  Park City Arts Festival Park City, UT
  The Longs Park Arts Festival Lancaster, PA
  Arts & Apples Rochester, MI
  The 29 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
  "Art of the State: Pennsylvania '99," Harrisburg, PA
 

State Museum of Pennsylvania

 
     
1998
 "Art of the State: Pennsylvania '98," Harrisburg, PA
 

State Museum of Pennsylvania (1st prize - crafts)

  
  ANA 27 , The Holter Museum Helena, MT
  "The Works of Stephen Rich Nelson," Galerie L Hamburg, Germany
  The Har Zion Craft Spectacular Penn Valley, PA
  The Saint Louis Art Fair Clayton, MO
  The Longs Park Art & Craft Festival Lancaster, PA
  The 47 th Beaux Arts Festival, Lowe Museum Miami, FL
  The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
  The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
  The 39 th Annual Winter Park SidewalkArt Festival Winter Park, FL
  (Merit Award: Glass)  
  The 28 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
 
1997
 ANA 26, The Holter Museum Helena, MT
The Longs Park Art & Craft Festival Lancaster, PA
The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
The 38 th Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival Winter Park, FL
(Awarded 3rd Place: Glass - 2nd year)  
The 27 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
   
1996
 ANA 25, The Holter Museum Helena, MT
  Glass: Some Like It Hot , Freyberger Gallery, Reading, PA
  Penn State University  
  The Longs Park Art & Craft Festival Lancaster, PA
  The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
  The Las Olas Arts Festival Las Olas, FL
  The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Tampa, FL
  The 37 th Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival Winter Park, FL
  (Awarded 3rd Place: Glass)  
  The 26 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
  "Art of the State: Pennsylvania '96," Harrisburg, PA
  State Museum of Pennsylvania  
     
1995
The 23 rd Annual International Glass Invitational, Pontiac, MI

Habatat Galleries

 
The Texas National 1995 , Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
Stephen F. Austin University  
  Craft America '95, Silvermine Guild Arts Center New Canaan, CT
  Nittany Lion Juried Exhibition , Freyberger Gallery, Reading, PA
  Penn State University (Purchase Award)  
  The 23 rd Annual International Glass Invitational , Pontiac, MI
  Grand Opening , Kittrell/ Riffkind Art Glass, Inc. Dallas, TX
  15 th Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show , Stamford, CT
  Stamford Museum  
  1995 Hoyt National Art Show , The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts New Castle, PA
  Glass Weekend Exhibit , Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
  Creative Glass Center of America  
  The 25 th Annual American Artisan Festival Nashville, TN
     
1994
 19 th Annual Juried Exhibition, Reading, PA
Reading Public Museum  
Post Pilchuck: Beyond the Glory Hole , Phoenix Rising Gallery Seattle, WA
State Street Arts Fair Ann Arbor, MI
Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh, PA
Philadelphia Art Show Philadelphia, PA
Recent Work of Stephen Nelson/ Double Vision , Philadelphia, PA
The Works Gallery  
Recent Work of Stephen Nelson , Owen Patrick Gallery Philadelphia, PA
   
1993
 "A Glass For Wine," New York Experimental Glass Workshop at Christie's Brooklyn, NY
  Recent Work of Stephen Nelson/ Double Vision , Vail, CO
  Gotthelfs Gallery  
  Philadelphia Art Show Philadelphia, PA
  34 th Annual Winter Park Festival Winter Park, FL
  Recent Work of Stephen Nelson/ Boca Raton, FL
  Double Vision , Christy Taylor Gallery
1992
 Los Olas Art Festival, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL
Coconut Grove Arts Festival Coconut Grove, FL
"Direction for the 90's," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Loretta, PA
   
1991
 Recent Work of Stephen Nelson/ Double Vision, Christy Taylor Gallery Boca Raton, FL
32 nd Annual Winter Park Festival Winter Park , FL 1987
   
1990
 National Glass Invitational, Robert Kidd Gallery Birmingham, Ml
"Currents in Contemporary Glass," Concepts Art Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
Philadelphia Art Show Philadelphia, PA
"Double Vision," Coors Corporation Golden, CO
   
1989
 Recent Work of Stephen Nelson/ Double Vision, Boca Raton, FL
Christy Taylor Gallery  
National Glass Invitational , Robert Kidd Gallery Birmingham, MI
Creative Glass Center of America , Group Show, Grohe Glass Gallery Boston, MA
   
1988
 "New Works in Glass," Christy Taylor Gallery Boca Raton, FL
"Gather of Glass," Mindscape Gallery Evanston, IL
"Contemporary Glass," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Loretta , PA
   
1987
 Philadelphia Museum of Art Show Philadelphia, PA
"Gather of Glass," Mindscape Gallery Evanston, IL
"New American Glass; Focus Two,West Virginia," Philadelphia, PA
Port of History Museum  
"New American Glass; Focus West Virginia, Four Person Invitational," Huntington, WV
Huntington Museum  
   
1986
 "New American Glass; Focus Two," Huntington, WV
Huntington Museum  
Summer Invitational , Snyderman Gallery Philadelphia, PA
   
1985
"TransLucid," Public Art Trust Washington, D.C.
"Contemporary Decorative Crafts," Wheeling, WV
Oglebay Institute, Stifel Fine Arts Center  
"Glass," 50 West Gallery New York, NY
"Glass '85," Elaine Potter Gallery San Francisco, CA
   
1984
 "Americans in Glass," Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
  (International Tour organized by L.Y.W.A.M. and the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf)  
  Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
  Kestner-Museum Hanover, Germany
  Kunstindustriemuseet Copenhagen, Denmark
  Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, The Netherlands
  City Art Gallery Manchester, England
  Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt, Germany
  Museum Bellerive Zürich, Switzerland
  Summer Invitational , Snyderman Gallery Philadelphia, PA
 
 
 

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey From the Corning Museum of Glass ,By Susanne K. Frantz, pub. in NY, NY by Harry N. Abrams, © 1989

Glass: A Contemporary Art, By Dan Klein, pub. in NY, NY by Rizzoli Int'l Publications, Inc., © 1989

The Creative Glass Center of America: An Overview -- The Creative Glass

Center of America, Millville, NJ

American Craft Magazine -- Feb/Mar 1997: Portfolio Section

American Craft Magazine -- Feb/Mar 1984, Oct/Nov 1984, Feb/Mar 1991

Berks County Living , "Artistry Forged in Fire," April/ May 2000, Vol.1, No. 1,

p. 42 & 44

New Glass Review 3 , The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, © 1982.

New Glass Review 5 , The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, © 1984.

New Glass Review 7 , The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, © 1986.

The Temple Times , "Goings On," March 1, 1984, Vol.14, No.19, p8.

Art Matters , "Nurturing Talent With a Touch of Class," Wasserman, Burton. June '86.

RISD Alumni News , January 1981, p.6.

The Reading Eagle/Reading Times, Reading, PA, "Weekend," September 1, 2000,

Cover and p.W3

Sunday Patriot News , Harrisburg, PA, June 30, 2002, Section E, p. 7

Collections (partial listing):  
The American Museum of Glass Millville, NJ
The Corning Museum of Glass Corning, NY
Le Cirque 2000 New York, NY
Bell Atlantic Philadelphia, PA
McDonald's Corporation Oakbrook, IL
Johnson Wax Collection Racine, WI
Keystone Enterprises, Inc. Hillsboro Beach, FL
Weidenhammer Systems Reading, PA
Hotel Palm Beach, Las Americas Tenerife, Spain
The Pilchuck Glass Center Stanwood, WA
Tyler School of Art Elkins Park, PA
The Kamens Collection Meadowbrook, PA
Alan and Barbara Boroff Radnor, PA
Gilbert Sapperstein & Family Baltimore, MD
Irv and Laurie Borowsky Philadelphia, PA
Joseph and Gussie Justman New York, NY
Michael and Denise Rotko Philadelphia, PA
Paul and Patricia Stankard Murrysville, NJ
Chad and Amy Levin Miami, FL
Harriet Fingerote Philadelphia, PA
Arthur Mosley, III St. Louis, MO
Irv & Judy Meyer Sykesville, MD
Robert & Shelby Ford Bryn Mawr, PA
Stuart & Gail Corenblum North Miami, FL
H. Donald & Sondra S. Busch Boca Raton, FL