MITCH LAPLANTE Resides: California Mitch LaPlante’s oversized sculptural representations of fruits and vegetables celebrate the edible plants that surround and sustain us, exploring their myriad varied forms, textures, colors, and structures. These works are intended to be inviting - magnifying perceptions and feelings of beauty, desirability, and goodness. Mitch studied at Haystack, Pilchuck, California College of the Arts, and Public Glass. His work is shown in leading galleries and has earned awards in the fine arts, most recently the Board of Directors prize in the 2006 Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show. Mitch lives and works in San Francisco, California.
“Pair of Black Mission Figs. Blown glass. 21 x 13 in., 20 x 14 in.
EDUCATION | | 2004 | Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Instructor: Dante Marioni) | 2002 | Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Instructors: Josiah McElheny and Jan Erik Ritzman) | 2001 | Haystack Mountain School of Crafts (Instructor: Brian Pike) | 2000 | Pilchuck Glass School (auction production team volunteer, aka “pole turner”) | 1999 | Pilchuck Glass School (Instructor: Debora Czeresko) | 1998-2005 | Public Glass, San Francisco | 1985 | Ph.D. in Sociology, Stanford University | 1978 | B.A. in Sociology, Cornell University | PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | PROFESSIONAL | 2005 | Instructor, Public Glass “Making large blown and assembled work” | 2003-5 | Secretary, Board of Directors, Public Glass | 1985-pres. | Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Francisco | AWARDS | | 2006 | Board of Director’s Prize, Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. | 2006 | Award of Excellence, Valley Sculpture Artists Open Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Sacramento, CA | 2004 | Outstanding Contribution to the Exhibition, Valley Sculpture Artists Open Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Sacramento, CA | MUSEUMS | Harvest Grape Cluster, COPIA, Napa, California. Permanent collection. | MUSEUM GROUP SHOWS: | | 2007 | California Science Center, Los Angeles, Neon Art, (a collaborative exhibition with the Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles) | 2006 | Museum of Neon Art, As We Glow Forward, (neon plasma cherry collaboration with Ed Kirshner) | 2005-6 | San Francisco Airport Museums, Beyond Function: Techniques in Contemporary Glass Arts, | 2005 | Copia, Botanica, Napa CA | SOLO SHOWS | | 2006 | 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA | 2001 | Micaela Gallery, San Francisco | GROUP SHOWS | GROUP SHOWS | 2007 | ArtScape Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2nd Anniversary Group Show | 2006 | Glaskunst Galerie, Innsbruck, Austria (neon plasma cherry collaboration with Ed Kirshner), | | Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Valley Sculpture Artists Open Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Sacramento, CA | | Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Boston Museum of Fine Arts | | Clark Gallery, Boston, 30th Anniversary Salon Show. | 2005 | Montclair Gallery, Oakland, CA. Annual Glass Show | | | Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA. Annual Salon Show 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA. Hot Shop Public Glass, San Francisco, CA. Not so Clear Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA. Pilchuck on Display Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA. Obedient Nature , San Jose Museum of Art Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. 8th Annual National Prize Show, Massachusetts MOCA Thatcher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Carpe Lumen Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Show for Asian tsunami relief | 2004 | San Diego Art Institute 47th Annual International Exhibition Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Valley Sculpture Artists Annual Exhibition | 2003 | Public Glass, San Francisco Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco | 1999 | In Sight Gallery, San Francisco | INSTALLATIONS: | | 2006 | Cuatro Tocinos, Galveston, TX | 2005 | COPIA, Napa, CA | 1999 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA | GLASS BLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS | | 2006 | Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA | 2005 | Public Glass, San Francisco, CA | PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS | | | Glass Alliance of Northern California (GLANC) Glass Art Society International Sculpture Center Pacific Rim Sculptors Group (PSRG) Valley Sculpture Artists | GALLERY REPRESENTATION | | | 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA (www.1212gallery.com) Art-Scape, Walnut Creek, CA (www.art-scapegallery.com) Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA (www.clarkgallery.com) CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, CA; Park City, Utah; SOHO, New York (www.codagallery.com) Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco, CA (www.meyerovich.com) Phillips Fine Art Galleries, Carmel, CA (www.phillipsgalleries.com) Saori Russell Fine Art, San Francisco (www.srfineart.com) | | | |
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