leigh taylor wyatt

artist
b. 1971, Evansville, IN

Experience

Owner East Side Glass/Artist/Gaffer, Austin, Texas 2010 - Present
Artist/Gaffer Houston, Texas 2009 - 2010
Artist/Gaffer 2006-2009 Hill Country, Texas
Artist/Assistant 2001-2003 Denver, Colorado
Owner HotShop Glass Studio 1997-2001
Artist Assistant 1996 & 2001 to Therman Statom Los Angeles, California
Gaffer Assistant 1994-1996 to Curt Brock Smithville, Tennessee
Gaffer Assistant 1993-1994 to James Mongrain New Orleans, Louisiana

Education

Jam Factory Adelaide, Australia 2005 with Giles Bettison
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1998 with Richard Royal
Pilchuck Glass School 1996 with Lino Tagliapietra
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 1994 with Dick Marquis
Appalachian Center of Crafts 1994-1996
University of Cincinnati 1990-1993 Fine Arts

Awards/Exhibitions

2009 AMOA Juried Exhibit, Amarillo, Texas
2009 Award of Excellence, Forsyth Gallery, College Station, Texas
2008 Glass Featured, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
2007 Jurors Award; Glass Art Texas, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
1999 NEA Grant: Governor's Art Awards Indiana
1998 Solo Show: Marta Hewitt Gallery, Cinncinnati, OH
1997 Niche Award

Commissions

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 2011
Parvin Residence 2010
Fletcher Residence 2010
Edison Chouest Collection 2009
Austin Spring Condominium, Austin, Texas 2009
Garcia Residence, Austin, Texas 2009
Gonzales Residence 2008
Pinch Trans. Corp. Office, Houston, Texas 2007
Wittenburg Residence 2007 Palm Beach, CA
Rio Mambo Restaurant (2 locations) 2006-2007

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