Wesley Fleming , artist

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curriculum vitæ for Wesley Fleming

photo of Wesley Fleming holding Trout Lilies glass sculpture
photo by Isabella Dellolio Photography

Public Collections
Exhibits & Juried Selections
Publications
Awards
Education
Work Experience
Related Activities
 

Public Collections

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
ISGB President's Collection, ISGB.org
Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Kobe, Japan
Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
Racine Art Museum, Racine WI

Exhibits & Juried Selections
 

2024

New Work, solo exhibit
Level 42 Gallery, Asheville, NC

Buds, Blooms & Bugs, group exhibit
Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh WI

2023

Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" Exhibition
180 Studios, London England

Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" movie
(I made parts for an animated prop in the movie)
Asteroid City, movie theaters worldwide

Featured Presenter, Denizli Glass Bienali, Denizli, Turkey

2022

Fired Up: Glass Today, group exhibit
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT

Boundless Curiosity: A Journey with Robert Minkoff, group exhibit
Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA

Lifeforms, group exhibit
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

2021

Presenter, Denizli Glass Bienali, virtual

Presenter, ISGB Gathering, virtual

Glasstastic 2021, group exhibit
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT

2020

Expect the Unexpected, group exhibit
Racine Art Museum, Racine WI

Silvestris: Wild and Untamed, solo exhibit
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT

2019

Vermont Glass Guild, group exhibit
Salmon Falls Gallery, Shelburne Falls MA

Glasstastic 2019, group exhibit
Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro VT

2018

Teapots! 12, group exhibit
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh PA

2017

Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library, group exhibit
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

2016

Small Works, group exhibit
Glass Wheel, Norfolk VA

Presenter, Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning NY

Spiders! Interconnectedness, Innovation & Stewardship, group exhibit
Grant Teton AMK Ranch, Moran WY

Lifeforms, group exhibit
Houghton Gallery, Corning NY

The Studio at 20, group exhibit
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY

Lifeforms, group exhibit
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA

2015

Presenter, Kobe Lampwork Museum, Kobe Japan

Jeepers Creepers, group exhibit
I.D.E.A. Museum, Mesa AZ

Wesley Fleming working in his studio
Wesley Fleming working in his studio, 2012

2014

Josh Simpson and Friends, group exhibit
Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield MA

GLASS Bash, group exhibit
Salmon Falls Gallery, Shelburne Falls MA

Lifeforms, group exhibit
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL

Smithsonian Craft Show
National Building Museum, Washington DC

Lifeforms, group exhibit
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia PA

2013

The World of Glass Sculpture, group exhibit
Kobe Lampwork Museum, Kobe Japan

Panelist, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY

Lifeforms, group exhibit
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA

New Glass, group exhibit
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA

Presenter, GlassBoston, Cambridge MA

2012

The Teapot Redefined, group exhibit
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA

Fire & Sand: Contemporary American Glass, group exhibit
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ

Presenter, Soft Glass Invitational, Hilliards PA

Passing the Torch, group exhibit
WheatonArts, Millville NJ

2011

Wesley Fleming & Chris Visgitis, Duo Exhibit
Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh PA

Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle WA

2010

Eccentric Insects, group exhibit
Racine Art Museum, Racine WI

Presenter, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY

2009

Flow Magazine, Summer 2009 - GlassCraft Emerging Artist Award

Spineless Wonders - Invertebrates as Inspiration, group exhibit
University of Southern Maine, Atrium Gallery, Lewiston ME

2008

Hooked on Fish, group exhibit
Livingston Center for Art and Culture, Livingston MT

Small Wonders, group exhibit
Sycamore Fine Arts, Goshen IN

Ray Campeau & Wesley Fleming, Duo Exhibit
Main Stope Gallery, Butte MT

Catch the Reading Bug, Solo Exhibit
Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman MT

2007

Glass at Daniel Kany Gallery, group exhibit
Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland ME

Flow Magazine, Spring 2010

2006

What's Bugging You?, group exhibit
Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough NH

Reframing Nature, group exhibit
Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown NY

Erotik Neurotik, group exhibit
Elise Mankes Studio, Marblehead MA

Small Wonders: The World of Insects, group exhibit
Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts, Somerville MA

Publications

"Wes Anderson and the Tale of the Lampworker" Glass Art Magazine, March 2024

podcast interview Talking Out Your Glass, 2024

"Le Réalisme Magique d'un Artiste Verrier" Abeilles En Liberté, volume 19, 2023

podcast interview Glass Blowers Companion, 2021

podcast interview Connected in Glass, 2021

"Annual Bulletin" Paperweight Collectors Association, 2020

"Inspired by Insects: Bugs in Contemporary Art" Schiffer Publishing, 2017

"Glass Art: 112 Contemporary Artists" Schiffer Publishing, 2016

"Realism for a Reason" Glass Quarterly, Summer 2016

"Exotic Worlds" American Art Collector, volume 125, 2016

"Wesley Fleming" Lammaga Magazine (Japan Lampwork Society), 2015

"Sculpting a Big, Scary Spider" Flow Magazine, Spring 2015

"Smithsonian Craft Show" Ornament Magazine, Spring 2014

"Wesley Fleming" DPI Magazine (Taiwan), 2014

"Wesley Fleming" Lammaga Magazine (Japan Lampwork Society), 2013

MAKE Magazine, Volume 17 - Going Buggy

"Glass Microcosmos" Glass Art Society Journal, 2012

"Humor in Craft" Schiffer Publishing, 2012

"Soulful Consideration" Glass Line Magazine, June/July 2010

"Show Talk, Your Slides and the Jury—Working with Photographers" Profitable Glass Quarterly, Summer 2010

"Reproducing Nature - Wesley Fleming, Master of Realistic Results" Flow Magazine, Spring 2010

"The Open Torch and Bead Bazaar 2008 Gathering" Ornament Magazine, Summer 2009

"Class Makes Cool Beads Out of Hot Glass" Livingston Enterprise, Tuesday, April 28 2009

"Made On Earth - Report from the world of backyard technology" MAKE Magazine Volume 17, March 2009

"Artist Interview - Wes Fleming" Glass Addiction Forum, February 2008

"Artist Showcase" Glass Art Magazine, September 2006

2012 Niche Awards Finalist

"Sculpting Soft Glass - Making Cherub Ornaments" Glass Line Magazine, January 2006

"Wesley Fleming" Crafts Report Magazine, Online Exclusive, August 2005

Awards

Niche Awards Finalist NICHE magazine, 2012

GlassCraft Emerging Artist Award Flow Magazine, Summer 2009

2nd Place 2008 ISGB Gathering All Member Show Oakland, CA

Faculty for 2010 ISGB Gathering, action shot of class
Teaching at 2010 ISGB Gathering in Rochester, NY

Education

2019 - Adhesives workshop. Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY

2017 - Attended Glass Art Society Conference (also 2007, 2011, 2016)

2016 - Attended Annual Seminar on Glass on Blaschka Glass, Corning NY

2013 - Attended International Flameworking Conference (also 2012, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2004), Salem NJ

2013 - Attended GlassBoston Conference, Boston MA

2013 - Attended International Society of Glass Beadmakers Gathering (also 2010, 2008)

2005 - Studied sculptural flameworking with Lucio Bubacco and Vittorio Costantini, Venice Italy

2003 - Flameworked Beadmaking Survey. Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA

2001 - Beginning Glassblowing. Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge MA

1999 - Studied fine metal jewelry fabrication. Ostwald workshops, Oakland CA

1998 - B.A. in Computer Science with Geology minor. Oberlin College, Oberlin OH

Teaching Assistant to Vittorio Costantini
Teaching Assistant to Vittorio Costantini at
2008 ISGB Gathering in Oakland, CA

Work Experience

Teach glass sculpting internationally, including: Corning Museum of Glass, Kobe Lampwork Museum, Penland School of Craft, Snow Farm
2007 - present

Featured Presenter, 2023 Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli Turkey

virtual Presenter, 2021 Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli Turkey

virtual Presenter, 2021 ISGB Gathering, virtual

Presenter, 2016 Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning NY

Presenter, 2013 GlassBoston Conference, Cambridge MA

Presenter, 2011 Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle WA

Presenter & Teacher, 2010 ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY

Teaching Assistant for Vittorio Costantini, 2008 ISGB Gathering
2008

Flameworking Teacher, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA
2006 - 2007

Flameworking Studio Co-Head, Snow Farm Summer High School Program, Williamsburg MA
2006

Flameworking Teacher, Diablo Glass School, Boston MA
2004 - 2006

Snow Farm High School Program Flameworking Studio Co-Head
Snow Farm Flameworking Studio, summer 2006

Assistant Flameworking Teacher, Snow Farm Summer High School Program, Williamsburg MA
2005

Hotshop Assistant, Josh Simpson, Shelburne Falls MA
2003

Lab Monitor, MIT Glass Lab, Cambridge MA
2001 - 2003

Intern, Fellerman & Raabe Glassworks, Sheffield MA
2001

Related Activities

Board of Directors, Snow Farm, 2021 - present

Chairperson, Ashfield Cultural Council, 2011 - 2016

Corresponding Secretary & Membership Coordinator, 2006 - 2007 New England Chapter, International Society of Glass Beadmakers

Secretary, 2005 Brookline Artists' Open Studios

 

Member of the following professional organizations:
International Society of Glass Beadmakers American Craft Council Boston Chapter ISGB

 

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