RESUME
Stephen Knapp
Born:
Worcester, Massachusetts, 1947
Education:
Hamilton College, BA, 1969
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2007
The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art of the Midland Center for the Arts
2006
Eckert Fine Art, Naples, FL
2005
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Kraft Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2003
Kraft Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994
“Fantasy in Glass”, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions:
2006
Palm Beach Contemporary
2005
Art Chicago in the Park
Stephen Knapp Project Space, Art Santa Fe
Art Miami
San Francisco International Art Expo 7
Palm Beach Contemporary
2004
The International Art + Design Fair
Los Angeles Art Show
Art Miami
Palm Beach Contemporary
San Francisco International Art Expo 6
Art Chicago
SOFA New York
2003
Toronto International Art Fair
Art of the Twentieth Century
Los Angeles Art Show
Art Santa Fe
SOFA Chicago
SOFA New York
Art Chicago
“El Arte de las Vidrieras: luz, color y espacio”, La Valldigna, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
2002
“Reflections on Glass”, New York, NY
2001
“The Coloured Light”, Pfarrkirchen, Germany
“2001 Hsinchu International Glass Arts Festival”, Taiwan
1998
“Glass: A Group Exhibition”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1994
“International Survey of Contemporary Art Glass”, Pittsburgh, PA
1993
“Glass Now 15th”, Japan
1991
“Mars and the Muses”, Higgins Armory, Worcester, MA
Selected Commissions:
2007
“Masked Illusions”, lightpainting, Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach, FL
2006
“Traversing a Luminous Fold”, lightpainting, Miami University, Oxford, OH
“First Symphony”, lightpainting, Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
“Seven Muses”, lightpainting, Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, Richardson, TX
“Luminous Affirmations”, lightpainting, Lights on Tampa, FL
2005
“Harlequin”, lightpainting, private residence, Boca Raton, FL
2004
“Toccata”, lightpainting, MITRE Corp, Bedford, MA
“Beyond” lightpainting, private residence, Richardson, TX
“Joanie’s”, lightpainting, private residence, Worcester, MA
“Rocco’s Reward”, lightpainting, Opia 1541 Restaurant, Worcester, MA
“Fandango”, private residence, Allentown, PA
2003
“The Magician”, lightpainting, private residence, Chicago, IL
2002
“The Christ Doors”, kiln formed glass, The Solanus Casey Center, Detroit, MI
“Quattuordecim”, lightpainting, The American Bible Society, New York, NY
Lightpainting, private residence, Lancaster, PA
Lightpainting, light sculpture, and kiln formed glass wall, the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes,
Fond du Lac, WI
2001
Kiln formed glass entries, The Worcester Public Library, Worcester, MA
“The Crystal Quilt”, kiln formed glass wall, Love Library, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kiln formed glass doors and panels, private commission, Chicago, IL
“Stories from Light”, suspended light sculpture, Women and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA
2000
“The Crossroads Quartet”, four kiln formed glass screens, Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA
Light sculpture, Saints Memorial Medical Center, Lowell, MA
“The Healing Arts Suite”, three carved slate and mosaic tile murals, The Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL
Lightpainting, Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, MA
1999
Kiln formed glass screens, Kilroy Airport Center III, Long Beach, CA
Kiln formed glass wall, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Carved slate and mosaic murals, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD
1998
Kiln formed glass screens, Kilroy Airport Center, Long Beach, CA
“Rainbow Harp”, light sculpture, “Chicago’s Treasures”, kiln formed glass, CNA Insurance Companies,
Chicago, IL
Kiln formed glass, Charles Hotel, Boston, MA
1997
Kiln formed glass wall, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
1996
Kiln formed glass walls and suspended sculpture, Harnischfeger Industries, Milwaukee, WI
Kiln formed glass panels, CNA Insurance Companies, Chicago, IL
Mixed media installations, Splendour of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Kiln formed glass wall, Sprint, Washington, D.C.
1995
Kiln formed glass doors, Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Kiln formed glass walls, Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Fantasy in Glass Exhibit, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
1994
Kiln formed glass wall, Allmerica Financial Headquarters, Worcester, MA
1993
Kiln formed glass walls, private commission, Gross Isle, MI
Kiln formed glass screens, United Airlines, Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico City
Kiln formed glass screens, United Airlines, Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.
Kiln formed glass wall, Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL
Kiln formed glass entry, The Quarasan Group, Chicago, IL
1992
Kiln formed glass wall, private commission, Boston, MA
1989
Polychromed stainless steel murals, McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA
1988
Ceramic mural, etched stainless steel walls, The Spa, Boston, MA
1986
“Convergence”, etched metal mural, Hamilton County Justice Complex, Cincinnati, OH
1985
“The Odyssey”, “Homage to Shigaraki”, “The Search”, glass glaze ceramic murals, USAA Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio, TX
1984
“The Dawning”, dyed, etched aluminum mural, Norton Company, Worcester, MA
Publications:
The Art of Glass, Stephen Knapp, Rockport Publishers, 1998
“A Guide to Architectural Art Glass”, Architectural Record, May 1995
“Architectural Art Glass”, Glass Magazine, May 1995
“Art with Heart - A Guide to Collaborating with Creative Types on Building Art”, Skylines, March 1989
“Collaborating with Artists”, Progressive Architecture, April, 1987
“Working with Artists - A Developers’ Guide for Commissioning Artwork”, Urban Land, September 1987
Bibliography:
Books:
The Sculpture Reference, Illustrated, Arthur Williams, 2005
Reflections on Glass, Virginia Chieffo Raguin, American Bible Society, 2002
Artisans Glass, Jera May Morton, Watson Guptil Publications, 1999
Architectural Glass Art, Andrew Moor, Mitchell Beazley, 1997
Selected Articles:
Art of the Times, Summer 2006
Worcester Telegram & Gazette August 2006
The Star Press (Muncie, IN), September 2006
Chicago Sun Times, October 2003
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 2002
Worcester Magazine, March 2002
The Coloured Light – Exhibition Catalog, 2001
2001 Hsinchu International Glass Arts Festival, Exhibition Catalog
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), May 2001
ArchitectureWeek.com, October 2001
Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE), August 2001
StatePaper.com, August 2001
Sunday World-Herald (Omaha, NE), August 2001
Interior Design, May 1996
Architectural Record, May 1995
Glass Now 15th, Exhibition Catalog, 1993
Interiors, July 1993
Progressive Architecture, July 1989
The New York Times, June 15, 1989
Skylines, March 1989
Identity, Summer 1988
Urban Land, September 1987
Art & Antiques, April 1987
Progressive Architecture, April 1987
Ceramics Monthly, February 1987
ARTnews, January 1987
Southwest Art, May 1986
Honoho Geijutsu (Japan), Spring 1986
Corporate ARTnews, March-April 1986
Nikkei Architecture (Japan), December 1985
Corporate ARTnews, November-December 1985
The Shinbijutsu Shinbun (Japan), August 1985
Corporate Design, May-June 1982
US Air Magazine, May 1982
Interior Design, December 1981
Progressive Architecture, July 1981
Progressive Architecture, June 1978
Interior Design, March 1977
Museum Collections
The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Selected Private, Public and Corporate Collections and Installations
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Miami, FL
Sarah and Paul Damaske, New York, NY
Al and Betsey Harris, Naples, FL
Barry Hershman, Boca Raton, FL
Randall and Marcia Johnson, Santa Fe, NM
Bruce and Pam Loch, Allentown, PA
Don and Mary Melville, Worcester, MA
Jim and Gayla VonEhr, Richardson, TX
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL
Citibank, New York, NY
CNA Insurance Companies, Chicago, IL
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
The Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX
The Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Hamilton County Justice Complex, Cincinnati, OH
McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, CA
Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH
Norton Company, Worcester, MA
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
The Sam Nunn Federal Center, Atlanta, GA
Sprint, Washington, DC
Tampa City Hall, Tampa, FL
United Airlines, Dulles Airport, Washington, DC
The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
USAA Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio, TX
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD
The Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research, Columbus, OH
Women and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, MA
The Worcester Public Library, Worcester, MA