All sculpture is blown, off-hand sculpted glass. Some works include horse hair and leather. Photography: Russell Johnson KP Studios Ken Emery (studio shots) Special thanks for their assistance in this work to: Lisa Piaskowy Jasen Johnsen Raven Skyriver Alex Stisser Sasha Tepper-Stewart The Museum of Glass Hot Shop Team and Staff, Tacoma, WA and my husband, Rik Allen
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Run, Rabbit 22hX16d�
The hot glass process inspires a rhythm that parallels the rhythm of life.
I sculpt instinctively and remain candid in my portrayal of the subject and to the significance of the act of creating its image. Â
Gathering 14hX14d�
I am interested in universal iconography of animals, and more importantly in how we as humans essentially respond to their form and inherent traits. Animals have played an all pervasive role in the history of human kind, and have been observed, depicted, interpreted, utilized, and imbued with cultural and psychological inferences. We attach to them our superstition and ideology and can associate them with mythology and even divinity.
The Gatherers 15hX16d�
Cache 19hX18d”
These works are a meditation on these archetypical animal forms who have had presence throughout our history and can embody the basic needs of the human psyche. Inspired also by Netsuke, functional miniature Japanese sculptures, I focus on the forms of animals that reside around my rural Northwest studio. I use black glass to accentuate gesture and to cultivate reverence for these commonplace animals.
—Shelley Muzylowski Allen
Horse Netsuke 33hX14d”
Verdant Horse Netsuke 35hX14d�
Catch 21hX19d”
The Mystic 32hX14d�
2010 Demonstrating Artist, Glass Arts Society, Louisville, KY 2009 Residency - Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA 2007 Guest Artist-Toyama City Institute of Glass, Japan 2006 Guest Artist-International Festival of Glass-Stourbridge, England Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions 2010 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2009 Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2008 Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, AZ 2007 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Selected Recent Group Exhibitions 2010 38th Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, MI National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, TX 2009 Nuutajarven Galleria Osuuskunta Nututajarvii, Finland 37th Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, MI SOFA New York, NY 2008 Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA SOFA Chicago 2007 Thomas Riley Galleries, Cleveland, OH Selected Media 2009 “Morris Code” Glass Quarterly Magazine 2006 “500 Glass Artists” Lark Publishing 2005 “Team Effort” Artisan Northwest Magazine 2002 HGTV Carol Duvall Show Selected Collections Dale Chihuly, Sir Elton John, Sara Morgan- Kinder Morgan, Inc., Toyama City Institute of Glass, Museum of Northwest Art, Museum of Glass-Tacoma, Moss Adams, LLP, Foothills Toyota