JOSHUA SOLOMON
Norfolk, VA 23505
joshsoulman@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
May 2003 - Bard College: B.A. in Studio Arts; Concentration in Sculpture
February 2000 - December 2002 - Violet Hill Glass Studios:
Apprenticeship with Barry Entner
AWARDS
2023 Virginia Glass Guild Juried Exhibition - Best in Show
2022 Stockley Gardens Spring, Norfolk, VA - Alexis Reass Award 1st Place Award
2022 Chesapeake Spring Arts Festival, Chesapeake, VA - Best in Show
2022 Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA - Best in Show
2021 An Occasion for the Arts, Williamsburg, VA - Award of Distinction
2020 Beaux Arts Festival, Miami, FL - 1st Place in Glass
2019 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, VA - 3rd Place
2019 Lazy Daze, Cary, NC - Jerry Miller Award
2019 An Occasion for the Arts, Williamsburg, VA - Award of Distinction
2017 Port Warwick, Newport News, VA - 2nd Place
2016 Sidewalk Art Show - Second Place
2016 Seawall Art Show - Artisan Award
2015 Gosport Arts Festival - Award of Excellence
2014 Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach – Virginia's Finest Award
2014 Gosport Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA – Award of Distinction in Glass
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Arts in the Middle Urbanna, VA
2022 Holiday Craft Morristown - Morristown, NJ
2022 Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair Winston- Salem, NC
2022 Bethsda Row Arts Festival - Bethesda, MD
2022 Four Bridges Arts Festival - Chattanooa, TN
2021 OP/Art Imagine Museum - St. Petersburg, FL
2020 Beaux Arts Festival of Art - Miami, FL
2019 Lazy Daze - Cary, NC
2019 Stockley Gardens - Norfolk, VA
2019 Rittenhouse Square Spring Fine Craft - Philadelphia, PA
2019 An Occasion For The Arts - Williamsburg, VA
2019 Rittenhouse Square - Philadelphia, PA
2019 Paradise City Arts Festival - Marlborough, MA
2019 Stockley Gardens - Norfolk, VA
2019 CraftNew York - NYC, NY
2018 Long's Park Art Festival - Lancaster, PA
2018 Columbus Arts Festival - Columbus, OH
2018 Paradise City Arts Festival - Northampton, MA
2018 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival - Reston, VA
2014 The Cutting Edge (curator) - Norfolk, VA
2013 Seawall Art Show - Portsmouth, VA
2013 Fall Foliage Festival - Waynesboro, VA
2013 Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival - Norfolk, VA
2013 Boardwalk Art Show - Virginia Beach, VA
2012 Virginia Opera/Harrison Opera House – Norfolk, VA
2011 Cristallo Gallery (solo exhibition) – Newport News, VA
Professional Experience
February 2013 - Present Instructor
Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, VA
September 2012 – Present Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Assistant
Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, VA
- Responsibilities include public glass demonstrations, classes, and general operations of the Studio.
- Studio time for developing and producing new work
July 2008 – Present Owner
Solomon Solutions Norfolk, VA
- Solomon Solutions specializes in the creation of custom blown glass sculptures and vessels.
- seventeen years of experience working with hot glass
Fall 2009 – Present Installation Coordinator/Sales Associate
Barry Entner Sculpture Rhinebeck, NY
- Coordinating logistics of installations with clients
- Receiving shipments, unpacking hundreds of individual glass pieces and recreating sculptures to the artist’s precise specifications
June 2010 Glass Blowing Instructor
Trinity Studios Waynesboro, VA
- Developed age appropriate curriculum and taught a one week “immersion” introduction to hot glass seminar series for high school students
July 2009, July 2010 Summer Studio Instructor
Staunton Augusta Art Center Staunton, VA
- Developed curricula and taught child and adult workshops in charcoal, pencil, and ink still life drawing
June – August 2009 Assistant
Maho Bay Camps St. John, US Virgin Islands
- Provided glass blowing demonstrations and daily lessons for resort guests using recycled glass bottles
- Performed studio repairs and created production work.
December 2002 - June 2008 Glass Studio Manager, Violet Hill Studios
Barry Entner Sculpture Rhinebeck, NY
- Managed all day-to-day operations of an art glass studio
- Responsible for daily equipment inspection
- Assisted in all aspects of the glass making process
- Managed the studio office, creating production schedule and ordering all supplies
- Interacted with gallery owners, designers, and private clients
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Barry Entner… Independent Artist… Rhinebeck, NY 845-876-3077, Bentnerglass@aol.com
Charlotte Potter… Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Manager… Norfolk, VA 757-333-6268, cpotter@chrysler.org
Ed Francis… Dept. Chair, Glassblowing, Tidewater Community College… Portsmouth, VA 757-822-1078, efrancis@tcc.edu