Joel Philip Myers
Joel Philip Myers
Born 1934, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Education 1951-1954
Parsons School of Design, Advertising Design 1957-1959
Kunsthaandvaerkerskolen, Copenhagen, DK, Ceramics 1960-1963
Alfred University, New York, BFA & MFA degrees in Ceramics 1963-1970
Director of Design, Blenko Glass Company, Milton, W.Va. 1970-1997
Distinguished Professor of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Currently Emeritus Professor of Art. (retired)
Selected Awards 2009
Recipient of the MILLVE ROSE SOCIETY AWARD, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton,NJ
2002
ART ALLIANCE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Lifetime Achievement Award
1996
DECORATIVE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Illinois Academy of Fine Arts
1993
Appointed HONORARY LIFE MEMBER The Glass Art Society
1984
CRAFTSMAN'S FELLOWSHIP The National Endowment for the Arts, USA
Elected FELLOW The American Crafts Council
1976-1977
CRAFTSMAN’S FELLOWSHIP The National Endowment for the Arts, USA
Juror
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF GLASS KANAZAWA 2007, 2004 Design Center Ishikawa,
Japan
THE NEW GLASS REVIEW 27, CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS, 2005
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Il.,USA
2004
Western Carolina University Fine and Performing Arts Center, Cullowhee, N.C.,USA
2003
The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, West Virginia, USA
2002
The Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Mn., USA
2001
Maureen Littleton Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
1999
Barry Friedman Gallery, N.Y., N.Y., USA
Selected Publications
2006
500 GLASS OBJECTS pub. Lark Books, NY
2005
NEUS GLAS und STUDIOGLAS C.Schack von Wittenau, Museum for Modern Glass, Coburg, Germany
2002
HISTORY OF GLASSFORMING Cummings, A&C Black pub., London
2001
ARTISTS IN GLASS: LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY MASTERS IN GLASS, Klein,Octopus pub., London
2000
GLASS ART FROM URBAN GLASS, Yelle, Schiffer Pub.
1999
feature article: AMERICAN CRAFTS Aug/Sept issue
1997
MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY GLASS: THE GLICK COLLECTION catalog, The Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Ind.
1995
THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS Abrams Pub.
1993
JOEL PHILIP MYERS catalog of Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, DK
Selected Collections
Museé du Verre, Liege,Belgium
Kunstsammlungen Der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany
The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Ind., USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., N.Y., USA
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y., USA
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Kamomura, JAP
Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, NL
Museé Des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, F
The Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, JAP
Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, D
Museum Bellerive, Zürich, CH
Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Dk
