CONTACT : HELLO@GRACIANASH.COM
EDUCATION
Rochester Institute of Technology School of American Crafts, Rochester N.Y.
2017-2019
• Glass Masters of Fine Arts, Full Scholarship, 4.0 GPA
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred N.Y.
2009-2014
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Education Minor, with Honors
• Alfred University’s President’s Scholarship, Honor’s Program, Dean’s List
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Adjunct Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring 2020-Fall 2021
• “3-D 1” (Foundations, undergrad) Fall 2020, Fall 2021
• “3-D 2” (Foundations, undergrad) Spring 2021
• “Intro to Glass Processes” (elective, undergrad) Spring 2020
• “STAR Intro to Glass/Metals” (Glass, elective, undergrad) Spring 2020
- Master Class, ISGNE (Imagining Sustainable Glass Network Europe) workshop, GLASSPOINT Studio, Riga, Latvia
“GLASS SKIN” March 2019
• Flameworking and Fusing, with Pop-up Exhibition
- Graduate Assistant, RIT, Rochester N.Y.
“Junior/Sophomore Flameshop Workshop” Spring 2018
• Teaching Introduction to Flameworking to Junior and Sophomore Glass Majors
• Demos, curriculum, timeline, projects, critiques
“Introduction to Warm Glass Elective” Fall/Spring 2017-2019
• Teaching Introduction to Flameworking and TAing Hotshop to non-major Graduate Students
• Demos, curriculum, timeline, projects, critiques
- Teacher’s Assistant, Alfred University, Alfred N.Y.
“Public Art”, Spring 2014 - with Æsa Bjork
“Glass and Metal Casting”, Fall 2013 - with Æsa Bjork and Coral Lambert
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
• Windgate Fellowship Nominee - February 2014
• RIT/Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass Partnership Scholarship (full scholarship) - July 2018
• Artist in Residence - Aichi University of Education in Nagoya, Japan - June – July 2018
• “Open A New Year”, 1st Place Juried Online Exhibition, The Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - December 2018
• "Place Setting", Juried Exhibition, Curator’s choice, Politits Art Coalition at The Yards Collective, Rochester, N.Y. - March 2019
• "GAS Student Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, F.L. - March 9 – April 26 2019
• Emerging Artist in Residence - Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA - Sept – Nov 2019
• Saxe Emerging Artist Award - Glass Art Society - May 2020
EXHIBITIONS
• “Congressional Art Show”, Larking at Exchange Building, Buffalo, N.Y. - April – May 2008
• “Post Present”, Hornell, N.Y. - December 2013
• “MISE-En-Scene”, Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, N.Y. - February 2013
• “Senior Show Exhibition”, Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y. - May 2014
• “Young and Loving”, S12, Bergen, Norway - August-September 2014
• "No Man's Land", Juried Exhibition, Politits Art Coalition at The Yards Collective, Rochester, N.Y. - March 2018
• “Drawing from the Same Well”, Davison Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester N.Y. - May 2018
• “RIT x AICHI Collaboration”, Library Gallery at Aichi University of Education, Nagoya, Japan - July 2018
• “RIT Graduate Showcase”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y. - November 2018
• “LinGLASStics”, The Yards Collective, Rochester, N.Y. - December 2018
• “Open A New Year”, 1st Place Juried Online Exhibition, The Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery - December 2018
• “Half A Bubble Off Plumb” (Participating Body in performance by Suzanne Peck), Urban Glass, Brooklyn, N.Y - January 26th, 2019
• "Place Setting", Juried Exhibition, Curator’s choice, Politits Art Coalition at The Yards Collective, Rochester, N.Y. - March 2019
• "Glass Art Society Student Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, F.L. - March 9 – April 26, 2019
• “Aventurescence", MFA Thesis Exhibition, Solo Show, The Yards Collective, Rochester, N.Y. - April 5 – April 15, 2019
• “MFA Thesis Exhibitions”, Bevier Gallery at RIT, Rochester, N.Y. (2019)
• "We Want as Much", Juried Exhibition, Politits Art Coalition at The Yards Collective, Rochester, N.Y. - March 6-22 2020
• “New Glass Review 41”, (2020)
• “ASK: Our Diverse World“, Tsinghua International Conference on Art and Design Education (ICADE) Online Conference Exhibition - October 2021
• ”Autonomous Zone : Group Exhibition Celebrating 50 years of Pilchuck Glass School”, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA - October 2021
• ”Autonomous Zone : Group Exhibition Celebrating 50 years of Pilchuck Glass School”, BWA Wrocław Galleries of Contemporary Art, Wrocław, Poland - July 2022 - January 2023
• ”Texture and Response”, Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT - September 2023 -- January 2024
FEATURES/PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES
• National Cultural News Interview, Riga, Latvia - March 2019
• RIT Glass MFA Spotlight, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY - March 2019
• “My Favorite Things Tour”, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA - October 2019
• Emerging Artists in Residence Lecture and Studio Visits, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, W.A. - 2019
• GASnews, “Who We EiAR: Language and Self-Identification”, Online Publication, Winter 2020
• SAXE Emerging Artist Lecture, GAS Conference: Re:Generation Innovation Through Tradition, TBD
• “New Glass Review 41”, (2020)
• SAXE Emerging Artist Lecture, GAS 2021 Online, (2021)