Curriculum Vitae for Wesley Fleming

Galleries Exhibits & Juried Selections Awards Publications Education Work Experience Related Activities

Making an Australian Walking Stick, 2008

Galleries Representing

Arts Afire Gallery, Alexandria VA
Clouds Gallery, Woodstock NY
Earth's Treasures, Bozeman, MT
Ginko Gallery, Oberlin, OH
Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Kobe, Japan
Prism Glass Gallery, Rockport, ME
Racine Art Museum Store, Racine, WI

Exhibits & Juried Selections
 

2010

Eccentric Insects Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI   June 13 - October 17

Presenter ISGB Gathering
Rochester, NY   July 30

2009

Spineless Wonders - Invertebrates as Inspiration
University of Southern Maine, Atrium Gallery
Lewiston, ME   September 8 - December 18

2008

Hooked on Fish Livingston Center for Art and Culture
Livingston, MT   August 12 - September 13

Small Wonders Sycamore Fine Arts
Goshen, IN   July 3 - August 30

Duo Exhibit (with Ray Campeau) Main Stope Gallery
Butte, MT   July 5 - August 30

Catch the Reading Bug Bozeman Public Library
Glass Insect Solo Exhibit
Bozeman, MT   June - July

2007

Glass at Daniel Kany Gallery
Portland, ME   November 2 - December 29

Juried Live Auction Glass Art Society Conference
Pittsburgh, PA   June 9

2006

What's Bugging You? Sharon Arts Gallery
Peterborough, NH   November 3 - 25

Juried Live Auction Glass Art Society Conference
St. Louis, MO   June 17

Reframing Nature Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Spencertown, NY   June 25 - July 31

Erotik Neurotik Elise Mankes Studio
Marblehead, MA   February 25 - April 2

Small Wonders: The World of Insects Willoughby and Baltic Fine Arts
Somerville, MA   February 15 - March 18

Awards

GlassCraft Emerging Artist Award Flow Magazine, Summer 2009

2^nd Place 2008 ISGB Gathering All Member Show Oakland, CA

Publications

"Soulful Consideration"
Glass Line Magazine, June/July 2010

"Show Talk, Your Slides and the Jury—Working with Photographers"
Profitable Glass Quarterly, Summer 2010

"Reproducing Nature - Wesley Fleming, Master of Realistic Results"
Flow Magazine, Spring 2010

"The Open Torch and Bead Bazaar 2008 Gathering"
Ornament Magazine, Summer 2009

"Class Makes Cool Beads Out of Hot Glass"
Livingston Enterprise, Tuesday, April 28 2009

"Made On Earth - Report from the world of backyard technology"
MAKE Magazine Volume 17, March 2009

"Artist Interview - Wes Fleming"
Glass Addiction Forum, February 2008

"Artist Showcase"
Glass Art Magazine, September 2006

"Sculpting Soft Glass - Making Cherub Ornaments"
Glass Line Magazine, January 2006

"Wesley Fleming"
Crafts Report Magazine, Online Exclusive, August 2005

Education

2008 - Attended International Society of Glass Beadmakers Gathering. Oakland, CA

2007 - Attended Glass Art Society Conference. Pittsburgh, PA

2007 - Attended International Flameworking Conference. Salem Community College, NJ

2006 - Attended International Flameworking Conference. Salem Community College, NJ

2005 - Studied sculptural flameworking with Lucio Bubacco and Vittorio Costantini. Venice, Italy

2004 - Attended International Flameworking Conference. Salem Community College, NJ

2003 - Flameworked Beadmaking Survey. Worcester Center for Crafts

2001 - Beginning Glassblowing. Cambridge Center for Adult Education

1999 - Studied fine metal jewelry fabrication. Ostwald workshops, Oakland, CA

1998 - B.A. in Computer Science with Geology minor. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Work Experience

Presenter and Teacher
ISGB Gathering Rochester, NY
August 2010

Guest Artist
Snow Farm Summer High School Program Williamsburg, MA
July 3, 2010

Taught Beginning Beadmaking Workshops
Livingston Center for Art and Culture Livingston, MT
April 2009 - April 2010

Teaching Assistant to Vittorio Costantini
ISGB Gathering Oakland, CA
August 2008

Taught Beginning Beadmaking Workshops
Bear Canyon School of Art and Craft Bozeman, MT
October 2007 - October 2008

Flameworking Teacher
Worcester Center for Crafts Worcester, MA
September 2006 - August 2007

Flameworking Studio Co-Head
Snow Farm Summer High School Program Williamsburg, MA
July 2006

Flameworking Teacher
Diablo Glass & Metal Boston, MA
September 2003 - May 2006

Assistant Flameworking Teacher
Snow Farm Summer High School Program Williamsburg, MA
July 2005

Hotshop Assistant
Josh Simpson Contemporary Glass Shelburne Falls, MA
June 2003 - August 2003

Lab Monitor
MIT Glass Lab Cambridge, MA
September 2001 - January 2003

Intern
Fellerman & Raabe Glassworks Sheffield, MA
June 2001 - August 2001

Related Activities

Corresponding Secretary & Membership Coordinator, 2006 - 2007
Boston Chapter, International Society of Glass Beadmakers

Secretary, 2005
Brookline Artists' Open Studios

Member of the following professional organizations: