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Wesley Fleming , artist |
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curriculum vitæ for Wesley Fleming![]() photo by Isabella Dellolio Photography
Public Collections Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY
New Work, solo exhibit Buds, Blooms & Bugs, group exhibit
Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" Exhibition Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" movie Featured Presenter, Denizli Glass Bienali, Denizli, Turkey
Fired Up: Glass Today, group exhibit Boundless Curiosity: A Journey with Robert Minkoff, group exhibit Lifeforms, group exhibit
Presenter, Denizli Glass Bienali, virtual Presenter, ISGB Gathering, virtual Glasstastic 2021, group exhibit
Expect the Unexpected, group exhibit Silvestris: Wild and Untamed, solo exhibit
Vermont Glass Guild, group exhibit Glasstastic 2019, group exhibit
Teapots! 12, group exhibit
Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library, group exhibit
Small Works, group exhibit Presenter, Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning NY Spiders! Interconnectedness, Innovation & Stewardship, group exhibit Lifeforms, group exhibit The Studio at 20, group exhibit Lifeforms, group exhibit
Presenter, Kobe Lampwork Museum, Kobe Japan Jeepers Creepers, group exhibit ![]() Wesley Fleming working in his studio, 2012
Josh Simpson and Friends, group exhibit GLASS Bash, group exhibit Lifeforms, group exhibit Smithsonian Craft Show Lifeforms, group exhibit
The World of Glass Sculpture, group exhibit Panelist, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY Lifeforms, group exhibit New Glass, group exhibit Presenter, GlassBoston, Cambridge MA
The Teapot Redefined, group exhibit Fire & Sand: Contemporary American Glass, group exhibit Presenter, Soft Glass Invitational, Hilliards PA Passing the Torch, group exhibit
Wesley Fleming & Chris Visgitis, Duo Exhibit Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle WA
Eccentric Insects, group exhibit Presenter, ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY
![]() Spineless Wonders - Invertebrates as Inspiration, group exhibit
Hooked on Fish, group exhibit Small Wonders, group exhibit Ray Campeau & Wesley Fleming, Duo Exhibit Catch the Reading Bug, Solo Exhibit
Glass at Daniel Kany Gallery, group exhibit ![]()
What's Bugging You?, group exhibit Reframing Nature, group exhibit Erotik Neurotik, group exhibit Small Wonders: The World of Insects, group exhibit "Wes Anderson and the Tale of the Lampworker" Glass Art Magazine, March 2024 podcast interview Talking Out Your Glass, 2024 "Le Réalisme Magique d'un Artiste Verrier" Abeilles En Liberté, volume 19, 2023 podcast interview Glass Blowers Companion, 2021 podcast interview Connected in Glass, 2021 "Annual Bulletin" Paperweight Collectors Association, 2020 "Inspired by Insects: Bugs in Contemporary Art" Schiffer Publishing, 2017 "Glass Art: 112 Contemporary Artists" Schiffer Publishing, 2016 "Realism for a Reason" Glass Quarterly, Summer 2016 "Exotic Worlds" American Art Collector, volume 125, 2016 "Wesley Fleming" Lammaga Magazine (Japan Lampwork Society), 2015 "Sculpting a Big, Scary Spider" Flow Magazine, Spring 2015 "Smithsonian Craft Show" Ornament Magazine, Spring 2014 "Wesley Fleming" DPI Magazine (Taiwan), 2014 "Wesley Fleming" Lammaga Magazine (Japan Lampwork Society), 2013 ![]() "Glass Microcosmos" Glass Art Society Journal, 2012 "Humor in Craft" Schiffer Publishing, 2012 "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 Niche Awards Finalist NICHE magazine, 2012 GlassCraft Emerging Artist Award Flow Magazine, Summer 2009 2nd Place 2008 ISGB Gathering All Member Show Oakland, CA ![]() Teaching at 2010 ISGB Gathering in Rochester, NY 2019 - Adhesives workshop. Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY 2017 - Attended Glass Art Society Conference (also 2007, 2011, 2016) 2016 - Attended Annual Seminar on Glass on Blaschka Glass, Corning NY 2013 - Attended International Flameworking Conference (also 2012, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2004), Salem NJ 2013 - Attended GlassBoston Conference, Boston MA 2013 - Attended International Society of Glass Beadmakers Gathering (also 2010, 2008) 2005 - Studied sculptural flameworking with Lucio Bubacco and Vittorio Costantini, Venice Italy 2003 - Flameworked Beadmaking Survey. Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA 2001 - Beginning Glassblowing. Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge MA 1999 - Studied fine metal jewelry fabrication. Ostwald workshops, Oakland CA 1998 - B.A. in Computer Science with Geology minor. Oberlin College, Oberlin OH ![]() Teaching Assistant to Vittorio Costantini at 2008 ISGB Gathering in Oakland, CA Teach glass sculpting internationally, including: Corning Museum of Glass, Kobe Lampwork Museum, Penland School of Craft, Snow Farm Featured Presenter, 2023 Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli Turkey virtual Presenter, 2021 Denizli Glass Biennial, Denizli Turkey virtual Presenter, 2021 ISGB Gathering, virtual Presenter, 2016 Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning NY Presenter, 2013 GlassBoston Conference, Cambridge MA Presenter, 2011 Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle WA Presenter & Teacher, 2010 ISGB Gathering, Rochester NY Teaching Assistant for Vittorio Costantini, 2008 ISGB Gathering Flameworking Teacher, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA Flameworking Studio Co-Head, Snow Farm Summer High School Program, Williamsburg MA Flameworking Teacher, Diablo Glass School, Boston MA ![]() Snow Farm Flameworking Studio, summer 2006 Assistant Flameworking Teacher, Snow Farm Summer High School Program, Williamsburg MA Hotshop Assistant, Josh Simpson, Shelburne Falls MA Lab Monitor, MIT Glass Lab, Cambridge MA Intern, Fellerman & Raabe Glassworks, Sheffield MA Board of Directors, Snow Farm, 2021 - present Chairperson, Ashfield Cultural Council, 2011 - 2016 Corresponding Secretary & Membership Coordinator, 2006 - 2007 New England Chapter, International Society of Glass Beadmakers Secretary, 2005 Brookline Artists' Open Studios
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© Wesley Fleming, 2025