Professional Recognition:

• “Blown Away: New Forms in Glass” (honorable mention) PostPicasso.com

• Children's Hospital, Boston, Research Wing commission, 2003

• Acquisition by the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. 1999

• Pacific Gas Transmission, Oregon, Corporate commission, 1995

• Pacificare Corporation, Oregon, Corporate collection, 1994

• Kaiser Permanente Corporate collection, 1994

• Hewlett Packard, Corporate commission, 1990

• Professional Stained Glass "A Decade of Excellence" award, purchase grant, 1990

• Bullseye Glass Company, Artist in Residence Purchase Grant, 1989

• Professional Stained Glass "Fusion 88" Award

Selected Exhibitions:
2007

• "Sand, Ash & Bone - Intimate Landscapes by Roger Thomas"
  L'Attitude Gallery, Boston

• "Clear Expressions" A Juried Art Glass Exhibition
  Chemeketa College, Salem, Oregon

2006

• Art in Embassies Program, Department of State.
  Work on display at American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.

• "New Works: the Fused Glass Paintings of Roger Thomas"
  Pismo Fine Art Glass, Aspen, CO

2005

• "Frit & Fire: New fused glass paintings by Roger Thomas" L'Attitude Gallery, Boston

• "Impressions in Glass" Pismo Fine Art Glass, Aspen, CO

• "Orientally" Kane Marie Galleries, Virginia Beach, VA
  

2004

• “E-Merge: WG@BE3, Director’s Corner,” Bullseye Glass Co., Portland, OR

• “Blown Away: New Forms in Glass” (honorable mention) PostPicasso.com

• "Transformed by Fire: Glass Today" Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

• Fusion: Roger Thomas' Fused Glass Paintings, L'Attitude Gallery, Boston

• "Seeing Things: the Fused Glass Paintings of Roger Thomas" Pismo Fine Art Glass, Aspen CO

2003

• Legacy: An exhibition of how glass is learned The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR

• ARTforms West Palm Beach, FL

• Sculpting the Wall L'Attitude Gallery, Boston, MA

• Impressions in Glass: the Abstracted Landscape Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, OR

• Seeing Things; the Glass Paintings of Roger Thomas Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

• Art in Embassies Program, Department of State, United States. Work on display in the American Trade Mission, Havana Cuba.

• By Heat Transformed, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD.

• Sculpting the Wall, L'Attitude Gallery, Boston, MA.

2002

• Art in Embassies Program, Department of State, United States. Work on display in the American Embassy to the Philippines.

• Paintings in Glass, The Rachael Collection, Aspen, Colorado.

• Impressions in Glass , Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, OR.

• Crystal Petal, Painted Leaf, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

• The Art of Glass, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

2001

• Fused Glass Paintings, Brian Marki Fine Art, Portland, OR.

• New Works, Kane Marie Fine Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

2000

• North American Glass 2000, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut

• Roger Thomas; Virtreous Mosaic, the Rachael Collection, Aspen, Colorado

1999

• Solo Exhibition, The Rachael Collection, Aspen, Colorado

• Solo Exhibition, Elizabeth Doyle Gallery, Lahaina, Hawaii

• Painterly Expressions in Glass, Vespermann Galleries, Atlanta, Georgia

1998

• International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 98, Kanazawa, Japan

• North American Glass '98, The Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut

1997

• Transformation/Contemporary Glass, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Bullseye Connection, Portland, Oregon

1996

• Benefit Auction, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• GLASTEC 96, Dusseldorf, Germany

1995

• Solo Exhibition, The Rachael Collection, Aspen, Colorado

• Solo Exhibition, Gango Gallery, Portland, Oregon

1994

• Post Pilchuck: Beyond the Glory Hole, Phoenix Rising Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1993

• 58th Annual CAA National 1993, Cooperstown Art Association, New York

• 19th National Miniature Show, La Luz, New Mexico

1992

• Sixth Glass Art Exhibition, Electric Culture Museum, Nagoya, Japan

1989

• Contemporary Glass 89, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon

• Contemporary Imagery, Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton, California

1988

• The Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibit, Wichita, Kansas

• International Exhibition of Glass Craft, 88, Kanazawa, Japan

• Glass Directions, 88, Chemeketa College, Salem, Oregon

1987

• Landforms, John Thomas Gallery, Fullerton, California

• International Competition and Exhibition, Stained Glass Association of America, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

• Feet of Glass, Art Glass Alliance of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

• Solo Exhibition, Luminaries, California State University, Fullerton

Publications:

• Tuch, Rebecca. "Crossing Boundaries, Making Art," Arts Media, Summer, 2004, Volume 8, Number 43

• Gangelhoff, Bonnie. "SWA Selects Artists to Watch" Southwest Art, May 2004. Volume 33, Number12

• Franks, Rebekah. "Artist Goes Back in Time to Revive Old Techniques," The Business Journal, Portland, Oregon, Volume 20, Number 29, Sept.19, 2003

• Conway, Judith Finn. "The Pioneers of Frit: How it All Came About"
  Glass Craftsman, April/May, 2003

• McGinnis, D. "Artist Thomas Turns Dreams into Reality" The Hollywood Star, Feb. 2003

• Perlis, Leslis. "Kickstarting Your Creativity", Glass Craftsman, No.164, Feb/Mar 2001

• Walker, Brad. Contemporary Warm Glass. Clemmons, NC: Four Corners Int. Inc. 2000

• "Canvassing the NW Art Scene", Northwest Travel, July/August 1999

• Cover art, Oregon Focus magazine, April 1996

• "The Art of the Glass" Uroboros Glass Co. advertisement campaign, various magazines, 1990 to 1996

• "The Creative Edge" Bullseye Glass Co. advertisement campaign, various magazines, 1990 to 1994

• "A Decade of Excellence" Professional Stained Glass, July, 1990

• "Discover Portland" Glass Art Magazine, December 1988

• Feature Editorial, "Showcase Houses", Designers West, Six/Eighty

• "An Image of Art Deco", Architectural Digest, September, 1977

Teaching Experience:

• Instructor, The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York, 2004

• Instructor, Pacific Glass, Gardena, CA, 1996 - 2007

• Instructor, Firehouse Glass, Vancouver, WA, 2002 - 2004

• Instructor, GlassForum, Averøy, Norway 2003 - 2007

• Instructor, Creative Glass MHS AG, Zurich, 1996 - 2006

• Instructor, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland, Oregon, 1996, Kilnformed Glass

• Instructor, University of Ohio, Kent, April, 1991, Kilnworked Glass Seminar

• Faculty Assistant, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, Summer 1988, First Graduate Workshop

• Faculty, California State University, Fullerton, Spring 1987, Flat Glass

• Adjunct Faculty, Coastline College, Fountain Valley, California, 1985-88, Stained Glass

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