Education:
1983 M.F.A., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
1979 B.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Selected Exhibitions:
2011 Curious Harmony, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Offerings – Sacred Images in Nature, Masaoka Glass Gallery, Carmel Valley, CA
2008 Hot/Cold, Group Glass Exhibition, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Suspended Elements, Solo Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2007 Tribal Visions, Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2006 Aquarium Invitational, Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Made in California – Oakland Museum Café, Oakland, CA
2005 Offerings - Solo Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Out of the Mold, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
Figure it Out, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 GLASS - Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno
2003 Casting Spirits - Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, AZ
20/20 Vision - CGCA Fellows Exhibition, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
Figurative Work in Clay and Glass, Gallery Alexander, La Jolla, CA
2002 Glass Sculpture - Solo Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
A Figurative Show - Virginia Brier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Transmutations - Clay into Glass, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
The Figure, Carolyn Blake Gallery, Charleston, SC 2000 Glass Sculpture, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Glass Sculpture by Mark Abildgaard, The Rachael Collection, Aspen, CO
Figurative Glass Sculpture, The Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Sculptural Perspectives for the New Millennium, The Leff Foundation,
St. Helena, CA
1997 Calido! Contemporary Warm Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Glass, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
1996 Crocker - Kingsley Exhibition, The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
1995 Light Interpretations The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
1994 GLASS, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1993 Glass Invitational, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 West Coast Glass: A Survey of Contemporary Glass Artists,
California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
1990 American Glassmaking, The Corning Museum on Glass, Corning, NY
1989 A Seven Year Legacy - Fellows of the C.G.C.A., Grohe Glass Gallery,
Boston, MA
1988 Taking Shape, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
1986 Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Mark Abildgaard
Commissions:
2011 Griffiss Land Development Corporation, 153 Brooks Rd., Rome, NY
“Green Light Column” – 2011, slumped glass block, stainless steel, LED lights,
10’x1.5’x1.5’, installed in an outdoor sculpture garden
2010 Yolo County Library – Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch
2801 – 2nd Street, Davis, CA
“Fire Rainbow” – 2010, blown glass, steel cable, 16’x12’x12’
Embarcadero Partners LLC, Office building
100 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA
“Stringers” – 2010, blown glass, steel cable, 30’x5’x1’ each
2009 DESS Building, 25 N. Cottonwood, Woodland, CA
“Suspended Element Curtain” – 2009, blown glass, stainless steel, 3’x22’x6”
DESS Building, 500 Reed Ave., West Sacramento, CA
“Wave” – 2009, blown glass, stainless steel, 12”x72”x8”
Griffiss Land Development Corporation, 153 Brooks Rd.,Rome, NY
“Light Columns” – 2009, slumped glass block, stainless steel, LED lights,
10’x 1.5’x1.5’ each, installed in outdoor sculpture park
2008 Woodland Healthcare Medical Building, 632 W.Gibson Rd., Woodland, CA
“Tree of Life” - 2008, stainless steel, blown glass, 16’x10’x8’
2007 Embarcadero Capital Partners LLC, Office Building,
1301 Shoreway Rd., Belmont, CA
“Virga” – 2007, blown glass, steel cable, 36’x18’x15’
2006 Herbert Bauer Mental Health Building, 213 W. Beamer Street, Woodland, CA
“Green/Blue Column” – 2006, slumped dalle glass, 96”x16”x16”
“Suspended Elements” – 2006, kiln cast glass, stainless steel, 18”x72”x8”
Collections:
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
The Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, California
The Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia
The Wheaton Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey
The Contemporary Museum of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii
Saks Fifth Avenue, Corporate Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
Pacific Enterprises, Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Hawaii State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Persis Collection of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
The Saxe Collection, Private Collection, San Francisco, CA |