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