David D'Orio + studio

Current Position:

Executive Director, DC GlassWorks and Sculpture Studios
Senior Programmer Analyst, The Urban Institute

Education:

University Of Hartford, Summa Cum Laude (1992-1997)
B.F.A. Sculpture, B.A. Sociology
Minor In Art History
Certificate in Applied Social Research

Professional Experience:

DC GlassWorks - Edmonston, Maryland. Co-founded and built public access glass facility and educational program. Currently teaches glassblowing and sculpture classes.

Surrey Institute of Art and Design (Farnham University) - Surrey, England. Assisted in teaching a glass casting class with Mark Ferguson.

Edsbjorke Studioglas - Sunne, Sweden. Assisted in teaching a mold making and glass casting class with Mark Ferguson.

Mark Ferguson - Sculptor, Brooklyn NY. Involved in making large scale cast glass and hot assembeled sculptures.

Philip Grausman - Sculptor, Washington CT. Involved in enlarging and building large scale sculptures in metal and fiberglass.

Peter Woytok - Sculptor, Wassaic NY. Involved in all phases of cast sculpture fabrication and finishing.

Paul Suttman - Sculptor, South Kent CT. Involved in all phases of bronze sculpture finishing.

Exhibitions:

2010

Transmuting Craft.
Cafritz Art Center - Montgomery College, Silver Spring MD .

Feeders.
Greenbelt Community Center Art Gallery, Greenbelt MD 20770.

WPA - Cream.
American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center, Washington DC.

2009

Feeder(s)-New work by David D'Orio.
Hillyer Gallery - Washington DC 20008

The Poetics of Material.
DC Arts Center - Washington DC 20009

The Common Element: Glass and Sculpture.
ArtDC Gallery - Hyattsville, MD.

Flash/Light: A Tribute to Mark Ferguson.
Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic Street - Windsor, CT.

Artomatic
55 M Street, SE - Washington, DC.

12 x 12
ArtDC Gallery - Hyattsville, MD.

A Cast of Characters
The Foundry Gallery - Washington, DC.

2008

Glass Evolving
VisArts - Rockville, MD.

Artomatic
Capital Plaza I - Washington, DC.

2007

Glass
Workspace Gallery - Edmonston, MD.

2006

The Real (art) World: 5 Curators. 5 Artists.I Museum
American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center, Washington DC.