BIO
DH McNabb
Seeing, looking, searching for a new.
Encouraged by parents that traveled, I often found myself spinning the globe in my father’s office looking at where they had been and where I too may some day go. Glass has been an educational journey both from an academic and a practical stand point. The journey started academically in 1999 at Centre College and then continued with my MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. Corning, Seattle, Prague, Lybster, Weil am Rhein, Murano, Nuutajärvi, Istanbul, Toyama, Saint-louis les Bitche and Bergen are just a few of the places this material has taken me. Along the way, I have been fortunate to work, assist and collaborate with many artists who have helped me in the medium and in life in general.
Glassmaking is about collaboration, whether it is with another glassmaker, an artist or designer. As far as art and design, I prefer to fluctuate between the two; ultimately coming to realize I am a maker and a catalyst for this material. However, the most important thing the material has taught me is that it’s not necessarily what you can make but what you can expose...
Press & Features
DH McNabb at the cristallerie Saint-Louis
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
Corning Museum of Glass: DH McNabb at 2300° (Video)
Corning Museum of Glass: Live-streamed Studio Demonstration (Video)
CV
DH McNabb
Education
2009-2012
Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
Post Baccalaureate and MFA
2002
Centre College, Danville, KY
Bachelor of Arts in Glass
Selected Exhibitions
2016
Residency Exhibition for Saint-Louis Cristallerie, Saint-Louis les Bitche, France
Funn, Residency Exhibition, 12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway
2014MONUMENTS : MOMENTS, Centre College, Danville, KY
2013
Thirteen Twenty Three Exhibition , a space, Brooklyn, NY
2012
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition for MFA RISD
The Glass Bar @ The Salon, Providence RI
Fifty by Fifty, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2011
ESSENTIAL | INCIDENTAL, Steel Yard Gallery, Providence RI
2010
RISD Expose, Providence RI
G.A.S. Show, Flamerun Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009
Pilchuck Auction, Seattle, WA
Human Form Exhibit, Flamerun Gallery, Louisville, KY
Glass Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2006
Group Exhibition, Marta Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005
Five on Fire, Centre College, Danville, KY
Professional Experience
2016
Residency at S12 Bergen, Norway
Crafts person in residence Pilchuck Glass School
Instructor at Pilchuck Glass School, Session 2 (un)limited editions, Starwood, WA
Visiting Artist and work shop at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
2015-2016
Residency with the Fondation D’Enterprise Hermés at Saint-Louis Cristallerie, Saint-Louis Les Bitche, France
2015-Present
Glassmaker and Educator based in Louisville, KY
2013-2014
Graduate Fellow for Jones Visual Art Center, Centre College, Danville KY
Adjunct Professor Glass and Lecturer, Centre College, Danville, KY
2012
Teaching assistant to David Walters, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama City, Japan
2010–2011
Featured Artist 2300°, Corning Museum Of Glass, Corning, NY
Glass Lab, Gaffer/Assistant Corning Museum Of Glass, Corning, NY
Art Basel/Design Miami – Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Crafts Person in Residence, Co-Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Session 5, 2010 and 2011
2009
Teaching Assistant for James Mongrain at The Studio, Corning, NY
Teaching Assistant for David Walters at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2008
Featured Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
Resident Artist, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
2007
Session Seven, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey:
Teaching assistant for James Mongrain
Session Two, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Teaching Assistant for Stephen Rolfe Powell, Danville, KY
Chihuly in Finland, Iittala Glass factory, Nuutajarvi, Finland
2006
Chihuly in Finland, Iittala Glass factory, Nuutajarvi, Finland
2005
Session One, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Teaching assistant for James Mongrain
2004–2009
Assistant to James Mongrain , Dante Marioni and Janusz Pozniak, Seattle, WA
Freelance Assistant, Chihuly, Dave Walters, Seattle, WA
2004
Apprenticeship Benjamin Moore Inc. Seattle, Washington
2003–20014
Assistant to Lino Tagliapietra Inc
2003
Corning Museum of Glass, The Studio; Gaffer, assistant, etc.
2000–2003, 2013
Assistant to Stephen Powell, LLC
Grant
2011
Rhode Island School Of Design Graduate Studies Grant
Retracing and Emergence of Technique through History: A research trip to the glass cabinet at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen Denmark to the glass factories of Murano, Italy.
Collections
Hillsborough County Attorneys offices Tampa, FL
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Centre College, Danville, KY
Fondation D’Enterprise Hermés, Paris France