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14 Lodge Street , Asheville, NC 28803 - (828) 768-0246

Mitchell Gaudet

Education

1990               M.F.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1984               B.F.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Selected Collections and Commissions

                     Arts Renaissance Hotel, New Orleans, LA
                     Elton John
                     Emeril’s, New Orleans, LA
                     Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans, LA
                     Hotel Intercontinental, New Orleans, LA
                     Hotel Le Cirque, New Orleans, LA
                     Loft 532, New Orleans, LA
                     New Orleans Airport Delta Concourse, New Orleans, LA
                     Paul McCartney
                     Pere Marquette, New Orleans, LA
                     Stevie Wonder

Professional Experience

1998               Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1997               Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
                      Instructor, Urban School of Glass, Brooklyn, NY
1992-Present   Owner/Designer, Studio Inferno, New Orleans, LA
1991               Founder/Director of Studio Areas & Instructor, N.O. School of
                      Glassworks, New Orleans, LA
1989-90          Instructor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Selected Awards and Grants

1996              Designer, Pilchuck Auction Centerpiece, Pilchuck Glass School,
                     Seattle,WA
1996              National Living Treasure Nomination, State of LA
                     Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
1996              LA Division of the Arts Grant, Individual Artist Award,LA
                     Audubon Insectarium Public Commission, New Orleans, LA
1996              Full Scholarship, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1996              Partial Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006              Myth of Romance, The University of Southern Mississippi
                                 Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS
                     Myth of Romance, Arthur Roger Gallery Project, New Orleans, LA
2004              Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002              Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, TN
                     Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2000 Curio,
                                 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Art in the Next Ten Minutes, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                     Horror Vacui, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     Inventory, Nicole Perry Fine Art, Memphis, TN
1998              Necropolis, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     Immortelle, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1997              Object Maker, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996              Road to Ruin, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Grave Sights, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1996              Perpetual Care, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Care of the Soul, Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1993              Fourteen Holy Helpers, Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans,LA
1991              Deadly Sin, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Trump of God, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1990              Saints of Glass, X-Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1989              Necropolis, X-Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008              Bella Vista Art Gallery, Asheville, NC
2007              Katrina Catastrophe and Catharsis, Colorado Springs Fine Arts                                 Center, Colorado Springs, CO
2005              Comeback Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004              Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002              University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
                     University Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
2000              7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of
                               Hawaii at Manoa
                     Southeastern Glass Invitational 2000, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
1998              Ghost of Cornell, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
                     Calido, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
                     Pilchuck Faculty Show, Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     Art and Architecture, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
                     Cast Glass Invitational, N. Arizona University
                               Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
                     Purgatorio II, Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1997              Glass, Adam Whitney, Omaha, NE
                     Clearly Brilliant, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
                     Glass, Goldsberry Gallery, Houston, TX
                     Louisiana Hot Glass, Southeastern Louisiana University,
                                Hammond, LA
                     Calido, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
                     Glass, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                     Sepulcher, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
                     Transformation, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh,PA
                     Facets, Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL
                     Men at Work, Earth and Fire, New Orleans, LA
                     Frozen Fire, Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
                     Calido Contemporary Warm Glass, Tucson Museum of Art,                                  Tucson,AZ
                     Cast Glass, Belvetro Glass Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
                     The 20th Anniversary, Contemporary Arts Center,
                                New Orleans, LA
                     Southeastern Sculpture Invitational, Louisiana University,                                 Hammond, LA
                     Guns in the Hands of Artists, Positive Space, New Orleans, LA
                     Glass from the South, Jeannie Cox Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
                     Purgatorio, Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL
                     Southeastern Fine Crafts Biennial, Florida Art Center, Belleair, FL
1996              Cast of Four, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
                     Terra Firma, Gallerie Dorita, Atlanta, GA
                     Glass + Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
                     Glass for the Masses, Delgado College, New Orleans, LA
                     Visual Fellowships 1981-1998, Baton Rouge Gallery,
                                 Baton Rouge, LA
                     Emergents, Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Vetropolis, Delgado Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Group Show, Lead Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     LA Open, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
                     From Start to Finish, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
                     Wunderkammer, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                     10th Biennial Capitol Glass Invitational, Glass Gallery,
                                 Bethesda, MD
                     Night Visions, Marguerite Oestreicher Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Food for Thought, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
                     Glass of Pilchuck Staff, History of the World Gallery,
                                 Stanwood, WA
                     The Arts Store, Linda Ferris Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     Cast in Glass, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
                     Glass and Iron, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
                     Crevaet Voyer, Marguerite Oestreicher Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Inferno, University of New Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Chairs, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
1992              Contemporary Survey in Glass, Cliff Michel Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     Garden of Paradox, 1708 East Main Gallery, Richmond, VA
                     Second Annual Glass Exhibition, Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1991              Innovations in Glass Sculpture, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
                     Contemporary Spiritual Art, University of New Orleans, LA
                     Choice Images, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Invitational Chair Show, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA
1990              Second Annual Invitational Glass Exhibit, Lynn McAllister Gallery,
                                    Seattle, WA
                     The Mary Show, X-Art Gallery, New Olreans, LA
                     Pilchuck Staff Art Exhibition, Stanwood, WA
                     Tulane Glass, Fairhope Arts Gallery, Fairhope, AL
                     Three From New Orleans, Longview College, Farmville, VA
1989              International Glass Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
                     Pilchuck Staff Show, Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA
                     Breaking Tradition II, Place St. Charles Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     New Orleans Tourist Trap, Gallery Avante-Gout, New Orleans, LA
                     Pilchuck Glass Invitational, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts,
                                  Portland, OR
1988              Gone Fishing, Simms Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Glass Arts Society Exhibit, Kent State University, Kent, OH
                     Breaking Tradition, Place St. Charles Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Newcomb Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1987              Newcomb Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
                     Hampton Roads Annual Art Show, Hampton Roads, VA
                     Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1986              L.S.U. Stained Glass, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,LA
                     Hampton Roads Annual Art Show, Hampton Roads, VA
1985              St. Tammany Art Show, Louisiana Primate Center, Covington, LA
                     Hot Glass, Stained Glass, Nuance Gallery, New Orleans, LA
                     Glass Arts Society Exhibit, Contemporary Arts Center, New
                                  Orleans, LA


Cast Glass

Gas Station in the Fog

'Blue Figure'
Blue Figure

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High Road, Low Road
"Louse" Wall of Love Series
Cast Glass
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High Road, Low Road
"Slut" Wall of Love Series
Cast Glass
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