Jill Allan
Originally from Vancouver Island, Jill Allan received her MFA from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 2013 and her BFA at the Alberta College of Art and Design (Calgary) in 1999. Jill Allan is the recipient of several awards and scholarships such as the Dr. Alice E. Wilson Fellowship form the Canadian Federation of University Women 2012, The Katzner Research Grant form BGSU 2011, BC Creative Achievement Award 2007, and the Millennium Collection Competition from the Canadian Craft Museum 2001 among others. Her work is in the collection of The Canadian Craft Museum Vancouver, The Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, and The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning NY. Since graduating from BGSU Allan has worked as an art instructor in Iowa and western Canada and completed a public art installation for Kirkwood Community College in Washington, Iowa. Currently Jill Allan lives in Calgary, Alberta and is an instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design.
I think of myself as a hybrid: designer - craft maker - artist. I love the idea of crossover. My roots are in the craft tradition of vessel making but more and more now I want to make work that is sculptural and expressive, drawing on my life experiences for inspiration. There is a strong connection between my 2D and 3D artwork. The themes present in my drawings and photographs cross over into the objects and installations I make; informing the surface detail, form and mood of my work. When I use glass I can make a shape with light, contain light, distort light, reflect light and project light. For me it is all about light, whatever materials I am using. Since graduating from my MFA (2013) my practice has expanded to include teaching and consulting about curriculum development and studio construction. These new avenues and enriching experiences have offered new perspectives for me and will continue to be a part of the way I work.
EDUCATION
2013 MFA Graduate 3D Studies, Glass Area Bowling Green State University,
Ohio, USA (BGSU)
1999 BFA Glass Department Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
Canada (ACAD)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Sessional Instructor, School of Craft and Emerging Media, Glass Area
ACAD, Canada
2015 Instructor Series Summer Arts School, Red Deer College, Canada
Experiential Workshop Teacher Robert Held Art Glass, Parksville, Canada
2014 Instructor Glass Area, Arts and Humanities Dept., Kirkwood Community
College (KCC), Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2013 Instructor Glass Area, Arts and Humanities Dept., KCC, Iowa
Instructor 3D Studies Glass Area, Glass I, BGSU, Ohio, USA
2012 Instructor First Year Program, 2D Design, BGSU, Ohio, USA
Co-curator of the Glenn Osbourn Retrospective Exhibition BGSU
2011-12 Teaching Assistant Glass I, Bowling Green State University, USA
1999-16 Jill Allan Glassworks producing and promoting my own glass work
1999-12 Studio Assistant to artist Mel Munsen Victoria, Canada
2007-09 Production Assistant New-Small and Sterling Studio Glass, Canada
2006 Panel Member Alumni Symposium Alberta College of Art and Design
2003-06 Production Assistant Starfish Glassworks Canada
AWARDS
2014 Commissioned to make and install a public artwork for Washington Regional
Educational Center Kirkwood Community College, Iowa
2012 Dr Alice E Wilson Fellowship Canadian Federation of University Women 2011
Tuition waiver and Graduate Assistantship BGSU, Ohio, USA
Katzner Fund Graduate Research Grant BGSU, Ohio, USA
2010 Pilchuck Scholarship BC Glass Art Association, Canada
Member Scholarship Circle Craft Cooperative Vancouver, Canada
2009 Project Grant – Individual Arts Awards, BC Arts Council, Canada
Artist-in-Residence, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
Honourable Mention Outside the Box Cheongju Craft Biennale, Korea
2007 B.C. Creative Achievement Award, Achievement Foundation, Canada
2006 Artist Residency, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
2005 Gold Medal for Excellence in Craft, Circle Craft, Canada
2004 BCGAA Tiffany Glass Scholarship, Red Deer Summer Series, Canada
2000 Millennium Collection Competition, Canadian Craft Museum, Canada
1999 BEAM Corporate Collection Project, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
Illingworth Kerr Travel Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Design in Canada Outstanding Achievement From British Columbia, Canada
House Gallery, Canadian High Commission, London UK
Opposites Attract, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2014 {sic} In Transit, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, USA (solo)
2013 Winter Light Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College Iowa, USA (solo)
Aperture, MFA thesis exhibition, Wankelman Gallery, BGSU, Ohio, USA (solo)
2012 Graduate Arts Exhibition, group exhibition Arts X BGSU, Ohio, USA
Pat is Dead group exhibition Arts X BGSU, Ohio, USA
The Last Glass Show juried group exhibition Ontario Crafts Council, Canada
Groundwork, group exhibition Findlay Gallery, Ohio, USA
Fireworks, group exhibition Seymour Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2011 Dowest , invitational group exhibition Toronto International Design Show, Canada
Hot Glass, glass department exhibition, BGSU Ohio, USA
ArtsX glass department and graduate students group exhibitions BGSU Ohio
2010 Assets and Values, Radiant Dark, Made design,Toronto, Canada
Art of Craft, invitational group show Vancouver Museum, BC
2009 Outside the Box, international juried group show Cheongju Craft Biennale,
Cheongju, Korea,
Unity and Diversity, juried group show Canadian Pavilion, Cheongju Craft
Biennale, Cheongju, Korea,
2008 Bubble, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2007 Show, New-Small and Sterling Gallery, Vancouver, BC (duo)
Clear Cut, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
Glass Sculpture Now, invitational group show Lafrenière and Pai Gallery, Canada
2006 Illumination, invitational group show Ayden Gallery Vancouver Canada
2005 Circle Craft Christmas Market, juried Vancouver, Canada
Live Auction, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle USA
2004 Elemental/Translation, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, Canada (duo)
WORKSHOPS
2012 Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz hot glass techniques BGSU Ohio, USA
Walter Lieberman painting on glass and glass decals BGSU Ohio, USA
2011 Ethan Stern hot sculpting and cold carving glass BGSU Ohio, USA
Laura Donefer hot glass visiting artist BGSU Ohio, USA
2010 Randy Walker weekend workshop Rogue Wave Glassworks, Canada
Jeremy Bert Illuminating Experiments (Neon) Pilchuck Glass
School, WA, USA
2004 Stephen Paul Day, Lost Wax Casting (glass and bronze) Red Deer, Canada
2003 Naoko Takenouchi / Jeina Morosoff, Sand Blasting and Carving, Canada
1999 Jan Eric Ritzma / Josiah McElheny, Northlands Creative Glass Centre UK
Louise Duthie / Brian Munn. Painting on Glass, ACAD, Calgary, Canada
MEDIA
2009 Studio magazine cover Fall/Winter issue
Unity and Diversity exhibition catalogue Cheongju Craft Biennale Cheongju
International Craft Competition catalogue
Unity and Diversity Selected Works Crafting a Canadian Narrative catalogue
2008 Radio interview North by Northwest CBC Radio, March 22, Sheryl MacKay,
Vancouver, Canada
Live television interview Breakfast Television, City TV, February, Canada
2007 Recorded television interview The Daily Shaw Cable, May, Melissa Hall, Canada
2004 Review Elemental/Translation, Contemporary Canadian Glass Magazine,
Summer, Sara Short
2001 Radio interview North by Northwest CBC Radio, January 7, Sheryl MacKay,
Vancouver, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Catalogue entry ‘Icarus’ Exhibition Catalogue Glenn Osborn Retrospective
Exhibition
2004 Critical Review of Gary Bolt’s glass exhibition ‘Suspension’
Contemporary Canadian Glass.
LECTURES
2014 Presenter American Scientific Glassblowers Society Midwest Section Meeting
2012 Artist’s Lecture, Fireworks group exhibition Seymour Gallery, North Vancouver
2009 AIR Lecture Alberta College of Art and Design Calgary, Canada
2006 Panel member Alberta College of Art and Design Alumni Symposium
Artist’s Lecture ‘the Studio’ at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning USA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2009 Alberta College of Art and Design 6 weeks in the glass department, Canada
2006 A.I.R. a month in the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning USA
COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass, NY USA
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Canada
BEAM Corporate Collection Calgary Canada
Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver Canada
Washington Regional Education Center, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa, USA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CARFAC (member since 2014)
Glass Art Society (member since 2008)
Craft Association of B.C. (member since 2006, board member 2011)
Circle Craft Co-operative (member since 2006)
Glass Art Association of Canada (member since 1999)
2013 MFA Graduate 3D Studies, Glass Area Bowling Green State University,
Ohio, USA (BGSU)
1999 BFA Glass Department Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
Canada (ACAD)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 Sessional Instructor, School of Craft and Emerging Media, Glass Area
ACAD, Canada
2015 Instructor Series Summer Arts School, Red Deer College, Canada
Experiential Workshop Teacher Robert Held Art Glass, Parksville, Canada
2014 Instructor Glass Area, Arts and Humanities Dept., Kirkwood Community
College (KCC), Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2013 Instructor Glass Area, Arts and Humanities Dept., KCC, Iowa
Instructor 3D Studies Glass Area, Glass I, BGSU, Ohio, USA
2012 Instructor First Year Program, 2D Design, BGSU, Ohio, USA
Co-curator of the Glenn Osbourn Retrospective Exhibition BGSU
2011-12 Teaching Assistant Glass I, Bowling Green State University, USA
1999-16 Jill Allan Glassworks producing and promoting my own glass work
1999-12 Studio Assistant to artist Mel Munsen Victoria, Canada
2007-09 Production Assistant New-Small and Sterling Studio Glass, Canada
2006 Panel Member Alumni Symposium Alberta College of Art and Design
2003-06 Production Assistant Starfish Glassworks Canada
AWARDS
2014 Commissioned to make and install a public artwork for Washington Regional
Educational Center Kirkwood Community College, Iowa
2012 Dr Alice E Wilson Fellowship Canadian Federation of University Women 2011
Tuition waiver and Graduate Assistantship BGSU, Ohio, USA
Katzner Fund Graduate Research Grant BGSU, Ohio, USA
2010 Pilchuck Scholarship BC Glass Art Association, Canada
Member Scholarship Circle Craft Cooperative Vancouver, Canada
2009 Project Grant – Individual Arts Awards, BC Arts Council, Canada
Artist-in-Residence, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
Honourable Mention Outside the Box Cheongju Craft Biennale, Korea
2007 B.C. Creative Achievement Award, Achievement Foundation, Canada
2006 Artist Residency, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
2005 Gold Medal for Excellence in Craft, Circle Craft, Canada
2004 BCGAA Tiffany Glass Scholarship, Red Deer Summer Series, Canada
2000 Millennium Collection Competition, Canadian Craft Museum, Canada
1999 BEAM Corporate Collection Project, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
Illingworth Kerr Travel Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Design in Canada Outstanding Achievement From British Columbia, Canada
House Gallery, Canadian High Commission, London UK
Opposites Attract, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2014 {sic} In Transit, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, USA (solo)
2013 Winter Light Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College Iowa, USA (solo)
Aperture, MFA thesis exhibition, Wankelman Gallery, BGSU, Ohio, USA (solo)
2012 Graduate Arts Exhibition, group exhibition Arts X BGSU, Ohio, USA
Pat is Dead group exhibition Arts X BGSU, Ohio, USA
The Last Glass Show juried group exhibition Ontario Crafts Council, Canada
Groundwork, group exhibition Findlay Gallery, Ohio, USA
Fireworks, group exhibition Seymour Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada
2011 Dowest , invitational group exhibition Toronto International Design Show, Canada
Hot Glass, glass department exhibition, BGSU Ohio, USA
ArtsX glass department and graduate students group exhibitions BGSU Ohio
2010 Assets and Values, Radiant Dark, Made design,Toronto, Canada
Art of Craft, invitational group show Vancouver Museum, BC
2009 Outside the Box, international juried group show Cheongju Craft Biennale,
Cheongju, Korea,
Unity and Diversity, juried group show Canadian Pavilion, Cheongju Craft
Biennale, Cheongju, Korea,
2008 Bubble, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2007 Show, New-Small and Sterling Gallery, Vancouver, BC (duo)
Clear Cut, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
Glass Sculpture Now, invitational group show Lafrenière and Pai Gallery, Canada
2006 Illumination, invitational group show Ayden Gallery Vancouver Canada
2005 Circle Craft Christmas Market, juried Vancouver, Canada
Live Auction, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle USA
2004 Elemental/Translation, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, Canada (duo)
WORKSHOPS
2012 Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz hot glass techniques BGSU Ohio, USA
Walter Lieberman painting on glass and glass decals BGSU Ohio, USA
2011 Ethan Stern hot sculpting and cold carving glass BGSU Ohio, USA
Laura Donefer hot glass visiting artist BGSU Ohio, USA
2010 Randy Walker weekend workshop Rogue Wave Glassworks, Canada
Jeremy Bert Illuminating Experiments (Neon) Pilchuck Glass
School, WA, USA
2004 Stephen Paul Day, Lost Wax Casting (glass and bronze) Red Deer, Canada
2003 Naoko Takenouchi / Jeina Morosoff, Sand Blasting and Carving, Canada
1999 Jan Eric Ritzma / Josiah McElheny, Northlands Creative Glass Centre UK
Louise Duthie / Brian Munn. Painting on Glass, ACAD, Calgary, Canada
MEDIA
2009 Studio magazine cover Fall/Winter issue
Unity and Diversity exhibition catalogue Cheongju Craft Biennale Cheongju
International Craft Competition catalogue
Unity and Diversity Selected Works Crafting a Canadian Narrative catalogue
2008 Radio interview North by Northwest CBC Radio, March 22, Sheryl MacKay,
Vancouver, Canada
Live television interview Breakfast Television, City TV, February, Canada
2007 Recorded television interview The Daily Shaw Cable, May, Melissa Hall, Canada
2004 Review Elemental/Translation, Contemporary Canadian Glass Magazine,
Summer, Sara Short
2001 Radio interview North by Northwest CBC Radio, January 7, Sheryl MacKay,
Vancouver, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Catalogue entry ‘Icarus’ Exhibition Catalogue Glenn Osborn Retrospective
Exhibition
2004 Critical Review of Gary Bolt’s glass exhibition ‘Suspension’
Contemporary Canadian Glass.
LECTURES
2014 Presenter American Scientific Glassblowers Society Midwest Section Meeting
2012 Artist’s Lecture, Fireworks group exhibition Seymour Gallery, North Vancouver
2009 AIR Lecture Alberta College of Art and Design Calgary, Canada
2006 Panel member Alberta College of Art and Design Alumni Symposium
Artist’s Lecture ‘the Studio’ at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning USA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2009 Alberta College of Art and Design 6 weeks in the glass department, Canada
2006 A.I.R. a month in the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning USA
COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass, NY USA
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Canada
BEAM Corporate Collection Calgary Canada
Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver Canada
Washington Regional Education Center, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa, USA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CARFAC (member since 2014)
Glass Art Society (member since 2008)
Craft Association of B.C. (member since 2006, board member 2011)
Circle Craft Co-operative (member since 2006)
Glass Art Association of Canada (member since 1999)
