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Sable Nipple Ball
Nancy Callan
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Nancy Callan
Nancy Callan grew up near Boston, MA, working as a pizza-maker, band roadie and graphic designer before attending the Massachusetts College of Art (BFA 1996). A chance peek into the hot glass studio changed the trajectory of her life; she was entranced by the fluid, glowing material and the demanding choreography of working at the furnace. In 1996 she relocated to Seattle, WA to join maestro Lino Tagliapietra’s glassblowing team, rising to a key position as his assistant and travelling internationally to teach and demonstrate the craft. Through this nineteen-year apprenticeship, Callan mastered the traditional Venetian glassblowing techniques that are the foundation of her innovative work with line, pattern and color.
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Callan has blazed a trail as an LGBTQ woman, helping to inspire, teach and mentor the next generation of diverse artists in glass. Residencies, workshops and collaborations continue to feed her practice and create space for experimentation. Callan brings a contemporary sensibility and distinctive approach to the material and processes of hot glass working.
Nancy Callan is represented by galleries throughout North America and her work is in the collections of the Museum of Glass (WA), Microsoft Collection, Chrysler Museum (VA), The Mint Museum (NC), Peabody-Essex Museum (MA), Barry Museum (VA), Corning Museum of Glass (NY) and the Shanghai Museum of Glass (China). A solo exhibition, “Nancy Callan: Forces At Play”, was presented at the Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA) in 2024-25.
Nancy Callan is represented by galleries throughout North America and her work is in the collections of the Museum of Glass (WA), Microsoft Collection, Chrysler Museum (VA), The Mint Museum (NC), Peabody-Essex Museum (MA), Barry Museum (VA), Corning Museum of Glass (NY) and the Shanghai Museum of Glass (China). A solo exhibition, “Nancy Callan: Forces At Play”, was presented at the Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA) in 2024-25.
Selected Exhibitions
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Education
1996 BFA – Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1996 Advanced Glassblowing Workshop – Lino Tagliapietra, The Studio, Corning, NY
Select Exhibitions
2026 “Use Me, I’m Fragile” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2025 “Nancy Callan: Forces At Play” – Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2025 “The Clown In Me Loves You” – Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2024 “Counterpoint” – Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2024 “LA Art Fair” – Montague Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 “The Pforzheimer Collection of Studio Glass” – Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2024 “For the Love of Glass: From the Collection of Chris Rifkin” – Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, MA
2023 “This is Becoming a Pattern” – Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 “Craft Across Continents” – Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2023 “Confluence: Nancy Callan and Mel Douglas” – Centre de Verre Contemporaire, Biot, FR
2023 “Connections” – Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2023 “The Clown In Me Loves You” – Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art at Cal State San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
2022 “Beyond The Ceiling” – Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art + Design
2022 “Nancy Callan: Phenomena” – Montague Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 “Fired Up: Glass Today” – Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2021 “The Clown In Me Loves You” – Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Bainbridge, WA
2021 “In Her Voice: Influential Women in Glass” – Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, MA
2021 “Melting Point” – Heller Gallery, NY, NY / Ferrin Contemporary Gallery, North Adams, MA
2021 “Fluid Formations: The Legacy of Glass in the Pacific Northwest” – Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2020 “Venice and American Studio Glass” – Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice, Italy
2020 “Nancy Callan: Dialogues” – Heller Gallery, NY, NY
2019 “Transparency: An LGBTQ+ Glass Art Exhibition” – Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2019 “Spin,Weave,Gather” – Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2019 “Secret Admirer” – Pilchuck Glass Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 “Featured Artist” – SOFA Chicago, Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 “Inner Visions” – Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH
2018 “Featured Artist” – TEFAF, Michele Beiny Gallery, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2018 “Featured Artist” – Masterpiece, Michele Beiny Gallery, London, England
2018 “Infinite Patterns” – Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2017 “Anemones” – Duncan McClellan Glass, St. Petersburg, FL
2017 “No Glass Ceiling: Women Working in Glass Part 1” – Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2016 “From Here to Infinity” – Solo Exhibition, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 “Nancy Callan: Snowmen” – Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2016 “Hotspot: Contemporary Glass from Private Collections” – Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2015 “Group Show” – Chihuly Collection, St. Petersburg, FL
2015 “Over the Top” – Duncan McClellan Glass, St. Petersburg, FL
2015 “Nancy Callan / Steve Jensen” – Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH
2015 “Glass Works” – Museo, Langley, WA
2014 “Featured Artist” – Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
2014 “Masters of Glass” – Napua Gallery, Waimea, HI
2014 “Group Show” – Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 “Totem” – The Future Perfect, San Francisco, CA
2013 “Curiosity Vessels” – Carwan Gallery, Katara Art Center, Doha, Qatar
2013 “eXpose” – Habatat Galleries, Royal Oaks, MI
2013 “Nancy Callan: Snowmen” – The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2013 “Glass Today” – Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2013 “Contemporary Glass from the Kaplan/Ostergaard Collection” – Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2013 “Robert Lepper & Nancy Callan” – Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 “Nancy Callan: Elemental” – Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 “Duality: Nancy Callan and Ethan Stern” – Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH
2012 “Strong Presence” – Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2012 “50 x 50: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass” – Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2011 “Clouds” – Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
2011 “Homage to Bornholm” – Gronbechs Gard, Hasle, Denmark
2011 “Featured Artist” – Schantz Gallery Glass Tour, Seattle, WA (Catalog)
2011 “Glass Quake” – Group Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2011 “Convergence Zone” – Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2010 “Nancy Callan: Glass Fantastic” – The Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2010 “Nancy Callan: Blown Glass Sculpture” – Dane Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2010 “The Secret Garden” – The Future Perfect, NY, NY
2010 “Nancy Callan: Summer Series” – Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge, MA
2010 “Glass Arts Society Group Exhibition” – Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
2010 “She Said, She Said” – Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2009 “New Work by Nancy Callan” – Hawk Galleries, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2009 “Nancy Callan: Seventh-Inning Stretch” – The Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2009 “Nancy Callan: Seventh-Inning Stretch” – The Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 “Come On, Get Happy!” – Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH
2009 “The Blue Room” – New Glass Art and Photography, Berlin, Germany
2009 “Blue Rain Gallery and the New Glass Art Movement of the Southwest” – Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 “NeoNature” – Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 “Nancy Callan” – Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
2008 “Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational” – Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
2008 “Homage to a Maestro” – The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007 “Ongoing Invention” – The Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA
2007 “Wobble and Bob” – The Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland, ME
2007 “Behind Glass: Creativity and Collaboration” – The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2007 “Summer Exhibition” – Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
2006 “Woolgathering” – William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 “New Work” – Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 “Seattle Artists Exhibition” – D&A Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Burning Ideas: Contemporary Visions in Glass” – The River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME
2006 “Made at the Museum” – The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2005 “New Work” – Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 “Topsy Turvy” – Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005 “Contemporary Glass” – Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2005 “Nancy Callan” – The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2004 “The Italian Influence in Contemporary Glass” – Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2004 “Fall for Glass ‘04” – Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 “Objects of Diversion” – William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 “A New Vanguard” – Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
2004 “Long Live the Lamplighters” – Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 “Fiery Influences” – Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004 “The Language of Color” – Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 “Glass Invitational” – Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2003 “New Work” – Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 “Chroma” – Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2003 “Moxie” – William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 “Echoes” – Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2003 “Artists of My Area/Era Working Drawings” – Bubba-Mavis Presentation, Seattle, WA
2002 “Toyland” – Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 “New Artists” – William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 “Introductions” – Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 “Nancy Callan” – Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2001 “The White Exhibition” – Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 “Pratt Instructors Show” – CoCA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 “Glass: The Cutting Edge” – The Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1996 “Master and Students” – The Grohe Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 “Mass Glass” – The Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA