PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
President, Glass Alliance of Northern California. 2005-present
City of Fremont Art Review Board, 2001-present, President 2006
Studio glass artist, 1993-present
Guest Instructor, Bullesye Glass Company, Portland, OR 2007
Guest Instructor, The Crucible, Oakland CA 2006
Arts Council Silicon Valley Grants Juror, 2006, San Jose, CA
Presenter, Glass Art Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2004
Executive Director, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA 2002-2004
Faculty, Ohlone College Art Dept, Glass Program, Fremont, CA, 1987-2004
Presenter, BECon Glass Educator’s Conference, Portland, OR, 2003
Presenter, California Glass Exchange, Cal State Fullerton, 2003
Co-coordinator, California Glass Exchange 2002 (with Mary B. White, San Jose State U.)
City of Fremont Olive Hyde Art Guild Program Chair, 2002-2003
Guest Instructor, Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX 1998, 1999, 2002
Guest Curator, “New Directions in Glass”, Frederick Louis Gallery Fremont, CA, 1999Bullseye Glass College Educators Residency, Portland, OR 1995
Guest Curator, “Cast in Light,” Ohlone College Gallery, Fremont, CA 1994
Guest Curator, “Glass Beyond Function”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA 1994
Glass artist, specializing in commissioned work, 1976-1993
EDUCATION
Postgraduate work in glass:
San Jose State University, 1991
Camp Colton Glass Program, 1990
California College of Arts and Crafts, 1982
Pilchuck School, 1980, 1982
Glass apprenticeship: Acme Bijou Design, Denver, CO 1976-77
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, 1969
2006 Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellows Exhibit ,Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2005 “Susan Longini: Studio Years", Mid-career Retrospective, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
2002 “New Work”, Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001 Nortel Networks Headquarters, Santa Clara, CA
2000 Nortel Networks Headquarters, Santa Clara, CA
1998 “Contemporary Glass Objects”, Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994: “Glass: Beyond Function”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
1986 “Real To Life”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
GROUP EXHIBITS
2007 “Fragile: Glass”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
2007 “Contemporary Kiln Glass: Another Language”, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2006 “Teapots!”, Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 “One of a Kind”, Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, TX
2006 “Made in California: Glass from the Golden State”, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2005 “HOT SHOP”, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2005 “Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Glass Arts”, San Francisco Airport Museum, SFO International Terminal, CA
2004 "The Ceremony of Tea", Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2004 "ILLUMINATIONS II", 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2004 "Carnivale", Pilchuck School auction, exhibit, Seattle, WA
2004 "Four Women: Hot Glass", Kentucky Museum of Art + Design, Louisville, KY
2004 "Great Glass Auction" exhibition/auction, benefiting the Bay Area Glass Institute, SRI
International, Menlo Park, CA
2003 “Winterworks”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “Reflections”, Pilchuck School auction exhibit, Seattle, WA,
2003 “Illuminations”, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2003 “Legacy”, Bullseye Connections Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Sculptural Glass Invitational , Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “Glass: Heat Transformed”, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
2002 “Great Glass Auction” exhibit/auction, benefiting the Bay Area Glass Institute, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
2002 Faculty Invitational, Louie Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
2002 “One Week of Glass”, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA
2002 California Glass Exchange Invitational, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2001 “Converging Ideas”, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 “A Galerie of Glass”, Carlyn Galerie, Dallas, TX
2001 “Great Glass Auction” exhibit/auction, benefiting the Bay Area Glass Institute, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
2001 “Glass Now”, exhibit/auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Group Juried Exhibit, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA – gold prize
2000 Faculty Exhibit, Louie Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
2000 “Fragments lll”, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2000 10th Anniversary Invitational, Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000 “Material World”, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2000 “Glass! Glass! Glass!” Hayward City Hall, Hayward, CA
1999 “Fragments II”, d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
1999 “A Gathering of Glass VII”, Sable V Gallery, Wimberley, TX
1999 Invitational Exhibit, San Jose Institute of Contemporary art, San Jose, CA
1998 “A Gathering of Glass VI”, Sable V Gallery, Wimberley, TX
1998 “Fragments’ d.p. Fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
1998 Invitational Exhibit, San Jose Institute of Contemporary art, San Jose, CA
1998 Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College Gallery, Fremont, CA
1997 Margaret Berman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997“Love Knots, Love Nots”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1996 Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Margaret Berman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
1996 “Chaos and Order” Los Gatos Museum, Loa Gatos, CA
1996 “The Embattled artist” Serra House, Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, CA
1994 “Art in Fusion” Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA
1994 “GLASS”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
1993 “Gavilon College Gallery Invitational”, Gavilon College, Gilroy, Ca
1992 Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
1989 Gallery House juried exhibition, Palo Alto, CA
1987 Faculty Exhibition, Ohlone College Gallery, Ohlone college, Fremont, CA
1987 “East Bay Connections” invitational, Cal State Hayward Gallery, Hayward, CA
1983 “National Warm Glass Show” U. of New Mexico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1981 “Collaboration” invitational, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1981 “New Mexico Glass Exhibition”, Santa Fe, NM
1980 “New Mexico Glass Exhibition”, Santa Fe, NM
1979 “Colorado Women in the Arts” Golden, CO
1979 “Colorado Glass Exposition” Boulder, CO
1978 “Colorado Glass Exposition” Boulder, CO
AWARDS and HONORS
2005 Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship
ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS
“Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture”, catalog 2007
“Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture”, catalog 2006
500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, Ashville, NC, 2006
Fremont Bulletin, Fremont, CA, November 5, 2005
Tri-City Voice, Fremont, CA, October 25, 2005
Silicon Valley Home Magazine, San Jose Mercury News, September, 2005
www.digitry.com - artists in residence/Mary White & Susan Longini
Glass Art Society Journal, 2004
"Carnivale", Pilchuck School auction catalog, 2004
"Bullseye Glass for Art and Architecture", catalog 2004
Palo Alto Daily News, February 10, 2004
"Great Glass Auction 2004" Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalog, 2004
“Reflections”, Pilchuck School auction catalog, 2003
“2nd Annual Great Glass Auction” Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalog, 2002
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Pittsburgh, PA, November 25, 2001
The Chronicle, Pittsburgh, PA, October 31, 2001
“Great Glass Auction” Bay Area Glass Institute auction catalog, 2001
“Glass Now” National Liberty Museum auction catalog, 2001
San Jose Mercury News, February 28, 1998
Los Gatos Times, November 13, 1996
San Jose Mercury News, March 14, 1994
Oakland Tribune, November 30, 1988
San Jose Mercury News, July 25, 1988
San Jose Mercury News, October 22, 1986
Fremont Argus, April 9, 1982
Albuquerque Journal, February 28, 1981
Albuquerque News, February 13, 1980
Presbyterian Medical Center Calendar, Denver, CO 1978
SELECTED PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMMISSIONS/COLLECTIONS
Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA
2005 Arts Council Silicon Valley Arts and Business Awards
2004 Arts Council Silicon Valley Arts and Business Awards
Toyota Corporation, Toyota City, Japan
City of Fremont, % for the Arts commission, Animal Shelter, Fremont, CA
Santa Clara County Medical Center, San Jose, CA
City of Horta, Portugal
City of Jaipur, India
City of Fukaya, Japan
O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, CA
All Saints Episcopal Church, Denver, CO