Richard Meitner - Unica ; Free-form and blown crystal sculpture - Ruby red conical vase

Richard Meitner
Born 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Unica ; Free-form and blown crystal sculpture - Ruby red conical shaped vase .
Dates from the last quarter of the 20th century.

Richard Meitner is currently (since 2006) Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Masters in Art and Science of Glass at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (=New University of Lisbon).

He has taught, lectured and given workshops in the USA, UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Malta, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Italy and Japan.
He has been invited as artist in residence in many countries.

During his career he often worked as a designer for the glass industry in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Meitner was a member of the National Commission for Art Funds and the National Council for the Art Commission. Together with Mieke Groot he was responsible for the glass department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam from 1981 to 2000.

His works have been exhibited worldwide and are included in the permanent collections of more than 50 museums worldwide .

In March 2009, he was honored with a solo exhibition of a large number of his works as the third in the "MASTERS OF STUDIO GLASS" exhibition series at the CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS in Corning, New York. That exhibition traveled to the Tacoma Museum of Glass in July 2010.

Richard Meitner is currently (since 2006) a visiting professor at the faculty for the Master's program in Art and Science of Glass at the Universidade Nova de Lisbo.
Education:

• University of California, Berkeley, BA 1970-1972
• State Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam 1974-1975
• Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, State Diploma 1972-1975

Work in public collections

• National Glass Museum, Leerdam, Netherlands
• Collection Municipality of Leerdam, Leerdam, Netherlands
• Municipal Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands
• Municipal Museum Van Reekum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
• National Fund for the Arts, The Hague, Netherlands
• Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Collection VSB Bank, Netherlands
• Collection De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
• Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Boerhaave Museum, Leiden, Netherlands
• The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Design Museum, Ghent, Belgium
• Far Museum, Charleroi, Belgium
• Sterckshof Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
• Museum of Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium
• Collection Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
• Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany
• Glass Museum, Wertheim, Germany
• Museum fur Kunst u. Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
• Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
• Kunstmuseum der Stadt Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Museum Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
• Glass Museum Frauenau, Frauenau, Germany
• Tutsek Stiftung, Munich, Germany
• Pilchuck Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA
• The American Crafts Museum, New York City, New York, USA
• The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, USA.
• Chas. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisc., USA
• Selected exhibitions since 1990

* (=SOLO OR TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION)

1990

• "Dutch Summer", Galerie Artichoque, Velp, Netherlands
• European Art Fair, Maastricht, Netherlands
• Rai Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• *Meitner and Groot", Galerie d'Art, Luxembourg,
• Provincial Hall, Antwerp, Belgium
• “Suntory Prize Invitational”, Suntory Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1991

• Galerie Artichoque, Velp, The Netherlands
• *Galerie Daniel Sarver, Paris, France
• Jaeger Interior, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Europaisches Kunsthandwerk Fair, Stuttgart, Germany
• "World Glass Now", Sapporo, Japan
• *"Le Verre, Le Contraire, et L'Autre" Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
• Galerie Hyaline, Marseille, France
• Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
• "Nomads of the Far", Barcelona, Spain
• *"Le Verre, Le Contraire, et L'Autre", Museum de Beyerd, Breda, Netherlands
• Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1992

• "Le Verre", Art Museum, Rouen, France
• "World Glass Now", Sapporo, Japan
• "Glass Now 1992", Yamaha Galleries, Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan
• Cone-Solow Gallery, Mendocino, California, USA
• Galerie Sanske, Zurich, Switzerland
• "Design Visions", Museum of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
• "Contemporary Glass Sculpture", Generale de Banque, Liège, Belgium Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
• *Gooijer Fine Art Gallery, Doesburg, Netherlands

1993

• National Fund for the Arts Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• "FIAT Multiples", FIAT galleries, Strasbourg, France
• "Too Hot to Handle, Kunstation, Leerdam, Netherlands.
• *Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, Netherlands Oberglas Museum, Barnbach, Austria
• Gallery Rob van den Doel, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Galerie Chiqui Figueroa, Barcelona, Spain
• Galerie Sanske, Zurich, Switzerland
• *Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France

1994

• Gallery de Twee Pauwen, The Hague, The Netherlands
• "World Glass Now", Sapporo, Japan
• "International Glass", Loeb Department Store, Bern, Switzerland
• The Rotterdam Design Prize, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• "Glass Now, 1994", Yamaha Galleries, Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan
• "A New Century in European Design", Tokyo Metropolitan Teian Art Museum, Tokyo,
• Japan
• "The Saxe Collection", Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California,
• USA
• *Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Galerie Kruft, Essen, Germany
• Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
• *Glass Fair, Leerdam, The Netherlands
• Gallery Rob van den Doel, The Hague, The Netherlands
• *Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1995

• "Narcissus", Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
• Museum of Decorative Arts, Ghent, Belgium
• *Galeria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
• Sevres National Ceramic Museum, Paris, France
• Museum of Modern Art, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

1996

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Dunkirk, France
• Gallery Big Shots, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Museum of Modern Art, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
• Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
• *Galerie Braggiotti, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• *Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
• SOFA, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• “Venezia Aperto Vetro Biennale, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy.
• *Galerie d"Art, Luxembourg
• *Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France
• Musee du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
• "The Glass Skin", Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
• "The drinking glass", Fort Asperen, Leerdam, Netherlands
• *Glass Gallery Leerdam, Leerdam, The Netherlands

1997

• *Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France
• *Galeria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy
• Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
• SOFA, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
• *Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1998

• Habatat International Invitation, Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan
• KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• *Agni Fine Art Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
• *Boerhaave Museum, Leiden, Netherlands
• “Venezia Aperto Vetro Biennale, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
• *Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1999

• KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• "World Glass", Borgholm Castle, Borgholm, Sweden
• City Gallery, Halle, Germany
• *Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France
• Museum Waterland, Purmerend, Netherlands
• *Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• "The Glass Skin", The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning New York, USA
• "The Glass Skin", Veste Coburg Museum, Coburg, Germany
• "The Glass Skin", Kunstmuseum der Stadt Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
• *Galeria San Nicolo, Venice, Italy, “Ameijoas Per Ana”.

2000

• Kentucky Foundation for Arts & Crafts, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• *Galleria d'Arte e Divetro, Bergamo, Italy ("Vasi/Monumenti")
• Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza, La Coruna, Spain ("ARTES DECORATIVOS DEL XX:
• ORIGINAL ASPECTS)
• Kunstrai art fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• SOFA art fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• *Galerie DM Sarver, Paris, France ("Plus your Change...")

2001

• SOFA art fair, New York City, USA
• *Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• *Barry Friedman Gallery, New York City, USA

2002

• "Global Art Glass", Borgholm Castle, Borgholm, Sweden
• "Glassway-Les Salles du Verre, Museum of Architecture, Val d'Aoste, Italy SOFA, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• *Museum of the Ernsting Foundation, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany

2003

• Braggiotti Gallery International, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Milan Art Fair, Milan, Italy
• Glass Fair Leerdam, Leerdam, Netherlands
• Chicago SOFA Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• *Braggiotti Gallery ("FALLING FROM GRACE"), Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004

• Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht, Netherlands
• * Art association "DE KRING", Amsterdam, Netherlands
• *Art Nel mondo. Oggi, Venice, Italy

2005

• 'Collect 2004', Victoria and Albert Museum with Collectief Amsterdam, London,
• England
• Art Rai, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Fort Vuren, Symposium Gorinchem, Vuren, Netherlands
• International Gallery of the Verre, Biot, France
• Sunderland University Museum, Sunderland, England
• "Pont D'Art, facts and views, Brueck Neudorf, Austria

2006

• Los Angeles County Art Museum, "Material Matters", USA
• SOFA Art Fair, New York City, USA
• Barry Friedman Gallery, "Emergences", New York City
• "Cloister", Mariska Dirkx Gallery, Roermond, The Netherlands
• Glass Inspiration Gallery, Glasstec Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany

2007

• Victoria and Albert Museum, "COLLECT", London, England
• *Glass Gallery Leerdam, Leerdam, The Netherlands
• *National Glass Museum, Leerdam, Netherlands
• 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• START Art Fair, Strasbourg, France
• Sunderland Glass Museum, Sunderland, England
• Cannenburgh Castle, Vaassen, Netherlands
• Pilchuck Glass Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Niijima Glass Museum, Niiijima, Tokyo, Japan

2008

• Galeria Claudia Gianferrari, Milan, Italy
• "Noir et Blanc", Galerie Capazza, Nancay, France
• *DAK'ART, Biennale de l'Art Africaine, Dakar, Senega
• "The Road to Contemporary Art" Art Fair, Rome, Italy

2009

• *Galerie A & D, Antwerp, Belgium
• Gemeentemuseum The Hague, Netherlands
• *The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, USA
• Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht, Netherlands
• PAN art fair, Galerie Matisse Etienne, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2010

• *Richard Meitner-"RectoVerso"-..Pavilion des Arts et du Design Fair, Paris, France.
• *Galerie Clara Scremini, Paris. France
• * Richard Meitner-"Masters of Studio Glass Solo" -Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, USA.