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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology- Rochester, NY
Master of Fine Arts in Glass, 2020
Tyler School of Art- Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass, 2014
Recent Exhibitions and Events
2023
“Instruments of Connection and Compromise” Solo Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Crafts
Jutta Cuny-Franz Talent Award Ceremony, Glasmuseum Hentrich, Kunstpalast, Germany
“Women of Boro”, Orlando Glass Gallery, Orlando FL
Glass, Meet the Future International Film Festival 2023, North Lands Creative, Scotland
International Flameworking Conference 2023 Presenter and Performer, Salem, NJ
International Flameworking Conference, Faculty Exhibition, Salem Community College, Salem NJ
2022
“Of Breath and Fire” Music Inspired by the glass work of Madeline Rile Smith, composed by Amy Nam, and performed by Chamber Music Group FivebyFive.
Reflected Existence, Payne Gallery, Bethlehem
Through A Glass Darkly, Delaware Contemporary Museum
Competition MilanoVetro-35, Milan, Italy
2022 Craft Biennial, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Saxe Emerging Artist Exhibition, Glass Art Society, Tacoma
CICA Experimental Film and Video 2022 Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Gathering Heat, Performance, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
2021
ReConnect 2021 UK-China Contemporary Culture Festival, China
Toyama International Glass Art Exhibition, Toyama City, Japan
CICA Experimental Film and Video 2021 Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
In Place, University Hall Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Reflecting Diversity, Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Seattle
Where Were We, RIT City Art Space, Rochester, NY
Flesh of my Flesh, MFA Exhibition 2021, UrbanGlass, New York, NY
The Myth of Beauty, Manifold Global
“Flameworking and Performance” Lecmo, Glass Art Society Conference, 2021
Glass, Meet the Future International Film Festival 2021 with North Lands Creative, Scotland, virtual
Art in the Time of Corona Vol. 1 Digital Exhibition, presented by Dab Art
Glass in Flux: Artists’ Roundtable, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
2020
International Glass Art Lampwork Festival, Mingshangde Glass Museum, Hejian City, China
Light It Up, Virtual Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
Sculpture Now 2020, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Glass, Meet the Future International Film Festival, Hosted by North Lands Creative
THE WAY OUT, Philadelphia Fringe Festival Performance 2020
New Glass Northeast, Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT
Emerging Artists Virtual Exhibition, Robert & Frances Fullerton Museum of Art
Bump in the Night, Vancouver Art Space, Vancouver WA
Catching Breath, Digital MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester NY
Breathing Room Solo Exhibition, Joy Gallery, Rochester NY
Bug Insectum Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Student Exhibition, Digital, Glass Art Society
2019
Art Out 2019, Bevier Gallery, Rochester NY
“TBD” William Harris Gallery, Rochester NY
76th Regional Exhibition, Artnot Museum, Elmira NY
Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society, St Petersburg, FL
Glass Now 2019 Gala and Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Art on Fire 2019, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA
Graduate Showcase 2019, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY
2018
Sound and Vision, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia PA
LinGlasstics, The Yards Gallery, Rochester, New York
Creature Feature, Community Arts Center, Wallingford PA
Glass Now 2018 Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Racine Art Museum, Glass Goblet Collection, permanent display, Racine WI
The Boroff Collection: Goblets, Memories, and Friendships, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ
Treachery of Images, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia PA
Goggleworks Juried Exhibition, Reading PA
Embodiment, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA
Glass Now 2017 Auction, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Awards and Honors
Talent Award Jutta Cuny Franz Award, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, 2022
Pilchuck Emerging Artist in Residence Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, 2022
Saxe Emerging Artist Award, Glass Art Society, 2022
Award of Excellence, ILGAF, Mingshangde Glass Museum, Hejian City, China
Best in Show, Craft, Fall for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Glass Meet the Future Commission Award Recipient, North Lands Creative, Scotland
Tom Rooney Memorial Award, Sculpture Now 2020, McLean VA
New Glass Review 41, (Corning, NY) 2020
Bevier Gallery Award, Art Out, RIT (Rochester, NY) 2019
First Place, Art on Fire Awards, Jewelry Category, Pittsburgh Glass Center (Pittsburgh, PA) 2019
Collaborative Award, Women’s Council and RIT Glass Program, (Rochester, NY) 2019-2020
Student Scholarship Award, Glass Art Society 2019
Scholarship Award Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, NY) 2019
First Place, Creature Feature, Community Arts Center (Wallingford, PA) 2018
Finalist, Niche Awards, Professional Glass Category, (Baltimore, MD) 2017
Second place, Annual Juried Show, Goggleworks Center for the Arts (Reading, PA) 2017
Artist of the Week, GlassRoots, (Newark NJ) 2016
Nomination for Saxe Emerging Artist, Glass Art Society, 2015
Best in Show, Fall for the Arts Juried Show (Philadelphia, PA) 2015
Scholarship Award, Pilchuck Glass School, (Stanwood, WA,) 2014
New Glass Review 35, (Corning NY) 2014
Honorable Mention Glass Art Society Student Exhibition, (Chicago, Il) 2014
Award of Merit, Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center (Wayne, Pa) 2014
Interviews & Media
Talking Out Your Glass Podcast “The Glass Art Society Celebrates 50 Years” Season 7, Episode 13
Refinery 29 “A Glass Artist Weighs in on the Viral Coperni Glass Handbag” July 2022
Glass Bead Evolution Magazine “Artist Spotlight: Madeline Rile Smith” January 2022
Connected in Glass Podcast Season 6 Episode 8, “Madeline Rile Smith” December 2021
Philadelphia Maker’s Faire Podcast “Madeline Rile Smith” September 2021
Glass Art Society Conference “Flameworking as Performance Art”, 2021. “Touched by the Screen“, 2021. “Where we’re going, we don’t need gloryholes: Lights, Camera, Glass”, 2021
Museum of Arts and Design Glass in Flux: Artists’ Roundtable, New York, March 2021
Glass Meet the Future Podcast, Madeline Rile Smith, interview with Brandi Clark, March 2021
The Furniture Society Noise/Maker's Series "Madeline Rile Smith, Musical Instruments Made in Glass" December 2020
A Glassblower’s Companion Podcast Madeline Rile Smith: Pushing the Personal Bubble Through Glassical Instruments
TikTok Creative Learning Fund Partner, 2020
RIT City Art Space Artist Short Sesh Interview, Ep. 2 Madeline Rile Smith
Publications & Reviews
New Glass Review 42, “People are having to Wear this Mask Now”, 2022
Temple News “Temple University Professor Wins Award for Glassworking” January 2022
Glass Bead Evolution Magazine “Artist Spotlight: Madeline Rile Smith” January 2022
Glass Bead Evolution Magazine “Social Glass” January 2022
UrbanGlass “Flesh of My Flesh” Exhibition Review, June 2021
Glass Line Magazine “Instruments for Interaction- Creating Musical Devices through Glass”- February/March 2021 Vol. 34, No. 5.
RIT College of Art and Design News “RIT Glass Artists Featured in Global Film Festival” March 2021
New Glass Review 41 “Instruments for Connection and Compromise” 2020
Cleaver Magazine “CONNECTED BREATH Glass Wind Instruments for Intimacy and Vulnerability” June 2020
Broad Street Review “Tangle Movement Arts presents ‘The Way Out” October 2020
Glass Line Magazine “Triple Ripple Vase Tutorial” 2017
New Glass Review 35 “Red Arthropod”
Knight Foundation Art’s Blog “Singing Fossils” 2015
Plain China, Issue 6 “Chimera” 2015
The Adroit Journal, Issue 9 “Chimera”
Superstition Review, Issue 13 “Fascia”
Superstition Review, Issue 11 “Petrification”
Washington Post, Group Review Sculpture Now Exhibit
Teaching, University
Salem Community College- Salem, NJ
Assistant Professor 2022-Present
Tyler School of Art- Philadelphia, PA
Adjunct Professor, 2021- 2022
Rochester Institute of Technology-Rochester, NY
Adjunct professor, Glass Processes 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology-Rochester, NY
Glass Processes 2018-2020
Salem Community College- Salem, NJ
Adjunct professor, 2016-2018, 2021-2022
Teaching, Workshop
Pittsburgh Glass Center- Pittsburgh, PA
Flame Fever: flameworking workshop 2022
UrbanGlass-Brooklyn, NY
Goblets and Blown Vessels, Adventures in Borosilicate Color, Level up with Glass, Implosion Explosion, Flameworking for Beginners: Flameworking workshops 2016-present
Rochester Institute of Technology- Rochester, NY
Instruments of Measure, Flowers and Botanical Forms, Pendants and Jewelry, Make your own Marbles- Flameworking Workshop, 2018-2020
Studio 34- Rochester, NY
Tubing and Hollow Work, Pulling Points, Marbles and Pendants: Flameworking workshops 2019-Present
Salem Community College- Salem, NJ
Spring and Winter Workshops, 2017-2018
Wayne Art Center- Wayne, PA
Flameworking Intensive for Teens: Flameworking Workshop, 2014-2015
Crefeld Glass Studio- Philadelphia, PA
Flameworking Intensive for Teens, Hollow Sculpting, Botanical Forms, Networked Sculpture, Glass Menagerie, Marbles and Jewelry, Soft Glass Beads: Flameworking Workshops, 2010-2016
Teaching Assistance
Corning Museum of Glass Studio 2022
Teaching assistant to Amber Cowan “Torch in your Toolbox”
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) 2018-2019
Teaching assistant to Suzanne Peck, Kilnforming and Flameworking
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) 2020
Teaching assistant to Gracia Nash, Glass and Metals Studio Art Class
Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA) 2018
Teaching assistant to Jessica Jane Julius and Carmichael Jones, Coldworking Elective
Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA) 2013
Teaching assistant to Jessica Jane Julius, “Cold Construction Imagery and Glass”
UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, NY) 2016
Teaching assistant to Bandhu Dunham, Kinetic Glass Sculptures
UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, NY) 2016
Teaching assistant to Dennis Briening, Scientific Flameworking, 2016
UrbanGlass (Brooklyn, NY) 2015
Teaching assistant to Amy Lemaire, Topics in Sculptural Flameworking, Hollow Beadmaking
Performance
“Gathering Heat” Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, 2022
“Flameworking and Performance” Lecture and Performance, Glass Art Society Conference, 2021
“Woven Light”, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, 2021
“THE WAY OUT” Philly Fringe Festival Performance with Tangle Movement Arts, 2020
“Of and Between- Visual Art and Music” Performance on glass musical instruments with Chamber music group FivebyFive, 2020
“Half a Bubble off Plumb” by Suzanne Peck, performer. UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, 2019
“Chromascapes” Hotshop Performance, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2019
“Suite for Glass Instruments, Theremin, and Viola”, Performance on original handmade glass instruments, National Liberty Museum, 2018
“Glass Fashion Show” Salem Community College, Salem NJ, 2017
“Glass Fashion Show” Glass Art Society Conference, Corning NJ, 2016
Demonstrations
Winterthur Museum and Garden, Delaware, 2021
International Lampwork Glass Art Festival Hejian City, China, 2020
GAS Student Meetup (Virtual) 2020
Imagine RIT (Rochester, NY) 2019
Philadelphia Maker’s Fair (Philadelphia, PA) 2018
New York Botanical (New York, NY) 2017
Glass Art Society (Norfolk, VA) 2017
National Liberty Museum (Philadelphia, PA) 2016, 2017
Fall for the Arts, (Philadelphia, PA) 2014, 2017
Philadelphia Waldorf School (Philadelphia, PA) 2015, 2016
Harry Potter Festival, (Philadelphia, PA) 2016, 2017
Artist Talks
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Summer 2022
Corning Museum of Glass, Winter 2022
Manifold Global “The Myth of Beauty” Artist Talks 2021
Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2021
The Furniture Society “Noisemaker’s Happy Hour” 2021
“Flameworking and Performance” Lecmo, Glass Art Society Conference, 2021
Glass in Flux: Artists’ Roundtable, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2021
Mingshangde Glass Museum, China, 2020
Glass Art Society Student Meetup, 2020
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington, 2017