KATHLEEN MULCAHY
Awards and Honors
2010 Westmoreland Museum Exhibition Award for Tidal, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 100th Year Exhibition at the Carnegie
Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Mendelson Award Exhibition for Tidal, AAP at Carnegie Museum
2009 Alfred University, Distinguished Alumni Exhibition and Lecture
2008 Fine Foundation Award, Leadership Pittsburgh, Year Long Study Program
2007 Women in the Arts, 36 Founders, Pioneers, Instigators, New Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh
2005 Distinguished Alumni in the Arts, Kean University Alumni Association, Union NJ
2006 Speaker, The Pennsylvania Governor's Conference for Women, David Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh
2004 Feature, Women in the Arts, Pennsylvania Commonwealth of Women 2004 2003
Member, International Womens' Forum
1997 Artist in Residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1996 Creative Achievement Award, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
1994 Artist in Residence, Mid Atlantic Arts Fellowship, Studio Access to Glass, Corning, NY
1993 Individual Artist Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (1983, 1981)
1992 Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania 1991 Masterworks Fellow, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville,
New Jersey
1984 Fulbright, Lusk Memorial Award, Murano, Italy
1980 Visiting Artist, ArtPark, Lewiston, New York
1979 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award
1978 Invited Participant to the World Crafts Council, Kyoto Japan
Selected Exhibitions
2016 Relief. Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
Opposites Attract: The Works of Syl Damianos and Kathleen Mulcahy, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
Exhibition Award
Beauty in the Abstract: Artists Expressions in Glass, Long Boat Key Center for the Arts, Sarasota, Florida
44th Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
Beauty in the Abstract, Habatat Galleries, Longboat Key Art Center, Florida
2015 Glass: A Delicate Balance. Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
SOFA Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL
43rd Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
Karen Echt Gallery Invitational, Chicago, IL
2014 42nd Invitational Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
Karen Echt Gallery Invitational, Chicago, IL
2013 (not) Water, Kim Foster Gallery, New York
41th Invitational Glass Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
SOFA Exhibition, Pismo Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 SOFA Chicago, Pismo Gallery, Chicago, IL
40th Invitational Glass Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
2011 Cycles and Symbols: Nature in Glass, Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ
New Work, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 A Decade and Change, Borelli Edwards Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Perestroika, Selby Art Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2009 A Matter of Form, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, New York
2007 Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Truth/Beauty, Chautaugua Center for the Visual Arts. New York
Glassnost, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh
Celebrating Connections: Contemporary Glass by Mid Atlantic Artists, Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey
Set Design, The Sounds of A Voice, Philip Glass Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
2006 Truth/ Beauty, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pennsylvania
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2005 Masters of the Visual Arts, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Well Hung, Chandeliers Reviealed. Pittsburgh Glass Center
2003 New Work, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
20/20, Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, New Jersey
2002 The Maxine and Bill Block Collection, Carnegie Museum of Art, '03 Toledo Museum of Art
2001 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
Hot & Cool: Contemporary Glass Works, traveling exhibition with catalog, 1999-2001
1998 Breathless: The Figure in Contemporary Glass, Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan
1997 Transformations, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh
Parallel Visions, Christine Olson, curator, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
1995 Respect, Vicky Clark, curator. The Brew House. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Beyond the Third Dimension: Contemporary Pennsylvania Sculpture, Passions, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, New Jersey
1994 Made in America, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland
Issues of Abstraction, Allegheny College Art Galleries, Meadville, Pennsylvania`
Across Borders / Sin Fronteras, The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C
Revised Context, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1993 Contemporary Artists’ Series, State Museum of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg
Body of Work, Butters Gallery Ltd, Portland, Oregon
Degrees of Abstraction, 925 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh. Curator, Vicky Clark
1992 Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Collections
American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,D.C.
American Eagle Outfitters Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
American Craft Museum, New York City City of Pittsburgh, Light Rail Transit
Bayer Corporation
Carnegie Mellon University Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
City of Pittsburgh, Light Rail Transit
Deloitte and Touche Headquarters, Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Corporate Headquarters, Pittsburgh
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Heinz History Center
Nova Chemicals, Inc.
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Westinghouse Corporate, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Articles, Reviews and Publications
2010 Olson, Kristina, A Perestroika of Form, Essay for Catalog, Selby Gallery, Florida
2008 Krainak, Paul. GLASSNOST. Essay for Catalog, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University,Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Olson, Kristina, SCULPTURE Magazine review of Truth/Beauty Exhibition, June
Kangas, Matthew and Susanne Frantz, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, Curator, Sarah Nichols, published by Carnegie
Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Olson, Kristina. Natural Forces, Exhibition Brochure Essay, Kean University
Reiter, Burkhardt. Opera theater deftly fuses elements in ‘Sound of Voice’Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 28, 2007
Thomas, Mary. ‘Glassnost’ at CMU gallery represents enlightened ideas. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 27
Shaw, Kurt. CMU exhibit brings ‘transparency’ to art. Tribune Review. June 17
Todt, Ron. Exhibitions look through the ‘glass city’. Buffalo News. April 8
2006 500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, ISBN 1-57990-693-1
O’Sullivan, Michael. A Show Full of Ideas, Washington Post, January 13, 2006
Thomas, Mary, Dreams are captured under glass in ‘Truth/Beauty’, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 24, 2006
2004 Frantz, Susanne. 20/20 Vision, Museum of Glass at Wheaton, NJ
Krainak, Paul. Artists Crossing Lines. SCULPTURE Magazine, January/February
Women in the Arts Profile, Glass Artist Kathleen Mulcahy Represents Woman in a New Language, Pennsylvania Commission for
Women, Commonwealth of Women Publication
2003 Kohler, Lucartha, Women Working In Glass, ISBN 0-7643-1807-1
2001 Miller, Bonnie, Hot and Cooll Contemporary Glass, Exhibits USA
1995 Clark, Vicky. The Unheard of Songs of Kathleen Mulcahy, GLASS Magazine, January issue
1992 Schwalb, Harry. Center Stage, PITTSBURGH Magazine, July
Miller, Donald. Mulcahy’s ‘Vapors’ a breath of artistry, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 12
Commissions in Collaboration with Ron Desmett
2008 "The Spirit of Duquesne", Public Sculpture, Duquesne University, Pttsburgh, Pennsylvania
2007 "Tree", American Eagle Outfitters Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
"Migrations" American Eagle Outfitters Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
Air Products, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Set Design for Sound of a Voice by Philip Glass, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006 New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, AIA Pittsburgh Chapter Honor Award.
2004 Governors' Awards for Excellence, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2001 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Headquarters, Lobby Entrance Sculpture
Community Affiliations
Board of Directors, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 2011
Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Co Founders Chair 2003 - 2008
Board of Directors, WQED Multimedia, 2003-2009
Honor Board, WQED, 2009 to present
Board of Directors, Three Rivers Arts Festival 2006-2008
Programming Committee, August Wilson Center for African American Culture 2007-2009
Co Chair, Glass Arts Society International Conference, Pittsburgh 2007 -
Therman Statom Project Developer for Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass and Year of Glass with Highmark, Three Rivers Arts Festival and
the Pittsburgh Glass Center
Selected Bibliography
2010 Masters : Blown Glass, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co.
2009 Olson, Kristina, A Perestroika of Form, Perestroilka (n) Restructuring: The Glass Sculpture of Kathleen Mulcahy, Ron Desmett and
Martin Prekop, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl
2008 Melada, Geoffrey W., “Together 24/7,” Pittsburgh Magazine, February 2008
Krainak, Paul. “GLASSNOST.” Essay for Catalog, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University Campus, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Olson, Kristina, Kathleen Mulcahy and Ron Desmett. Review of exhibition “Truth/Beauty, Pittsburgh Glass Center,” SCULPTURE
Magazine. June
Kangas, Matthew and Susanne Frantz, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, Curator, Sarah Nichols, published by Carnegie
Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tetkowski, Neil. Natural Forces Exhibition Brochure, Kean University
Olson, Kristina. Natural Forces Exhibition Brochure Essay, Kean University
Reiter, Burkhardt. “Opera theater deftly fuses elements in ‘Sound of Voice’” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 28, 2007
Thomas, Mary. “‘Glassnost’ at CMU gallery represents enlightened ideas.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 27
Todt, Ron. “Exhibitions look through the ‘glass city’.” Buffalo News. April 8
Kanny, Mark. “Opera Theater mixes eras, cultures in ‘Voice’.” Tribune Review. April 28
2006 O’Sullivan, Michael. “A Show Full of Ideas,” Washington Post, January 13, 2006
2004 Krainak, Paul. “Artists Crossing Lines.” SCULPTURE Magazine, January/February
Women in the Arts Profile, “Glass Artist Kathleen Mulcahy Represents Woman in a New Language,” Pennsylvania Commission for
Women, Commonwealth of Women Publication 2004.
Professional Endeavors
2008 Lecturer, Ringling Museum School
Lecturer, State Museum, Harrisburg
2007 Lecturer, Chautauqua Institute
Lecturer, Kean University
Lecturer, Leadership Pittsburgh
Lecturer, West Virgina University
Lecturer, Glass Art Society
Co Chair, International Glass Art Society Conference, Transformational Mattter, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Planning Committee, International Glass Art Society Conference, Transformational Matter to develop programmatic presentations
for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Creative Advisor to the Year of Glass Committee for the development of new projects, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Developed and Coordinated, Therman Statom, Artist in Residence for Year of Glass with Manchester Craftsmens Guild, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Three Rivers Arts Festival, PPG and Highmark for work with children and plate glass installation
Instrumental in creating concept for Japanese Glass Exhibition and selecting Harumi Yukatake, Curator, for the Pittsburgh Glass Center Year of Glass 2007
Board of Directors, Three Rivers Arts Festival
Board of Directors, WQED, Pittsburgh
Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Glass Center
Programming Committee, August Wilson Center for African American Culture
2006 Juror, New Glass Review 2006, International Panel
Board of Directors. Three Rivers Arts Festival. Pittsburgh
2004 - Present
Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
International Womens' Forum, Membership
Board of Directors, WQED Multimedia, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania
2004 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Peer Review Panelist, Arts Organizations
1998 - 2001
Artistic Director, Pittsburgh Glass Center following development of PGC from 1991-1998
2002 "Artist Crossing Lines" Curator, Pittsburgh Glass Center
2001 "The River" Robin Stanaway, Curator, Pittsburgh Glass Center
1992 - 2002
Co founder and Developer, Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh opened 2001
1993 In the Quest of Being, co-curator for Three Rivers Arts Festival Show, June
1992 Feasibility Study for town of Elizabeth to create a glass workshop for artists
1991- 93
Advisory Committee, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1991 Board of Advisors, Chartiers Valley Arts Council, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
1990 Public Art Program, Co-Developer, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
1989 - 90
Board of Directors, Chartiers Valley Arts Council, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
1986 - 89
Board of Directors, International Glass Art Society
1984 PA Council funded artist residencies, developer, 5 Visiting Artists at CMU
1985 PA Council funded artist residencies, developer, 5 Visiting Artists working in Glass at CMU
1976 - 89
Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Director of the Glass Studio, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980 - 2
Rebuilt glass studio at Carnegie Mellon University
1982 Developed, Public Lecture Series for the Department of Art, CMU
1975 Head : Glass Program, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Education
1972-74
M.F.A., Glass Sculpture, Minor in Dimensional Design, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1968-72
B.A., Art Education, Minor in Ceramics and Glass, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ