Curriculum Vitae: Clifford Rainey

Curriculum Vitae: Clifford Rainey

Education and Professional Experience

                            1948                  Born Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Nationality, British.
                            1965-1968         Apprenticed Linen Damask Designer, William Ewart and Son Ltd., Belfast.
                            1965-1968         Intensive drawing classes, Belfast College of Art.
                            1965-1968         Awarded, 1st, City and Guilds Certificate, Woven Textile Technology, Belfast College of Technology.
                            1968                  Four months crewing with fishing trawler, Vestmannjar, Iceland.
                            1968-1969         Foundation Certificate in Art and Design from the Hornsey College of Art, London.
                            1969                  Four-month student exchange to the United States of America, Drove from New York to Los Angeles.

                                                     Worked for May Co. Wilshire Boulevard. Drove from Los Angeles to Vancouver.

                            1969-1971         Diploma in Art and Design (Dip. AD) Sculpture and Drawing, The Walthamstow School of Art, London.             
                            1970                  Season touring Norway with Circus Berny.
                            1971                  Worked for Kastrup and Holmegaards Glassworks, Nestved, Denmark. 
                            1971-1973         Master of Arts Degree, Royal College of Art, London.
                            1972                  Awarded travelling scholarship to the Iittala Glassworks, Finland.
                            1973-1974         Living in the Greek Islands and Turkey. 
                            1974                  Set up studio, Phipp Street, London.
                            1975                  Travelled through Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Rhodesia, Botswana, and South Africa.

                                                     Executed series of drawings for Piccadilly Gallery Exhibition, London (1976).
                            1974-1975         Lecturer at the Hornsey College of Art in drawing.
                            1976-1977         Lecturer at the Middlesex Polytechnic in the Foundation Department.
                            1977-1984         Visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London.
                            1978                  Living in Mustique, West Indies, Visited St. Vincent, Barbados, Granada, Martinique, Trinadad and Tobago.
                            1978                  Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London.
                            1980- 1984        Senior Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London.
                            1980                  First Class Passage on Cunard’s, Queen Elizabeth 2, Southhampton- New York.

                                                     Sculptural works for the Heller Gallery Show shipped in the hold. 
                            1984                  Set up studio, West 57th Street, New York.
                            1984                  Instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, (1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993.)
                            1985                  Set up studio and glass casting facility, Worship Street, London.
                            1991-1996         Visiting Professor of Fine Art, Chair of the Glass Program at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
                            1996                  Tenured Professor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
                            2007                  Taught Masterclass, North Lands Creative Glass, Quatre Bras, Lybster, Caithness, Scotland.
                            2017                  Relinquished position as Chair of the Glass Department.
                                                     Professor of Fine Art, Glass, Sculpture and Graduate Programs at the California College of the Arts, Oakland, California.
                            2022                  Last Academic Year, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California.
 

Solo Exhibitions
 
                            1974            Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom.
                            1975            David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. 
                            1975            Asset Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
                            1976            Waterloo Place Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
                            1977            Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
                            1977            David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
                            1979            Kunstzaal ‘De Hooge Hess’ Eersel, Holland.
                            1980            Heller Gallery, New York, United States of America.
                            1982            David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. 
                            1986            Octagon Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
                            1986            Habatat Galleries, Miami, Florida, United States of America.
                            1986            David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
                            1986            Smith Goodrich Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
                            1987            Heller Gallery, New York, United States of America.
                            1988            Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany.
                            1989            Piccadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
                            1990            Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
                            1990            Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France.
                            1992            Habitat Galleries, Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1992            Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
                            1992            Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1997            Homo Faber. Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, United States of America.
                            1998            A Survey of Major Works from 1988 to 1998. Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
                            2000            Clifford Rainey: An Obsessive Image. A Series of Mono Casts. Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan, United States of America. 
                            2001            Cycles of Life. Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
                            2004            Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, California, United States of America. 
                            2005            Glass Master; Technology-Old and New. Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California, United States of America.
                            2005            ‘Boyhood’ A Series of Mono Casts and Preparatory Drawings. Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
                            2006            Global Icons. Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
                            2008            Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California, United States of America.
                            2008            Clifford Rainey, Retrospective. Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United Sates of America.
                            2009            Masters of the Medium. Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
                            2013            In The Beginning Was Black. Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, cat.
                            2013            Loss. Belfast Print Workshop Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
                            2014            In The Beginning Was Black. Bullseye Resource Center, Emeryville, California, United States of America.
 
Group Exhibitions
 
                            1973            Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
                            1973            Patrick Reyntiens, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
                            1973            Woodstock Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
                            1973            Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland.
                            1973            Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
                            1973            Seiby, Tokyo, Japan.
                            1976            Irish Exhibition of Living Art. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
                            1977            Coburger Glasprels. Kungstsammlungen Der Veste, Coburg, Germany.
                            1977            Silver Jubilee Exhibition. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.
                            1979            Musee Chateau-D-Annecy, France.
                            1979            Galerie Des Tanneurs, Tours, France.
                            1980            Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
                            1981            New Glass, A World Survey. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.
                            1981            First Bath Festival Contemporary Art Fair. Asset Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
                            1982            The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
                            1983            Contemporary Drawings. Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
                            1983            British Artists in Glass. The Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
                            1985            Pilchuck: Creative Fire. Washington State Capital Museum, Olympia, Washington, United States of America.
                            1986            Beelden in Glas. Fort Aperen, Asperen, Holland.
                            1986            Cast Glass Sculpture. California State University, Fullerton, California, United States of America.
                            1986            Light Values: Modern Architectural Glass. Crafts Council Touring Exhibition, London, United Kingdom.
                            1986            Contemporary Glass. Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America.
                            1986            British Exhibition. Vienna, Austria.
                            1987            Solsin Collection. University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1988            European Glass. Kent State University Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio, United States of America.
                            1989            Expressions en Verre 2. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland.
                            1990            New Glass in Europe. Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany.
                            1991            Exposition Art Contemporain Du Verre. Espace Duchamp-Villon, Normandy, France.
                            1991            Selections from the David Jacob Chodorkoff Collection. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1992            Clearly Art. Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America.
                            1992            Crocker Museum of Art. Sacramento, California, United States of America.
                            1992            Clifford Rainey with Selected Seniors from the Glass Program, California College of Arts and Crafts. Dorothy Weiss Gallery,

                                                San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1992            Cristalomancia, Art Contemporaneo en Vidro. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico.
                            1992            Museo de Arts Contemporaneo. Monterrey, Mexico.
                            1992            Invitational. Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
                            1992            Glass: From Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art. The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, United States of America.
                            1992            Fine Art Museum of the South. Mobile, Alabama, United States of America.
                            1992            Sixteen Contemporary Sculptor/Printmakers. Oliver Art Center, Oakland, California, United States of America.
                            1993            Art Museum of South Texas. Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America.
                            1993            Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America.
                            1993            Saxe Collection. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America.
                            1993            The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Okalahoma, United States of America.
                            1993            Contemporary Glass from South Florida Collections. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America. 
                            1993            Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America.
                            1993            Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
                            1993            Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States of America.
                            1993            Hybridization: Contemporary Northern California Craft 1975- Present. Oliver Art Center, Oakland, California, United States of

                                               America.
                            1993            Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
                            1994            Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America.
                            1994            Large Scale Sculpture. Oakland Museum Court at City Center, Oakland, California, United States of America.
                            1994            Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
                            1994            Wunderkammer. Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1994            Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1994            Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1994            Sculpture and Drawing. Habatat Galleries Michigan, Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1994            Breaking Traditions, Contemporary Artists Who Use Glass. University of California Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California,

                                               United States of America.
                            1994            Newport Beach Museum, Newport Beach, California, United States of America.
                            1994            World Glass Now. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan.
                            1994            Form, Matter and Content. University of Art Gallery, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California,

                                               United States of America.
                            1995            From Plastic Form to Printer’s Plate: 16 Contemporary Sculptors/Printmakers.
                                               Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1996            Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America.
                            1996            Menorah Exhibition. Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1996            Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1997            Calido – Tuscon Museum of Art, Tuscon, Arizona, United States of America.
                            1997            Shoebox, Small Works. University of Hawaii Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America.
                            1997            Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America.
                            1998            Invitational. Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
                            1998            Invitational. Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan, United States of America.
                            1998            The Olive Grove Sculpture Garden at Auberge Du Soleil. Napa, California, United States of America.
                            1998            Calido. Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America.
                            1998            The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America.
                            1998            San Francisco International Art Exposition. Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            1998            S.O.F.A. Habatat Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
                            1998            Glass UK Exhibition. National Glass Center, Sunderland, United Kingdom.
                            1998            Edinburgh City Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
                            1999            The Art of Craft, Contemporary Works From the Saxe Collection. M.H de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California,

                                               United States of America. 
                            2000            Millennium Glass Exhibition, An International Survey. Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky,

                                               United States of America.
                            2000            Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box. The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California,

                                               United States of America.
                            2000            International Studio Glass. Millennium Museum, Beijing, China.
                            2001            A Glass Odyssey. Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America.
                            2001            Millennium Glass Exhibition, An International Survey. Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, Alabama,

                                               United States of America
                            2001            Gallery Artists. Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            2002            Sculpture First. Sculpture for Public Collections, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
                            2002            Crossover. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, United States of America
                            2002            Sphere. Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France.
                            2003            Visual Perspectives: 14 Years of the Virginia A. Groot Foundation. Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
                            2003            Warm/Hot/Cold. Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, California, United States of America.
                            2003            International Invitational, Habatat Galleries Florida, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America.
                            2003            Repetition. Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France. 
                            2005            The Gorden Lambert Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
                            2005            Contemporary British Glass. Daniel Katz Gallery, London, England.
                            2005            Glass-Neu Erleden. Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Museum, Munich, Germany.
                            2005            Verriales 2005: Fear. Galerie International du Verre Biot, France.
                            2005            26 From The World of Glass. Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan,

                                               United States of America.
                            2005            Contemporary Glass. San Francisco Airport Museum, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            2006            Glass: Material Matters. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
                            2006            Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France.
                            2006            Das Gesicht-Verloren and Wieder Gefunden. Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Museum, Munich, Germany.
                            2007            Four Decades of Glass Graduates from the Royal College of Art 1967-2007. Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum,

                                               London, United Kingdom.
                            2007            Dorothy and George Saxe Collection, M.H de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            2007            Contrast. Galerie Internatioale du Verre, Biot, France.
                            2007            3x3, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, di Rosa Preserve: Art and Nature, Napa, California, United States of America.
                            2007            Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis. Selections from the Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts,

                                               United States of America.
                            2007            The Nature of Things. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
                            2008            Light, A Source of Life. Galerie International Du Verre, Biot, France.
                            2008            6 Dimensions. Sculpture at the Napa Valley Museum, Napa, California.
                            2009            Voices of Contemporary Glass, The Heineman Collection. Corning Museum of Glass,  Corning, New York.
                            2009            Positive – Negative. Galerie International Du Verre, Biot, France.
                            2009            The Kaplan and Ostergaard Collection, Palm Springs Museum, California, United States of America.
                            2010            Mendel Collection at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Canada.
                            2010            Anything But Clear: the Studio Glass Movement, 1979-2009. Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee,

                                               United States of America.
                            2011            Amorphous Dreams. Micaéla Gallery/Bekris Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                            2011            A Selection of Works from the Collection of Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole.
                                               National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
                            2011            Expressions. Habitat Gallery Invitational. Royal Oak, Michigan, United States of America.
                            2011            The Fragile Skin. Schack Art Center, Everett, Washington, United States of America.
                            2011            Another Self. Gordon Heuther Gallery, Napa, California, United States of America.
                            2012            Fusion [A New Century of Glass]. Oaklahoma City Museum of Art, Oaklahoma City, Oaklahoma, United States of America.
                            2012            Evolution/Revolution: 50 Years of American Studio Glass.  The Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida,

                                               United States of America.
                            2012            Playing With Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement.  The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California,

                                               United States of America.
                            2012            Playing With Fire: 50 Years of Comtemporary Glass. Museum of Art and Design, New York City, New York,

                                               United States of America. 
                            2013            Chroma – Culture. Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States of America.
                            2013            Expressions in Contemporary Glass. ECHT Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
                            2013            Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole Collection. National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom.
                            2014            Cast. Bullseye Resource Center New York, Mamaroneck, New York, United States of America.
                            2014            Translating Reality: Representation in Glass. Muskegon Museum of Art, Thelma and Paul Wiener Gallery, Muskegon, Michigan,

                                               United States of America.
                            2014            Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America.
                           2015            Sparks: California Glass Networks 1960s to Present, the Glass Movement Catches Fire. Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Gallery,

                                               San Jose, California, United States of America.
                           2015            Shattered: Defying Expectations in Glass, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, California, United States of America.
                           2015            Kathleen Elliot Presents, Micaela Contemporary Projects, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
                           2023            The Collection of Simona and Jerome Chazen, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. 
                           2023            Flint Institute of the Arts Presents, Fragile Bodies: The Figure in Glass and Clay, Flint, Michigan, United States of America.
                           2024            The Peabody Essex Museum Collection, Pforzheimer Gallery, New York, United States of America.