I love the invigorating energy of a city. It is beautiful chaos; it's everything-everywhere all at once. The perspective from different vantage points: down looking up, up looking down, and all of it out of context. I take a mind's eye snapshot of a building, a bridge, a fountain, a park, a sculpture, a streetlight, a view from a window, then jumble them into one second of bright, visual commotion.
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Every bold color and shape you see in my work is an individual, specifically placed bit of glass, some placed with tweezers. When the image represents the vision in my mind, I fuse it to a temperature of 1480 degrees, changing hundreds of pieces into one. In subsequent processes I sandblast, grind, polish and sometimes carve to get the surface I want to achieve. Grinding the face of the glass pops the image graphically to the surface. I then polish it to a buttery, matte surface, and lastly it goes back in the kin to form the final shape.
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The viewer is never meant to recognize a particular building, lake, landmark, bridge, sculpture or park but they sense the intoxicating chaos of how those things make me feel.
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Education/Training:
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2003 Mastering Kiln-Formed Glass Intensive: Flat Casting and High Temperature Firing; Doug Randall and Jack Dopler; Portland, OR
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2003 Bullseye Glass Warm Glass Weekend Learning Conference; Portland, OR
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2003 Advanced Kiln-Forming; Brock Craig and Avery Anderson; Mesa, AZ
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2002 Comprehensive Kiln-Formed Glass; Brock Craig and Avery Anderson
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1993-1994 SCC Honors Art Program; Scottsdale, AZ
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1985-1986 Columbia College Graphic Arts Concentration; Chicago, IL
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1984-1985 Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL
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Solo Exhibitions:
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2025 Shapes Of Things To Come; Palette Contemporary Art and Craft; Albuquerque, NM
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2006 Over The Top: Kiln-Formed Glass Work By Jackie Beckman; Palette Contemporary Art and Craft; Albuquerque, NM
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2001 Local Master Craftsman and Artist Series: Jackie Beckman Glass; Nordstrom Glass Gallery; Scottsdale, AZ
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Group Exhibitions:
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2025 It's In The Word; Contemporary Glass Society
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2006 Sculptural Objects and Functional Art; Chicago, IL
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2006 Art Scottsdale: International Gallery Show, Scottsdale, AZ
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2006 Pilchuck Benefit Auction; Juried, Seattle, WA
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2006 E-Merge: A Showcase Of Rising Talent In Kiln-Glass; Bullseye Glass, Juried; Portland OR
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2005 Pilchuck Benefit Auction; Juried, Seattle, WA
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2004 Innovative American Glass; Ironwood Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
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2004 Glass Fusion: An Artistic Expression In Glass, Scherer Gallery, Sedona, AZ
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2004 Legacy; Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
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2004 Pilchuck Benefit Auction, Juried, Seattle, WA
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2004 E-Merge WG@BE, Bullseye Glass, Juried, Portland, OR
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2003 WG@BE: An Exhibition Of Kiln-Formed Glass, Juried, Portland, OR
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2003 Tri-City JCC Jewish Art Invitational, Juried, Tempe, AZ
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2003 Pilchuck Benefit Auction, Juried, Seattle, WA
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2002 New Works From Featured Artists, Davis Glass Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
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2001 WG@BE: An Exhibition Of Kiln-Formed Glass, Juried, Portland, OR
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2001 Artists Of The Southwest, Davis Glass Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
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2001 Contemporary Judaica; Hadassah Organization, Juried, Tempe, AZ
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Awards:
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2003 Pilchuck Award Of Excellence
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Publications/Presentations/Media:
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2025 Table New Mexico; Issue Fall 2025
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2025 Palette Contemporary Art And Craft: Artist Talk and Q&A with Jackie Beckman
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2006 A Beginners Guide To Kiln-Formed Glass, Brenda Griffith, Lark Publishing
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2006 American Craft; June July Issue
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2006 Art Scottsdale International Gallery Show: Q&A With Jackie Beckman
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2005 Glass Craftsman; Issue #188 Feb/Mar
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2004 American Craft; Aug/Sept
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2003 Glass Craftsman; Issue #175 Dec/Jan
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2003 Bullseye Glass For Art And Architecture 2
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2002 Channel 15 News, March 13th, Glass Art and Artists, Phoenix, AZ
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