In sculpture, my goal is to create something alluring and magnetic, but also challenging.
I use various forms and colours to both enhance and diminish the properties I hope to instill in the finished object.

allure – deter
entice – repel
strength – fragility
transparence – opacity

By juxtaposing these contrasts, I hope to make a beautiful and beguiling object.

PAUL SCHWIEDER
Ivarsboda 377 918 34 Sävar , Sweden tel. +46 (0)70 285 6616 e-mail: paul@ paulschwieder.com

BORN

Dec. 6, 1963, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

EDUCATION

1992 University of West Bohemia -Plzen, Czech Republic.

1987-1988 Orrefors Glass School – Orrefors, Sweden.

1984-1987 Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design – Mississauga, Ontario.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Sandra Ainsley Gallery: Toronto

2003 Hawk Galleries: Columbus

2002 Barry Friedman Ltd.; New York

2000 Riley Hawk Galleries; Columbus

1999 Riley Hawk Galleries; Cleveland

EXHIBITIONS

2020 Röbäck Glas och Lera, Röbäck, Västerbotten, Sweden

2014 West Branch Gallery, Stowe, Vermont, USA

2009 Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, Texas USA

2008 World Exhibition of Art Glass, Steninge Slott, Stockholm, Sweden

2006-2007 International Invitational; Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak ,Michigan

1996-2005 SOFA Chicago (Sculpture Objects Functional Art)

2001-02 SOFA New York (Sculpture Objects Functional Art)

1997 Glasmuseum, Young Glass ’97, Ebeltoft, Denmark

AWARDS

1999 &1990 Fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America Millville, New Jersey

1987 Ontario Crafts Council grant

1986 Scholarship position Harbourfront Glass Studio.Toronto,Canada

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA.

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,NY.

Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Present Glass Sculptor

2004 – 1995 Le Centre Des Métiers du Verre du Québec
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Position: Teacher: Glassblowing level 1 thru 4

August 1997 Red Deer College of Art
Red Deer, Albert
Position: Teacher: blown glass workshop

June 1997 Pilchuck Glass School
Stanwood, Washington
Position: Teachers Assistant: Louis Sclafani, blown /solid workshop

1994 Haparanda Glass Factory
Haparanda, Sweden
Position: Glassblower

1989-1992 Bayer Glass Studios
Crawford, Colorado
Position: Glassblower / Studio Manager

1988-1989 Robert Held Studios
Vancouver and Calgary studios, Canada
Position: Glassblower

1988 Goteborgs Glass Studio
Gothenburg, Sweden
Position: Glassblower

1986 Harbourfront Glass Studio
Toronto, Canada
Position: Glassblower: Summer scholarship recipient