Jeremy Popelka
Born on October 9, 1960
EDUCATION
1989 Master of Fine Arts with High Distinction, The California College of Arts & Crafts
Marvin Lipofsky, Mark McDonnell Glass Program Chairs
1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illinois State University Joel Phillip Myers - Glass Program
1981 The Pilchuck School, Jamie Carpenter and Erwin Eiesch Sessions
TEACHING
2016 Sand casting with Inclusions, The Corning Museum School, Corning, New York (with Stephanie Trenchard)
2013-2014 Sand Casting Workshops, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
2011 Guest Artist, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan
2010 Glass Casting Class with Stephanie Trenchard, Pratt Center for the Arts, Seattle, Washington
2009 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin Glass Department, Madison, Wisconsin
2005 Sand casting Workshop, The Pilchuck School, First Session
1997 Establishes Hot Glass Studio with wife Stephanie Trenchard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
1992-1996 Teacher and Lecturer, The California College of Arts & Crafts, Clifford Rainey Chair
1991-1993 Casting Seminars, San Jose State University
1983 Teaching Assistant, The Pilchuck School, Bertil Vallein Session
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Chroma, Group Exhibit, Tory Folliard, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Taos Glass Invitational, Mission Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2013 Wisconsin Glass, Inaugural exhibit at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Color, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012 Trenchard & Popelka: New Glass Work, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee
2009 Craft FormsWayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2008 Wisconsin Glass, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2007 CCA: A Legacy in Studio Glass, The San Francisco Museum of Craft
SOFA 2006-2009, Tom Reilly Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Pilchuck 2005, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2003 American Glass Masters, The Fairfield Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
2001 Honorable Mention, International Exhibit of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
1998 Art Annual, The Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
1996 Almost Alchemy, The Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, California
1994 World Glass Now, The Hokaido Museum, Hokaido, Japan
1993 Local Media: With and Beyond Traditions, The Mills Building, San Francisco
1993 Contemporary Cast Glass, San Francisco Craft and Folk Museum
1993 Glass Invitational, The Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco
1993 California Works, California State Exposition Hall, Sacramento, California
1992 West Coast Glass, The California Craft Museum, San Francisco, California
1991 Introductions, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
1991 Chain Reaction 5, The San Francisco Commission Gallery, San Francisco,
PUBLICATIONS
Crafts Report / August 2008, New Glass Review 2015 (Jurors Selection) 1992, 1994, 2006, American Craft Magazine 1992, World Glass Now Hokaido, Japan 1994, Glass Journal 1995
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Wisconsin Art
Northwest Mutual Collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
William Stout Publishing
West Bend Insurance Collection, West Bend, Wisconsin
Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin