Debora Moore has worked in glass since the late 1980's. Her awards and exhibitions include the Rakow
Commission and the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. The list of Debora's professional travels grows by the year and
covers several continents. She has researched moss and lichen in Antarctica and observed orchids in tropical
rainforests in Asia, examining how these plants live in their natural environment. She combines realism and
imagination in her sculpture, meditating on the glorious wonder of nature and celebrating its power and mystery.

Upcoming Exhibitions:

February 2012 - Habatat, West Palm Beach, FL
March 2012 - Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville, KY
April 2012 - Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
August 2012 - Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

Professional Experience

1994-present              Fiori, Glass Studio Owner, Seattle, WA
2001                           Instructor Pilchuck Glass Studio, Stanwood, WA
1995-1997                  Instructor, Hilltop Artist-in-Residence Program, Tacoma, WA
1992-1994                  Glassblower, Glass Eye Production Studio, Seattle, WA
1992-93                      Instructor, Basic Glass Class, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1992                           Glassblower/Assistant, Chihuly, Inc. Seattle, WA

Awards /Collections

2012
Crocker Art Museum - Permanent Collection, Sacramento,CA

2008
American Style Award - Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

2007
Rakow Commission - The Corning Museum of Glass, Permanent Collection, NY
35th International Glass Invitational  Critics Award - Royal Oak, MI

2005
Museum of Glass, - Visiting Artist in Residence, Tacoma WA
Neues Glas, Winter 2005, Artist Portrait Article
Abate Zanetti – Artist in Residence, Murano Venezia Italy

2004
Muskegon Museum of Art – Permanent collection, Muskegon, MI
Harbourfront Centre, Flora – the ubiquity of nature, Visiting Artist, Toronto 

2002
PhilanderSmith College, Donald W. Reynolds Library & Technology Center, Permanent Collection, Little Rock AR

2001
Jon and Mary Shirley Collection, Seattle, WA

1990, 1992, 1995
Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1998
African American Design Archive, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, NY

Education

1995            Pino Signoretto, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1992            Ruth King, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1990            Paul DeSomma, Henner Schroeder, John DeWitt, Pilchuck Glass
 School, Stanwood, WA

Selected Exhibitions

(* Solo Show)

2012
*Orchidilerium, Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach,FL

*Collectanea Botantica - Orchidacea, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus,OH

2011
Convergence Zone, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

Glass Quake 2011, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Seattle Reigns, Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

38th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oaks, MI

2010

*Orchidaceae, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

Flora - The Botanical Experience Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark

2009
9th Northwest Biennial Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
All In The Family Suffolk Center, Suffolk, VA
Orchid Mania Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, OH
37th International Glass Invitational Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

2007/08
Glorious Glass: Translucent & Opaque The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Butters Gallery, King Street Concentric, Portland, OR
*Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Habatat Galleries, Four Seasons, Traveling to SOFA, Royal Oak, MI
Habatat Galleries, 35th International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI

2005/06
Davis & Cline Gallery,Ashland, OR
Museum of Glass, Fresh!  Contemporary takes on Nature, Tacoma, WA
*Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
*Museum of Glass, Reflections on Nature, Tacoma, WA
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, FL
SOFA Chicago, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach3, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
33rd International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

2004                
SOFA Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Glass Art Society, GAS Conference 2004, New Orleans, LA
Tobin Hewitt Gallery, Garden of Glass, Louisville, KY
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Fragile Nature, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
32nd International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI   

2003                
SOFA, Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glorious Glass: Color & Form, Seattle Tacoma Airport, Seattle, WA
Art Palm Beach 2003, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
31ST  International Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
*Habatat Galleries, Solo Showing, Boca Raton, FL

2002                
*Butters Gallery Ltd., Portland, OR
SOFA, Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
30th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI

2001                
Butler Institute of AmericanArt, Winter Orchidarium, Youngstown, OH
SOFA,Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Habatat Galleries,19th Annual International Glass Invitational,Boca Raton, FL
Nancy Hoffman Gallery,Winter Orchidarium, New York, NY

2000                
Nancy Hoffman, Glass:  A Celebration, New York, NY
Llewellyn Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Smithsonian Institution, Artistry of Orchids, Washington DC

1999                 
Qualita Fine Art, Summer Pleasures,Las Vegas, NV
*Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO
*Gump's, San Francisco, CA
*Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA

1998                
Gump's,Language of Flowers, San Francisco, CA
Poncho Invitational Auction,Seattle, WA

1997                
*Gump's, San Francisco, CA
*Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
*Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Vancouver International Art Exhibition,Vancouver, B.C.

Professional Travels

All work ©Debora Moore 2008