Curriculum Vitae
Josh Simpson
Born: August 17, 1949
Education: BA, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (1972)
A selection of Josh Simpson’s extensive CV can be found below or you can read his comprehensive CV.
SELECTED SOLO EXHBITIONS
Josh Simpson: Galactic Landscapes; Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (July 2018-Jan 2019)
ArtScienceCONVERGED; Le Laboratoire; Cambridge, MA (2017)
Universe in Glass: Josh Simpson; Universe Gallery, Louisiana Art & Science Museum (2016)
The Universe According to Josh Simpson: A Summer of Josh Simpson; City of Westfield and Westfield State University, MA (2014)
This Blue Marble: The Universe of Josh Simpson; Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MA (2012)
Inner and Outer Space: the Visionary Landscape of Josh Simpson; Jane Sauer Gallery; Santa Fe, NM (2011)
From 60,000 Miles Away: The Glass Galaxies of Josh Simpson; Traveling exhibition, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College; Clinton, NY (2010)
Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass, 1972-2007; Traveling Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art, , Huntsville, AL (2007-2011)
Steuben Selects, Steuben Flagship Store; New York, NY (2007-2008)
Visions of Our Galaxy; Sandwich, MA Traveling Exhibition (2005-2007)
Visionary Landscapes; Traveling exhibition, Bruce Museum; Greenwich, CT (1998-2006)
New Work, New Worlds; Traveling Exhibition, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College; Clinton, NY (1994-1998)
American Crafts at the White House, Washington, DC (1977)
Selected Group Exhibitions
Modern Alchemy: The Art of Glass, Southern Vermont Art Center and Vermont Glass Guild Exhibition; Manchester, VT (2016)
Fired: Iron Ceramics and Glass; Arvada Center of Arts and Humanities; Arvada, CO (2015)
Out of This World! Jewelry in the Space Age; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Pittsburgh, PA (2015)
Glass Today: 21st-Century Innovations; New Britain Museum of American Art; New Britain, CT (2014)
All Things Considered VII; Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN and Fuller Craft Museum; Brockton, MA (2013)
Art in Space; Ethel H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic; Bar Harbor, ME (2013)
Glass Act; Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA (2011)
Stellar Landscapes; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2011)
The Art of Dining; Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA (2010, 2011, 2012)
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tacoma Art Museum; Tacoma, WA
Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Fuller Craft Museum; Brockton, MA
Telfair Museum of Art; Savannah, GA
Louisiana Art & Science Museum; Baton Rouge, LA
Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY
Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidro; Segovia, Spain
Museum of Arts & Design; New York, NY
Moritex Sphere Museum; Tokyo, Japan
Mint Museum of Craft + Design; Charlotte, NC
Brunnier Art Museum; Ames, IA
Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, MA
Museum of Decorative Arts; Prague, Czech Republic
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery; New Haven, CT
Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS
Art in Embassies Program; US Embassies of Austria, The Philippines, Brunei, Canada, Kuwait, Iceland, Egypt, Oman, Burundi, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mauritania (1999-present)
Iowa State University, Tektite Portal; Ames, IW (2013)
Corning Museum of Glass, 100 lb. Megaplanet commission; Corning, NY (2006)
Culture Connect Envoy – Singapore & Brunei; US State Department (2005)
Pioneer Valley Symphony & Chorus; The Planets Symphony; Greenfield, MA (2000)
Americans for the Arts Annual Awards Commission (1998-2001)
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Awards Commission; Washington, DC (1995, 1996, 1998)
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line; Megaplanet commission; Norway (1996-2005)
Earth Day Awards; New York, NY (1993, 1994)
Moritex Corporation; Lobby commission; Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Modern Art Design Catalog; New York, NY (1987)
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award, Salem State University, (2019)
Westfield State University, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (2014)
The Cohn Family Trust for Excellence in Glass, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show (2013)
WFCR Arts and Humanities Award, Outstanding Individual (2012)
Hamilton College, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (2008)
Jurors' Award: Best in Glass, American Craft Exposition; Evanston, IL (1990, 1992, 1995, 2002)
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Peabody Essex Museum, Artist and Astronaut, our orbiting lines in Art, Science and Space Exploration; Salem, MA (2017)
Art Educators of New Jersey Conference; Long Branch, NJ (2015)
New Britain Museum of American Art, Artist Lecture with Josh Simpson; New Britain, CT (2014)
TEDx Shelburne Falls: A Sense of Place; Shelburne Falls, MA (2013)
College of the Atlantic, Ethel H. Blum Gallery and SERC Institute; Art in Space, Bar Harbor and Winter Harbor, ME (2013)
Corning Museum, Meet the Artist & Astronaut-Josh Simpson & Cady Coleman; Corning, New
York (2012)
Corning Museum; Corning, New York (1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011)
Wanganui Polytechnic University; Wanganui, New Zealand (1999)
SELECTED RELATED ACTIVITIES
Sandwich Glass Museum Board of Trustees (2006-present)
Corning Museum of Glass Fellow (2005-present)
Snow Farm - The New England Craft Program; Williamsburg, MA (2001-present)
Glass Art Society; Board of Directors, Treasurer (1990-1992), President (1992-1994)
Craft Emergency Relief Fund; Founding President (1985-1992), Board member (1985-2003)
American Craft Council; Board of Directors (1998-2001) (2013-present)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Glass Art Magazine, Josh Simpson: Blown Glass Artist Extraordinaire, March/April, 2022
Schiffer Publishing, Art Glass Today 2, released in April, 2016
Living Spaces Magazine, The Artist and the Astronaut, (Spring 2012)
Boston Globe, Blown Away by a Glass Artist, (May 14, 2010)
Art New England, Worlds Apart: Josh Simpson, Debbie Hagan (April/May 2010)
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (1979, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2007)
Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass (catalog), Huntsville Museum of Art, essays by Lloyd E. Herman and William Warmus, 2007
PBS Documentary, Defying Gravity, An Historic Achievement in Glass featuring Josh Simpson (2006)
New England Glass: The Quiet Force Catalog, Worcester Center for Crafts (2006)
Neues Glas, New Glass Magazine, Josh Simpson (Fall 2005)
Chicago Tribune, When the Inner Artisan Speaks (August 22, 2004)
Josh Simpson Glass Artist, Andrew Chaikin (2001)
PBS Documentary, Where the Earth Meets the Sky, the Glassworks of Josh Simpson (2001)
Christian Science Monitor, From a Fiery Inferno, Kristen A. Conover (April 7, 1997)
Wall Street Journal, American Crafts Shine, in White House or Out, Barbara Jepson (July 6, 1995)
Contemporary Glass, Susanne K. Frantz (1989)
Smithsonian Magazine, Marbles: A rite turned rarity (April 1988)
The New York Times, An Idea that Came from Outer Space (March 29, 1987)
The Alchemy of Glass
Josh’s Simpson recalls the inspiration behind his signature glass Planets; astronaut Neil Armstrong being able to cover the entire planet with his thumb.
The image of that little blue marble floating in the black void of the universe inspired Josh to create his own Earth-like spheres.