About: Artist Chris Tedesco

BA Ceramics & Printmaking. California State University at Fullerton, 1974
MA, Ceramic Sculpture. California State University at Fullerton, 1976

Chris Tedesco is a sculptor working in glass and other materials. Since his debut solo show in 1993, he has lived in Santa Cruz, where he also has his studio.

Exhibitions include:
American Museum of Glass. 20/20 Vision, 2003
International Art Faire, Palm Springs, CA, 2002
Glass 3, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, 1999
California Contemporary Craft, Laguna Art Museum, 1999
The Quality of Glass and Light, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, 1999
California Glass Today, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, 1999
Breaking Traditions, UC Berkeley at Blackhawk, 1994
Dorothy Weiss Gallery Group Show San Francisco, 1994
Exemplary Contemporary, UCSC, Seattle Art Museum, 1993
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, (solo show) 1993
Seven Seas Cup Show, Kanasawa, Japan, 1993

Selected collections: American Glass Museum, Wheaton Village, Millville
Coast Commercial Bank, Soquel Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, Claremont
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute , Moss Landing

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Awards & Commissions include:
Scholarship Recipient, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, 1989
Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, New Jersey, 1999
Nominee, Eureka Fellowship Program, Fleishacker Foundation, San Francisco, 1999
Wave Wall Bench, Santa Cruz Port District / Monterey Bay Sanctuary, 2000
Marcel Cast glass mural sculpture and installation, Livermore, 2001
'Coriolis' cast glass mural sculpture, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, 1996
Local Landscape Series, Pastel on paper, Coast Commercial Bank, Soquel, 1991