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A print, glass and textile artist, Shani McLane is passionate about educating and producing work based on climate change and the impact it has on future generations. 

 

EDUCATION  

2010 M.ED with Honors, Plymouth State University , Plymouth, NH

1993 BFA with Honors, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA


EXTENSION PROGRAMS

2010 Rhode Island School of Design , Providence, RI

2008 Blackburn Print Studio , New York, NY

1994 Pilchuck Glass School , Stanwood, WA

1994 Cleveland Institute of Art , Cleveland, OH


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023-Present, Professor of Art, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

2019 Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2017 Guest Lecturer, The Museum of the White Mountain , Plymouth, NH

2010- Present Owner/Operator, Squam River Studios , Ashland, NH

2000- Present Professor, Art Department, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

2017 Co-curator, The Museum of the White Mountain, Plymouth, NH

2017 NH State Arts Council Instructor, Concord, NH

2016 Guest Lecturer, The Glass Factory , Kosta Boda, Sweden

2015-2016 Guest Lecturer, Dartmouth - Thayer School of Engineering , Hanover, NH

2014 Assistant Professor, Corning Museum of Glass , Corning, NY

1998-2012 Printshop Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1998-2001 Assistant Designer, Two thousand Degrees, Emeryville, CA

1997 Kiln Department Coordinator, Architectural Glass Design, Napa, CA

1993-1996 Studio Coordinator, John Lewis Glass , Oakland, CA


AWARDS, GRANTS, PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH FUNDING

2024 Venice Biennial Project Finalist, Svalbard I, Venice, Italy

2023 Fine Arts Work Center, AIR, Provincetown, MA 

2022 Fine Arts Work Center, AIR, Provincetown, MA 

2022 Center for Contemporary Printmaking , AIR, Norwalk, CT

2022 Newport Art Museum , AIR, Newport, RI

2021 Museum of Glass , AIR, Tacoma, WA

2020, 2021 Zea Mays , AIR, Florence, MA

2020  Gate 44 AIR, Milan, Italy

2020  Print Shop LA AIR, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Agri-Cultures Global Seed Vault Exhibition and Archival, Finalist, Svalbard, Norway

2019 University of Hawaii AIR / Guest Lecturer, Manoa, Hawaii

2018 Museum of Glass AIR/Guest Lecturer, Tacoma, WA

2018 Publication of “Vitreography and Glass”

2018 Hauberg Fellow, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2018 NH Home Magazine, New Dividends for an Old Bank

2017 McLane Family Fellowship Foundation, Museum of the White Mountain, Plymouth, NH

2017 Camac AIR, Camac, France

2017 Recipient of Frank Teton Fellowship, Camac, France

2017 Scoula Venice Grafica AIR , Venice, Italy

2017 The Museum of the White Mountain Current Exhibit, Conway Sun Conway, NH

2017 Forecasting: Climate Change and Water Impact, Concord Monitor, NH

2017 Forecasting: Climate Change and Water Impact, Daily Sun, NH

2017 Forecasting: Climate Change and Water Impact, Record Enterprise, NH

2017 Engineering the Glass Seed, New Boston Bulletin, NH

2016 Engineering the Glass Seed, Publication Kosta Boda, Sweden

2016 NES AIR , Iceland 

2016 JHTAR AIR, Joshua Tree , CA

2015 Arctic Circle AIR , Svalbard, Norway

2015 The Museum of Glass AIR , Tacoma, Washington

2015 Recipient of the Swedish American Fund Grant, Stockholm, Sweden

2015 The Glass Factory AIR, Kosta Boda, Sweden

2015 NH Home Magazine, Artist Working in Historic Homes, NH

2014 NH Preservation Award, Concord, NH

2013 Research & Development of Serigraphy on Glass , MIT

2013 Distinguished Women in Craft Award, Concord, NH

2012 NH Magazine, Remarkable Women in Craft , NH

2012 Bullseye Emerge Finalist , Portland, Oregon

2009 Frans Masareel Centrum AIR, Kasterlee, Belgium 


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Venice Biennial Project Finalist, Svalbard I, Venice, Italy

2023 Royal Society of Painters-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London, England

2023 The Art of Conservation, Squam Lake Conservation Society, Holderness, NH

2023 MIT, Department of Sustainability, 

Environmental Solutions Initiative, and J-WAFS: Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab, Boston, MA

2022 Patricia Carrega Gallery, Sandwich, NH

2022 Squam River Studios, Ashland, NH

2019 L'Experssoir AIR & exhibition, "Svalbard Seeds of Change", Jardin de Bonanique, Marney-sur-Seine, France 

2019 “Vitreography” exhibition, Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA

2017 Plymouth Sate University Alumni Show, Museum of the White Mountain, Plymouth, NH

2017 Venice Biennial Project , Ecology Project, Venice Italy

2017 “Forecasting and Water Impact” exhibition, The Museum of The White Mountains, Plymouth, NH

2017 Prints of the Year, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

2015 Seeds, Solo exhibition, McGowan Gallery, Concord, NH

2014 Intersections, Edwards Gallery, Holderness, NH

2013 Bullseye Emerge, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR

2013 Group Exhibition, Pilchuck Gallery, Stanwood, WA

2012 Faculty Exhibition,Draper and Maynard Gallery, Plymouth, NH

2010 Group Exhibition, Pilchuck Gallery, Stanwood, WA

2011 Prints of the Year, Franklin Pierce Gallery, Concord, NH

2009 Women Caucus Exhibit, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

2008 ICFF, Savoy Glass, New York, NY

2007 Savoy Glass Gallery Solo Exhibit, Marin, CA

2007 Print and Glass, Pilchuck Gallery, Stanwood, WA

2007 Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

2019 Museum of Glass , Tacoma, WA

2019 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA

2017 Italia Graphica, Venice, Italy

2017 Camac, Camac, France

2015 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2013 Museum of the White Mountain, Plymouth, NH

2012 Pittsburgh Museum of Glass , Pittsburgh, PA

2012 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA


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