ALEX BERNSTEIN

​EDUCATION
  • 2001: Masters of Fine Art, Rochester Institute of Technology, The School for American Crafts, Rochester, NY.
  • 1999: Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Concentration in glass blowing with David Levi.
  • 1998: Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Concentration in glass blowing with Dimitri Mechealidis.
  • 1996: BA, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • 2009 Pilchuck Glass School Seattle, WA
    Instructor: Glass for Sculpture (Session 5)
  • 2004-2007 Worcester Center for Crafts Worcester, MA
    Glass Department Head
    Instructor: Advanced Glass Blowing, Coldworking, Glass Theory
  • 2007 The Corning Museum of Glass Studio Corning, NY
    Instructor: Summer Workshop – Glass as a Material for Sculpture
  • 2003-2004 Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH
    Adjunct Professor: Glass and Foundations Design, Advanced Glass, 3D Sophomore Design, Intermediate Glass Blowing, Professional Practice
  • 2002-2003 Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH
    Adjunct Professor: Advanced Glass, 2D-3D Freshman Design, Continuing Education Glass Blowing
    Instructor: National Summer Workshop – Glass as a material for Sculpture
  • 2001-2002 Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH
    Adjunct Professor: Advanced Glass, Continuing Education Glass Blowing Instructor: National Summer Workshop – Glass Blowing
  • 2003 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
    Instructor: Summer Workshop – Glass for the Artist
  • 2001 Pilchuck Glass School Seattle, WA
    Teaching Assistant to Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner
  • 2001 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
    Adjunct Professor: Glass Blowing
    Instructor: Flat Glass, Fusing, and Slumping
  • 2000 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
    Instructor: Flame Working
  • 2000 Anoka-Ramsey College Minneapolis, MN
    Instructor: Glass Blowing Workshop
  • 2000 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
    Teaching Assistant to Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner
  • 2000 The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
    Instructor: Hot Glass Workshop for high school students
  • 1999-2000 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
    Teaching Assistant Sophomore Glass Class; Elective Casting Class
  • 1998 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
    Teaching Assistant to William Bernstein
EXHIBITIONS/SOLO SHOWS2016
  • Natural Progression, Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
2015
  • New Works, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2014
  • Latest Work, New River Fine Art Gallery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
2012
  • Natural History, Winterowd Fine Art Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2010
  • Contemplative Reduction, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
  • Progressions, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • New Work, Winterowd Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008
  • Small Work, Tom Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  • New Work, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
  • Time Exposed, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • New Work, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2007
  • Alex Gabriel Bernstein, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • New Work, Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
  • Inside Out, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • A look back- five years at Chappell Gallery, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • New Work, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2006
  • New Work, Thomas R. Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2005
  • New Work, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
  • New Work, Prism Contemporary Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • New Work, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville NC
2004
  • Tactile Visions, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
2002
  • Featured Artist, Tomas R. Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2001
  • Stories and Observations, Bevier Gallery; Rochester, NY
  • Observations, The Hope Collection; Santa Fe, NM


SELECT GROUP SHOWS2015
  • Group Glass, Winterowd Fine Art Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
  • OFA Chicago, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
  • 43nd Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Collective Glass Show, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
  • Mentors, Blue Sprial 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2014
  • Group Glass, Winterowd Fine Art Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
  • 42nd Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Texture & Tensions, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2013
  • Group Show, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
  • 41st Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
2012
  • Houston Art Fair, Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houson, TX
  • 40th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
  • Art Naples, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
2011
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Duane Reed Gallery, St.Louis, MO
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
  • Art Naples, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
  • 39th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2010
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI
  • Special Glass Invitational Show, LaKae Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
  • 38th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
2009
  • SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • Rising Stars of the 21st Century, American Glass Museum, Millville, NJ
  • Art Santa Fe, Winterowd Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • Glass Weekend – Wheaton Arts, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • SOFA Santa Fe, Prism Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
  • Summer Salon, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
  • All in the Family, Suffolk Center for the Arts, Suffolk, VA
  • 37th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • Inspired By, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
2008
  • Four Seasons, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Gesture and Cadence, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Terra Enigma – Abstracting the Landscape, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
  • 36th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Habatat Gallery – MI, Palm Beach, FL
  • North Carolina Glass Show, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
2007
  • Art Miami, Onnessimo Fine Art, Miami, FL
  • 35th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
  • Invitational Glass Show, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • The Power of Red, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
  • Shy Boy, She Devil and Isis, Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
  • Gathering: A Survey of Contemporary Glass, Penland School Gallery, Penland, NC
  • Invitational Show, Prism Contemporary Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Voices in Glass, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
  • Glass Invitational Exhibition, Cervini Haas Gallery, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Arts Scottsdale, Represented by Prism Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
  • 34th Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • Refined Force: Glass of New England, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
  • 33rd Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
  • Palm Beach 3, Represented by Chappell Gallery., Palm Beach FL
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • Glass Weekend 05, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton, NJ
  • Out of The Mold, A Survey Of Contemporary Cast Glass, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News VA
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Dynamic Glass, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
  • Toronto International Art Fair, Represented by Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004
  • 32nd Annual Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI
  • Invitational Glass Exhibition, Function + Art, Chicago, IL
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Gallery Artist, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Palm Beach Contemporary, Represented by Chappell Gallery., Palm Beach FL
  • Apercu, Prism Contemporary Glass Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Toronto International Art Fair, Represented by Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003
  • Glass Invitational, Parisi Gallery, Del Mar, CA
  • International Vessel Show, Museum of Art and Design, Louisville, KY
  • Glass Weekend 03, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton, NJ
  • New Insight, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Il Pettoo, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • New Glass, Function+ Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Infusion, Gallery WDO, Charlotte, NC
  • New Talent in Glass, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • SOFA New York, Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
  • Bernstein Trio, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2002
  • SOFA Chicago, Represented by Chappell Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • American Heritage; Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Deceptions, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Benefit Auction Exhibition, Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
  • Annual Goblet Exhibition, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • New Work New Year, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
  • A Cast of Excellence, Chappell Gallery, New York, NY
2001
  • Faculty Exhibition; Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH
  • International Craft Biannual; Cheongju Arts Hall, Cheongju City, Korea
  • Off the hook; Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery; Pittsburgh, PA
2000
  • Glass Art Society Exhibition; Triangle Gallery; New York, NY
  • International Glass Symposium; “Glass in Context 2000”, Glass Museum; Frauenau, Germany
  • Craft Art of Western New York; Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Buffalo, NY
  • Contemporary Crafts; Mase Art Center; Mase, AZ
  • Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition; The Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery; Dallas, TX
  • Featured Artist Exhibition; Craft Company #6; Rochester, NY
  • Niche, Student Niche Award Exhibition; Philadelphia, PA
  • People, Places, Art, Public Art Proposal; Gallery R; Rochester, NY
1999
  • School for American Crafts Honor Show; Student Alumni Union, Rochester, NY
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  • Art of the New Millennium; The Up-Stairs Gallery; Tyron, NC
  • Interior Spaces, Gallery r; Rochester, NY
  • Students in Glass; The Visual Arts Center; Virginia Beach, VA
  • Sent Bottle Invitational; The Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery; Dallas, TX
1998
  • Annual Goblet Show; The Kittrell/Riffkind Gallery; Dallas, TX
  • Glass Artist of Western North Carolina, The Up Stairs Gallery; Tryon, NC
  • A Goblet Toast; Gallery Dorita!, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS & HONORS2012
  • Critic’s Choice Award, Habatat International Glass Invitational
2010

  • Collectors Choice Award, Habatat International Glass Invitational
2009
  • Rising Star for the 21st Century, Distinction from The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass
2008
  • Award of Excellence, Habatat International Glass Invitational
2006
  • Award of Excellence, Habatat International Glass Invitational
2003
  • Selection for New Glass Review
2002
  • American Craft Council Emerging Artist Grant
2001
  • Dean of Liberal Arts Purchase Award
  • Wallace Memorial Library Purchase Award
  • Special Selection, International Craft Biannual, Cheongju City, Korea
  • Honorable Mention, International Craft Biannual, Cheongiu City, Korea
2000
  • Niche Award for glass sculpture
  • Sylvia L Rosen Endowment Purchase Award
1999
  • Aaron Rosenstreich Memorial Fund for Excellence
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
  • American Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland
  • American Embassy in Libreville, Gabon, West Africa
  • American Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
  • The World, Residences at Sea
  • Truliant Federal Credit Union, Winston Salem, NC
  •  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
  • Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
  • Glassmuseum Frauenau. Frauenau, Germany
  • Burchfeild-Penny Arts Center, Museum of Western New York Art, Buffalo, NY
  • Wallace Memorial Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  • The Dean of Liberal Arts Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  • Mellon Financial Corporation, Harrisburg, VA
  • Wachovia Financial Group, Greenville, SC
  • Deloitte & Touche, Boston, MA
  • Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highland , NC
  • Royal Caribbean, Oasis of the Seas
  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Mobile Art Museum, Mobile, AL