Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen

Willenbrink-Johnson creates glass sculptures inspired by a passion for nature and adventure. Layering glass patterns and textures to freeze moments from the natural world in time. ==Education==

• 1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Sculpture, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1984 • 1993-99 Glass Sculpture/Pino Signoretto, Pilchuck. Glass School, Stanwood, WA • 1993 Apprentice to Maestro, Fournauser Chandelier Studio/Bruno Zanetti, Murano, Italy • 1998 Mosaic/Felice Nittolo, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA • 2013 Raptors of the Pacific Northwest, Padilla Bay Center, Bow, WA ==Awards==

• 1993 General Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA • 1994 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, Nominated, New York, NY • 1994 Corning Award/Outstanding Student, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA • 1995 Newcomb Women’s Art Grant, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA • 1998 General Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA • 1999 Artist Trust and the Washington State Arts Council Grant, Seattle, WA • 2006 Acquisition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA ==References==