Featured Artisan: Munya Avigail Upin Click above thumbnails for larger images   Condensed Resume Education 1987 M.F.A.: California State University, Fullerton, California, concentration in Art Metals 1979 M.A.: San Diego State University, San Diego, California, concentration in Silversmithing 1975 B.F.A.: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, with general honors: concentration in Silversmithing Selected Teaching Appointments 1997-Present: Jewelry Instructor, De Cordova Museum School, Lincoln, Massachusetts 1998: Jewelry Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art 1982-1989: Assistant Professor, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 1981-1982: Jewelry Instructor, Art Metals and Basic Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1980-1981: Artist in Residence, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon Numerous lectures and workshops throughout the U.S., including Penland School of Crafts, Peter's Valley, Brookfield, Museum School- Boston, and Seattle Metal's Guild Selected Awards & Recognition 2000: Niche Award, lighting and candlesticks category 1993: Visual Artist Grant Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs City of San Antonio 1990: Special Commissions Program Jewish Museum, New York City 1989: Mid-America Arts Alliance Fellowship 1987: Margret Craver Withers Metal Award Wichita National Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas 1979: Honorable Mention Sterling Silver Design Competition, Lever House, New York, New York Selected Publication of Work 1999: Judaic Artisans Today, Kathryn Morton. Flower Valley Press 1998: American Style Magazine 1996: Metalsmith Magazine 1996, 2000: Textile Techniques in Metal, Arline M. Fisch, Lark Books 1983: American Craft 1983: Jewelry: Contemporary Design and Technique, Chuck Evans, Davis Publications 1976: California Design '76, Library Edition Selected Exhibitions 2002: "The Ring," Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. travelling exhibition 1998: "The Functional Vase Project 1998," Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan and SOFA, N.Y. 1997: "For Sight: Artist Interpreted Eyewear," Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana 1997: "New Design in Jewelry and Metalwork," Gallery Eight, La Jolla, California 1996: "Shreve's 200 Anniversary Artisan Silver Exhibition," Shreve, Crump and Low, Boston, Massachusetts 1994-96: "School of Fisch," Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, Design Yard, Dublin, Ireland, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, AAlborg, Denmark and Rohsska Konstlojdsmuseet, Goteborg, Sweden 1994: "Dancing Through Domesticity " (one-person show), Jansen/Perez Gallery, San Antonio, Texas 1993: "Contemporary American Metalworking- Sculptural Concerns," Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana (traveling exhibition) 1991: "Hidden Spaces," National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee 1988: "Avant Garde Jewelry USA," The Joan Michlin Collection, New York City 1981: "International Jewellery Show," Munich, Germany 1976: "California Design '76," Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California 1975: "Sterling Silver Design Competition," Lever House, New York, New York Memberships Artisan Member, Society of American Silversmiths American Craft Council Society of North American Goldsmiths Munya Avigail Upin 41 Waverley St. Belmont, MA 02478 617/489-3710, Back to Home Page