Candace Pratt
Icings® Glass, LLC
Portland, OR 97225
www.candaceprattfineart.com
candace@icingsglass.com
Cell: 503-780-9046
Studio: 503-296-6758
BACKGROUND
I began a second career in architectural kiln-formed glass art in 2000 after 25 years in new products marketing in Fortune 500 companies. I am the owner of Icings® Glass, LLC where today the focus of my fine art is mixed media sculptures featuring social justice themes. Additionally, I work with interior designers and architects to create custom installations for residential and commercial use.
EDUCATION
- MS, University of Minnesota 1976, Food Chemistry
- BS, University of Illinois 1974, Food Science
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
- 2025 Excellence in Fiber IX, International Quilt &Fiber Museum
- 2024 International Quilt & Fiber Festival, Everett, WA
- 2023 CraftForms, Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA
- 2023 American Tapestry Alliance, Juried Exhibition, Smithville, TN
- 2022 Verum Ultimum Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
- 2021 Excellence in Fiber VII
- 2021 International Fiber Arts X, Sebastopol, CA
- 2021 Expressions 2021, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
- 2024 International Quilt & Fiber Festival, 1st & 2nd places, Fiber – Woven
- 2021 Artworks Northwest Biennial Juried Exhibition, Roseburg, OR
- 2021 Gallery 114 International Exhibition, “Hindsight”, Portland, OR
- 2020 Las Laguna Gallery Exhibition, “Political Discord”, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2020 Tieton 10 x 10 x 10 Exhibition, Tieton, WA
- 2019 International Fiber Arts IX Exhibition, Sebastopol, CA. Merit Award
AWARDS & FEATURES
- 2025, Spring Issue, Basketry+ Magazine, Featured Artist
- 2024 Intl Quilt & Fiber Festival – 1st & 2nd places – ‘Fiber-Woven’
- 2023 Guardino Gallery, Solo Floor Show, ‘Melting Pot – Vessels for Unity’, Portland, OR
- 2022 1st Place, Basketry Category, Handweavers Guild of America
- 2022 Pilchuck Glass School, Kiln-forming Residency, Stanwood, WA
- 2021 Pilchuck Glass School, Glass Residency, Stanwood, WA
- 2019 Pilchuck Glass School, Kiln-forming Residency, Stanwood, WA
- 2018 Emerge Showcase winner – Fiber Arts Now, ‘Continuum’
- 2018 World Tapestry Now – ‘Continuum’
- 2015 Pilchuck Glass School, Klein/Parrish Residency, Stanwood, WA
- 2010 Published in Art Glass Today, 2010 Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
- 2025 and 2023 National Basketry Organization Conference, Tacoma, WA
- 2021 Breathing Baskets, Snow Farm-New England Craft Center, Williamsburg, MA
- 2018 Beyond Tapestry, with Richard Parrish, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR
- 2014 Harnessing Flow, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR
- 2013 Advanced Studies in Glass Powders, British Columbia, Canada
- 2012 Studies in Glass Powders, British Columbia, Canada
- 2009 Kiln-Formed Vessel Sinks Workshop, O-AT-KA School of Glass, Batavia, NY
- 2007 3-D Color Workshop, Harold Linton, Bullseye, Portland, OR
- 2006 Landscapes in Frit, Miriam di Fiore, OGG, Portland, OR
- 2005 Translations, Jessica McLoughlin, Bullseye, Portland, OR
- 2000 Studio Arte Del Mosaico, Ravenna Italy
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| Icings® Glass LLC | Owner | 2000 -current |
| Product Sales Director | NORPAC Sales, Inc. | 1990 – 1998 |
| Director, Sales & Marketing | ROCCO, Inc. | 1989 – 1990 |
| Marketing Manager | Lamb-Weston, Inc. | 1986 – 1988 |
| Product Marketing Manager | Campbell Soup Co. | 1983 – 1986 |
| Director of Consumer Affairs | American Meat Institute | 1981 – 1983 |
| Manager of Consumer Affairs | The Pillsbury/Green Giant Co. | 1977 – 1981 |
| Food Technologist | Geo. A. Hormel & Company | 1976 – 1977 |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Craft Council
- American Tapestry Alliance
- Columbia Basin Basketry Guild
- Fiber Arts Network
- Handweavers Guild of America
- National Basketry Organization
- Pacific Northwest Glass Guild
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
- Astronomical League – Coordinator, Herschel II Amateur Observing Program, since 1996
- Rose City Astronomers (OMSI-sponsored) 30-year volunteer and Past President)
BOARD ACTIVITIES
- Damascus Fiber Arts School, Damascus, OR; Treasurer since 2020
- Oregon Star Party www.oregonstarparty.org Vice President since 2000, retired 2021