Thaddeus Wolfe studied glass at the Cleveland Institute of Art, graduating with a BFA in 2002. He has held residencies at Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, WA), Creative Glass Center of America (Millville, NJ), and Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA).
His work is represented by Pierre Marie Giraud (Brussels) and Volume Gallery (Chicago).
In addition to private collections, Wolfe's work is held in the permanent collections of the Yale University Art Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Musee de Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Corning Museum of Glass, where he was awarded the 2016 Rakow Commission.
THADDEUS WOLFE
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, New York
Born 1979, Toledo, Ohio
EDUCATION
BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2002
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Crossing The River To Fetch Water, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Thaddeus Wolfe, Pierre-Marie Giraud, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Dead Frame, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015 Thaddeus Wolfe, R & Company, New York, NY
2014 Unsurfacing, Volume Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Lighting. Objects, E.R. Butler, New York, NY
2011 Assemblage, Volume Gallery at Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Summer, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Raw Design, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
The Domestic Plane: Handheld, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
re:construction, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
FOG Design + Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 The Salon Art + Design, New York, NY
EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Collective Design Fair, New York, NY
The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York, NY
Wormwood, Ellis King Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Woven Forms, Palazzo Benzon, Venice, Italy
2016 Our Flag, R & Company, New York, NY
MIKE, Four AM, New York, NY
Design Miami/, Miami, FL
The Salon Art + Design, New York, NY
EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Collective Design Fair, New York, NY
FOG Design + Art, San Francisco, CA
2015 Design Miami/, Miami, FL
The Salon Art + Design, New York, NY
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Collective Design Fair, New York, NY
FOG Design + Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 Design Miami/, Miami, FL
The Objects Biennial, R & Company, New York, NY
Design Miami/ Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Collective 2 Design Fair, New York, NY
Illuminate: Design in Light, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Guild International Design Fair, Cape Town, SA
FOG Design + Art, San Francisco, CA
2013 Design Miami/, Miami, FL
What’s the Matter?, R & Company, New York, NY
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Collective 1 Design Fair, New York, NY
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2012 The Objects Show, R & Company, New York, NY
Scale, curated by Architizer, The Standard Hotel East Village, New York, NY
Foundation, Volume Gallery at Land of Tomorrow Gallery, Louisville, KY
Made In New York, South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
2011 Maker's Market, Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria, NY
New America, Matter, New York, NY
2010 Ephemeral, Heller Gallery New York, NY
Group Show, Matter, New York, NY
Breakable, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2016 Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2009 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2009 Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2007 Wheaton’s Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
COLLECTIONS
Musée des Arts Decoratifs de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Works held in private collections in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia.
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Postdigital Artisans, Frame Artisans, Jonathan Openshaw pages 194-197
AWARDS
Recipient of the 2016 Rakow Commission from Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY