Education

2021 – Present Art and Design Doctor of Philosophy, National Glass Centre / University of Sunderland
2008 – 2010 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture / Dimensional Studies, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York
2004 – 2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass – First Class Honours, Wolverhampton University
2003 – 2004 Btec National Foundation Diploma in Art / Design, Yale College, Wrexham

Solo / Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2022
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge
Artefact, Chelsea Pier, London
Pattern, Line, Form, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, Coburg, Germany

2021
Re-Formation, Heller Gallery, New York
NGC Glass Prize, National Glass Centre, Sunderland

2020
Focus: Joanna Manousis (Solo), Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Reliant Objects, Killingworth Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary
Collect, Somerset House, London

2019 – 20
European Glass Festival, Wroclaw

2019
PAD Genève / London, Route François-Peyrot 30, Geneva
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago

2018-20
E-volve, Bellevue Art Museum, WA / The Chrysler Museum, VA, Bullseye Projects, Portland

2018 – 19
The Toledo Museum of Art, Wolfe Gallery (Temporary Loan), Toledo

2018
Design Miami / Basel, Meredith Ave & 19th St, Miami
Art Basel, Exhibition and Trade Center, Basel, Switzerland
Art Wynwood, Miami, One Herald Plaza, Miami

2017
Nature / Morte, (Solo), River House Arts, Toledo
The Salon: Art + Design, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Young Glass, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Fog Design + Art, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco

2016
Collective Design, Skylight Clarkson Square, New York
Fog Design + Art, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco

2015
Best of 2015: Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum

2014
The Dominant Sophia, (Solo), Urban Glass Gallery, Brooklyn
2nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Glass, Minnetrista Cultural Arts Center, Ball State University, Muncie, USA

2013
Shattered: Contemporary Sculpture in Glass, [Art Prize], Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
New Visions, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia

2012-13
Presence in the Past, (Solo), Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia

2012
Urban Glass MFA Show, Brooklyn, NY

2011 – 12
Breath Taking, Crafts Council, London

2011
Fertile Ground, (Solo), Exhibit A, Corning, USA
Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo
Southern Tier Biennial, Olean, USA

2010
Domesticity: How We Live, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, USA
Home, Glass Museum at Broadfield House, Stourbridge

2009
The Feast, Pittsburgh University Gallery, Kansas

2008
Origin, Somerset House, London
Beautifully Crafted, 10th Year Anniversary, National Glass Museum
Glass Routes, Bilston Craft Gallery
The Bombay Sapphire Awards, Via Tortona, Milan

2007
Ladies and Lace, (Solo), Bilston Craft Gallery, Bilston
New Designers, Business Design Center, London

Awards / Scholarships (Selected)

2021
Arts Council England Project Grant

2019
The Queen Elizabeth Award, London

2017
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award (Nomination), New York
The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award, London

2014
Inaugural Borowsky Award (Nomination), Philadelphia

2013
Best in Show, Indiana Glass Alliance, Kokomo University, USA
Emerging Artist Award, ‘Best of Ohio 2013’, Ohio Craft Museum

2011
Margaret M. Mead Award, Burchfield-Penney Arts Center, Buffalo, USA

2009
Hans Frabel Glass Awards, ‘Excellence and Innovation’, Georgia, USA

2008
Bombay Sapphire Glass Awards, (Nomination), Milan

2007
Pearson’s Glass Award, ‘Emerging Artist’, Cardiff

Residencies (Selected)

2017
The Toledo Museum of Art, ‘GAPP Resident’, Toledo, USA

2015
AA2A Artist in Residence, Wolverhampton University

2013-14
Ohio State University, ‘Visiting Scholar’, Columbus, USA

2013
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

2012
Corning Glass Museum, ‘Artist in Residence’, Corning, USA

2011-12
Museum of Art and Design, ‘Studio Artist’, New York

Publications (Selected)

2022
New Glass Review 42, Corning Glass Publication, USA
Coburg Glass Preis 2022, Schnell + Steiner, Germany

2020
Glass Quarterly Magazine, Winter Edition No. 161, Focus Review by Lindsay Woodruff, Urban Glass, Brooklyn

2019
Traditional Home Magazine, September Edition, ‘Movers and Makers’, by Clara Haneberg
Cultured Magazine, February Edition (Online), ‘Joanna Manousis on Extracting Narratives from Glass’, by Simone Sutnick
E-Merge / E-Volve 2019, Bullseye Glass, Portland

2017
Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process, by Townsend, Zettle-Sterling, Schiffer Publishing, USA
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre

2015
American Art Collector Magazine, August Edition, ‘Joanna Manousis: Reflected’, by Susie J Silbert, Scottsdale, USA

2014
Glass Quarterly Magazine, Winter Edition, Review of The Dominant Sophia by Gerar Edizel, Urban Glass, Brooklyn
Coburg Glass Preis 2014, Schnell + Steiner, Germany
Expressions in Glass, Ball State University, Muncie, USA

2013
Glass Quarterly Magazine, Summer Edition

2012
American Craft Magazine, August Edition
New Glass Review 33, ‘Important Acquisitions’, Corning Glass Publication, USA

2011
Glassified, 25 Years of Contemporary Glass from Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
New Glass Review 32, Corning Glass Publication, USA
Breath Taking, Innovation in British Glass Blowing, Crafts Council, London
Art in Craft Media, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2010
E-Merge 2010, Bullseye Glass, Portland

2009
Glass Quarterly Magazine, Fall Edition
Glass Arts Society Newsletter, Frabel Award Winner, March Edition
Beads and Beyond, Featured Artist Profile, April Edition
The Lace Guild, ‘Feature Artist’, Issue 133, January Edition

2008
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre

2007
New Glass Review 28, Corning Glass Publication, USA

2006
Glass Arts Society Newsletter, ‘Student Profile’, November Edition

Public Collections

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
European Museum of Modern Glass, Rödental, Germany
Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Germany
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarisota, Florida, USA
ProMedica, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yervan, Armenia
Toyama Glass Institute, Toyama, Japan
Aichi University, Aichi, Japan

Teaching

2018
Instructor: College for Creative Studies, Detroit

2014-2016
Instructor: Ohio State University, Columbus

2010-2011
Instructor: New York College of Ceramics, Alfred, USA

2008-2010
Graduate Teaching Fellow New York College of Ceramics, New York