Stephanie Trenchard

64 South 2nd Avenue

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

stephanietrenchardart@gmail.com

920-370-7937

 

Education

1984   BFA in Painting, Illinois State University

 

Solo/Two Person's Exhibitions 

2027      Poetics of Inclusion, Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin

2026      Popelka & Trenchard, Kittrell Riffkind Gallery, Dallas Texas

2024      Stephanie Trenchard, Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Wisconsin

2023      Glass Patterns, Habatat Detroit,            

2017      Patterns, Benedict F and Dorothy J Gorecki Gallery at St Benedict College, Saint Joseph, MN

2012      Convergence: Popelka Trenchard New Work, Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, Wisconsin

                         Trenchard & Popelka: New Glass Work, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee

                         Narratives in Glass, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico        

2011       Memory is a Strange Bell, Mesa Arts Center Museum, Arizona

2010         Myth, Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houston 

2008          Iowa Artisan Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa

             Dialogue Revisited, Pismo Gallery, Vail, Colorado

2007      Thomas Riley Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Selected Exhibitions 

2026       Chroma, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee Wisconsin      

2025       Magid + Migration: Nature in Contemporary Glass, Chihuly Collection, St. Petersburg Florida

              Beyond Giving, Inspiring Change, Singapore Art Week, Singapore

             Matriarchs of Mastery, Habatat Gallery, Detroit

             A Creative Place, Trout Museum, Wisconsin                   

              Beyond the Ceiling - Women of Studio Glass, Sarasota Florida

              Habatat Invitational, Michigan

             The Searching Eye, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, Wisconsin

2024/23 International, Fort Wayne Art Museum

2022      We are Us: The Human Condition, Lubeznik Museum, Indianna

2021      The Hyde Collection, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin 

2019      Governor’s Mansion Collection Madison, Wisconsin 

            Museum of Natural Inspiration: Artists Explore the Richter Collection, UW Green Bay

            Teapot Invitational, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

              Nature Morte; An Exhibition of Contemporary Still Life, Tory Folliard Gallery, WI

2018      Bangkok Glass Art Festival, Bangkok, Thailand

              Sharper Edges: Women Working on the Edge, Bergstrom Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI

2017      Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    

             Curious and Curiouser: Surprising Finds from the Rakow Library, Corning, New York

2015      Quest for the Best, Invitational Artist, Smithsonian Women’s Committee, Washington DC

2015-25 Salon Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee

              Teapot Show, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburg, PA

2014      Women in Cultural Context, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

              Forward 2014: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI

2013      Curiosities and Things of Wonder, H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, WI

                Glass Artists of the New North, Bergstrom Mahler Glass Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin

2012-25 Celebrations, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

                Focus on Color, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

2010        Mesa Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Arizona

2009        Craft Forms 2009, Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania 

              40th Year Celebration: Glass Masterworks. Hooks Epstein Gallery, TX

2008       Glass, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin 

              Professional Dimensions Collection, Alverno College, Milwaukee. Wisconsin 

2007       Romancing the Flame, Flame Run, Louisville, Kentucky 

             Women in Glass, Flame Run, Louisville, Kentucky 

             Art Alfresco – Garden Inspired Art, 2007 Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

               Blown Away: an Exhibition of Glass Sculpture. Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houston     Transformations:

             Artists & Earth Resources Neville Public Museum of Brown Co.

2006-14 PalmBeach3, Thomas Riley Gallery 

2005      Good Eats, Phoenix International Airport, Scottsdale, Arizona

             Vespermann Glass Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

2002      New Talent in Craft, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin

            Fine Glass Art, October, 2002, Carilyn Gallery, Dallas, Texas

            Featured Artist, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, Wisconsin 

 

 

Teaching & Professional Experience

2026       The Poetics of Inclusion, Glass Art Society Conference in Corning, NY      

2025       Attendee at Pilchuck Casting Conference

2020      Wisconsin Artist Series Lecture, Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass

2018       The Great Unknown: Establishing a Glass Community in Bangkok, Strattman Critical                                             Dialogue, Series Lecturer at Glass Art Society Conference, Murano, Italy

2018      Narrative Inclusions, Corning Museum of Glass School

2017       Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

               Bangkok Glass, Established the first hot glass school in Southeast Asia

2016  `   Narrative Inclusions, Corning Museum of Glass School

2014      Introduction to Sand Casting, UWStevens Point  

2011      Rising Star at Glass Weekend, Jane Sauer Gallery, Millville, NJ

2011      Residency at Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois

2010      Master Casting Class, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, Washington

2009      Casting Workshop, University Of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

2008      Curated Narratives in Glass, at The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois

 

Public & Corporate Collections 

Permanent Collections: Fort Wayne Museum (Indianna), Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend), Bergstrom Mahler Glass Museum (Neenah, WI), Green Bay Botanical Garden (Green Bay, WI), Froedtert Hospital  (Milwaukee), Alverno College Library (Milwaukee)

 

Awards, Recognition & Publications

2025      Featured Poet, After Hours Journal, Chicago      

2023/24 Prize Winner at Habatat International Exhibition

2020         AACG Wisconsin Artist Series at Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass

2017          Wisconsin People & Ideas, 4th Quarter Issue

2017          American Craft, March/April Issue

2015          Margaret Rahill Memorial Award, Charles Allis Museum

2012          Midwest Living, Fall 

2010          Jurors Choice Grand Prize, Mesa Arts Center, Arizonian 

2009          Kentucky Monthly, June 

2008         Vail Daily, Jan 18, 

2008      Glass Artist Stephanie Trenchard Sits Down with Plum TV- Vail, Colorado