José Chardiet José Chardiet received his MFA from Kent State University, where he was the Artist in Residence in
1985. He has taught at Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, and the Haystack School of Crafts, and served as Professor of Glass and Sculpture at the University of Illinois Urbana-
Champaign. He has received fellowships from the Institute of International Education, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Creative Glass Center of America.
José’s work is included in many private and public collections, including the Renwick Gallery of the
Smithsonian Art Museum, the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan, and the Musée des Arts Decoratif in Laausanne, Switzerland.
Education B.A., Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1980 M.F.A., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1983
Public Collections Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. American Craft Museum, New York City, New York
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina
Birmingham Museum of Arts, Birmingham, Alabama
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Project Art, Iowa City, Iowa
Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey Racine Art Museum, Racine Wisconsin
22