The Details
Ryan Bavin
Education
2015 ACMG Full Hiking Guide - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
2009 ACMG Asst. Hiking Guide - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
1996-2002 Various Workshops - Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
1989-1997 Glassblowing Apprenticeship, Bavin Glassworks - Pat Bavin
1991 High School Diploma, DTSS – Invermere, BC
Workshops
2015 Vitreography, Charles Cohen, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2010 Photography (Adv. Digital Techniques), Pat Morrow – Wilmer, BC
2009 Advanced Glassblowing, Dante Marioni – ACAD, Calgary, AB
2006 Canadian Glass Conference, Red Deer, AB
2006 Photo Printing from Transparencies, Keith Logan – Cochrane, AB
2004 Color Theory, John Cooper – Invermere, BC
2000 Canadian Glass Conference, Red Deer, AB
Presentations/Lectures
2021 Virtual Presenter with Leslie Rowe-Isrealson, Glass Art Society, USA
2008 Design Inspiration for Glass, ACAD – Calgary, AB
2002 Personal work retrospective, Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
1990-Present Glassblowing Demonstrations, Bavin Glass - Invermere, BC
Teaching Experience
2002-Present Apprentice mentorship, Bavin Glassworks – Invermere, BC
2021 Adventure Photography Course, College of the Rockies, Invermere Campus, Invermere, BC
1998 TA for Erwin Eisch (Germany), Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
1996 TA for Paula Bartron (Sweden), Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
Other Experience
2019 Residency, University of Hawaii Art Department, Honolulu, HI
2016 Residency, University of Hawaii Art Department, Honolulu, HI
2002 Gaffer, Centerpiece Project, Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
2001 Gaffer, Centerpiece Project, Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
1996 Furnace Building Project, Pilchuck Glass School – Stanwood, WA
Exhibitions
2023 Masters of the North, Duncan McClellan Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
2021 Glass Lifeforms, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA
2021 Mountain Moments, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, BC
2019 Artists in the Alpine, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2018 Ryan Bavin - Mountain Photos, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, BC
2018 Accord - Glass Artist Collaboration, Passion for Glass, Calgary, AB
2017 Ryan Bavin - Recent Photos, Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere, BC
2008 Solo Show - Fish of Western Canada, Master’s Gallery – Calgary, AB
2008 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour – Worldwide
2005 Vanishing Ice, Mountain Waterfalls, Majestic Peaks – Photo Exhibition Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, Banff National Park, AB
2005 River of Memory, Traveling Exhibit – Several towns in WA and BC
Awards
2008 1st, Mountain Landscape Category, Banff Mountain Festival Photo Competition – Banff, AB
Collections
National Art Bank, Ottawa, ON – Purple Maria, Soprano Series – Acquired 2004
Commissions
2015 - 2021 Kicking Horse Coffee
2015 - 2021 Lake Louise World Cup Ski Organization
2014 - 2021 Canadian Mountain Holidays
2021 Teine Energy LTD
2021 Calgary Youth Justice Society
2018 The Bow River Foundation
2012 - 2017 Trout Unlimited Canada
2016 Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce
2014 The Glenbow Museum
2011 - 2013 Banff Centre for the Arts
2010 - 2012 Canadian Pacific Railway
2008 Nature Conservancy Trust of Canada
2008 - 2009 Canadian Mountain Holidays
1996 Panorama Mountain Village
Publications
2017 Kootenay Living Magazine - Fall 2017 -“Bavin Glassworks goes Aquatic”
2017 The Flow Magazine - Fall 2017 - Collaborative Issue, Isrealson and Bavin
2015 Articulate Magazine - Fall/Winter 2015/2016 - “Holding the Passion”
2010 Contemporary Canadian Glass, Dec. – “Goin’ Fishing with Ryan Bavin”
2007 Articulate Magazine - Fall/Winter 2007/2008 - “Creations in Glass”
2006 River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia by William Layman
Representation
Canada House, Banff, AB
Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC
Bavin Glassworks, Invermere, BC
Gallery Odin, Silver Star (Vernon), BC
Memberships
Glass Art Association of Canada
Glass Art Society
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides