TRENTON QUIOCHO
Glassblower, Hot Shop Technician + Teaching Artist | Tacoma, WA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GLASSBLOWER
Chihuly, Inc., Seattle, WA | 2017 - 2020; 2024 - present

ARTIST
Baso Glass, Tacoma, WA | 2020 - present

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, WA | 2020 - 2023

AFTER-SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR
Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, WA | 2012-2020

LEAD GAFFER
Glassybaby, Seattle, WA | 2010 - 2021

LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR HOT SHOP HEROES + HOT SHOP TECHNICIAN
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA | 2013 - 2020

TEACHING ASSISTANT
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA | 2015

GAFFER OLYMPICS
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA | 2015

PRODUCTION GLASSBLOWER
Bella’s Balls, Tacoma, WA | 2011 - 2013

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 [Upcoming] John H. Hauberg Fellowship Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2023 Visiting Artist Residency, Barrio Glassworks, Carlsbad, CA
2022 5-Day Visiting Artist Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2021 3-Day Visiting Artist Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
5-Day Visiting Artist Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19] Visiting Artist Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2018 Instructor Collaborative Residency (in collaboration with Pavlína Čambalová and Erika
Tada), Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 [Upcoming] TBA, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
[Upcoming] TBA, Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Momentum: New Work in the Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2023 Momentum: New Work in the Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Connections, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BIMA Spotlight, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Blown Away Season 3, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Scanning the Room, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA
Living Lineage, ArtXchange Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2022 Riff Raff, Fulcrum Gallery, Tacoma, WA
GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
City Hall group exhibition, Auburn City Hall, Auburn, WA
2019 Powerplant, 171 Elizabeth, Parasol Projects, New York, NY
2018 Sea, Still, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2017 New Voices: A Glass Exhibition, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 - 2009 Hilltop Artists in Residence (HART) Program, Vetri / Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

CURATION, DEMOS, TEACHING + OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES
2024 [Upcoming] Spring Tour Demonstrating Artist, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
[Upcoming] Synergy of Nature class (teaching), Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2023-24 Public Art Roster, Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
2023 Arts at the Armory, Tacoma Armory, Tacoma, WA
Demo for Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sculpting 101 (teaching), UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
Teen Stonecarving Class (teaching), Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Demo, Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Seattle, WA
Demo + Artist Talk, Terminal City Glass, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Teaching Artist Training Lab Cohort, ArtsWA, Seattle, WA
2022 Curation of GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Arts at the Armory, Tacoma Armory, Tacoma, WA
2021 Artist Talk + Presentation for Aloha Club, Tacoma, WA
Artist Talk, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2020 PARC: Public Art Reaching Community Cohort, Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality, Tacoma, WA
2019 Glassfest, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 Artist Grant: Crafts, Allied Arts Foundation, Seattle, WA
Barrio Glassworks Artist Appreciation Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2021 People’s Choice Award, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2020 Artist Trust Relief Fund, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2015 John and Mary Shirley Scholarship in Glass, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2014 Greg Piercy Annual Scholarship Award, Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, WA
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, WA
2013 Emerging Artist, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2012 Italo Scanga Scholarship in Glass, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

PUBLICATIONS + APPEARANCES
”Artist Spotlight: Trenton Quiocho”, KNKX, November 2023

”artTown - Trenton Quiocho”, City of Tacoma ArtTown YouTube channel, January 2023

“3 Western WA glassblowers compete on Season 3 of Netflix’s ‘Blown Away’”, The Seattle Times, July 2022

“Filipino American artist Trenton Quiocho explores his heritage in Gather: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists”, International Examiner, July 2022

“Blown Away”, Season 3 Contestant, Marble Media Productions, Canada, premiered July 2022

“Gets Real: Tacoma Art Museum celebrates work of Hilltop artists”, KIRO 7, May 2022

“27 Years Of Hilltop Artists On Display At GATHER Exhibit”, Northwest Public Broadcasting, May 2022

”TAM Presents GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists”, Hilltop Action Journal, pgs 4-5, April 2022

“Tacoma Art Museum’s ‘GATHER’ exhibit highlights 27 years of Hilltop Artists glassblowing programs for young people”, The Seattle Times, April 2022

“Tacoma Art Museum exhibit celebrates grassroots program that turns at risk students into artists”, King 5, April 2022

“Hilltop glassblowers get their time in the gallery spotlight at Tacoma Art Museum”, The News Tribune, March 2022

“Alumni of Hilltop's glass arts program step into the spotlight with Tacoma Art Museum exhibit”, KNKX, March 2022

“Tacoma Art Museum to Present a Survey of Hilltop Artists Alumni in GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists”, Artfix Daily, March 2022

“GATHER: 27 Years of Hilltop Artists”, Tacoma Art Museum blog, March 2022

“Grit City Stories: Gather - 27 Years of Hilltop Artists at TAM”, Tacoma Historical Society, March 2022

“Meet the Artist: Trenton Quiocho”, Museum of Glass YouTube channel, August 2021

EDUCATION
2014 - 2016 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2011 - 2016 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2011 - 2013 Classes with Boyd Sugiki, Seattle, WA
2008 Eugene Glass School, Eugene, OR
2005 - 2010 Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, WA
2005 - 2008 Wilson High School, Tacoma, WA

ARTWORK AVAILABLE AT
ArtX Contemporary, Seattle, WA
Museum of Glass store, Tacoma, WA
Postmark Center for the Arts, Auburn, WA
Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada