Joan Irving has been creating unique and contemporary glass sculptures, furniture and accessories since 1980. She is internationally recognized as an innovator in technique, concept and design. Her work is extensively exhibited and collected throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and is included in the permanent collection of the Corning Museum of Glass. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her work and continues to break ground with bold, new functional and sculptural works that explode with color and imagery. She has completed her largest public art commission to date, three major sites at the San Diego International Airport.

Selected Exhibitions

Awards/Collections 1996 Niche Awards - First Prize New York, New York American Craft Awards - Grand Prize Decorative Functional Art New York, New York The Corning Museum of Glass Corning, New York Permanent Collection R.J. Reynolds Corporation Permanent Collection

Publications Contemporary Crafts for the Home Bill Krause Contemporary Glass Susanne K. Franz Glass Now Yamaha Corporation Etched Glass Norm and Ruth Dobbins

Public Art Installations 1997/1998 - San Diego International Airport - San Diego, California "Wind Dance" - Front of Concourse (520'L x 2.5'H) "Sunlight Juxtaposed" - Entry Rotunda (40'L x 22'H) "Paper Vortex" - Security Corridor (40'L x 6'H) Port of San Diego "Geometric Cascade" (Lobby Entry)
San Diego Blood Bank San Diego, California "Glass Wall" Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, California "Donor Recognition Glass Tiles" Poway Center for the Performing Arts Poway, California "Glass Dance"	St. Joseph Medical Center Burbank, California "Wall Panels" City of Escondido Escondido, California "Ice Crystal" Recreation, Inc. Los Angeles, California "Suspended Glass Shields"