Born and Citizenship
Kimberly, BC. Canadian
Education
“Secrets Revealed” Hot Sculpture with Scott Darlington February 2012
The Corning Glass Museum, Corning, New York, Looking at Patterns and August 2003 Murrini with Giles Bettison.
The Corning Glass Museum, Corning, New York, Cane work with June 2001 Ralph Mossman.
Red Deer College. “Hot Casting – Casting Hot” with Mitchell Gaudet and June 1999 Mark Gibeau.
Espace Verre. Working Solid Glass with Ferdinand Thierot. May 1996
Pilchuck Glass School. Explorations in Hot Glass Decoration with Summer 1994 Hiroshi Yamano.
Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Graduated with a Diploma of Art Therapy. 1993
Pilchuck Glass School. Advanced Glass Blowing (juried class) with Summer 1992 Bob Carlson and Petr Novotny.
University of Victoria Graduate. B.F.A. with honors in printmaking. 1990
Apprenticed in glass with David New-Small at New-Small and Sterling Studio Glass. 1985-1995
Professional Experience
Instructor at Terminal City – Murrini Meeny Miny Mo March 2020
Instructor at Terminal City – BBQ. Blow Better Quality June 2019
Guest Lecturer at Opus Art Supply in Victoria Feb. 2018
Instructor at ACAD – Cane + Murrini May 2017
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Holy Toledo” July 2012
Guest Lecturer at Emily Carr School of Arts “Pattern” February 2012
Instructor at Red Deer College – “20 Ways to be a Blower” July 2011
Instructor at Red Deer College – X – travaganza July 2010
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Glassblo Inferno” July/Aug. 2009
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Molten Madness” July/Aug. 2008
Jury for CABC’s Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence Within Diversity. Crafts Association of BC. Vancouver. BC April 2007
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Bubblicious” May/June 2007
Proprietor of Starfish Glassworks. 1997- 2007
Guest Lecturer for the BCGAA An Overview of Canadian Glass Art and what to collect Aug.2006
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Bubble Trouble” August 2006
Treasurer for GAAC. 2004 –2006
Instructor at Red Deer College – “BBQ” – Blow Better Quality. May/June 2004
Instructor at Red Deer College – “BYOB” –Blow Your Own Bubble. July 2003
Received Circle Craft Scholarship. 2003
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Some Like it Hot”. August 2002
Instructor at Red Deer College – “Beginning Glassblowing”. June 2000
Consultant to the city of Victoria. Design team member for the Broad Street 2000 Revitalization Project.
Pole -Turners, Pilchuck Glass School. May 1999
Guest Artist at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB. 1998
West Coast Representative for GAAC. 1997
Taught Beginner Glassblowing Workshops at Andrighetti Glassworks. 1996-1999
Guest Speaker at the GAAC Conference in Montreal. Topic – V6, “Six Heads 1996 Are Better Than One”.
West Coast Representative for GAAC. 1996
Received Circle Craft Scholarship. 1996
West Coast Representative for GAAC. 1995
Volunteer for BCGAA. 1993 and 1994
Founding member of V6. 1994 – 2001
Publications
Focus – Gather Heat Repeat June 2014
Craft Perception and Practice Volume III – cover and featured article Dec. 2008
Galleries West – Master Glass. Fall 2006
Artists Profile published in Glass Gazette. Spring 2006
New Glass Review 2005
Artichoke – Featured in Special Edition No.2, Vol.14, No.4. 2002
Artists Profile published in Glass Gazette. Spring 1993
Monday Magazine – “Catching Fire”. June 2001
Pursuit Magazine – “The Heat of the Moment”. Dec. 2001
Featured in Focus on Women Magazine – “Lisa Samphire – Living off Starfish”. Aug. 2000
Boulevard Magazine – “Some Like it Hot – The Artists of Starfish Glassworks”. Jan. 1999
Architectural Commissions
Private Home in Saanich, BC. Large lighting installation 2005
Magnolia Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Wall sculptures for the Steakhouse restaurant. 1998
Agriculture Canada Research Centre, University of Saskatoon. Hanging seed mobile. 1997
Hotel Vancouver. Wall pieces and curtain finials. Joint installation with Gary Bolt. 1996
Science World, Vancouver, B.C. Joint educational installation with Live Wire Design. 1990
Exhibitions and Awards:
40 Anniversary Show Circle Craft, Vancouver, BC July/Aug 2018
“Gifted: Clay and Glass” CACGV, Victoria, BC. Group show December 2012
“Samphire Fusion” Circle Craft, Vancouver, BC Collaboration with Mum July 2012
“Captured Light” The Old School House, Qualicum Beach, BC. Solo show August 2009
“Instructors Show” Bilton Contemporary Art Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta. July/August 2009
Selected to represent Canada at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea Sept./Nov. 2009
4 pieces purchased by the Federal Government for the National Art Collection, Canada 2008
“Old Techniques Seen New” Gallerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Quebec April 2008
“Contemporary Craft in BC:Excellence within Diversity” Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC Feb./April 2008
Captured Light: 8th Biennial BC Glass Art Exhibition. Aisenstadt Space, SFU. Vancouver, BC August 2007
Surface Decoration. Pendulum Gallery. Vancouver, BC August 2007
Works Art and Design Festival. Stanley Milner Public Library. Edmonton AB July/August 2007
Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass. Illingworth Kerr Gallery. Calgary, AB May/June 2007
Windows the Principals of Starfish Glassworks. Petroff Gallery. Toronto, Ont. Dec. 2006
Through The Glass. Douglas College. New Westminster, BC. Two persons Exhibition Nov. 2006
Patterns In Light. Circle Craft. Vancouver, BC. Solo Show August 2006
Transform/Transmit/ Translate. BCGAA members show. Vancouver, BC. Honourable Mention August 2006
Group Show. Summit Gallery. Banff, Alberta. Summer 2006
Table Wares. Circle Craft Invitational. The Atrium. Vancouver, BC. July/August 2006
Morna Tudor, Lisa Samphire and Gary Bolt of Starfish Glassworks Exhibit. May 2006 Harbinger Gallery. Waterloo, Ontario.
GAAC Members Exhibition. Red Deer College. Red Deer, Alberta. May 2006
“Factor 3”. Group Exhibit. West End Gallery. Edmonton, Alberta. May 2006
Circle Craft Scholarship Exhibition. The Atrium. Vancouver, BC. August 2005
Continuity:Glass in 2005. Post Picasso International online group exhibition. 2005
Starfish Glassworks at Chachkas. Chachkas. Vancouver, BC. August 2005
Go Big, Go Blue. Three person show. Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC. June, 2005
Translucent/Transscendent. BCGAA members juried exhibition. Vancouver, BC. August 2005
PATTERN. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, BC. Solo Show May 2005
Starfish Glassworks at Chachkas. Chachkas. Vancouver, BC. August 2004
Spin. Circle Craft Invitational exhibition. The Atrium. Vancouver, BC. August 2004
Recording Exhibition. BCGAA jurried show. Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, BC. 2004
Starfish Glassworks. Three Person Show. The Guild Shop. Toronto, Ontario. April 2004
Arrivals & Departures. BCGAA Annual Members Show. The Round House. Nov.2003 Vancouver, B.C.
Samphire, Samphire and Beale, Images and Objects. September 2003
Community Arts Council of White Rock and District Gallery. White Rock, B.C.
A Retrospective. Circle Craft Invitational Group Show. Pendulum Gallery. Vancouver, BC. July 2003
The Best Of Canadian Glass, Group Show. Sandra Ainsley Gallery. Toronto, Ont. May 2003
GAAC Members Show. Harbour Front Gallery. Toronto, Ont. May 2003
Cheers! Group Show at Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. December, 2002
Kittrell/Riffkind Anniversary Show. Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass. Invitational. Dallas,Texas. October 2002
Group Exhibition with Gary Bolt and Morna Tudor. Petroff Gallery. Toronto, Ont. 2002
Extreme West. A Show of Hands. Toronto, Ontario. October 2002
Molten Obsessions. New-Small & Sterling Studio Glass. Vancouver, BC. Sept. 2002
Recording Exhibition. Simon Fraser University, Juried BCGAA members show.
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.Vancouver, B.C. August 2002
Kaleidochrome. Starfish Glassworks, Victoria, B.C. Solo Show May, 2002
Lisa Samphire, Gary Bolt and Morna Tudor. Galerie Elena Lee. Montreal, P.Q. April 2002
Challenge Minds Change Worlds. Maltwood Gallery. University of Victoria. B.C. April, 2002
Perfume Bottle Show. Group invitational Kitrell Riffkind Gallery. Dallas Texas 2002
Goblet Show, Group Exhibition. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. Feb. 2002
Glass Art XIII. BCGAA Juried Group Show. The Atrium. Vancouver, B.C., October 2001
Award of Merit
Candles and Light. Group Exhibition. Starfish Glassworks Gallery, Victoria, BC Nov/Dec. 2001
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition. Invitational Group Exhibition. Galerie Elena Lee. Montreal, PQ. Sept. 2001
Canadian Art Glass. Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass. Dallas, Texas. Sept. 2001
Group Show. Crow Valley Gallery. Eastsound, Washington. July 2001
Hard Water, Glass Artists on H20, New-Small & Sterling Studio Glass, March 2001 Vancouver, B.C.
The Group of Starfish. Group Exhibition. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, BC. 2001
Essence ‘2001’. Invitational Exhibition. Starfish Glassworks, Victoria, B.C. Feb. 2001
Recording Exhibition. Juried BCGAA Members Show, September 2000
Simon Fraser University Gallery. Burnaby, BC. Honourable Mention.
Glass Art XII. BCGAA Jurried Exhibition. The Atrium. Vancouver, BC. 2000
Millennium Glass. GAAC Members Show. Red Deer College. Red Deer, Alberta. May 2000
Western Glass Invitational. Stephen Lowe Gallery. Calgary, Alberta. May 2000
Box Set Show. Group Invivtaional. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. December 2000
Essence ‘2000’. Group Invitational. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. Feb. 2000
V6 Exhibition. Material Matters. Toronto, Ont. Nov. 2000
Contemporary Glass Invitational. Goldsberry Gallery. Dallas, Texas. Jan.-Feb. 2000
Glass Art XI. BCGAA juried group show. Vancouver Library. Vancouver, B.C. 1999
Octoberfest 1999, The Art of Beer. New-Small & Sterling Studio Glass. Oct. 1999 Vancouver, B.C.
Box Set Show. Group Invitational. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. Dec. 1999
Dieci. Group Invitattional. Tenth Anniversary Show. Andrighetti Glassworks Gallery. Vancouver, B.C. July 1999
Efflorescence. Group Invitational. The Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC. May 1999
Essence ‘99’. Group Invitational. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. Feb. 1999
Octoberfest 1998, The Art of Beer. Group Invitational. New-Small & Sterling Studio Glass. Vancouver, BC. Oct. 1998
Glass Art X. BCGAA juried show. The Vancouver Library. Vancouver, B.C. Sept. 1998
Canadian Glass. Group Exhibition. Westend Gallery. Victoria, B.C. July 1998
June Bugs. Group Invitational. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. June 1998
Northern Fire. V6 group exhibition. Real Mother Goose. Portland, Or. June 1998
BCGAA and Simon Fraser Recorded Exhibition, “Hot Glass”. juried show. April 1998 Simon Fraser Gallery. Burnaby, BC.
Essence ‘98’. Group Invitational. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, BC. Feb. 1998
Flower Exhibition. The Flower Count in Victoria. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. Feb. 1998
V6 Collaborates: Animal,Mineral,Vegatable. Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C. Oct. 1997
V6 Collaborates. Andrighetti Glassworks Gallery. Vancouver, B.C. Sept. 1997
Perfume Bottle Show. Group Invitational Exhibition. Circle Craft, Vancouver, B.C. Feb. 1997
Glass Art IX. Annual Juried Exhibition of BCGAA. Vancouver, BC. 1996
The Marriage of Hot glass and Metal. Lisa Samphire and Naoko Takenouchi. Circle Craft Gallery. Vancouver B.C. August 1996
V6 Hot Stuff! A Kaleidoscope of Modern Art Glass. Gallery at Salishan. July 1996 Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
Where’s the Content/Context? V6: Hot off the Coast. Juried exhibition. 1996. The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Waterloo, Ontario.
BCGAA and Simon Fraser Recording Exhibition. Juried show. July 1996 Simon Fraser Gallery. Burnaby, BC.
V6: The “Vancouver 6” Come to Colorado. Pismo Gallery. Denver, Colorado. May 1996
Showing at the Vancouver International Airport. Richmond, BC. 1996
V6: The New Glass Age. The Grove Gallery. Whistler, BC. Feb. 1996
V6: Vancouver Glass. The Ontario Craft Council. Toronto, Ont. Jan. 1996
Glass Art VII. BCGAA juried show. The Vancouver Library. Vancouver, BC. Sept. 1995
V6 Group Show. The Alberta Craft Council. Edmonton, Alberta. Sept. 1995
V6 Too Hot to Handle. Major Exhibition. The Canadian Craft Museum. Vancouver, BC. Feb.-March 1995
V6 Exhibition. Caswell Gallery. Troutdale, Oregon. Dec. 1994
V6 Debut Exhibition. Andrighetti Glassworks Gallery. Vancouver, BC. Oct. 1994
Glass Art VI. BCGAA juried show. Bank of Hong Kong. Vancouver, BC. Sept. 1994
Real Living Colour. Maple Ridge Art Gallery. Maple Ridge, BC. Solo exhibition Aug. 1994
Anacortes Arts Festival. Invited B.C. artists. Anacortes, Washington. July 1994
BCGAA and Simon Fraser Recording Exhibition. Juried show. July 1994 Simon Fraser Gallery. Burnaby, B.C.
Refractions/Directions. GAAC members show. May 1994 Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Waterloo, Ontario.
Retrospective. Group show. Stood:eo. Vancouver, BC. March 1994
B.C. Glass Artists Invitational Show. Courtyard Gallery. Oakland, CA. March 1994
Cool Hot Glass. Crafthouse. Vancouver, B.C.Solo exhibition. Feb. 1994
Two Person Show. Stood:eo. Vancouver, B.C. Nov. 1993
Glass Art V. Bank of Hong Kong. Vancouver, B.C. Award of excellence Sept. 1993
Environmental Glass. Group Exhibition. Langley Centennial Museum. Langley, B.C. July 1993
Black Magic.Invitational Group Exhibition. New-Small and Sterling Studio Glass. Vancouver, BC. 1992
Conference Members Show. Granville Island. Vancouver, BC. 1992
A Celebration of Life and Laughter. Group Exhibition. Maple Ridge, BC. 1992
New Works 1992. Cartwright Gallery. Granville Island. Vancouver, BC. 1992
Goblet Show. Andrighetti Glassworks Gallery. Vancouver, BC. Award of Excellence 1991
Candlestick Show. Invitational Group Show. Crafthouse. Granville Island, Vancouver, BC. 1991
Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, BC. 1991
BCGAA Exhibition. Juried Group Exhibition. Cartwright Gallery. Vancouver, BC. 1990
Abounding Treasures Outside the Ring. University of Victoria. Victoria, BC. 1990
B.C. Festival of the Arts. Victoria Representative. Abortsford, BC. 1989
Member of the Crescent Beach Artists at Hand since 1987. We exhibit our works annually.