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Since 2006, Koen Vanderstukken is a Professor and the studio head of the glass department at Sheridan College, Oakville, ON. The Glass Studio at Sheridan has an international reputation for producing artists of outstanding creativity, design sense and technical skill. Recent glass design graduates have won scholarships from Corning, the Glass Art Society, Pilchuk, etc. One of the oldest and largest instructional glass design programs in North America, they have been a leader in the discipline for 40 years. For more information visit Sheridan College.

Teaching

• 2006 - Present: Professor, studio head glass at Sheridan College, Oakville, ON (CAN)
• 2002-2004: Teacher, studio head at State Institute of Art and Crafts in Mechelen (B)
• 1992-2000: Teacher at State Institute of Art Crafts in Mechelen (B)
• 2010: Guest teacher at RIT, Rochester (USA)
• 2004: Guest teacher at Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg (PHL), Hasselt (B)
• 2002: Guest teacher at Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg (PHL), Hasselt (B)
• 1999: Guest teacher at Sheridan College, Toronto (CAN)
• 1999: Guest teacher at ”Espace Verre”, Montréal (CAN)

Lectures, presentations and demonstrations

Antwerp (B), Mechelen (B), Rums (B)t, Lomme (B)l, Genk (B), Farnham (GB), Amsterdam (NL), Leerdam (NL), Montreal (CAN),
Toronto (CAN), New york (USA), Sars Poteries (F), Rochester (USA) ...

Workshops

• 2010: Workshop sandcasting at "het Glazen Huis", Lommel (B)
• 2010: Workshop sandcasting at Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries (F)
• 2006: Workshop sandcasting at "Sheridan College", Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
• 2005: Workshop sandcasting at Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries (F)
• 2005: Workshop sandcasting at "Sheridan College", Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
• 2005: Workshop sandcasting at "European Glass", Mechelen (B)
• 2004: Workshop sandcasting at "European Glass", Mechelen (B)
• 2003: Workshop sandcasting at "Sheridan College", Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
• 2002: Workshop sandcasting together with Suzan Edgerley at "European Glass", Mechelen (B)
• 2001: Workshop kilncasting and fusing together with Vincent van Ginneke at "FLA&CC" and "Hogeschool voor vormgeving", Genk (B)
• 2001: Workshop sandcasting "Sheridan College", Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
• 2000: Workshop together with Edward Leibovitz "European Glass", Mechelen (B)
• 1999: Workshop sandcasting at ”Espace Verre”, Montréal (CAN)
• 1999: Workshop together with Edward Leibovitz "European Glass", Mechelen (B)
• 1999: 2 Workshops glass casting at studio "Van Tettenrode", Amsterdam (NL)
• 1997: Workshop kilncasting, Gent (B)
• 1995: Masterclass “Hotglass”, International Glass Art Project 1995, Institute of Art and Crafts, Mechelen (B)
• 1994-1998: About 13 ”Workshops Hotglass” at own atelier in Niel (B)
• 1992-1995: 3 Workshops Glass at the International Center for 3-Dimensional Art ”Drie” in Boom (B)
• 1990: ”Workshops Hot Glass” together with Miloslava Svobodova at Institute of Art Crafts in Mechelen (B)

Supervision of a trainee

• 2002-2003: Student of the Royal Academy of Antwerp
• 2000-2001: Student of Sint Maria Institute
• 1992-1993: Student of Sint Maria Institute

Cooperation with and/or execution of works for artists

Edward Leibovitz, Weyers & Borms, Ad Haring, Nany Still, Sybren Valkema, Miloslava Svobodova, Sandra
de Clerck, Fenestra ...