Selected Exhibitions
2026
Fort Wayne Museum of Art — International Glass 2026, Fort
Wayne, IN
Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI — 53rd International Glass Invitational
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — Rip! Tear! Collage!,
Washington, DC
Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD — Washington Glass School
25th Anniversary Exhibition
2025
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — DC Art Now 2025,
Washington, DC
Fort Wayne Museum of Art — International Glass 2025, Fort
Wayne, IN
Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI — 52nd International Glass Invitational
Virginia Athenaeum — Eclipse Sculpture Invitational, Alexandria,
VA
2024
Alida Anderson Art Projects — Affordable Art Fair NYC, New
York, NY
Montpelier Arts Center — Connections and Conversations: Artists
of the Washington Glass School, Laurel, MD
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — Legacy: Civil Rights
at 60, Washington, DC
Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI — International Glass Invitational
2023
Habatat Galleries — SCOPE Art Miami, Miami, FL
Duncan McClellan Gallery — Dreams & Visions, St. Petersburg,
FL
Habatat Galleries, Sarasota, FL — Glass Coast Exhibition
Alida Anderson Art Projects — Affordable Art Fair NYC, New
York, NY
Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI — 51st International Glass Invitational
2022
Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada — Solo Exhibition
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA — Boundless Curiosity
Berengo Studios — Glasstress, Venice Biennale
Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA — Founder’s Prize Finalist
Exhibition
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — Fragile Beauty,
Washington, DC
Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD — Fired Up!
2021
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI — My Hero! (Solo Exhibition)
Habatat Galleries — 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Royal Oak,
MI
Phillips Collection — Inside Outside Upside Down, Washington, DC
WGS Contemporary — SCOPE Art Miami, Miami, FL
2020
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI — where I am and you might be
(Solo Exhibition)
Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA — The Art of the Book
Habatat Galleries, Sarasota, FL — Glass Invitational
2019
Fort Wayne Museum of Art — 47th International Glass Award Winners
Knoxville Museum of Art — The Lure of the Object, Knoxville,
TN
SOFA Chicago — Habatat Galleries
Alida Anderson Art Projects — PULSE Art Miami
WGS Contemporary — AQUA Art Miami
2018
Fuller Craft Museum — Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through
Art, Brockton, MA
Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA — Some Like It Hot
Habatat Galleries — SOFA Chicago
Alida Anderson Art Projects — CONTEXT Art Miami
Selected Earlier Exhibitions
Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC — Solo Exhibition
Fuller Museum of Craft, Brockton, MA — Solo Exhibition
Sunderland Museum, UK — International Glass & Clay Exhibition
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR & Emeryville, CA
Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, VA
Habatat Galleries — International Glass Invitational (multiple
years)
SOFA Chicago; SCOPE Art Miami; Context Art Miami, Affordable Art Fair
(multiple years)
Public Art & Commissioned Works
2026
Harriet Tubman Elementary School, Washington, DC
Historic Kempsville Public Art Installation, Virginia Beach, VA
2025
Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, Washington, DC
2023
Bladensburg Library, Bladensburg, MD
2022
Shady Glen Fire Station, Capitol Heights, MD
2021
Rockville Town Center Phase II, Rockville, MD
4000 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
2019
Peppermill Village Community Center, Capitol Heights, MD
900 Thayer Avenue Public Art, Silver Spring, MD
Dwight Schar Recognition Wall, Inova Cancer Center, Fairfax, VA
2018
William Beanes Community Center, Suitland, MD
2017
West Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL
2016
Laurel Library, Laurel, MD
2014
Fallen Heroes Memorial, Montgomery County Judicial Center, Rockville,
MD DC Unity Healthcare Facility, Washington, DC
2013
Monumental Cast Glass Doors, Library of Congress Adams Building, Washington,
DC
Additional commissioned works include installations for
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, EPA Headquarters, the Wilson Building
Public Art Collection, and Safeway Inc.
Awards, Fellowships & Appointments
2026
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — FY26 Fellowship
2025
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — FY25 Fellowship
2024
Lowe Art Museum — Distinguished Artist
Award of Excellence — Habatat International Glass Invitational
2023
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — FY24 Fellowship Concept
Artist Technical Assistance Program (TAP)
2022
Finalist — Contemporary Craft Founder’s Prize
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities — FY23 Fellowship
2016
Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence — DC Commission on the Arts
& Humanities
2014
James Renwick Alliance — Distinguished Artist
2012
Fulbright Scholar — University of Sunderland, UK
Artist-in-Residence — Institute for International Research in Glass
(IIRG)
Director of Public Art & Architecture, Washington Glass
School (ongoing)
Lectures & Workshops
2027
Glass Sgraffito: Session 3 — Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood,
WA
2026
Memory, Makers & Monuments — Trust for the National Mall,
in partnership with the DC Office of Planning and the DC Commission on
the Arts and Humanities
2025
Master Craft Workshop: Glass Casting — VisArts Center for Craft,
Rockville, MD Artist Talk — Foundations of Freedom: Recognizing
the Enslaved People Who Built the U.S. Capitol
2024
Workshop & Lecture Series — Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
2021
Keynote Speaker — American Glass Guild 20th Anniversary Conference
Additional teaching includes Penland School of Crafts, Pittsburgh
Glass Center, Cleveland Institute of Art, University of Sunderland (UK),
Bay Area Glass Institute, and The Glass Furnace, Istanbul.
Selected Media & Publications
Washington Post — Mark Jenkins (2016, 2024)
Axios — Mimi Montgomery (2024)
WTOP News — Valerie Bonk (2024)
Corriere del Veneto — Glasstress: Venice Biennale (2022)
The Visual Arts in Washington, DC: A History Since 1900 —
Brett Abrams (2022)
Glass Art Magazine — “Michael Janis: A Smart Balance”
(2017)
American Craft Magazine — “Becoming Michael Janis”
(2013)
Additional media available upon request.
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