Lila Westreich

Neon and Flameworking Artist, Minneapolis, MN

Solo Shows
“Reflections of grief in light,” Nokomis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (October 2025)

Juried Exhibitions
Member Exhibition Show at Foci MN Center for Glass Art, Minneapolis, MN (January-February 2026)

Midwest Voices in Contemporary Glass, Cafesjian Art Trust Museum show (August 2024)

Pilchuck Annual Auction & Gala, Seattle, WA (2023, 2024, 2025)

Method Gallery, as part of Refract Glass Festival, Seattle, WA (2023)

Group Shows
MSP glass exhibition, group show of local glass artists at Terminal 1, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (2025-2026)

LUMINARIES, group show at This & That Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (December 2025)

Group Show, Burl Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2024)

Rotational Art Program with City of Golden Valley, Golden Valley, MN (2024)

Sassafras Gallery group show, Seattle, WA (2023)

Side Rail Collective group show, Seattle, WA (2023)

Base Camp Studios Gallery group show, Seattle, WA (2023)

Residencies
Studio Residency Program in Neon, Chicago Avenue Fire Arts (July-October 2025)

Awards and Honors
Friends of Pilchuck Emerging Artist Award, full scholarship to Pilchuck Session 2025

Partial scholarship to Pilchuck School of Glass for Session 2 (2023)

Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship in Glass, Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle WA (2022)

Instructor
Neon 1 and Neon 2, Foci MN Center for Glass Arts (2024-present)

Squiggles and Welds workshops, Chicago Avenue Fire Arts (2025)

Flameworking 1, Foci MN Center for Glass Arts (2024-2025)

Teaching Assistantships
James Akers Visiting Artist Workshop, Foci MN Center for Glass Arts (5-day intensive, 2025)

Neon 1, Robert Haus, Foci MN Center for Glass Arts (Spring 2024, Winter 2023)

Neon Squiggle Workshops, Will Kirtley, Western Neon (Spring 2022)

Highlighted Artistic Coursework and Experience
“Pull it, Twist it, Bop it!” with Dani Kaes and Jacob Wilcox at Pilchuck Glass School
(12-day intensive course, 2025)

Internship at FOCI Center for Glass Arts, Minneapolis, MN (2023-2024)

“Organic Geometry” with Eunsuh Choi at Pilchuck Glass School (12-day intensive course, 2023)

Four-Day Intensive Workshop: Intermediate Glass Blowing, Rand Coburn, Pratt Fine Arts (2023)