Toots Zynsky
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EDUCATION
1976 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Special Student in Advanced Glass Program
1973 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1971 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington
1970 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
1973 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1971 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington
1970 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Masters of Studio Glass: Toots Zynsky, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
2005 Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima-machi, Japan
2004 Shoha Museum of Sarutahiko Shrine, ISE, Japan
Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle (in Partnership w/ Elliott Brown Gallery)
2003 Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
2002 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, NY
Forma & Colore: Toots Zynsky, Museo Correr, Civici Musei Veneziani DÕArte e di Storia, Venice, Italy
2001 Forma & Colore: Toots Zynsky, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2000 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Serenita Davanzo, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Toots Zynsky and Nakao Yuko, Koganezaki Crystal Park, Shizuoka-ken, Japan
1998 Chaotic Fusion, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
1997 Elaborating Chaos, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1995 Recent Chaos, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
DÕArte e Divetro, Bergamo, Italy
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery Osiris, Brussels, Belgium
1993 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Nadir, Annecy, France
Salon dÕArt Contemporain De Rouen, France, with Galerie Nadir
Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
1992 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Galerie Art du Verre, Luxembourg
1991 Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1990 Clara Scremini Galerie, Paris, France
1989 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Artichoque, Velp, The Netherlands
1988 Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clara Scremini Galerie, Paris, France
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1986 Galerie Artichoque, Velp, The Netherlands
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Clara Scremini Galerie, Paris, France
1985 Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Galerie SM, Frankfurt, Germany
1984 Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
1982 Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
2005 Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima-machi, Japan
2004 Shoha Museum of Sarutahiko Shrine, ISE, Japan
Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle (in Partnership w/ Elliott Brown Gallery)
2003 Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
2002 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, NY
Forma & Colore: Toots Zynsky, Museo Correr, Civici Musei Veneziani DÕArte e di Storia, Venice, Italy
2001 Forma & Colore: Toots Zynsky, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2000 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Serenita Davanzo, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Toots Zynsky and Nakao Yuko, Koganezaki Crystal Park, Shizuoka-ken, Japan
1998 Chaotic Fusion, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
1997 Elaborating Chaos, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1995 Recent Chaos, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
DÕArte e Divetro, Bergamo, Italy
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery Osiris, Brussels, Belgium
1993 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Nadir, Annecy, France
Salon dÕArt Contemporain De Rouen, France, with Galerie Nadir
Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
1992 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Galerie Art du Verre, Luxembourg
1991 Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1990 Clara Scremini Galerie, Paris, France
1989 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Artichoque, Velp, The Netherlands
1988 Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Galerie Inart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clara Scremini Galerie, Paris, France
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1986 Galerie Artichoque, Velp, The Netherlands
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Clara Scremini Galerie, Paris, France
1985 Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Galerie SM, Frankfurt, Germany
1984 Habatat Galleries, Detroit, MI
Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
1982 Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Beyond the Figure: Abstract Sculpture in the Norton Collection, The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
A Glass Act: First Rate Glass from RAM's Collection, The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The Body in Glass: Gift of the Anna and Joe Mendel Colelction to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (Quebec), Canada
Eyes for Glass: The Price Colelction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2009 Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Colelction, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Pioneers of Contemporary Glass: Highlights from the Barbara and Dennis Dubois Colelction, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Living with Studio Furniture: Collection of Robert and Carolyn Springborn, The Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2008 Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, NY
Hot Glass, Cool Colelctions, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Contemporary Glass, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Inspired! Design Across Time, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Networks 2008, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2007 All for Art! Great Private Collections Among Us, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, 1950-2006, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
The Art of Glass from Gale to Chihuly: Highlights from the Lowenbach Collection, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Contemporary Glass Art: A New Vision of the Mudac's Collection, The Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts (MUDAC), Lausanne, Switzerland
A Gathering of Contemporary Glass, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2006 Twenty Years On, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glass: Material Matters, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass, Steninge Slott Cultural Centre, Marsta, Sweden
Two Media/Two Expressions: An Exhibition of Contemporary Clay and Glass Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
A Transparent Legacy: Studio Glass Gifted to the Seattle Art Museum from the Colelction of Jon and Mary Shirley, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA
From Craft to Art: Contemporary Studio Sculpture, The Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
New England Glass: The Quiet Force, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2005 Transformations: The Language of Craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Contemporary Glass - Light Transfigured from Toyoma City Collection, Musee Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
Taking Shape: Pilchuck Glass School in the 70's, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection (North American Tour 2003-2006), including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Chazan's Choice: Gifts of Contemporary Art to the RISD Museum, The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling), The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AZ
Exhibition of the Permanent Collection Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling), Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI; Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2004 Studio Glass International: Selections from the Esterling/Wake Collection, The Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia Unviversity, Seward, NB
Recent Acquisitions in Glass, The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling), Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI; Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY; International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX
Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling), The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Technique and Expression II: Fusing and Gluing, Kogenezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
2003 Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling), The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection (traveling), Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Glass Vessel: An International Invitational, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design (formerly Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation), Louisville, KY
World Competition of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa, Special Invitational Exhibition "Crafts Now - 21 Artists each from America, Europe and Asia", The World Craft Forum Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling), The William S. Fairfield Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI; The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2002 Urban Glass @ 25 - An Anniversary Exhibition, The Gallery at Steuben, NY, NY
Contemporary Glass from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Block, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Crafting a Legacy, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Transparent Illusions, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2001 Primary Colors, Elliott Brown Gallery Seattle, WA
Contemporary Glass Worldwide, China Millenium Monument Museum, Beijing, China
Venini: Glass and Design in a World Perspective, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Late 20th Century Sculpture, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2000 Creativity and Collaboration: Pilchuck Glass School's 30 Years, Bumbershoot 2000, Seattle Center Seattle
Open Ends, MOMA 2000, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection, American Craft Museum, NY
From Westmoreland Glass to Contemporary Glass, Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
Vessels: The International Exhibition of Glass, Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Splendor in the Glass: Contemporary Glass from the Palley Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
1999 Handmade: Shifting Paradigms, Singapore Art Museum, Japan
Glass! Glorious Glass!, National Museum of American Art, The Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and its Origins, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
1998 R.I.S.D. Works: Alumni from the Glass Department at Rhode Island School of Design, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle
SOFA Chicago at Navy Pier with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA
1997 Glass Today by American Studio Artists, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
ÁCalido! Contemporary Warm Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1996 Venezia Aperto Vetro, The Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
SOFA Chicago and Miami, with Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Pilchuck Pioneers, William Traver Gallery Seattle, WA
The Vessel Aesthetic, Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
A Powerful Presence: Pilchuck Glass SchoolÕs 25 Years, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
The White House Collection, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Glass Now Õ95, Tokyo, Japan
25th Anniversary Pilchuck Exhibition, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, WA
International Glass Invitational, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
1994 Glass Now Õ94, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
L'Art Contemporain du Verre et du Vitrail, Villeurbain, France
International Craft Exhibition, Lillehammer, Norway
1993 The White House Craft Collection, The White House Washington, D.C.
International Pilchuck Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 Glass Now Õ92, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
The Second Australian International Crafts Triennale, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Clearly Art: The PilchuckÕs Glass Legacy, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Exposition Internationale de Verre Contemporaine, Conseil Regional de Haute-Normandie, France
1991 Glass Now Õ91, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Configura 1 - Kunst in Europa Erfurt 91, Erfurt, Germany
Chefs dÕOeuvres de la Verrerie Francaise du XIXe siecle a nos jours, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Prague, CZ
1990 Glass Now Õ90, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Gaste aus Frankreich, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Masterpieces of Glass from the Corning Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Washington
1989 Glass NowÕ 89, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1988 World Glass Now Õ88, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Vormen in Glas, Traveling Museum Exhibition, The Netherlands
1987 Glass Now Õ87, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
New American Glass, Focus 2 West Virginia, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington
The Saxe Collection, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1985 Art du Verre Actualite International, Musee des Beaux Arts de Rouen, France
World Glass Now Õ85, Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan
1984 Pilchuck Glass, Cheney-Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1983 Sculptural Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Sculptural Glass, Owens-Illinois Center, Toledo, OH
New Works in Glass, Tempe Fine Art Center, Tempe, AZ
RISD - Leadership in Crafts, Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
Contemporary American Glass, The American Embassy, Prague
1982 The Fine Art of Private Commissions, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Pending, Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY
The Sculptural Bowl, Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY
Sculptural Glass, Portnoy-Goodman Jordan-Volpe, Amagansett, NY
Sculptural Glass, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Garneville, NY
Pilchuck Show, Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
New York Experimental Glass Workshop Exhibition, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1981 Americans in Glass, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Glass Routes, De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA
Viewpoints, Women in Glass, Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980 Sculptural Glass, 10 New York City Area Artists, Clayworks-Glassworks Gallery New York
1978 Glass in Sculpture, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1973 New Glass, Assemblage and Slumped Plate 2, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI (a joint exhibition w/ Mary Schaffer)
A Glass Act: First Rate Glass from RAM's Collection, The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The Body in Glass: Gift of the Anna and Joe Mendel Colelction to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (Quebec), Canada
Eyes for Glass: The Price Colelction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2009 Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Colelction, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Pioneers of Contemporary Glass: Highlights from the Barbara and Dennis Dubois Colelction, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Living with Studio Furniture: Collection of Robert and Carolyn Springborn, The Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2008 Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, NY
Hot Glass, Cool Colelctions, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Contemporary Glass, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Inspired! Design Across Time, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Networks 2008, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2007 All for Art! Great Private Collections Among Us, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, 1950-2006, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
The Art of Glass from Gale to Chihuly: Highlights from the Lowenbach Collection, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Contemporary Glass Art: A New Vision of the Mudac's Collection, The Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts (MUDAC), Lausanne, Switzerland
A Gathering of Contemporary Glass, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2006 Twenty Years On, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glass: Material Matters, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass, Steninge Slott Cultural Centre, Marsta, Sweden
Two Media/Two Expressions: An Exhibition of Contemporary Clay and Glass Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
A Transparent Legacy: Studio Glass Gifted to the Seattle Art Museum from the Colelction of Jon and Mary Shirley, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA
From Craft to Art: Contemporary Studio Sculpture, The Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
New England Glass: The Quiet Force, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2005 Transformations: The Language of Craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Contemporary Glass - Light Transfigured from Toyoma City Collection, Musee Tomo, Tokyo, Japan
Taking Shape: Pilchuck Glass School in the 70's, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection (North American Tour 2003-2006), including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Chazan's Choice: Gifts of Contemporary Art to the RISD Museum, The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling), The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AZ
Exhibition of the Permanent Collection Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling), Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI; Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2004 Studio Glass International: Selections from the Esterling/Wake Collection, The Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia Unviversity, Seward, NB
Recent Acquisitions in Glass, The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling), Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI; Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY; International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX
Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling), The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Technique and Expression II: Fusing and Gluing, Kogenezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
2003 Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling), The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection (traveling), Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Glass Vessel: An International Invitational, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design (formerly Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation), Louisville, KY
World Competition of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa, Special Invitational Exhibition "Crafts Now - 21 Artists each from America, Europe and Asia", The World Craft Forum Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling), The William S. Fairfield Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI; Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI; The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2002 Urban Glass @ 25 - An Anniversary Exhibition, The Gallery at Steuben, NY, NY
Contemporary Glass from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Block, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Crafting a Legacy, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Transparent Illusions, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2001 Primary Colors, Elliott Brown Gallery Seattle, WA
Contemporary Glass Worldwide, China Millenium Monument Museum, Beijing, China
Venini: Glass and Design in a World Perspective, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Late 20th Century Sculpture, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2000 Creativity and Collaboration: Pilchuck Glass School's 30 Years, Bumbershoot 2000, Seattle Center Seattle
Open Ends, MOMA 2000, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection, American Craft Museum, NY
From Westmoreland Glass to Contemporary Glass, Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
Vessels: The International Exhibition of Glass, Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Splendor in the Glass: Contemporary Glass from the Palley Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
1999 Handmade: Shifting Paradigms, Singapore Art Museum, Japan
Glass! Glorious Glass!, National Museum of American Art, The Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and its Origins, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
1998 R.I.S.D. Works: Alumni from the Glass Department at Rhode Island School of Design, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle
SOFA Chicago at Navy Pier with Elliott Brown Gallery of Seattle, WA
1997 Glass Today by American Studio Artists, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
ÁCalido! Contemporary Warm Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1996 Venezia Aperto Vetro, The Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
SOFA Chicago and Miami, with Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Pilchuck Pioneers, William Traver Gallery Seattle, WA
The Vessel Aesthetic, Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
A Powerful Presence: Pilchuck Glass SchoolÕs 25 Years, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
The White House Collection, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Glass Now Õ95, Tokyo, Japan
25th Anniversary Pilchuck Exhibition, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, WA
International Glass Invitational, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
1994 Glass Now Õ94, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
L'Art Contemporain du Verre et du Vitrail, Villeurbain, France
International Craft Exhibition, Lillehammer, Norway
1993 The White House Craft Collection, The White House Washington, D.C.
International Pilchuck Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 Glass Now Õ92, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
The Second Australian International Crafts Triennale, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Clearly Art: The PilchuckÕs Glass Legacy, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
Exposition Internationale de Verre Contemporaine, Conseil Regional de Haute-Normandie, France
1991 Glass Now Õ91, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Configura 1 - Kunst in Europa Erfurt 91, Erfurt, Germany
Chefs dÕOeuvres de la Verrerie Francaise du XIXe siecle a nos jours, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Prague, CZ
1990 Glass Now Õ90, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Gaste aus Frankreich, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Masterpieces of Glass from the Corning Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Washington
1989 Glass NowÕ 89, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1988 World Glass Now Õ88, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Vormen in Glas, Traveling Museum Exhibition, The Netherlands
1987 Glass Now Õ87, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
New American Glass, Focus 2 West Virginia, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington
The Saxe Collection, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1985 Art du Verre Actualite International, Musee des Beaux Arts de Rouen, France
World Glass Now Õ85, Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan
1984 Pilchuck Glass, Cheney-Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1983 Sculptural Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Sculptural Glass, Owens-Illinois Center, Toledo, OH
New Works in Glass, Tempe Fine Art Center, Tempe, AZ
RISD - Leadership in Crafts, Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
Contemporary American Glass, The American Embassy, Prague
1982 The Fine Art of Private Commissions, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Pending, Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY
The Sculptural Bowl, Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, NY
Sculptural Glass, Portnoy-Goodman Jordan-Volpe, Amagansett, NY
Sculptural Glass, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Garneville, NY
Pilchuck Show, Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
New York Experimental Glass Workshop Exhibition, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1981 Americans in Glass, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Glass Routes, De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA
Viewpoints, Women in Glass, Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980 Sculptural Glass, 10 New York City Area Artists, Clayworks-Glassworks Gallery New York
1978 Glass in Sculpture, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1973 New Glass, Assemblage and Slumped Plate 2, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI (a joint exhibition w/ Mary Schaffer)
AWARDS
2009 American Craft Council College of Fellows
2006 Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts
1999 Innovation in a Glassworking Technique, UrbanGlass Annual Award, NY
1997 Die Baycrische Staatsregierung, Munich Germany
1988 Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, U.S.A.
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship
1984 Stichting Klanschap, Amsterdam Research Grant
1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship
Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington, Artist-in-Residence
New York State Council of the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grant
2006 Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts
1999 Innovation in a Glassworking Technique, UrbanGlass Annual Award, NY
1997 Die Baycrische Staatsregierung, Munich Germany
1988 Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, U.S.A.
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship
1984 Stichting Klanschap, Amsterdam Research Grant
1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship
Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington, Artist-in-Residence
New York State Council of the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Grant
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Bank of America, Seattle, WA
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Belgium
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
Glas Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana.
Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Koganezaki, Japan.
Kunstammlungen der Veste-Coburg, Coburg, Berlin, Germany
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Germany
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington DC.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris, France
Muse des Arts Dcoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Muse du Verre et du Cristal de Meisenthal, France
Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcoron, Spain.
Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Muskegan Museum, Muskegan, Michigan
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Nederlandsche Bank NV (Dutch Central Bank), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Newark City Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
Nordenfjeldske Kunst Industrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Prescott Collection of Pilchuck Glass at U.S. Bank Centre, Seattle, WA
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
The White House Collection, Washington, DC
Yokohama City Museum of Art, Yokohama City, Japan
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Bank of America, Seattle, WA
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Belgium
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
Glas Museum Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana.
Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Koganezaki, Japan.
Kunstammlungen der Veste-Coburg, Coburg, Berlin, Germany
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Germany
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington DC.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Muse des Arts Dcoratifs, Paris, France
Muse des Arts Dcoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Muse du Verre et du Cristal de Meisenthal, France
Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcoron, Spain.
Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Muskegan Museum, Muskegan, Michigan
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Nederlandsche Bank NV (Dutch Central Bank), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Newark City Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
Nordenfjeldske Kunst Industrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Prescott Collection of Pilchuck Glass at U.S. Bank Centre, Seattle, WA
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
The White House Collection, Washington, DC
Yokohama City Museum of Art, Yokohama City, Japan