SONJA BLOMDAHL |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1974 | BFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| 1976 | Orrefors Glass School, Orrefors, Sweden |
SELECTED FACULTY POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 1983-Present | Owns and operates private glass blowing studio, Seattle, WA |
| 1991-Present | Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, Board of Trustees, Advisory Board |
| 2002, 1985 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, Instructor |
| 1998, 92, 88 | Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME, Instructor |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2007 | Sonja Blomdahl: Incalmo, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery,AL |
| 2006 | Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks, West Tisbury, MA |
| 2005 | Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID |
| 2003 | William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA |
| Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH | |
| 2001-1981 | William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2001 | Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, OH |
| 2000, 1999 | Butters Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1999 | "Twenty Years", Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA |
| 1998 | R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2005 | Taking Shape: The Pilchuck Glass School in the 70s, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA |
| Second Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA | |
| 2004 | The Italian Influence in Contemporary Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
| Transformed by Fire: Sculpted in Glass From the Collection of Becky & Jack Benaroya, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA | |
| The Perfect Collection: A Shared Vision of Contemporary Craft, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA | |
| "Group Show: Blomdahl, Gardner, Morris, Tagliapietra," Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID | |
| 2003 | "Tribute to Jan Erik Ritzman," Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA |
| "Masters of Contemporary Glass Art," Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, curated by Holsten Gallery | |
| 2002 | "Seige Damer: 3 Person Show," Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA |
| 2000-1999 | "Glass! Glorious Glass!", Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, DC |
| 2000 | "Vessels: The International Exhibtion of Glass," Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan |
| "An International Survey of Glass," Kentucky Art & Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY | |
| "Glass from the Emerald City," Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA | |
| 1998 | "Aperto Vetro - Exposizione Internazionale del Vetro Contemporaneo", Venice, Italy |
| 1997 | "Glass Today by American Studio Artists", Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 1995-1992 | "Clearly Art: Pilchuck's Glass Legacy", Whatcom County Museum, WA and touring |
| 1992 | "International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa", Kanazawa, Japan |
| 1990-1989 | "History of American Glass" Hermitage, Leningrad, USSR |
| 1986 | "Crafts Today: Poetry of the Physical", Inaugural Exhibition, American Crafts Museum, NY |
SELECTED AWARDS |
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| 2001 | U.S. State Dept. Gift, presented by President Bush to the Prime Minister of Sweden |
| 1987 | Artists' Trust Fellowship Grant, Washington State |
| 1986 | NEA Visual Arts Fellowship Grant |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2008 | More Magazine, Dec/Jan 08 issue. "glass Act" pg 34 |
| "Sonja Blomdahl / Incalmo Glass"; catalogue of solo exhibition organized and circulated by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery,AL 67 pages | |
| 2007 | World Art Glass Quarterly,volume 3, Maintaining the Fire: The Art of Sonja Blomdahl |
| 2006 | Interior Design, "A New Dynamic," January 2006 |
| 2005 | Southwest Art, "Infinite Imagination", May 2005 |
| Elements of Living, "Glass Lines", February/March 2005 | |
| 2004 | International Glass Art, Richard Yelle, Schiffer Publishing Limited |
| 2003 | Women Working with Glass, Lucartha Kohler, Schiffer Publishing Limited |
| 1999 | New Glass Review, No. 20 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
| 1998 | Skilled Work, American Craft in the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution |
| 1996 | Pilchuck A Glass School, Tina Oldknow, University of Washington Press |
| 1995 | The White House Collection of American Craft, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc |
| Glass Quarterly, No. 59 "Matters of Mood: The Glass of Sonja Blomdahl", Spring | |
| 1992 | New Glass Review, No. 13 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
| 1991 | Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work, B. Miller, Chronicle Books |
| 1990 | Artists at Work: 25 Northwest Glassmakers, Ceramists, and Jewelers, S. Biskeborn, Alaska Northwest Books |
| 1985 | New Glass Review, No. 6 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
| 1983 | New Glass Review, No. 4 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS |
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| Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, Little Rock, AR | |
| Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY | |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Art | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, New York, NY | |
| Museum of Decorative Art, Prague, Czechoslovakia | |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA | |
| Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI | |
| Renwick Gallery, National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. | |
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS |
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| Bank of America, Portland, OR | |
| Boeing Corporation, Seattle, WA | |
| IBM Corporation, New York, NY | |
| Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, MN | |
| MCI Communications Corporation, World Headquarters, Washington D.C. | |
| Prescott Collection of Pilchuck Glass, Pacific First Centre, Seattle, WA | |
| Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA | |
| Seafirst Bank, Seattle, WA | |
| Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, WA | |
| Sprint Art Collection, Overland Park, KS | |
| Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN | |
| United Parcel Service Headquarters, Atlanta, GA | |
| Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA | |
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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| Everett Public Library, Everett, WA | |
| Harborview Medical Center, Cultural Heritage Artwork Collection, 1% for Art, Seattle, WA | |
| Oregon Public Arts Commission (Salem Public Service Building), Salem OR | |
| Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA | |
| Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA | |
| United States Department of State: Art in Embassies Program | |
| United States Department of State: Official Gift to Sweden 2001, Washington, D.C. | |
| Washington State Arts Commission (Art in Public Places), Olympia, WA | |