CAPPY THOMPSON
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016 "All Over The Map", collaborative exhibition with Dick Weiss, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 “Northwest Artists Collect,” Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
2012 “Playing with Fire,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
“Pilchuck: Ideas,” Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, Washington
“Yours, Mine and Ours,” Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington (with Dick Weiss and Jeffry Mitchell)
2011 “Seattle Collects,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washinginton
2010 “Eyes for Glass: The Price Collection,” Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington
“Cappy Thompson”, Scott Jacobson Gallery, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
2009 “Dreamscapes: Heaven and Earth”, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, Washington (solo)
2008 “Staged Stories,” Hawk Galleries, SOFA, Chicago, Illinois, and Columbus, Ohio (solo)
2007 “Painting with Light,” Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
“Behind Glass: Creativity and Collaboration,” The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
2006 “Stars Falling on Alabama: We Are Enraptured by the Celestial Fireworks of the Muses,”
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama (solo)
2005 “Dual Vision: The Simona and Jerome Chazen Collection,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
“Cappy Thompson: Glass Vessels for a Dream Voyage,” The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York (solo)
2004 “Transformed by Fire: Sculpture in Glass”, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
“First Annual World Glass Exhibition”, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2003 “El Arte de las Vidrieras: Luz, Color, Espacio,” Contemporary Stained Glass International
Exhibition, Monestir Santa Maria de la Valldigna, Valencia, Spain
2002-03 “Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection,”
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
“On the Surface,” The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
2001 “Nineteenth Annual International Invitational,” Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
“The John H. Hauberg Fellowship Inaugural Exhibition,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
“The Glass Canvas,” Heller Gallery, New York, New York
“29th Annual International Glass Invitational,” Habatat Galleries, Saganaw, Michigan
2000-01 “Millennium Glass,” Kentucky Art & Craft Foundation, Traveling Exhibition
2000 “Contemporary Glass 2001” Eighteenth Annual International Invitational,” Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida
“William Morris, Ginny Ruffner, Lino Tagliapietra & Cappy Thompson,” Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1999-2001 “Hot and Cool: Contemporary Glass Works,” Exhibits USA, Traveling Exhibition
1999 “Dreamscapes and Other Realms,” R Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
“Progressions in Glass,” Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia
1998-2000 “American Glass: Masters of the Art,” Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition
1998 “Contemporary Painted Glass,” Chappell Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“The Dimensional Canvas: Painted Studio Glass,” Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
“Cappy Thompson,” Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida (solo)
“Telling Compelling Tales: The Narrative in Contemporary Glass,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
1997 “Glass Today by American Studio Artists,” Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
“New Works,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
“Cappy Thompson,” Leo Kaplan Modern, New York (solo)
1996 “Celebrating the Figure,” Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
“Breaking the Mold: New Directions in Glass,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
“Gathering the Light,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
1995 “Documents Northwest: Holding the Past,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
1994 “Telling My Truth,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
“Cappy Thompson,” Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida (solo)
“World Glass Now ‘94,” Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
“The Beauty of Painted Glass: New Directions in the Northwest,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
1993 “New Acquisitions: Craft Today USA,” American Craft Museum, New York, New York
“Story-telling in Northwest Craft,” Craft Museum of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
“Tiffany to Ben Tre: A Century of Glass,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
“Cappy Thompson,” Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, New York (solo)
“Cappy Thompson,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
“Out of the Fire,” Contemporary Art Niki, Tokyo, Japan
1992 “Gardens,” Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
“The Cutting Edge: Enamel Art for the Walls and Pedestal,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
“New Art Forms,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
“Australian International Triennial Crafts Exhibition,” Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
1992-96 “Clearly Art: Pilchuck’s Glass Legacy,” national touring exhibition: Whatcom County
Museum of Art, Bellingham, Washington
1991 “Cappy Thompson,” Gallerie L, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
“The Frozen Moment,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
“The Age of Chivalry,” Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, Alaska
“The Shaped Canvas,” The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland (solo)
1990 “New Art Forms,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
“Works Made in Czechoslovakia,” William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
1989-92 “Craft Today U.S.A.,” Touring exhibition: Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France;
Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland; Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt,
Germany; Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland; Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne,
Switzerland ; and other venues
1988 “Pilchuck Glass Artists,” U. S. Embassy, Prague, Czechoslovakia
“Painted Vessels,” Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
“Flat Glass/Three Views,” Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
“Northwest Crafts,” Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
“Pilchuck Glass,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
1987 "Thirty Years of New Glass,” Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
“International Stained Glass Exhibition,” Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
1986 “Catherine Thompson,” Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, Washington (solo)
1985 “Washington State Governor’s Invitational,” State Capitol Museum, Olympia,Washington
1982 “Catherine Thompson,” Glass Showcase, Seattle, Washington (solo)
“Northwest Crafts Exhibition,” Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, Washington
1980 “Catherine Thompson,” Penryn Gallery, Seattle, Washington (solo)
1979 “Fired Arts,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
SELECTED PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2010 Tukes Valley School, Battle Ground, Washington. Design, fabrication and installation of
2’ x 100’ frieze of painted windows. Commissioned by Washington State Arts
Commission
2008 Covington Library, Covington, Washington. Design and fabrication of 6’ x 8’ reverse-
painted glass mural. Commissioned by King County Library System.
2006 The Evergreen State College, Daniel J Evans Library, Olympia, Washington. Design,
fabrication and installation of 10’ x 66’ art glass window wall. Commissioned by
Washington State Arts Commission. Fabricated at Derix Glasstudios, Germany.
2005 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama. Design, fabrication and
coordination of installation of art-glass triptych with central 22’ x 10’ arched window and
two 12’ x 11’ side window/door surrounds. Commissioned by Montgomery Museum of
Fine Arts. Fabricated at Derix Glasstudios, Germany.
2003 Museum of Glass, Grand Lobby, Tacoma, Washington. Design, fabrication and
installation of 12’ x 15’ reverse-painted glass mural. Commissioned by Museum of
Glass.
2000-03 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington. Design and fabrication of 33‘
x 90’ art glass curtain-wall. Fabricated at Derix Glasstudios, Germany. Commissioned
by Port of Seattle.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 “Collaborative Vitreography”, by Cappy Thompson, Walter Lieberman and Dick Weiss,
Glass Art Society 2011 Journal
2010 Masters: Blown Glass, by Ray Hemachandra, Lark Books
Glass Art from the Kiln, by Rene Culler, Schiffer
2008 “Glass Painting: From Intimate to Public Scale”, by Cappy Thompson, Glass Art Society Journal
2007 “Painting with Light”, by John Leighton, Artifacts, Palos Verdes Art Center (Winter 2007)
2006 “Commissions,” American Craft (June/July)
500 Glass Objects: A Celebration of Functional and Sculptural Glass, by Maureen Littleton, Lark Books
25 Years of New Glass Review, by Tina Oldknow, The Corning Museum of Glass
Stars Falling on Alabama: Cappy Thompson Glass, by Barbara Earl Thomas, catalog,
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
2005 “Seatac Public Art Projects: The Seattle-Tacoma Airport Glass Commissions”, by David
Wagner, Stained Glass Quarterly, (Winter 2005)
“Shining Stars: Profiles of Glazing Talents,” by Gina Rollins, Glass Magazine 72 (August)
“Illuminating Tales: Glass Artist Cappy Thompson Creates Stories in Color and Light,” by
Jane Sheridan, Premier Living 10 (Summer)
2004 “Commissions,” American Craft (Dec ‘04/ Jan ’05)
“Beyond the Glass Ceiling,” by Leslie Forsberg, Seattle Woman (November)
“Hourglass: Cappy Thompson Gathering the Light,” by Kate Daly, Glass 22 (Winter)
Glass Art Society 2003 Journal, Susanne Frantz ed.
2003 Women in Glass, by Lucartha Kohler, Schiffer
International Glass Art, by Richard Yelle, Schiffer
2002 “Whatever Happened to Stained Glass?” by Geoffrey Wichert, Glass 86 (Spring)
“John H. Hauberg Fellowship Inaugural Exhibition” by Ron Glowen, American Craft (February/March)
2001 Contemporary Glass: Color, Light and Form, by Ray Leier, Jan Peters and Kevin Wallace, Guild Publishing
“Public Glasswork” by Matthew Kangas, Public Art Review (Spring-Summer)
2000 Glass Art from Urban Glass, by Richard Wilfred Yelle, Schiffer
Painting on Glass, by Paige Gilchrist, Lark Books
1998 Glass: From the First Mirror to Fiber Optic: The Story of the Substance that Changed the
World, by William S. Ellis, Bard (Avon Books)
1997 “Cappy Thompson, Leo Kaplan Modern, through July 4, 1997” by Karen Chambers,
World Art Reviews (Internet ArtResources)
“Cappy Thompson: Narrative, Mythopoesis and the Vessel Form,” Glass Art (January-
February), cover and feature article
1996 Pilchuck: A Glass School, by Tina Oldknow, University of Washington Press
1995 “Holding the Past,” Artifact (December)
1994 “Narrative Glass Art,” Neues Glas (March)
“The Beauty of Painted Glass,” Neues Glas (April)
“Sleekness in Seattle,” Architectural Digest (August)
1993 Modernism and Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest, ed. by Laura
Brunsman and Ruth Askey, Midmarch Press
1992 Twentieth Century Stained Glass: A New Definition, by Robert Kehlmann, Kyoto Shonin, Japan
“Cappy Thompson’s Fabled World,” Glass 47 (Spring), cover and feature article
Choices for Agile Hands, by Russell Shorto, Milbrook Press
1991 Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work, by Bonnie Miller, Chronicle Books
Living with Art, by Rita Gilbert, McGraw-Hill
“Glass Painters in the Northwest,” Glasswork
1990 “Portfolio,” American Craft (April)
1989 Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from the Corning Museum of Glass, by Suzanne Frantz, Harry Abrams
1988 Glass Animals: 3500 Years of Artistry, by Albane Dolez, Harry Abrams
“Architectural Art,” American Craft (June)
1986 Washington Magazine, November, feature article
1984 “American Stained Glass,” Studio Magazine, cover photograph
1982 “Northwest Stained Glass,” Pacific Magazine, Seattle Times
1981-94 New Glass Review Nos. 2, 5, 9, 13 &15, Corning Museum of Glass
1977 Glass Magazine (September), cover and feature article
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-12 Board of Directors, Glass Art Society (Auction Committee Chair)
2003-10 Trustee, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2006-08 Artist Advisory Committee, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
1992-present Artistic Program Advisory Committee Member, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1989-92 Board of Directors, Glass Art Society (Secretary, 1990-92)
1987-present Workshop instructor: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA; Canberra
School of Art, Canberra, Australia; Centro del Arte Vitro, Monterrey, Mexico; International
Glass Center, Dudley College, Stourbridge, England; Experience Music Project, Seattle,
WA; Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL; Kent State University, Kent, OH; Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH; North Lands Creative Glass, Caithness, Scotland;
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC; Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
(7sessions); Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA; Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, NY; Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY; Southern Illinois
University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL; The Arts Center, St Petersburg, FL; Toyama City
Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan; Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY; Wanganui Summer
School of the Arts, Wanganui, New Zealand.
HONORS
2004 & 12 Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
2001, 09, & 12 John Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
2008 Artist in Residence, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington
2005 Libensky Award, Pilchuck Glass School and Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
1998 Artist Images Series Bookmark, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington
1997 Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington
1995 Artist in Residence, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan
1990 Fellowship for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts
1984 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
EDUCATION
1976 B.A., The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
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DICK WEISS
EDUCATION
1968 BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Cappy Thompson and Dick Weiss: All Over The Map, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Cappy, Dick and Pottery Northwest, collaborative exhibit with Cappy Thompson at Seatac Airport, Seattle, WA
2013 A Medium High Tide, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
2012 Yours, Mine and Ours: collaboration with Jeffry Mitchell and Cappy
Thompson, William Traver Gallery Tacoma, Tacoma WA
2011 Good Fences, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
2009 Something Different, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
2007 Clay and Glass - Paint, Paint, Paint, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2006 Leaded Glass Screens, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 WD40+, collaboration with Walt Lieberman, William Traver Gallery,
Seattle, WA
Prints, collaboration with Bob Carlson, Priceless Works, Seattle, WA
2002 Bueys & Girls, collaboration with Walt Lieberman, Bubba-Mavis Gallery,
Seattle, WA
2001 New Glass Screens, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Glass Screens, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Let's Face It, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1981 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1979 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Considering Design, William Traver Gallery
2014 Art Grice’s Gallery: 12 Years in the Woods, Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2013 The Artists Collect, Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
2007 Painting with Light: Artists that paint on and with glass, Palos Verdes
Art Center, Ranch Palos Verdes, CA
2006 Recycled Art, Hallie Ford Art Museum, Willamette University, Salem, OR
2005 Annual Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2nd Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 1st Annual Hauberg Fellowship Show, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Glass Canvas, Doug Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1999 USA Exhibits, traveling glass show
1998 Battle Creek Fine Arts Center, Battle Creek, MI
The Fluid Canvas, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA and SOFA, Chicago, IL
Painting on Glass, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
3-Dimensional Canvas, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Hobbies 2000, Bubba-Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA
Glorious Glass, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Holter Museum of Fine Art, Helena, MT
1994 Between Painting and Prints: Monotypes, William Traver Gallery, Seattle,
WA (collaboration with Walter Lieberman)
The Beauty of Painted Glass, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR (collaboration with Walter Lieberman)
Portraits, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1992 Clearly Art, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
1991 The Painted Vessel, The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Master Works, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1988 Pilchuck: The Great Glass Experiment, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1985 Governor's Invitational, State Capitol Art Museum, Olympia, WA
1984 Size, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
1980 Four Leaders in Glass, National Glass Invitational, Jacksonville, FL
1979 2nd Annual National Glass Exhibition, NYEGW, New York, NY
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Tacoma Art Museum
Museum of NW Art
City of Everett, Everett, WA
City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Dale Chihuly & Leslie Jackson
Ginger & Parks Anderson
Glasmuseum, Fraunau, Germany
Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck, WA
Melvyn Poll, Seattle, WA
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Jon & Mary Shirley, Medina, WA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Tom & Sally Reeve, Bellevue, WA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2012 10th Annual Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA
2002 2nd Annual Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2001 1st Annual Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1987 National Endowment for the Arts, Craftsman Grant
1982 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1981 National Endowment for the Arts, Craftsman Grant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011 Hands on History Session, Pilchuck Faculty, Stanwood WA
2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1997 Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts, Faculty, Deer Isle, MD
1996 Bild-Werk, Faculty, Fraunau, Germany
1993 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
1983-84 Pilchuck Glass School, Faculty, Stanwood, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 We Love Paint: with Cappy Thompson and Walt Lieberman, Pratt Master Workshop, Seattle, WA
Museum of Glass residency: ‘WD 40+’ collaboration with Walt Lieberman, Tacoma WA
1997 Compelling Tales, Curator, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
1994 Pratt Fine Arts Center, workshop, Seattle, WA
1993 The Beauty of Painted Glass: New Directions in the Northwest, Co-curator, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Shorewood High School, Shoreline WA
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Seattle Center Garage, Gates Foundation, Seattle WA
Brite Street School, Seattle, WA
Cheney High School, Spokane, WA
Chapel, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Edmonds-Woodway High School, Edmonds, WA
General Dynamics Corp., Falls Church, VA (With Sonja Blomdahl)
Kenai Community College, Homer, AK
Kent Senior Citizen's Center, Kent, WA
Kentwood High School, Kent, WA
M'Connell Foundation, Redding, CA
North Central High School, Spokane, WA
Opera House, Seattle, WA
Port of Shanghai, China
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA
Sitka Lutheran Church, Sitka, AK
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
