Born in Waltham, MA
EDUCATION
1976 Orrefors Glass Skolan, Orrefors, Sweden
1974 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1991-pres Pratt Fine Arts Center, Board of Trustees, Advisory Board, Seattle, WA
1983-pres Built and operating private glass blowing studio, Seattle, WA
1993 Urban Glass Workshop, Fall Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008-09 Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2008 Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2007 Sonja Blomdahl: Encalmo, 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 Surface, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1981-01 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Twenty Years, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
1998 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Gumps, San Francisco, CA
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1990 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1985 Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Hot Color Cool Glass, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2006-09 Contrasts: A Glass Primer, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2005 2nd Annual World Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2003 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 Vessels: The International Exhibition 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
Glass! Glorious Glass!, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
1999 Glass! Glorious Glass!, Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
Reflections on Light, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
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 The White House Collection of American Crafts, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (this
exhibition can be accessed at www.nmaa.si.edu)
1994-92 Clearly Art: Pilchuck's Glass Legacy, Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA and touring
1992 International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
1991-80 Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990-89 History of American Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, at the Hermitage, Leningrad and Moscow, USSR
1986 Crafts Today: Poetry of the Physical, Inaugural Exhibition, The American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
1985 Northwest Glass, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Bank of America, Portland, OR
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Boeing Corporation, Seattle, WA
Brunnier Gallery and Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, Little Rock, AR
Collection of Modern Glass, Museum of Decorative Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Everett Public Library, Everett, WA
Fine Arts Museum of the South at Mobile, Mobile, AL
Harborview Medical Center, Cultural Heritage Artwork Collection, Seattle, WA
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
IBM Corporation, New York, NY
Kitazawa Contemporary Glass Museum, Kitazawa, Japan
Mathew's Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
MCI Communications Corporation, World Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, New York, NY
Museum of Decorative Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Oregon Public Arts Commission (Salem Public Service Building), Salem, OR
Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Prescott Collection of Pilchuck Glass, Pacific First Centre, Seattle, WA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, D.C.
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, WA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The White House Collection of American Craft, Washington, D.C.
United Parcel Service Headquarters, Atlanta, GA
Washington Mutual Savings Bank, Seattle, WA
Washington State Arts Commission (Art in Public Places), Olympia, WA
Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2001 U.S. State Department, gift presented by President Bush to Prime Minister of Sweden
1987 Artist's Trust Fellowship Grant
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002 The Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor, Stanwood, WA
1998 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Instructor, Deer Isle, ME
1992 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Instructor, Deer Isle, ME
1988 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Instructor, Deer Isle, ME
1985 The Pilchuck Glass School, Instructor, Stanwood, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2008 Greco, Patti. "Glass Act", More, Dec. 2007/Jan. 2008, p. 34
1999 New Glass Review, No's 4, 6, 13, 20. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
1996 Oldknow, Tina. Pilchuck: A Glass School. Seattle: University of Washington Press
1995 Monroe, Michael W.White House Collection of American Craft. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
"Matters of Mood: The Glass of Sonja Blomdahl," GLASS Quarterly. No. 59, Spring
1992 New Glass Review, No's 4, 6, 13, 20. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
1991 Miller, Bonnie. Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work. San Francisco: Chronicle Books
1990 Biskeborn, Susan. Artists at Work: 25 Northwest Glassmakers, Ceramists, and Jewelers. Anchorage: Alaska
Northwest Books
1983-85 New Glass Review, No's 4, 6, 13, 20. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
