Sonja Blomdahl (born 1952 in Waltham, Massachusetts) is an American blown glass artist.
Sonja Blomdahl | |
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| Born | 1952 Waltham, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BFA, Massachusetts College of Art (Boston) |
| Known for | glass vessels, incalmo technique |
| Website | https://www.sonjablomdahl.com |
Education edit
Blomdahl began glassmaking as an undergraduate student during the 1970s. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics from Massachusetts College of Art (Boston) in 1974.[1][2][3] There she studied with glass sculptor Dan Dailey.[1] In 1976 she spent six months studying at the Orrefors glassworks in Sweden, and her work is sometimes associated with Scandinavian design.[2][4] Venetian glass master Checco Ongaro taught Blomdahl the method of double-bubble blowing (or incalmo), for which her work is well known.[4][5]
Career edit
In 1978, Blomdahl served as a teaching assistant at the Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, Washington) for Dan Dailey, where she first watched Checco Ongaro demonstrate the incalmo technique.[3] She has held teaching positions at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine; and the Appalachian Center in Smithville, Tennessee.[2] Blumdahl's first solo exhibition was at the Traver Sutton Gallery in Seattle in 1981.[3] She opened her own studio in Seattle in 1983,[3] which remained open until 2009.[4] Since the late 2000s, she has moved beyond the symmetrical glass vessels she is known for and worked increasingly with architectural forms.[4][6]
Collections edit
- American Crafts Museum, New York[7][8]
- Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, Little Rock, AR[9]
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY[10]
- Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts[11]
- Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, New York[12]
- Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague[7]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA[8][13]
- Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI[14]
- Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC[8][15]
Awards edit
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
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Sonja Blomdahl". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Sonja Blomdahl | Smithsonian American Art Museum". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d Waggoner, Shawn (March–April 2000). "Sonja Blomdahl: "Queen of Symmetry"". Glass Art: 4–6.
- ^ a b c d O'Donnell, Paul (Spring 2010). "Glass Ceiling Broken". Modern Magazine: 116–121.
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl (1952-)". Invaluable. Invaluable, LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ Balach, Sonja (2007). "Maintaining the Fire: The Art of Sonja Blomdahl". World Art Glass Quarterly. 3: 6–13.
- ^ a b Morowitz, Kane (April–May 1990). "Fire It Round". Glass Collector's Digest: 18–26.
- ^ a b c Fantoni, Georgina. GlassArt 2002. p. 61.
- ^ "The White House Collection of American Crafts". Mint Museum of Craft + Design. Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Collections Browser: Sonja Blomdahl". Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl". Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Pink/Clear/Blue". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Spectrum: Contemporary Artists in Color". Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl". Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
External links edit
Further reading edit
- Biskeborn, Susan. Artists at Work: Twenty-Five Northwest Glassmakers, Ceramists, and Jewelers. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, 1990.
- Bullock, Margaret E., and Rock Hushka. Best of the Northwest: Selected Works from Tacoma Art Museum. Tacoma: Tacoma Art Museum, 2012.
- Della, James. Glass, the James Della Collection. [San Francisco]: James Della, 2012.
- Koplos, Janet. "Matters of Mood: The Glass of Sonja Blomdahl." Glass, no. 59 (Spring 1995): 34-41.
- Miller, Bonnie J. "A Meditation of Bowls: Sonja Blomdahl and Her Art." Neues Glas, no 4 (1986): 266-267.
- Nichols, Sarah C., and Davira Spiro Taragin. Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection. Pittsburgh, Penn: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2002.
- Yelle, Richard Winfred. Glass Art from UrbanGlass. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2000.