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Boyd Sugiki

Boyd Sugiki

EDUCATION
1996 Master of Fine Arts Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Layers, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2008 Elements, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI
2006 Stripes, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2005 Elements, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA Balance, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2003 Straight Up, Vetri International Glass, Seattle, WA
2000 Common Threads, The Queen Emma Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2009 Selections from the Glass Collection, in the Benaroya Gallery, Museum of Northwest ArtLa Conner, WA Inspiration, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA Italian Influence, Gallery at the Tashiro Kaplan Studios
2008 Glorious Glass: Translucent and Opaque, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2007 Annual Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Behind Glass: Creativity and Collaboration, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2006 Studio glass (Decorative and Functional objects), Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Museo, Whidbey Island, WA
2004 SOFA Chicago, Penland School of Crafts, Chicago, IL. Glass Artists of Hawaii Annual Exhibition, Honolulu, HI Everyday Transparencies, St. Petersburg, FL
2002 Fire to Form, the glass artists of Hawaii, Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Hawaii 2001 Objects for Use, The American Craft Museum, New York, New York Beginner's Mind, The Queen Emma Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii 30 Years of Collaboration: Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA
2000 Made in Washington: Glass at the Millennium Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA
1999 SOFA Chicago, Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA Vetri International Glass, Featured artist with Walter Lieberman, and Anna Skibska, Seattle, WA Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA Diversity: The True Colors of Art, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1998 Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship Exhibition, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA The Havdalah Spice Container: Philip & Sylvia Spertus Judaica Prize, Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL Summer Group Show, Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA R.I.S.D. Works, Elliott/Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Pilchuck Invitational, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA Pratt Glass Invitational, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1996 MFA Exhibition, The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995 Glass Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Skin, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
1993 California Design, Contract Design Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 California Design, Contract Design Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 California Design, Contract Design Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA Material Voices, Hawaii Craftsman
1991, Amfac Plaza, Honolulu, HI Pilchuck Staff Show, Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA Traveling Light, Kukuihaele
1991, sponsored by Glass Artists of Hawaii Pauahi Tower Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1989 Glass from Pilchuck Invitational, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts

AWARDS
2005 Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2002 Carol Duke Award of Excellence, Bellevue Art Museum Fair, Bellevue, WA
2000 Poncho Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1999 Northwest International Art Competition, jurors award. Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
1997 Jon and Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Corning Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1996 Award of Excellence II, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Saxe Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1995 Award of Excellence I, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1992 Kitazawa Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1991 Kukuihaele
1991: Traveling Light, 3-D Award, Honolulu, HI Saxe Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.
1990 Kukuihaele 1990: Traveling Light, Glass Award, Honolulu, HI

RESIDENCIES
2009 The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2004 The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
1992 The Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ San Jose State University, Spring ‘92 artist-in-residence, San Jose, CA

TEACHING
2010 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2009 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada 2008 Toyama Glass Art Institute, Toyama, Japan Korea National University of the Arts, Seoul, Korea Kookmin University Seoul, Korea Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Third Degree Glass Factory, St Louis, MO
2007 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose, CA Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2006 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA The University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2005 The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey Emporia State University, Emporia, KS Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2004 The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey The University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Visiting Lecturer for Spring Semester Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2003 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2002 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Tennessee Technological University (Appalachian Center for Crafts), Smithville, TN California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Kanazu Forest of Creation, Kanazu, Japan Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Winter quarter, Work it Hot! San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Public Glass, San Francisco, CA
2001 Firehouse No. 12, Vancouver, WA Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Tennessee Technological University (Appalachian Center for Crafts), Smithville, TN Public Glass, San Francisco, CA Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2000 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1999 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Winter quarter, Independent Projects in Glass
1998 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1997 Teaching Assistant to Pino Signoretto. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Teaching Assistant to Ginny Ruffner & Steve Kursh, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Teaching Assistant to Michael Scheiner, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1994 Teaching Assistant to Kiki Smith and Tom Farbanish Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Teaching Assistant to Flora Mace and Karen Willenbrink Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1992 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1991 Teaching Assistant to Dante Marioni. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1990 Teaching Assistant to Kirkpatrick & Mace. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1989 Teaching Assistant to Kirkpatrick & Mace. Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

WORK EXPERIENCE
2001 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Glassblower In Residence (Gaffer) with Michael Schunke
2001-1989 Assistant to Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace. Seattle, WA
2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Glass Blower in Residence (Gaffer) with Nadege Desgenetez
1998 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Glassblower In Residence (Gaffer) with Randy Walker
1996 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Glassblower In Residence (Gaffer) with Karen Willenbrink
1994-95 Glass Art Society Board Member 1993-94 Gaffer for Kiki Smith, Lauren Ewing, Donald Lipski and Jana Sterbak at Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Administrative Assistant to Bruce Chao (Glass Department Head) Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1993 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Glassblower In Residence (Gaffer) with Randy Walker Glassblowing Assistant to William Morris
1991 Visiting Artist at San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1990 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA. Glassblower In Residence (Gaffer) with Paul DeSomma
1989 Glassblowing Assistant to Rick Mills (Glass Department Head), University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1987 Hot Shop Supervisor, Punahou High School, Honolulu, HI

PUBLICATIONS
2006 Glass, Spring 2006
2001 The Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 22. Neues Glas, p. 93.
2000 Glass, Spring 2000
1999 The Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 20. Neues Glas, p. 100.
1998 Spertus Museum/Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. (1998). The Philip and Sylvia Spertus Judaica Prize, The Havdalah Spice Container. Chicago: Spertus Press.
1992 San Francisco Examiner, Habitat section, April 15th San Francisco Showcase Networker, January 31st
1991 Showplace Square News, Winter
1991 COLLECTIONS Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI Tacoma Museum of Glass Tacoma, WA Toyama Glass Art Institute Toyama, Japan

Boyd Sugiki
Cupolas, blown glass,
17-21 inches, 2009


Boyd Sugiki
Cupolas, blown glass,
17,5-21,5 inches, 2009

Boyd Sugiki
Columns, blown glass,
38-44 inches, 2009


Boyd Sugiki
Columns, blown glass,
39-42,5 inches, 2009


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