Dale Chihuly

(American, born 1941)

desert grass chandelier with golden tendrils  by dale chihuly

Dale Chihuly

Desert Grass Chandelier with Golden Tendrils , 1999–2001

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gilded opal and deep garnet chandelier by dale chihuly

Dale Chihuly

Gilded Opal and Deep Garnet Chandelier, 2004

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Biography

Timeline

1941
Born in Tacoma, WA
1965
Bachelor of Arts, Interior Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1967
Master of Science, Sculpture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
1968
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Fulbright Fellowship to Murano, Murano, Italy
Seattle Weaver's Guild, Seattle, WA
1975
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1977
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1984
Rhode Island School of Design, President's Fellow, Providence, RI
American Council for the Arts, Visual Artist Award, New York, NY
Governor's Art Award (with Pilchuck Glass School), WA
1985
Governor's Art Award, WA
1986
Honorary Doctorate, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Honorary Doctorate, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987
University of Washington Alumni Legend, Seattle, WA
Governor's Writers Award WA

Exhibitions

2010
Chihuly Exhibition, Pismo Fine Art Glass, Denver, CO (solo)
Chihuly: Recent Work, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL (solo)
Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI (solo)
Chihuly at Cheekwood, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, TN (solo)
Chihuly Reimagined, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH (solo)
Chihuly Illuminated, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (solo)
Chihuly at CityCenter, The Gallery, CityCenter, Las Vegas, NV (solo)
Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Sylvia White Gallery (solo)
2009
Chihuly Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
Chihuly Exhibition, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Chihuly Mercurio, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
2008
Chihuly at the de Young, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Chihuly Black, Diane Ferris Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (solo)
Chihuly Seaforms, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC (solo)
Dale Chihuly: An Inaugural Exhibit, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (solo)
2007
Chihuly at Phipps: Gardens & Glass, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
The Nova Southeastern University Glass Garden, Alvin Sherman Library, Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)
Wrapped in Tradition: The Chihuly Collection of American Indian Trade Blankets , Mayborn Museum Complex, Waco, TX (solo)
2006
Gardens of Glass: Chihuly at Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, May 28-January 15, 2006 (solo)
Chihuly at the New York Botanical Gardens: Gardens and Glass, June 25 – October 29, 2006 (solo)
Beyond Limits: Sothebys at Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
2005
A kind of Magic: The Art of Transforming, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Dale Chihuly, Installations and Sculpture, Holsten Galleries, Stockbridge, MA (solo)
Dale Chihuly, Marlborough London, June 29-July 30 (solo)
2004
Chihuly Across Florida: Masterworks in Glass, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida; the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, Opening February 14, 2004 (solo)
Group Exhibition: Nature – Highly Artificial, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Racine Art Museum Basket Installation, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2002
Dale Chihuly: An Inaugural Exhibition, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (solo)
2001
Chihuly Seaforms, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California; Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts; Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont (solo)

Literature

2008
The Art of Dale Chihuly (Introduction by Timothy Anglin Burgard). Chronicle Books: San Francisco. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco(Catalogue)
Chihuly, Dale. Dale Chihuly: 365 Days. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. : New York
2007
Chihuly, Dale. Team Chihuly. Portland Press: Seattle
2002
Dale Chihuly Selected Works. Lowe Gallery. Atlanta, GA (Catalogue)
2000
Chihuly Projects by Dale Chihuly (essay by Barbara Rose, Dale Lanzone). Portland Press: Seattle and Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: New York
1994
Chihuly: Glass in Architecture (essay by Sarah Bremser). Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. Kaohsiung, Taiwan(catalogue)
1993
Dale Chihuly (essay by Henry Geldzahler). Plum Blossoms: Hong Kong

Performances

Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, MI
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Hilo Art Museum, Kea'au, HI
Northwest Art - MONA, La Conner, WA
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
WheatonArts, Millville, NJ
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Missoula Art Museum , Missoula, MT
Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
Newport Art Museum & Art Association, Newport, RI
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
The RISD Museum - University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende, Belgium
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Musee d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice, France
Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland