Sonja Blomdahl
Appearance
Sonja Blomdahl (born 1952 in Waltham, Massachusetts) is an American blown glass artist.
Early life
Blomdahl began her glassmaking career as an undergraduate student during the 1970s at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.[1] Blomdahl served as a teaching assistant at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington and moved from her native Massachusetts to Seattle.
Career
Sonja Blomdahl studied with Venetian glass master Checco Ongaro, who taught her the method of double-bubble blowing (or incalmo) technique, for which her work is well known.[2]
Collections
- Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, Little Rock, AR[3]
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY[4]
- Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts[5]
- Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, New York, NY[6]
- Museum of Decorative Art, Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA[7]
- Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI[8]
- Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.[9]
Awards
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
External links
- Sonja Blomdahl - official website
- Sonja Blomdahl at Island Press, Kemper Museum at Washington University in St. Louis
See also
References
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl (1952-)". Invaluable. Invaluable, LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "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. 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. Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Pink/Clear/Blue". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Spectrum: Contemporary Artists in Color". Racine Art Museum. Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Sonja Blomdahl". Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 February 2016.