| | Artist Bio | Chris Buzzini's Glass paperweights |
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| BORN: | |
| 1949................................... | Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A. |
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| EDUCATION: | |
| 1971-1973........................... | California State University, Chico: Fine Arts Major |
| 1968-1971........................... | Shasta Junior College, Redding, CA: A.A. Fine Arts |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: | |
| 1986-Present....................... | Independent Studio Artist |
| 2001-Present....................... | Flamework Instructor |
| 2005................................... | Flamework Demonstration, "Floral Paperweight Techniques and Inclusions" International Lampwork Festa, Kobe, Japan |
| 2003................................... | Flamework Demonstration, "Paperweight Components" 33rd Annual Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle, WA |
| 2001................................... | Instructor; "Flameworked Flowers and Encasements"
The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY |
| 1995................................... | Founding Participant, International Paperweight
Society, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1982-1986........................... | Correia Art Glass, Santa Monica, California |
| 1979-1981........................... | Lundberg Studios, Davenport, California |
| 1976-1978........................... | Bridgeton Studio, Bridgeton, New Jersey |
| 1972-1975........................... | Orient & Flume Art Glass, Chico, California |
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| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: | |
| 1998-2002........................... | SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1999-2002........................... | SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, New York, NY |
| 1996................................... | Southwest Glass Invitational X: Regions of the Flame:
Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass: Tucson, Arizona |
| 1994................................... | The Art of the Paperweight - Challenging Tradition:
MSC Forsythe Center Galleries, College Station, Texas |
| 1994................................... | The Art of the Paperweight - Challenging Tradition:
Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland |
| 1993................................... | The Art of the Paperweight - Challenging Tradition:
The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1991................................... | Frozen Flame: The Art of Glass Paperweights,Phoenix Art
Museum - Helen Wells Gallery of Arts, Phoenix, Arizona |
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
American Glass Museum, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J.
Bergstrom-Mauler Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Kobe Lampwork Glass Museum, Kobe, Japan |
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| PUBLICATIONS: | |
| 1994................................... | Paperweights, Pat Reilly; Courage Books, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| 1993................................... | The Art of the Paperweight, Japanese Edition, Lawrence H.
Selman; Heibonsha Ltd., Publishers, Japan |
| 1993................................... | The Art of the Paperweight - Challenging Tradition, Lawrence H. Selman; The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA |
| 1993................................... | Paperweights of the World, Monika Flemming and Peter
Pommerencke; Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania |
| 1992................................... | All About Paperweights, Lawrence H. Selman; Paperweight
Press Santa Cruz, California |
| 1990................................... | Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors' Association,
Inc., Lawrence H. Selman, Design Works, New York, New York |
| 1989................................... | Paperweights of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Paul Jokelson
and Gerard Ingold; Papier Presse, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1988................................... | The Art of the Paperweight, Lawrence H. Selman; paperweight Press, Santa Cruz, California |
| 1988................................... | Paperweights of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Paul Jokelson and Gerard Ingold; (French Edition) Hermé,Paris, France |
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