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Joint Resume
Cynthia Toops
BA. Biology, Drake University, Des Moines, IA. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
The Factory of Visual Arts, Seattle WA., 1980-1981
BFA. Printmaking, University of Washington, Seattle, WA., 1983
Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle WA., 1989-1990
Daniel Adams
BA. Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA., 1988
Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle, WA., 1990
AAAS. Histotechnology, Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA. Phi Theta Kappa, 1995
Museum Shows
- Trajectories, The Bead Museum, Glendale, AZ. 2006-2007
- Kobe-Seattle Sister City Exhibition, Kobe Lampwork Glass
Museum, Kobe, Japan, 2006
- Building Traditions: Gifts in Honor of the Northwest
Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. 2003-2004
- Convergence/Divergence, Goldstein Museum of Design, St.
Paul, MN, 2004
- An Exploration of Polymer Clay, Kentucky Museum of Arts &
Design, Louisville, KY, 2004
- Obsession: A Ten Year Affair With The Bead, The Bead
Museum, Glendale, AZ; The Studio - The Corning Museum of
Glass, Corning, NY. 2002
- The Ring, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI. 2001
- Fantasies In Glass, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO. 2001
- Incredible Clay: Feats of Polymer, Bead Museum, Glendale,
AZ. 2000-1
- Under The Influence, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 2000
- The Beaded Universe: Strands of Culture, American Craft
Museum, New York, NY. 2000
- Bohemia to America-20th Century Glass Beads, The Bead
Museum, Washington DC 1999
- In Praise of Plastic, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
1999
- Contemporary American Glass Beads, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft,
Denmark, 1998-1999; The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimaki,
Finland Feb 4 – Aug 10, 2000
- The Contemporary Glass Bead and Jewelry Show, Rockwell
Museum, Corning, NY. 1998
- The World Glass Bead Exhibit, Ceramics and Folk Craft
Museum, Toyota City, Japan 1998
- The Beaded Universe, Mingei International Museum of Folk
Art, San Diego, CA. 1997
- Sampler Art, The American Museum of Quilts and Textiles,
San Jose, CA. 1996; The Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine,
WI. 1996
- The Ubiquitous Bead II, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue,
WA. 1996
Gallery Shows
- It's All About Beads, PISMO Glass, Denver, CO. 2006
- The Beautiful Bead, Symmetry, Saratoga Springs, NY. 2005,
2006
- The Beautiful Bead, Symmetry, Saratoga Springs, NY. 2005
- 100 Brooches, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA.;
Bellagio Gallery, Ashville, NC.; East Carolina University
School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC.; - Pacini Lubel, Seattle, WA., 2005-6
- 200 Rings, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA.; Obsidian
Gallery, Tucson, AZ.; Gallery M, Cleveland, OH.; Shaw
Gallery, Northeast Harbor ME.; Facere, Seattle, WA.,
2004-6
- Blue, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. 2004
- Connections, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. 2004
- Faculty Show, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN. 2003
- All Mixed Up, Facere, Seattle, WA. 2003
- Seeing Spots: New Work in Polymer Clay, Florida Craftsmen
Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.; Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX., 2002
- Jewelry From Painting, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA. 2002
- Passion Afire, Facere, Seattle, WA. 2001
- Millenial Metal: The Art of PMC, Lynn Tendler Bignell
Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. 2001
- Quinta Essentia, Facere, Seattle, WA. 2001
- The Ring, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA. 2001
- Illuminating A Medium: A Retrospective On Polymer Clay,
National Polymer Clay Guild Conference, Bryn Mawr
College, Philadelphia, PA. 2001
- Attitude and Action: North American Figurative Jewelry,
Atrium Gallery, University of Central England,
Birmingham, England, 2000; Design Yard, Dublin, Ireland
2000
- Glass/Metal Connection, Facere, Seattle, WA. 2000
- Bullseye's 3rd Bead Annual, Bullseye Gallery, Portland,
OR. 2000
- Millenium Material: The Fine Art of Polymer, Suburban
Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL. 2000
- Glass Beads 2000, Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan,
2000
- Beadwork in America 2000, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE.
2000
- Triptych, Facere, Seattle, WA. 2000
- New Century Exhibition, Vespermann, Atlanta, GA. 2000
- 50 Years of Studio Jewelry, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA.
1999-2000
- Sculptural Jewelry, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA. 1999
- The Teapot Redefined, SOFA, Chicago, IL. 1999
- Icons of the 20th Century, Nancy Sachs, St. Louis, MO.
1999
- Book Art, SOFA, New York, NY. 1999
- 8 x 10 in Polymer Clay 99, Elise Winters; Studio
Show, Haworth, NJ. 1999
- Dan Adams/Cynthia Toops: New Work, Mobilia, Cambridge,
MA. 1999
- Polymer Clay Update, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky,
OH. 1999
- New Traditions, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester,
MA. 1999
- Faculty Exhibit, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN. 1999
- Holiday Show, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1998
- Joyce Scott and Friends, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
1998
- Triptych, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1998
- New Material/New Forms: Artists Working in Polymer Clay, - The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft
Center, Brookfield, CT. 1998
- Jewelry Without Jewels: Alternatives Materials in -
Contemporary Jewelry, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York,
NY. 1998
- Color, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis. MO. 1998
- Combined Visions, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ. 1998
- Light Hearted II, A Valentine Show, Facere, Seattle, WA.
1998
- 8 x 10 in Polymer Clay, Elise Winters’ Studio Show,
Haworth, NJ. 1998
- First Bullseye Bead Annual, The Bullseye Connection,
Portland, OR. 1997
- Polymorphes, Montreal Visual Arts Center, Montreal,
Canada 1997
- Tokyo Polymer Clay Art 97, Tokyo, Japan 1997
- Essentially Beads, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ. 1997
- Making History - Pushing the Craft of Polymer Clay,
Arrowmont School of Art, Gatlinburg, TN. 1997
- Faculty Exhibit, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue,
WA. 1997
- The Teapot Redefined, SOFA, Chicago, IL. 1997
- Artifacts, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA. 1997
- The Big Bead Show, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1997
- Alternative Materials, Nancy Sachs, St. Louis, MO. 1997
- Masters in Polymer Clay Exhibirion, Old Church Cultural
Center, Demarest, NJ. 1997
- Beads 97, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA.
1997
- Light Hearted: A Valentine Show, Facere, Seattle, WA.
1997
- Northwest Polymer Clay Guild Exhibition, Washington State
Convention Center, Seattle, WA. 1997
- Jaha, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1996
- Tokyo Polymer Clay Art, Kamiji Kakimoto Paper Store,
Tokyo, Japan 1996
- Color Show, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1996
- Tested Compatible, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA. 1996
- Talking Beads, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1996
- Farenheit 96, Anderson Glover Gallery, Kirkland, WA. 1996
- Polymer Beads, The Shepherdess, San Diego, CA. 1996
- Vespermann Annual Jewelry Invitational, Vespermann
Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 1996
- Journey of the Heart, The Art Store Gallery, San Diego,
CA. 1995
- Beads 95, Facere, Seattle, WA. 1995
- National Invitational Bead Show, Artisans on Taylor, Port
Townsend, WA. 1995
- Glass and Polymer Clay Jewelry, Mobilia, Cambridge, MA.
1995
- National Jewelry Art Competition, Facere, Seattle, WA.
1994
- Washington Beadmakers Exhibition, Seattle, WA. 1994
- Absolutely Beads, Beads and Beyond, Bellevue, WA. 1994
Society of Glass Beadmakers Exhibition, San Anselmo Art
Glass Gallery, San Anselmo, CA., 1994; Beadworks, Boston,
MA. 1994
- Society of Glass Beadmakers Exhibition, Madrid Supply
Company, Madrid, NM. 1993
- A Wealth of Beads, Portland, OR. 1993
Publications
- Art Jewelry,"A Rarefied Medium"; September 2006
- Beadwork,"Polymer Unlimited", June/July 2006
- Teapots: Makers & Collectors by Dona Meilach, 2005
- 500 Brooches by Lark Books, 2004
- The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking by Kimberly Adams,
2005
- 1000 Rings, ed. Marthe Le Van, 2004
- 1000 Glass Beads, ed. Valerie Shrader, 2004
- 400 Polymer Clay Designs, ed. Suzanne Tourtillot, 2004
- Bead & Button, "Revisiting Old Friends", No. 58, 2003
- Beads of Glass by Cindy Jenkins, 2003
- Art jewelry Today by Dona Meilach, 2003
- Obsession: A Ten Year Affair With The Bead Catalogue,
2002
- American Style, "Rounded to Perfection", Summer 2000
- AJM, "Beads and Beyond", April 2000
- Beadwork in America 2000 Catalogue, 2000
- Foundations in Polymer Clay Design, by Barbara McGuire,
1999
- Ocean Realm, "Inspired by the Sea", Autumn 1999
- Lapidary Journal, "A Blend of Influences", October 1999
- Lapidary Journal, "Engraved Enamel Beads", October 1999
- American Style, "Cutting Edge Polymer Clay", No.17, 1999
- Bead And Button, "Capturing The Perfection of Pure Form",
No.31, 1999
- Glass, Portfolio: "Beads Across America", No.73 Winter
1998
- Lapidary Journal, "Echos of the Past, Visions of the
Future", October 1998
- Glas Pa Kropen: Contemporary American Glass Beads by
Torben Sode, 1998
- JCK, "Jewelry Without Jewels", September 1998
- Bead And Button, "What Are They Doing Now", No.28, 1998
- The Contemporary Glass Bead and Jewelry Show at the
Rockwell Museum Catalogue, 1998
- The International Glass Bead Exhibition at the Toyota
Folk Craft Museum Catalogue, 1998
- Ornament, "Dan Adams and Cynthia Toops: A Marriage of
Media", Winter 1997
- Polymer Clay by Pierette Ashcroft and Lindly Haunani,
1997
- Bead And Button, "One-of-a-Kind Polymer Clay", No.16,
1996
- Creating With Polymer Clay by Leslie Dierks and Steven
Ford, 1996
- Ornament, "Museum News - Bellevue Art Museum", Spring
1996
- Collectible Beads by Robert Liu, 1995
- Ornament, The Collectors Sourcebook, Special Issue, 1995
- The Bead Directory by Linda Benmour, 1995
- Bead And Button, "People Beads", No.6, 1994
- Ornament, "Master Class: Photographing Your Work", Summer
1994
- Washington Beadmakers Exhibition Catalogue, 1994
- A Gathering - Contemporary Hand Made Glass Beads, 1994
- Color Trends by Michelle Wipplinger, 1992
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