CYNTHIA BRINGLE I NORTH CAROLINA
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OCCUPATION:

1970 – Present Clay Studio, Penland, NC.
1965 – 1970 Clay Studio, Eads, TN.

EDUCATION:

1962 – 1964 Alfred University (New York College), Alfred, NY, MFA.
1958 – 1962 Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN, BFA.
1957 – 1958 Southwestern at Memphis (Rhodes College), Memphis, TN.

RETROSPECTIVES:

1999 “Cynthia Bringle: A Fiery Influence”, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC; and North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC.

SELECTED INVITATIONALS & JURIED

2003 – 2004 “Art of Tennessee”, FRIST Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN.
2003 “Delec Table: (Exceptional Functional Ceramics)”, Brookfirld Craft Center, CT.
2003 “Spotlight 2003”, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
2003 “Cups”, Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
2002 “Teapot Invitational”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC.
2002 “Peaks to Piedmont”, Campbell House Gallery, Southern Pines, NC.
2001 “Southern Women of Influence”, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY.
2000 – 2002 “Ceramic National 2000”, Tour: Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
2001 “Bird, Beasts, and Little Fishes”, Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
2001 “Sum and Substance: Penland Clay Resident Artists”, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
2001 “NCECA Exhibition”, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
2001 “Faces of Fire”, Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT.
2001 “NC Clay Past and Present”, Bank of America, Asheville, NC.
2000 – 2001 “Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt”, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC; Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
2000 “Utilitarian Clay III”, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
2000 “Museum of New Mexico”, Sante Fe, NM.
2000 “Wood Fire Ceramics”, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2000 “2 for 2000”, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC.
1999 “Southern Clay Invitational”, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC.
1999 “American Masters in Clay”, Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
1999 “Lighten Up”, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
1999 “Different Stokes”, International Woodfire Show, Iowa City, IA.
1998 Appalachian Region Commission”, Washington, DC.
1998 “100 Contemporary NC Teapots”, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC.
1998 “Working Potters Around Penland”, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA.
1998 “Women’s Woodfire”, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.
1998 “Functional Ceramics”, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH.
SELECTED INVITATIONALS & JURIED: (continued)

1998 “Artist Tiles in Western NC”, Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University,
Cullowhee, NC.
1997 “Kutani International Invitational”, Ishikawa, Japan.
1997 “American Potters”, Moegi Gallery, Moshiko, Japan.
1997 “Alabama Clay Conference Invitational”, Jacksonville, AL.
1997 “Fifth Annual Teapot Exhibition” Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
1997 “Ceramic Art of North Carolina”, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
1997 “Generations, Penland Teacher-Student”, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
1997 “Tea, Hot Ice”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
1997 “Hundred Mile Radius”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
1997 “The Tempestuous Teapot”, Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1997 “Clay, Wood, Fire, Salt”, Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY.
1997 “Penland Area Potters”, Lil Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1996 “Teapots, Interpretations by Southern Artists”, Lenox Square, Atlanta, GA.
1996 “Master Ceramics, Women’s Perspectives”, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL.
1996 “National Teapot Show III”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC.
1996 “Wood-Fired Clay”, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC.
1996 “Claynormous”, Carillon Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
1996 “The Great Clay Road”, Mooring Art Center, Asheboro, NC.
1995 “Goblets of Clay/Glass”, WDO Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
1995 “Salt Glazed Ceramics”, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Rowe Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
1995 “Spirited Vessel”, Piedmont Crafts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
1995 “Atmosphere and Element”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
1995 “50th Anniversary Exhibit”, Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
1994 “Art for the Garden”, New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC.
1994 “Table Top Concepts”, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Indiana,
Bloomington, IN.
1994 “Tea, Hot Ice”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
1994 “The Potters’ Art, Form and Function”, Clayspace, Miami Beach, FL.
1993 “NC Crafts Invitational” Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
1993 “Teapot, Concept and Approach”, Indiana University SE, New Albany, IN.
1993 “Clay ’93 Today”, Blue Spiral 1 Asheville, NC.
1993 “Functional Ceramics”, Wayne Center for Arts, Wooster, OH.
1993 “Contemporary American Ceramics”, Duncan Gallery of Art, Deland, FL.
1992 “Teapot Invitational”, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
1992 “Amoco Selects”, Heron School of Art Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
1992 “100 Cups”, PRO-ART, St. Louis, MO.
1992 “Happy Birth Clay – An Anniversary Retrospective” Grove Gallery, University of California, La Jolla, CA.
1992 – 1995 “Penland Overlook”, Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC.
1992 “North Carolina Clay”, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
1992 “Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object”, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
1991 “Tea for Two”, Ariana Gallery, Birmingham, MI.
1991 “American Woodfire’91”, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
1990 “Faculty show”, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
1989 “Teapot Invitational”, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC.
1988, 1989 “Teapot Invitational”, Lee Sclar Gallery, Morristown, NJ.

SELECTED INVITATIONALS & JURIED: (continued)

1989 “Contemporary Crafts of North and South Carolina”, Dee Miller International Gallery, San Diego, CA.
1989 “Oriental Influence”, Farmington Valley Art Center, Avon, CT.
1988 “Raku Invitational”, NCECA Traveling Show.
1988 “National Ceramic Invitational”, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL.
1988 “Functional Crafts”, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC.
1988 “Form and Function”, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI.
1987 “Treasure House”, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
1987 “Potter’s Potter”, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
1976, 1986 “Functional Ceramics”, College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH.
1986 “North Carolina Crafts”, North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC.
1986 “Contrast & Convergence”, Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston- Salem, NC.
1985 Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
1985 “Timeless Designs”, Deer Isle, ME.
1985 Selo-Shevel, Ann Arbor, MI.
1984 “USA, Portrait of the South”, Rome, Italy.
1984 Vermont State Craft Fair at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT.
1982 “Tea for Two”, Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, DC.
1982 “American Porcelain”, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC.
1980 “For the Tabletop”, American Craft Museum, New York, NY.
1980 “NCECA Potters Dozen”, Ann Arbor, MI.
1977 “Crafts in the White House”, Washington, DC.
1975 “Biennial National Invitational”, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL.
1973 “International Ceramic Symposium, Memphis, TN.
1973 “Women in Porcelain”, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
1973 “Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC.
1973 “Objects for Preparing Food”, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY.
1967 “First Survey of Contemporary American Craft”, Winston-Salem, NC.
1966 “22nd Annual Scripts College Ceramic Invitational”, Claremont, CA.
1965 Museum of Contemporary Craft, New York, NY.

SELECTED ONE & TWO PERSON SHOWS:

2003 Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002 Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC.
2001 “2 From NC” Eureka Crafts, Syracuse, NY.
2000 Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
1998 “Cynthia Bringle at American Folk”, Asheville, NC.
1996 St. Andrews Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN.
1991 Mooring Art Center, Asheboro, NC.
1991 Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC.
1990 “Bringle & Bringle”, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA.
1989 “Clay & Fiber”, Theater Art Galleries, High Point, NC.
1986 “Bringle & Bringle”, Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
1985 Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX.
1984 Galeria Ocra, So Paulo, Brazil.
1983 Grove Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
1982 Anderson Ranch Art Gallery, Snowmass, CO.
1980 Greenwich House Gallery, New York, NY.
1979 American Hand, Washington, DC.
1977 Arts and Craft Society, Portland, OR.
1973 Handwork Shop, Richmond, VA.

SELECTED ONE & TWO PERSON SHOWS: (continued)

1967 Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN.
1969 Handwork Shop, Richmond, VA.
1966 Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1964 Centennial House, Deer Isle, ME.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Cynthia Bringle: A Fiery Influence, Retrospective Catalog
Throwing on the Wheel, Lark Books
Penland Book of Ceramics, Lark Books
Studio Potter, Vol.31, #1, 2003
Crafts Report, September, 2003
American Craft, January, 2000 & November 2000
Ceramics Monthly, April 2000 & June 2001
Clay Times, May, 1999
500 Bowls, Lark Books
500 Teapots, Lark Books

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

B.F. Goodrich
Corsaw Collection, Alfred, NY
Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Bank of America
Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
Thomas S. Keenan Institute for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Health South, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Nations Bank, Charlotte, NC
La Grange College, La Grange, GA
Burlington Art Center, Ontario, Canada
GLAXO Inc.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
North Carolina Governor’s Residence, Asheville, NC
State of North Carolina
IBM Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD
Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Smithsonian International traveling exhibition
Tennessee State Museum
Family Dollar Store
North Carolina National Bank
Wachovia Bank, North Carolina
Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
R. J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem, NC
Stetson University, Deland, FL

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