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| Dale Chihuly at TED 2010 | |
| Birth name | Dale Patrick Chihuly |
| Born | September 20, 1941 Tacoma, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Glass sculptor |
| Training | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rhode Island School of Design. |
Dale Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur.
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Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in 1957 at a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack a year later, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound in 1959. A year later, he transferred to the University of Washington at Seattle, where in 1965 he received a bachelor of arts degree in interior design.[1]
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin–Madison[1], where he studied under Harvey Littleton. In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design.[1] In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington.[2]
In 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on automobile accident during which he flew through the windshield.[1][3] His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye. After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his shoulder in a 1979 bodysurfing accident.[3] No longer able to hold the glass blowing pipe, he hired others to do the work; Chihuly explained the change in a 2006 interview, saying "Once I stepped back, I liked the view" and pointing out that it allowed him to see the work from more perspectives and enabled him to anticipate problems faster.[1] Chihuly describes his role as "more choreographer than dancer, more supervisor than participant, more director than actor."[1]
Chihuly and his team of artists were the subjects of the documentary Chihuly Over Venice; the program was the first HDTV program to be broadcast in the United States when it aired in November 1998.[citation needed] They were also featured in the documentary Chihuly in the Hotshop, syndicated to public television stations by American Public Television starting in November 1, 2008.[4]
Regina Hackett, as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer art critic, provided a chronology of his work during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s:[1]
Chihuly has also produced a sizable volume of "Irish cylinders"[6], which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
For his exhibition in Jerusalem in 2000, in addition to the glass pieces, he had enormous blocks of transparent ice brought in from an Alaskan artesian well and formed a wall, echoing the stones of the nearby Citadel. Lights with color gels were set up behind them for illumination. Chihuly said the melting wall represented the "dissolution of barriers" between people.[7]
Chihuly's largest permanent exhibit can be found at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Chihuly maintains two retail stores in partnership with MGM Mirage. One is located at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip,[8] the other at the MGM Grand Casino in Macau.[9] A number of other galleries also carry his pieces.
In 2010 the owners of the Space Needle announced a new exhibit of his work for the Seattle Center. It is expected to open in 2011.[10]
In 2006, Chihuly filed a lawsuit against his former longtime employee, glassblower Bryan Rubino, and businessman Robert Kaindl, under accusations of copyright and trademark infringement. Kaindl's pieces used titles Chihuly used for his own works, such as Seaforms and Ikebana, as well as resembling the construction of Chihuly's pieces. Arguments made by legal experts stated influence on art style is not copyright infringement, and in a 2003 California case an artist was ruled against because he "couldn't have a copyright on the way jellyfish look".[11][12]
Chihuly settled the lawsuit independently with Rubino initially,[13] and later Kaindl as well.[14]
Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 Chihuly's The Sun was on temporary display until January 2006 at Kew Gardens, London, England. The piece is 13 feet (4 m) high |
 Dale Chihuly glass art at the exhibition of his work in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2005 |
 Chandelier at the Tower of David |
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| Dale Chihuly | |
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File:Dale Chihuly at Dale Chihuly at TED 2010 | |
| Birth name | Dale Patrick Chihuly |
| Born |
September 20, 1941 Tacoma, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Glass sculptor |
| Training | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rhode Island School of Design. |
Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur.
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Chihuly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in 1957 at a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack a year later, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound in 1959. A year later, he transferred to the University of Washington at Seattle, where in 1965 he received a bachelor of arts degree in interior design.[1]
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin–Madison,[1] where he studied under Harvey Littleton. In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design.[1] In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington.[2]
In 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield.[1][3] His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye. After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his shoulder in a 1979 bodysurfing accident.[3] No longer able to hold the glass blowing pipe, he hired others to do the work; Chihuly explained the change in a 2006 interview, saying "Once I stepped back, I liked the view" and pointing out that it allowed him to see the work from more perspectives and enabled him to anticipate problems faster.[1] Chihuly describes his role as "more choreographer than dancer, more supervisor than participant, more director than actor."[1] San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Erin Glass wrote that she, "wonders at the vision of not just the artist Chihuly, but the wildly successful entrepreneur Chihuly whose estimated sales by 2004 was reported by The Seattle Times as $29 million."[4]
Chihuly and his team of artists were the subjects of the documentary Chihuly Over Venice; the program was the first HDTV program to be broadcast in the United States when it aired in November 1998.[citation needed] They were also featured in the documentary Chihuly in the Hotshop, syndicated to public television stations by American Public Television starting in November 1, 2008.[5]
Regina Hackett, as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer art critic, provided a chronology of his work during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s:[1]
Chihuly has also produced a sizable volume of "Irish cylinders",[7] which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
For his exhibition in Jerusalem in 2000, in addition to the glass pieces, he had enormous blocks of transparent ice brought in from an Alaskan artesian well and formed a wall, echoing the stones of the nearby Citadel. Lights with color gels were set up behind them for illumination. Chihuly said the melting wall represented the "dissolution of barriers" between people.[8]
Chihuly's largest permanent exhibit can be found at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Chihuly maintains two retail stores in partnership with MGM Mirage. One is located at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip,[9] the other at the MGM Grand Casino in Macau.[10] A number of other galleries also carry his pieces.
In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for a museum of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups.[11][12]
In 2006, Chihuly filed a lawsuit against his former longtime employee, glassblower Bryan Rubino, and businessman Robert Kaindl, under accusations of copyright and trademark infringement. Kaindl's pieces used titles Chihuly used for his own works, such as Seaforms and Ikebana, as well as resembling the construction of Chihuly's pieces. Arguments made by legal experts stated influence on art style is not copyright infringement, and in a 2003 California case an artist was ruled against because he "couldn't have a copyright on the way jellyfish look".[13][14]
Chihuly settled the lawsuit independently with Rubino initially,[15] and later Kaindl as well.[16]
for a 30-foot -high (9.1 m), blown-glass chandelier dominates the museum's main entrance.]]
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Chihuly's The Sun was on temporary display until January 2006 at Kew Gardens, London, England. The piece is 13 feet (4 m) high |
Chihuly at Kew Gardens
Dale Chihuly glass art at the exhibition of his work in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2005 |
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Chandelier at the Tower of David |
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