Chris L. Buzzini

BORN:
1949................................... Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A.

EDUCATION:
1971-1973........................... California State University, Chico: Fine Arts Major
1968-1971........................... Shasta Junior College, Redding, CA: A.A. Fine Arts

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

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

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

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