SABRINA KNOWLES
Born: 1955 Monterey, CA
Education:
1986-88 SCCC, Seattle, Liberal Arts
1988-89 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle
1993-96 Pilchuck Glass School – Marioni, Signoretto, Tagliapietra
JENNY POHLMAN
Born: 1960 Cincinnati, OH
Education:
1982 Ohio University, Athens, OH, BS Journalism
1992-99 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle
1993-96 Pilchuck Glass School – Hank Murta Adams
INDEPENDENT CULTURAL STUDIES
2015 Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany
2012 Mexico City
2008 Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
2005 Cambodia, Laos
2004 Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
2002 Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
2000 Ghana
1997 Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Schack Arts Center, 50 Years – 100 Artists: Celebrating Our Journey, Everett, WA
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Northwest School Now, Bainbridge Island, WA
Moxion/Earth Creative Collaborative, Richmond, CA
Habatat Galleries, The 52nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Kirkland Arts Center, Like Mother, Kirkland, WA
2023
Schack Art Center, Connections: Creative Collaborations, Everett, WA
Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College, Like Mother, Auburn, WA
Duane Reed Gallery, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Selections from the Permanent Art Collection, Bainbridge Island, WA
Habatat Galleries, The 51st Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Earth Creative | JR Harris Gallery, BAIT “Beyond An Inconvenient Truth” Seattle, WA
2022
Seattle Art Fair, represented by Habatat Galleries
White River Museum, Like Mother, Auburn, WA
2021
Whatcom Museum, Fluid Formations, Bellingham, WA
Muskegon Museum, Beyond the Ceiling: Women of Studio Glass, Muskegon, MI
Museum of Glass, Transparency: An LBGTQ+ Glass Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Intersect Chicago, represented by Duane Reed Gallery
2020
Museum of Glass, Transparency: An LBGTQ+ Glass Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Chihuly Collection, Morean Arts Center, solo exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL
Habatat Galleries, The 48th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Blue Rain Gallery, Glass Invitational, curated by Shelley Muzylowski/Allen, Santa Fe
2019
Museum of Glass, Transparency: An LBGTQ+ Glass Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Habatat Galleries, The 47th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Bellevue Arts Museum, BAM! Glasstastic, Bellevue, WA
Chihuly Collection, Morean Arts Center, solo exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL
SOFA Chicago, since 2001, represented by Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis
2018
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles: SYNCHRONICITY – Twenty-five Years of Collaboration, Bainbridge Island, WA
Bellevue Arts Museum, BAM! Glasstastic, Bellevue, WA
Chihuly Collection, Morean Arts Center, Storytellers, St. Petersburg, FL
Flint Art Institute, Isabel Foundation Collection, Flint, MI
Habatat Galleries, The 46th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
2017
Habatat Galleries, The 45th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Glass Wheel Studio, GAS Members Juried Exhibition, Norfolk, VA
National Liberty Museum, Transparency, Philadelphia
Montague Gallery, Opening Exhibition, San Francisco
Schack Art Center, Lodestar, Solo Exhibition, Everett, WA
Bellevue Arts Museum, Making our Mark: Art by Pratt Teaching Artists, Bellevue, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Selections from the Anne Gould Hauberg Collection, Tacoma, WA
2016
Palm Springs Art Museum, Contemporary Glass, Palm Desert, CA
Museum of Glass, #BeTheCurator, Tacoma, WA
Habatat Galleries, The 44th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Duane Reed Gallery, Second Wind, Solo Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
2015
Abmeyer + Wood, Bodies + Beings, Seattle, WA
Foss Waterway Seaport, Wunderkammer: Artifacts, False Memories and Projections, Tacoma, WA
Habatat Galleries, The 43nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Glass Weekend, Wheaton Arts, NJ
2014
Coos Art Museum, “Playing with Fire,” Coos Bay, OR
Habatat Galleries, The 42nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Gallery One, solo exhibition, Ellensburg, WA
Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA
Art Palm Beach, Duane Reed Gallery, FL
2013
Coos Art Museum, “Playing with Fire,” Coos Bay, OR
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Opening exhibition, Bainbridge Island, WA
Habatat Galleries, The 41st Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Vashon Allied Arts, Unique Visions in Glass, WA
Art Palm Springs, Duane Reed Gallery, CA
2012
Allentown Art Museum, The Lerner Contemporary Glass Collection, PA
Ken Saunders Gallery, “Women on Top,” Chicago, IL
Habatat Galleries, The 40th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Duane Reed Gallery, “Reflections,” St. Louis, MO
2011
Ken Saunders Gallery, “Seattle Reigns,” Chicago, IL
Muskegon Museum of Art, “Primal Inspirations,” Muskegon, MI
Museum of Glass, “Fertile Ground: Recent Masterworks from the Visiting Artist Residency Program,” Tacoma, WA
Habatat Galleries, The 39th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Bellevue Arts Museum, “Convergent Zone,” Bellevue, WA
2010
Traver Gallery, Women in Glass: Innovators and Visionaries, Seattle
Habatat Galleries, The 38th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Tacoma Art Museum, Neddy Artist Fellowship exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
2009
Tacoma Art Museum, Neddy Artist Fellowship exhibition, Tacoma, WA
Pismo Gallery, solo exhibition, Denver, CO
Habatat Galleries, The 37th Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
2008
Racine Art Museum, New, Novel, and Never Shown Before 2008, Racine, WI
Habatat Galleries, The 36st Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Duane Reed Gallery, What We Have Forgotten, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Friesen Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
2007
Habatat Galleries, The 35st Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Pismo Gallery, Anthology, solo exhibition, Aspen, CO
2006
Edmonds Museum, Contemplations, solo exhibition, Edmonds, WA
Friesen Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
2005
R. Duane Reed Gallery, The Poetry of Curvature, solo exhibition, NY, NY
Larson Museum, Reflections: 13 Years of Collaboration, solo exhibition, Yakima, WA
2004
Museum of Northwest Art, Collaborations 2, solo exhibition, LaConnor, WA
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Friesen Gallery, Harmonia, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
2003
Habatat Galleries, “From Fire”, The 31st Annual International Glass Invitational, Royal Oak, MI
Creative Glass Center of America, 20/20 Vision, Millville, NJ
Friesen Gallery, “Am I Clear”, group exhibition, Seattle, WA
Thomas Riley Gallery, Pohlman & Knowles – New Works, solo exhibition, Cleveland, OH
2002
Friesen Gallery, Passageways, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Creative Glass Center of America, fellowship exhibition, Millville, NJ
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Chicago, IL
2001
Simon Edwards Gallery, Journey, solo exhibition, Yakima, WA
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Chicago, IL
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Port of Seattle, International Airport, Creativity and Collaboration: Pilchuck Glass School at 30, invitational, Sea-Tac, WA
2000
Ochi Fine Art, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
R. Duane Reed Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Port of Seattle, International Airport, Made in Washington: Glass at the Millennium, invitational, Sea-Tac, WA
1999
Creative Glass Center of America, juried, Millville, NJ
Port of Seattle, International Airport, Influences in Contemporary Glass, juried group exhibition, Sea-Tac, WA
Miller Gallery, group exhibition, New York, NY
Simon Edwards Gallery, Ceremonial Objects, solo exhibition, Yakima, WA
1998
The Pratt Gallery at COCA, solo exhibition, Seattle, WA
Ochi Fine Art Gallery, A Sun Valley Whisper in an African Daydream, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
Simon Edwards Gallery, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Yakima, WA
Port of Seattle, International Airport, Pilchuck Glass School Exhibition, invitational, Sea-Tac, WA
1997
Ochi Fine Art, Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, solo exhibition, Sun Valley, ID
Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu International Glass Art Festival, invitational, Hsinchu, Taiwan
International Trade Fair, Exempla ’97, invitational, Munich, Germany
Port of Seattle, International Airport, Pilchuck Glass School Exhibition, invitational, Sea-Tac, WA
1996
Bellevue Arts Museum, The Ubiquitous Bead, Bellevue, WA
Gallery of Visual Arts, The Translucent Object, invitational, University of Montana, Missoula
Port of Seattle, International Airport, Pilchuck Glass School Exhibition, invitational, Sea-Tac, WA
Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, Southwest invitational IX, Tucson, AZ
Tustin Renaissance, A Survey of Contemporary Glass, juried, Tustin, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
• Boca Raton Museum of Art
• Cancer Care Alliance Center, Seattle
• Flint Art Institute, Sherwin and Shirley Glass Collection, Flint, MI
• Henry Ford Museum, Bruce Bachmann Collection, Dearborn, MI
• Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
• Lowe Museum of Art, Myrna & Sheldon Palley Pavilion, University of Miami
• Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
• Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ
• Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
• National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia
• New Bedford Museum of Glass, New Bedford, MA
• PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center, San Juan Islands, WA
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
• Jon & Mary Shirley Collection, Seattle
• Tacoma Art Museum, Anne Gould Hauberg Collection, Tacoma, WA
RECOGNITIONS
• Pratt Fine Arts Center Town Hall Event, Life Cycle of Seattle Artists, 2024
• Pilchuck Glass School, Gaffer Olympics residency, 2015
• Museum of Glass, Hot Shop Artist Series Residency, Tacoma, WA, 2014, 2007, 2003
• Pilchuck Glass School scholarship recipient, Knowles, 2013
• Pratt Fine Arts Center board of trustee member 2013 -16, chair 2016 -18, Pohlman, 2013
• Photo selected for “Inside Out,” a global art project by 2010 TED recipient J.R. 3317 photos submitted, 150 selected, 2011
• Service in the Arts award, Pratt Fine Arts Center, 2011, hosted by Jon & Mary Shirley
• Neddy Fellowship nominee, Behnke Foundation, Seattle 2010, 2009
• Bellevue Arts Museum board of trustee members 2009-2012
• Saxe Fellowship Award, Bay Area Glass Institute, San Jose 2009
• Wheaton Arts & Cultural Center “Glass Weekend” featured artists, Millville, NJ 2007
• Glass Art Society Conference, demonstrator, 2006, 1999
• Creative Glass Center of America, visiting artists, 2004
• Service in Education Award, Pohlman, Pratt Fine Arts Center, 2000
• Creative Glass Center of America, fellowship, 1999
• A+ Partnership Award, Seattle Education Alliance, Pohlman, “Fired Up About Glass” 1997
• Jon & Mary Shirley Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1996
• Alice Rooney Scholarship, Knowles, Pilchuck Glass School, 1996
• Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship, Knowles 1993
SCHOLARSHIP
In 2000, Pohlman and Knowles established the Pohlman Knowles High School Scholarship at Pratt Fine Arts Center and continue to sponsor the scholarship annually.
LECTURES
• Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Eye on the Artist series. 2018
• Vashon Allied Arts, WA , 2013
• Bellevue Arts Museum, First Friday lecture series, 2011
• Arizona Glass Alliance, 2010
• Bellevue Arts Museum, docent event, 2009
• Pecha Kucha, Bellevue Arts Museum, 2009
• SOFA, for Pratt Fine Arts Center, Chicago, IL 2006
• Larson Gallery and Museum, Yakima, WA 2005
• Museum of Northwest Art, LaConnor, WA, 2005
• Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA, 2003
• SOFA, Chicago, 2002
• San Jose State University, 2000
• Larsen Museum, Yakima, WA, 2000
• California School of Arts & Crafts, 2000
• Pilchuck Glass School, “Zimbabwe: A Cultural Study”, 1997
• Pilchuck Glass School, Winter/Spring Lecture Series, 1997
PUBLICATIONS
• Art on the Road: Transparency – An LGTBQ+ Glass Art Exhibition at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma Friderike Heuer, 2019
• Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles – SYNCHRONICITY: Twenty-Five Years of Collaboration, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, NW Trillium Press, 2018
• The Glass Collection, Flint Arts Institute, 2018, pp. 108-9
• Real Change, Seattle, cover and pps. 6, 7 & 10
• Glass Art Magazine, Jan/Feb, 2018, cover and pps. 6 – 11
• Glass Art Podcast, Jan, 2018
• “Leaping for Joy at the Northwest Sinfonietta with Dance and Glass,“ The News Tribune, April 3, 2017
• “Glass Sculptors Honor Indigenous People,” The Seattle Times, May 30, 2016
• Parish-Hadley Tree of Life: An Intimate History of the Legendary Design Firm, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2015
• Seattle Reigns, Ken Saunders Gallery, pps. 39 – 47, 2011
• 25 Years of New Glass Review, The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 91. 2005
• 500 Glass Objects, A celebration of Functional & Sculptural Glass, Lark Books, pp 146 & 147. 2006
• Anne Gould Hauberg, Fired By Beauty, Barbara Johns, University of Washington Press, p. 145, 2005
• Artisan Northwest, cover & pp. 16 – 19, Winter 2005
• Glass Magazine, pp. 102 – 105, Winter 2005
• American Style, cover & pp. 58, 60, 64, August 2005
• Women Working in Glass, Lucartha Kohler, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., pp 149 & 150, 2003
• Glass Art, pp 62, May/June 2003
• Carol Duvall Show, Home & Garden Show, Los Angeles, CA 2000
• New Glass Review, German Language Publications, Inc., New Jersey, 2000, 1996
• Glass, summer 1998, pps 34-37, Urban Glass Publication, NY
• Metalsmith, winter 1998, pps. 34, 35
• The Seattle Times, Arts & Entertainment, p. 3, November 11, 1996
• The Seattle Times, Scene, p. F1, May 1, 1995
• The Seattle Times, Arts & Entertainment, Sketchbook, p. E2, April 10, 1995