Born

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., March 25, 1951

Education

1979 Rhode Island School of Design,
Special Student Advanced Glass Program (Fall Semester)
1973 B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
1971 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington,
Advanced Glass Workshop (June thru August)
1970 Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington,
Glassblowing Workshop (August)

Awards/Honors

2009 American Craft Council College of Fellows
2006 Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts
1999 "Innovation in a Glassworking Technique", UrbanGlass Annual Award, USA
1997 Die Bayerische Staatsregierung, Munich, Germany
1988 Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, U.S.A.
1984 Research Grant, Stichting Klankschap (Foundation), Amsterdam, the Netherlands (see Related Professional Experiences, 1984-1985)
1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship
Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington, Artist-in-Residence (August)
1981-82 New York State Council on the Arts
Artists-in-Residence Grant in conjunction with the New York Experimental Glass Workshop

Related Professional Experience

2010 Residency: Fondaione Giorgio Cini, Vittore Branca international Center for the Study of Italian Culture, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
Advisory Committee AIDA/Association of Israel’s Decorative Arts, New York, NY
2009-present Board of Trustees Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2004-present Board of Governors Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI USA
PASA (Providence After School Alliance), Providence, RI, USA
2002-present Advisory Board, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Board of Trustees, Festival Ballet Providence, RI, USA
Advisory Board, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2001 – 02 Designs and produces ten torches for the relay at the Paralympics opening ceremonies in Salt Lake City, Utah
1991-92 Executes series of limited edition pieces for E.O.S. Murano, Italy
1984-85 Ghana, 6 months special research project, to record and research the living music of Ghana in Collaboration with the Ghanaian Ministry of Culture, the Institute of African Studies, Legon, Ghana and the Klankschap Foundation, Holland
1984 Invited by VENINI, Spa of Venice, Italy to design a special series of “unique” pieces to add to their line.
U.C.L.A., Artist-in-Residence, Visiting Critic, Los Angeles, CA
Pilchuck Glass Center, Instructor, Special Workshop in Fusing, Slumping, Pate-de-verre
1981-83 During this time the artist executed a variety of special projects in glass, including work for advertising firms, production companies, designs for production, and was invited by VENINI, Spa of Venice, Italy to design a special series of "unique" pieces to add to their line.
1981 – 83 During this time the artist executed a variety of special projects in glass, including work for advertising firms, production companies, and designs for production.
TEAM OF FIVE who reestablished and rebuilt the Second New York Experimental Glass Workshop, Department Head, Hot Glass Program and established alliance with Parsons School of Design/The New School Faculty, Crafts Program
1982 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deere Isle, Maine, Instructor Hot Glass Workshop (July)
1980-81 New York Experimental Glass Workshop, Assistant Director
1980 Pilchuck Glass Center, assisted Dan Dailey, Hot Glass Workshop
1971-73 Assisted Dale Chihuly in the establishment of the Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington

Guest Lecturer / Visiting Artist

2012 Seminar, CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF AMERICAN STUDIO GLASS”, Corning Museum of Glass
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
GLASS ART SOCIETY 2012 CONFERENCE, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH
Fuller Craft Museum, MA
2010 Harvard University, visiting lecturer
SOFA WEST, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Guest Lecture Series: Artist Mentor, Discussion: Toots Zynsky and Harue Shimomoto
2009 OFA WEST, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Guest Lecture Series: Open Doors
Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket, MA Guest Lecture Series
2008 Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Tuesday Talks Lecture Series
Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Living Glass History Project, in-studio live webcam video conference guest lecturer/interactive interview (“virtual” visiting artist educational program pilot course).
2006 Toots Zynsky lecture and workshop, Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain
2005 Toots Zynsky, Lecturer and Workshop, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima-machi, Japan
Guest Lecturer, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, USA
Guest Lecturer, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, USA
2004 Guest Lecturer, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, USA
Guest Lecturer, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
Guest Lecturer and demonstration, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2003 Toots Zynsky Seminar, special glass making techniques workshop and lecture, Kanaz Forest of Creation, Fukui, Japan
Guest Lecturer, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
2002 Guest Lecturer, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2000 Guest Lecturer, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, USA
1999 Guest Lecturer, Koganezaki Glass Museum, Kamogun, Japan
Guest Lecturer, Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
1998 Guest Lecturer, Delaware Museum of Art
1997 Guest Lecturer, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Guest Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1996 Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Guest Instructor Glass Program, Second Semester
1995 Guest Lecturer, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
1994 Guest Lecturer, Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington
1992 Guest Lecturer, Glass Art Society 22nd Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
Lecture read by Jean Luc Olivie' of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
1990 Guest Lecturer, Zürich, Switzerland
1988 Guest Lecturer, 28th Seminar on Glass, the Corning Museum of Glass, NY
Guest Lecturer, Yamaha Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1987 External Examiner, West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, England
Guest Lecturer Glass Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1986 External Examiner, West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, England
1985 Cincinnati Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Guest Lecturer, B.A.G. Conference, West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, UK
1984 Guest Lecturer, G.A.S. Conference, Corning, NY
UCLA, Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Guest Panelist, "The Fine Art of Private Commissions", Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
1982 Guest Lecturer, "Contemporary Glass", Art History Program, New York University,
New York, NY
Continuing Education Program Lecture, "Contemporary Glass", Scarsdale, NY
Guest Lecture Glass Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1981 Guest Panelist, "Alternative Education Programs in Glass Arts",
Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle, WA
Video Performance, Collaboration with Buster Simpson, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, Washington
Visiting Artist, Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, WA
1979 Glassblowing Workshop, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1975 Guest Lecturer, "Studio Glass Movement in the U.S.", Williams College,
Williamstown, MA

Selected Exhibitions

2012 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa FL, Selections from the Permanent Collection
Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL, Evolution/Revolution: Fifty Years of American Studio Glass
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach FL, Studio Glass: Works from the Museum Collection
The Newark Museum, Newark NJ, Studio Glass 1962-2012
Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton FL, Glass Act: The Contemporary Glass Art Movement Turns 50
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA, Red Hot and Blown: Contemporary Glass from the Crocker’s Collection
2011 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Masters of Studio Glass, Toots Zynsky
2010 The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, Beyond the Figure: Abstract Sculpture in the Norton Collection

The Racine Art Museum Racine, Wisconsin A Glass Act: First Rate Glass from RAM’s Collection

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (Quebec) Canada, The Body in Glass: Gift of the Anna and Joe Mendel Collection to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, Eyes For Glass: The Price Collection
2009 STUDIO, Palm Desert, CA Los Tres Amigos
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Pioneers of Contemporary Glass: Highlights from the Barbara and Dennis Dubois Collection

The Patty and Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, Living with Studio Furniture: Collection of Robert and Carolyn Springborn
2008 The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, Networks 2008
2007 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada, All for Art! Great Private Collections Among Us
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, 1950-2006
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, The Art of Glass from Gale to Chihuly: Highlights from the Lowenbach Collection
Musee de Design et D’Arts Appliques Contemporains Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland (permanent exhibition), Contemporary Glass Art: A new vision of the mudac’s collection
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, A Gathering of Contemporary Glass
2006 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark, Twenty Years On
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Glass: Material Matters
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA, A Transparent Legacy: Studio Glass Gifted to the Seattle Art Museum from the Collection of Jon and Mary Shirley
The Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, From Craft to Art: Contemporary Studio Sculpture
Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA, New England Glass: The Quiet Force
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio, USA, Two Media/Two Expressions: an exhibition of Contemporary Clay and Glass
2005 Steninge Slott Cultural Centre, Marsta, Sweden, Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass 2005
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Transformations: the Language of Craft
Musee Tomo, Tokyo, Japan, Contemporary Glass- Light Transfigured, from Toyoma City Collection
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, USA, Taking Shape: Pilchuck Glass School in the 70’s
Notojima Glass Art Museum, Notojima-machi, Japan, Toots Zynsky
Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection, North America Tour, 2003-2006, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI, Chazan’s Choice: Gifts of Contemporary Art to the RISD Museum
The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AZ, American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling exhibition)
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark, Exhibition of the Permanent Collection
Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art form the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling exhibition) Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC; Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI; Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2004 Shoha Museum of Sarutahiko Shrine, Ise, Japan, Toots Zynsky
The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI, Recent Acquisitions in Glass
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling exhibition) Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA; Berstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, International Museum of Art and Science, NcAllen, TX
Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling exhibition) The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kogenezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan, Technique and Expression II: Fussing and Gluing
2003 Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass
The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. Through American Eyes: Two Centuries of American Art from the Huntington Museum of Art (traveling exhibition)
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA, Contemporary Directions: Glass form the Maxine and William Block Collection (traveling exhibition)
Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design (formerly Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation), Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Glass Vessel: An International Invitational
The World Craft Forum Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan, World Competition of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa, Special
American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement (traveling exhibition) The William S. Fairfield Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA, USA
2002 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection (traveling exhibition)
Museo Correr (Civici Musei Veneziani D’Arte e di Storia), Venice, Italy, Toots Zynsky, (traveling exhibition)
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, USA, Transparent Illusions
2001 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark, Toots Zynsky (traveling exhibition)
Shanhai Fine Arts Museum, Shanghai, China, and China Millenium Monument Museum, Beijing, China, Contemporary Glass Worldwide
Nordjllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark and Tonder Museum, Tonder, Denmark, Flet, Braid
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA, Venini- Glass and Design in a World Perspective
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, Late 20th Century Sculpture
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, Fire and Light, 3000 years of Glass Artistry
The Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, Contemporary Glass from the Permanent Collection
2000 Museum of Modern Art, Open Ends, MoMa 2000, New York, NY, USA
American Craft Museum, Venetian Glass: 20th century Italian Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection concurrent with Memories of Murano: American Glass Artists in Venice, New York, NY, USA
Museum of American Art, From Westmoreland Glass to Contemporary Glass, Greensburg, PA, USA
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan “Vessels” The International Exhibition of Glass
The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL, USA, Splendor in the Glass: Contemporary Glass from the Palley Collection
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition (SITES), Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD; Museum of Art and Sciences, Macon, GA.
1999 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum,
The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Glogal Art Glass, Borgholm Castle, Borgholm, Sweden
*Koganezaki Glass Museum, Koganezaki, Japan
*Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA (SITES)
Huntsvillle Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL (SITES)
1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro, Italy
1997 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Masters of Contemporary Glass, Selections from the Glick Collection, Indianapolis, IN
Tucson Museum of Art, ¡Cálido!, Contemporary Warm Glass, Tucson, AZ
Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Inaugural Exhibition, Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Glass Today by American Studio Artists, Boston, MA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections, Cleveland, OH
Museo del Vidrio, Inaugural Exhibition, Monterrey, Mexico
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences , Blowing Hot, Cutting Cold: 35th Anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement, Peoria, IL
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Artistes Verriers Conemporains. Lausanne, Switzerland
1996 Venezia Aperto Vetro, Italy
Musée National de Céramique, Couleurs et transparence, chefs-d'oeuvre du verre contemporain, Sévres, France
1995 Yamaha Corporation, "Glass Now '95", ’94, ’92, ’91, ’90, ’89, & ’87 Tokyo, Japan
1994 International Craft Exhibition, Lillehammer, Norway
1993 White House, White House Craft Collection, Washington DC
Toledo Museum of Art, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection
1992 Art Gallery of Western Australia, "The Second Australian International Crafts Triennial",
Perth, Australia
The Whatcom Museum of History and Art, "Clearly Art - The Pilchuck's Glass Legacy",
Bellingham, WA
Conseil Regional de Haute-Normandie, "Exposition International de Verre Contemporaine", France
1991 Erfurt, Germany, "Configura 1 -Kunst in Europa Erfurt 91",
Musée des Arts Decoratif de Prague, "Chefs d'Oeuvres de la Verrerie Francaise du XIXe siecle a nos jours", Czechoslovakia
1990 Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, "Gaste aus Frankreich", Hamburg, Germany
The National Gallery of Art, "Masterpieces of Glass from the Corning Collection", Washington, DC
The Hermitage, “Masterpieces of Glass form the Corning Collection”, St. Petersburg, Russia
1989 *Toots Zynsky, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yamaha Corporation, "Glass Now '89", Tokyo, Japan
1988 *Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, "World Glass Now", Sapporo, Japan
Travelling Museum Exhibition, "Vormen in Glas", The Netherlands
1986 American Craft Museum, "Poetry of the Physical", New York, NY
Huntington Museum of Art, "New American Glass, Focus 2 West Virginia", Huntington, WV
Oakland Museum of Art, "The Saxe Collection", Oakland, CA
1985 Musée des Beaux Arts de Rouen, "Art du Verre Actualité International", France
*Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan
1984 Cheney-Cowels Museum, "Pilchuck Glass", Spokane, WA
1983 The American Embassy, "Special Exhibition of Contemporary American Glass", Prague, Czechoslovakia
1982 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, "The Fine Art of Private Commissions", Washington, DC
Montclair Art Museum, "New York Experimental Glass Workshop Exhibition", Montclair, NJ
1981 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, "Americans in Glass", Wausau, IL
Exhibition traveled to: The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
The Krammert Museum of Art, Illinois
The Western Association of Art Museums
De Cordova and Dana Museum, "Glass Routes", Lincoln, MA
* = Solo Exhibitions

International Museums and Public Collections

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Art Sonje Museum, Gyongju, Korea
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Al
Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, HI
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento CA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glassammlung Ernsting, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Huntington Museum of Art Huntington, W. VA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Koganezaki, Japan
Kunstammlungen der Veste-Coburg, Coberg, Germany
Kuntsgewerbemuseum Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Germany
Kurokabe Museum, Shiga Japan
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI
Lowe Art Museum University of Miami, Miami FL
Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Musee-Atelier du Verre de Sars Poteries, Sar Poteries, France
Musee de Design et D’Arts Appliques (mudac). Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, du Louvre, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée du Verre et du Cristal de Meisenthal, France
Musei Civici Veneziani, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
Museo Municipal de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Alcorcon, Spain
Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Museum Bellerive, ZÜrich, Switzerland
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
National Gallery of Australia Parkes Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, Australia
National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian), Washington DC
Nederlandsche Bank NV (The Dutch Central Bank). Amsterdam, The Netherlands
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Nordenfjeldske Kunst Industrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Notojima Glass Art Museum, Nanao City, Japan
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, Austrailia
Prescott Collection of Pilchuck Glass of Pacific First Center, Seattle, WA
The Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Sarutahiko Jinjya Shoha Museum, Ise, Japan
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich CT
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Shimonoseki, Japan
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
University Hospitals, Beachwood OH
University of Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, Iowa
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
The White House Collection, Washington DC (now housed at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AK)
Witchita Art Museum, Witchita, KS
Wurth Museum, Kunzelsau, Germany
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven CT
Yokohama City Museum of Art, Yokohama City, Japan

Publications

2010 Studio Glass: Anna and Joe Mendel Collection, published by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in conjunction with the exhibition Studio Glass: Anna and Joe Mendel Collection presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion, p.5, 57, 145
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2009 Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection, published by the Corning Museum of Glass in association with Hudson Hills Press, Manchester and New York, on the occasion of concurrent exhibitions Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection, Front and back cover and p.11, 31, 47, pp.344-47, p. 379.
The Magazine Antiques, Vol. CLXXVL. No.3: September 2009, “Shelburne Influences Toots Zynsky by Eleanor Gustafson , p.71-2

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American Craft, Vol. 69. No.05: Oct/Nov. 2009, College of Fellows; Fellow Toots Zynsky p.63.
New Glass Review 30 published by the the Corning Museum of Glass p.126
2008 Rococo : The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008 published by the Cooper Hewitt Museum, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York on the occasion of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution March 7- July 6, p.22.
Chihuly AT RISD published by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, on the occasion of concurrent exhibitions Chihuly at RISD and Studio Glass in Rhode Island: The Chihuly Years

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Glass: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Number 110: Spring 2008 Reviews: Toots Zynsky Shadows at Barry Friedman, by Robert Morgan p.64.
Selected Works published by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, p. 301.
why glass? published on the occasion of concurrent exhibitions why glass? Caterina Tognon Arte Conemporanea, Venice, Italy and Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy pp. 78-79.
2007 All For Art! In Conversation with Collectors, published by The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada, p.215.
Corning Museum of Glass/Podcasts/Meet the Artist: Episode 1: Toots Zynsky- April 17, http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=1592.
“Pittsburgh Post Gazette”, Carnegie goes Venetian; Glass Center has first international exhibition, by Mary Thomas, May 6, pp. F1, F4.
2006 Glass: Material Matters published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA in conjunction with the exhibition Glass: Material Matters, p. 38, 44-45
Crafting a Collection: Contemporary Craft in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Published by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas on the occasion of the exhibition Crafting a Collection, p.1, 37, & 63.
L’Art du verre contemporain Contemporary Glass Art Zeitgenössische Glaskunst, Co-published by the Musée de Design at d’Arts Aplliqués Contemporains (mudac) and le Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland,
p.208,237 & 268.
“The Providence Journal”, "Glass ‘06” is clearly worth seeing, by Bill Van Siclen, November 9, p.E9.
“The Providence Journal”, An Evening to Honor Artists and their Patron, May 23, p.A-1 & A-6.
“The Providence Journal”, Trinity Rep’s Pell Award, May 21, p.I-4
“The Seattle Times, An Overview of glass art from near and far, by Mathew Kangas, May 12.
2005 Art & Antiques, December 2005,
2000 "Verre & Creation", Contemporary Glass Newsletter NO. 18, March 2000, Cover and p.5
"Views", Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA, Winter, 2000, Finding Fusion, by Tracy Hall and Liisa Silander, pp.6-7
"Sun-Sentinal", South Florida, Glass With Class, by Deborah K. Dietsch, January 9, 2000, p3D
1999 The Art of Craft; Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, 1999 by Timothy Anglin Burgard, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, p.65, p.270
Clearly Inspired; Contemporary Glass and Its Origins, by Karen S. Chambers and Tina Oldknow, Tampa Museum of Art, 1999, pp. 96-98
Expression of Contemporary Glass, by Atsushi Takeda_Yokohama Museum of Art, 1999, p.5, p.123
“The Providence Sunday Journal” Providence, RI, July 25, 1999, Fire and Light and Ice, by Jill Herbers, section K. p.1
“The News Tribune”, Refractions on a Theme: Glass artistry relies on both new techniques and the ancient magic of light, by Jill Herbers, April 3, 1999, cover and pp.3-4
Global Art Glass Triennial, Borgholms Slott, Sweden, June 19-August 29, 1999
Glass, #75, Summer 1999, Back cover photo
"The Star Tribune", Wayzata, Minnosotta, Art Glass Plays Nicely with Light, Home Interiors, by Jill Herbers, April 29, 1999, p.16
"House & Garden", Special Issue: "Decorating and Art", Arrested Flames, by Arthur C. Danto, House & Garden, New York, NY, Vol. 168, No.3, March 1999, pp.74-76
"The Brown Daily Herald", Brown University, Providence, RI, February 26, 1999, "Muted Tones and Twisted Glass", by Sheffie Gerrity, pp.4 & 7
"The Providence Journal Bulletin" Providence, RI, February 26, 1999, Zynsky and DeCredico Mix Their Media, by Bill Van Siclen, section E, p.1
Toots Zynsky and Nakao Yuko- catalogue, Koganezaki Glass Museum, January 1999, cover, pp. 1-2, and pp.4-24
1998 A Passion for Glass: The Aviva and Jack A. Robinson Studio Glass Collection, 1998 by Bonita Fike, The Detroit Institutes of Art, p.75
"New York Times" New York, NY, USA, Sunday, September 27; Arts & Leisure Section; Fantasies in Glass, Rita Reif, p.41.
American Glass: Masters of the Art, by Lloyd E. Herman. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "American Glass: Masters of the Art", The Smithsonian Institute Institution, 1998, cover and pp. 59-62
"Glass; The Urban Glass Art Quarterly," Toots Zynsky by Annette Rose Shapiro. No. 73, Winter 1998. UrbanGlass, New York; p. 48
Sculpture Objects, Functional Art, SOFA, NYC, 1998 A Project of Expressions of Culture-NY, Inc., p.31, p.63
Glass: An Artist's Medium, by Lucartha Kohler, Krause Publications, 1998, p.77
1997 Masters of Contemporary Glass: Selections from the Glick Collection, by Martha Drexler Lynn and contributions by Barry Shifman; Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA, p.23 and p.142-3
Koganezaki Glass Museum: Contemporary Glass Collection, 1997, pp. 80-81
"Views", Glass Today at MFA, curator's views, RISD, Fall 1997, p.42
Portrait der Meister Bayerischer Staatspreis 1952-1997, Preistraeger des gestaltenden und technischen Handwerks Sonderschau der 50 Internationalen Handwerksmesse Munchen, Marz, 1998
¡ CÀLIDO! Contemporary Warm Glass, 1997, by Joanne Stuhr (ed.), Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
GLASS TODAY by American Studio Artists, 1997, by Jonathan L. Fairbanks and Pat Warner, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p.68-9
GL'ART"97, Hsinchu International Art Festival, p.116
"American Craft", Oct./Nov. 1997, vol.57 no.5, Denville, NJ, p.66
"Art Leader," Maggio/Giugno 1997, no 33, Osimo, Italy, p.40
"Palm Springs Life", Oct. 1997, inside front cover
GLASS TODAY: American Studio Glass From Cleveland Collections, 1997, by Henry H. Hawley, The Cleveland Museum of Art, p.97
Preview Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sept.-Oct.
1996 Studio Glass: In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996, by John P. O'Neill & Barbara Burns (eds.), The Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, p.30, p32
International New Glass: Venezia Aperto Veto, September 1996, Arsenale Editrice: Venezia, by Attilia Dorigato & Dan Klein (eds.), p. 223, p.179
"L'Arca", by Catarina Tognon, September 1996, p.87
Gli Artisti Di Venini: Per una storia del vetro d'arte veneziano, 1996, Electa: Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia, p.222
Glass Art: The Belkin Collection 3, Huntington Museum of Art, 1996, p.44
Glass Magazine, Spring 1996, No.62, p.51
1995 The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1995, p.31
International Survey of Contemporary Art Glass, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995, p.20
"A Museum In the Making: The Gerald L. Cafesjian Collection", p.2
Neues Glas 4/95, Germany Language Publications: Englewood NJ, Couleurs et Transparence by Antoinette Faij-Hallé, p.11-p.20
Art in America, October 1995, Brant Art Publications Incorporated: New York, NY, p.69
ARTnews, May 1995, New York, NY, p.100
The '95 HSINCHU International Festival for Glass Arts, National Festival of Culture and Arts, February 1995, Hsinchu City, p.55, 87
Couleurs & Transparance: Chefs-d'oeuve du verre contemporain,
6 octobre - 31 dêcembre 1995, Èditions de la Rêunion des musêes nationnaux: Paris, p.38-39, p.109, p.127
Glas en Keramiek, Sept/Okt 1995, nr. 3/4, 8 jrg., Artforum: Nijmegen
Une wille et sa mémoire à partager dans un Guide Gallimard: Paris, FRANCE, Editions Nouveaux-Loisirs, Mai 1995, p.133, p.538
Contemporary Glass Exhibition "95, New workshop, Taipei, p.180-181
"Artigianato", Toots Zynsky, anno quinto, numero 17, Aprile/giugno 1995, p.58-59, p.88, p.94
"Il Giorno", 8 Giugno 1995, p.29
"Corriere Del Ticino", Vademecum, 19 Maggio 1995
"Il Sole-24 Ore", 21 Maggio 1995, N. 133, p.32
TOOTS ZYNSKY, Maggio 1995, D' Arte & Divetro: Bergamo
Glass Now 17th - World Studio Glass Exhibition, January 1995, Takako Sano, American Arts and Crafts, San Rafeal, CA, p.26, 59
"Art Matters", June 1995, pp.7, by Linda Dormont
"Schöner Wohnen Schweiz", 4/95, pp.1-4
NewGlass Review 16, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, pp.29, 34, 64
House Beautiful, Volume 137, Number 5, May, pp.92-95, by Marian Burros
The White House Collection of American Crafts, Harry N. Abrams Inc.: New York, pp.50-51 pp.105 pp.125
De Florijn (Personel magazine of Nederlandsche Bank), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March, pp.12, by Henk Jager
Neues Glas 2, p. 67,p.74, p.97
Ceramic Antica, Ferrara, Italy, Numero 2 (46), Anno V, Febbraio, pp.51-53, by Caterina Tognon
La revue de la Céramique et du Verre, Vendin-le Vieil, France, January/February, Cover photo, pp.32-39, interview by Jean-Claude Bester
1994 "International Herald Tribune", Paris, France, Saturday-Sunday, December 3-4, 1994 Breaking Point: Free-Form Adventures With Glass, by Mary Blue, p.22
International Survey of Contemporary Art Glass, Quigley, L. (ed.), Hoechstetter Printing Company: Pittsburgh, November 1994, p.20
"De Standaard, DS Magazine", Brussels, Belgium, 2de jaargang, no.37, October 7, pp.22-23
Glass Now 16th, World Studio Glass Exhibition, Takako Sano, American Art & Craft Inc. USA/Japan, p.43
In Touch/Nytt Kunsthåndverk, Norway 1994, Cultural Programme of the XVII Olympic Winter Games at Lillehammer in 1994, pp. 126-127
"American Craft", Crafts at the Whitehouse, June/July, 1994, p.53
"Art Guide Northwest", April 1994- October 1994, p.41
1993 Modernism & Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest, Brunsman, L. & Askey (eds.), Midmarch Arts Press: New York, 1993, p.48
Contemporary Craft and The Saxe Collection, The Toledo Museum of Art, organized by Davira S. Taragin, Hudson Hills Press, New York, pp.34. 210, 89
Tiffany to Ben Tre: A Century of Glass, Milwaukee Art Museum, 1993
"New York Times", New York, NY, Thursday, December 23, Home Section, The Crafts of America find Recognition at the Top, Making Art, Making a Living, Rita Reif, pp. C1 and C4
Electro Rent Corporation, Annual Report, 1993, Cover
1992 Vetro Veneziano, 1890-1990, Rosa Barovier Mentasti, pub. Arsenale Editrice, Venice, Italy, p.177
Glasmuseum, catalog of glass artists in their collection, 1992, p.27
Glass Now '92 - World Studio Glass Exhibition, Takako Sano, American & Craft, Inc., USA/Japan, p.20
Glass Band I 19945-1991, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland, 1992, Cover and p.129
Design Visions, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, pp.32, 73
All About Glass, Shinshusha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, pp.
Contemporary Kilnformed Glass, Bullseye Glass Co., Oregon, p.78
Clearly Art, Pilchuck's Glass Legacy, Lloyd E. Herman, edited by the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, University of Washington Press, p. 53
Pilchuck Works, Pilchuck Glass School, Washington, p.32
The Survey of Glass In the World, Kyuryodo Art Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, volume 6, p.49
"The Glass Art Society - 1992 Journal", Washington, A Cultural Odyssey, Toots Zynsky, p. 80-81
"EX, The Magazine for Nordic Airport Passengers", Sweden, March/April, The 12th Stockholm Art Fair, p. 51-53
"24 heures", Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 1, Magazine, De terre, de soie ou depapier, p.49
"Femina", Lausanne, Switzerland, 15 May, Exposition, Ode á la Coupe, p.9
"La tribune de Geneve", Geneva, Switzerland, 18 April, Ode â la Coupe au Musée des Arts décoratifs de Lausanne
1992 "Report on Toots Zynsky", Paris, France, December, by Diau Hall
"Burda International", Hamburg, Germany, January, p.16
"Contemporary Glass Sculpture: Innovation Form and Expression" 1 March - 18 April 1992, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, New Jersey, p.19
1991 Chefs d'oeuves de la verrerie en France du XIXe siecle a nos jours - catalogue Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Prague, Czechoslovakia, plate #79
International Crafts, Martina Margetts, Thames & Hudson, England, pp. 117, 118, 231
Glass Now. '91, World Studio Glass Exhibition, Takan Sano, American Art & Craft, Inc., USA/Japan, p.11
"Partance", Paris, France, No.5, September, Mariage En Couleur De L'Audace et de la Technique, photo pp. 120-121
"The Blade", Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, April 21, 1991, Entertainment, Glass: Pushing the Limits, by Sally Valongo, Section G, p.1
"Kunsthandverk", Norway, No. 43, April, Cover photo
1990 Masterpieces of American Glass, The Hermitage Museum, in association with The Corning Museum, Moscow, Russia, p.108
Glass Now ‘90, World Studio Glass Exhibition, Takan Sano, American Art & Craft, Inc., USA/Japan, p.25
Masterpieces of Glass - A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass, Robert J. Charleston, Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers, New York, pp. 228, 236
Prism of Fantasy - The Glass Collection of The Hokkaido Museum of Art, Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, pp. 172,255, 263
"Beaux Arts", France, No. 85, December, Echos du Mois.
"L'Express", Paris, France, 13-19 December, Atelier, Bonne Adresse, Thierry Faradji, p.54
"Jardin des Modes", Paris, France, November, La Gazette, Clara Scremini: le verre pur et dur, p.14
"Ambiente, die Kunst zu Leben", Germany, No. April, Uberall auf der welt zu hause, Zürich, p.14
Contemporary American and European Glass, Creative Glass Center of America catalogue for benefit auction, Sotheby's, N.Y. USA 3/17/90, p.20
"Bijvoorbeeld", The Netherlands, November/December 1989, January 1990, Schilderen met glas Toot (sic) Zynsky, pp. 44-45
"Le Figaro Magazine", Paris, France, Saturday 29 June, Spaghettis de verre pour Toots Zynsky. Laurence de Calan, p.86
"Vogue Décoration, Edition internationale", Paris, France, No.7, L'Avventura, Christine Colin, Photos by John Hall, photo p.189, feature article on apartment designed by Gaetano Pesce for Marc-André Hubin.
"Le Monde", Paris, France, Wednesday 12 December 1990, L'Instant juste, Laurence Benaim
"L'Atelier", Paris, France, No.2/90, 15 April - 15 June, L'Oeil de Verre, Peter Knaup" by Colette Save, pp.42-44