| Statement | |
| "The art of KeKe Cribbs takes place in a magical, other world of enchantment that is the domain of the fairy tale, the source of wonder and delight for all people, whether child or adult. Cribbs uses the enchanted realm as a point of departure for her narrative imagery, employing her boat, canteen, and box containers as vehicles for personal journeys. She seems to have a direct connection to, or remembrance of, that fertile, semi-magical space that children can inhabit at will, which is the threshold of the dream, or the subconscious. Reflecting a reality of her own devising, rather than everyday experience, Cribbs' artistic activity is similar to certain outsider or visionary artists, who transmit thoughts, memories, and ideas through symbolic, visual vocabularies developed to access their intensely personal worlds."
~ Tina Oldknow |
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| Education | |
| Self-taught, schooled in Ireland, traveled Europe, and lived in Corsica | |
| 1991 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington |
| 1986 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington |
| 1985 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington |
| 1984 | Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington |
| Selected Shows | |
| 2001 | Marx Saunders, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001 | SOFA, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001 | Leo Kaplan, New York, New York |
| 2001 | SOFA, New York, New York |
| 2001 | Marx Saunders, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2001 | Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 2001 | "The Glass Canvas," Heller Gallery, New York, New York |
| 2000 | Leo Kaplan, New York, New York |
| 2000 | SOFA, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2000 | Marx Saunders, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2000 | SOFA, New York, New York |
| 2000 | Leo Kaplan, New York, New York |
| 1999 | Habatat, Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1999 | Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1999 | SOFA, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1999 | SOFA, New York, New York |
| 1999 | "Glass Weekend," Millville, New Jersey |
| 1999 | "Glass America," Heller Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1999 | "Habatat International," Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1998 | SOFA, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1998 | SOFA, New York, New York |
| 1998 | "L'Chaim!" A Kiddush Cup Invitational, The Jewish Museum of San Francisco, California |
| 1997 | SOFA, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1997 | SOFA, Miami, Florida |
| 1997 | "Menorah" Exhibit, Jewish Museum of San Francisco, California |
| 1997 | "Glass Weekend," Millville, New Jersey |
| 1997 | "Blowing Hot, Cutting Cold," Lakeview Museum of Art, Peoria, Illinois |
| 1997 | The Indianapolis Museum of Art: Exhibition of Selected Promised Gifts of the Glick Collection |
| 1996 | Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1996 | SOFA, Miami, Florida |
| 1996 | SOFA, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1995 | Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1995 | Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan |
| 1995 | Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1995 | "Common Forms, High Art: Three Centuries of American Furniture," Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California |
| 1995 | Habatat Galleries, Aspen, Colorado |
| 1994 | Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1994 | Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, California |
| 1994 | Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 1993 | Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| 1993 | Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida |
| 1993 | "Tiffany to Ben Tre: A Century of Glass," Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin |
| 1993 | Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 1993 | "The Art of Contemporary Glass: Selections from the Adele & Leonard Leight Collection, "J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1992 | "Fifteenth Annual Pilchuck Exhibition," William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1992 | "Material Vision: Image and Object," Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois |
| 1992 | "Glass from Ancient Craft to Contemporary Art: 1962-1992 & Beyond," Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersy |
| 1992 | "Cribbs, Marioni & Robinson," New Art Forms, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1992 | "Artists from the Pilchuck Glass School," SeaTac Airport, Seattle, Washington |
| 1992 | Holsten Gallery, Stockbridge, Massachusetts |
| 1992 | Kurland Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
| 1991 | "Studio Glass: Selections from the Jacob Chodoroff Collection," Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan |
| 1991 | "The Frozen Moment: Contemporary Northwest Images in Glass," Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington |
| 1991 | "Selected Masterpieces," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California |
| 1990 | Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1990 | Habatat Galleris, Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| Awards | |
| 1986 | Corning Glass Review 7 |
| 1986 | Corning Prize, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington |
| 1983 | First Prize: "The Leading Edge: Frontiers in Craft," Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1983 | Award of Merit: Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1983 | Award of Merit: New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1982 | Museum Purchase Award: "Craft IV," Downtown Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1981 | Honorable Mention: Santa Fe Festival for the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1981 | Juror's Award, First Prize: "Contemporary Crafts," New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Publications | |
| 2001 | Glass Art Magazine, featured artist, January/February issue, by Sean Wagner |
| 2001 | American Craft Magazine, February/March issue, by Nancy Princenthal of Exhibition at Leo Kaplan Modern |
| 2000 | "Engraved Glass" International Contemporary Artists, by Tom and Marilyn Goodearl, Published by Antique Collectors Club |
| 1991 | Out of the Fire: Contemporary Glass Artists and Their Work, By Bonnie Miller, Chronicle Books, pp. 34-38 |
| 1991 | Glasswork magazine, Vol. 9, cover, pp. 12-19 |
| 1989 | Contemporary Glass, by Suzanne Franz, Harry N. Abrama, Inc., p. 247 |
| 1989 | Glass: A Contemporary Art, by Dan Klein, Rizzoll, Inc., pp. 68, 69 |
| 1988 | Contemporary Glass: A Private Collection, by Ben W. Heinemann, Sr., Falcon II Press, p. 68 |
| 1988 | Glass Animals: 3,600 Years of Artistry and Design, by Albane Dolez, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., pp. 200, 201, 205 |
| 1999 | "Some Reflections on the Competition," New Glass Magazine, February |
