Paul Cunningham

Paul was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and began his glass career in 1984 at The Glass Eye Studio. After working his way up from the shipping department, he began to learn the art of blowing glass. Three years later, he had the opportunity to become a member of Dale Chihuly's team. This experience exposed Paul to a number of skilled glassmakers and artists, including two of his personal favorites Benjamin Moore and Lino Tagliapietra. After working and traveling with Chihuly for three years, Paul was asked by Benjamin Moore to work with him at his studio. Over the next ten years at Benjamin Moore, Inc., Paul was part of a team that was contracted out to work with such well known artists as Dante Marioni, Richard Royal, Dick Marquis, Dick Weiss and Dan Dailey. In 2001, Paul ventured out on his own and operated Cunningham Glass from April of 2001 until June 2008. He currently works for Manifesto Corporation in Seattle. He has taught Venetian glassblowing techniques at Pilchuck Glass Studio, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and Urban Glass in New York. In addition to being commissioned for custom lighting projects, Paul continues to develop new bodies of work that are shown in galleries nationwide. His work is held in many private and public collections, including those of Elton John, the American Craft Museum in New York City and The Glas Museum in Ebeltoft, Denmark.