OCCUPATION:
1970-Present  Clay Studio, Penland, NC
1965-1970       Clay Studio, Eads, TN

EDUCATION:
1962-1964       Alfred University (New York College), Alfred, NY, MFA
1958-1962       Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN, BFA
1957-1958       Southwestern at Memphis (Rhodes College), Memphis, TN

RETROSPECTIVES:
"Cynthia Bringle: A Fiery Influence," Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC and North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC.

SELECTED INVITATIONALS & JURIED

2006 "Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot", Kalamazoo Institute of Art, MI
2005 "Hot Stuff/Clay Tigers", Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005  "Taipei County Yingge Ceramica Museum", Taiwan
2005  "Woodfired Pottery", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
2004-2005 "The Nature of Crafts and the Penland Experience," Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
2004 "Penland Show", Hodges/Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003-2004  "Art of Tennessee", FRIST Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
2003 Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2003  "Grande Dames of Ceramics", Andora Gallery, Carefree, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ
2003  "Delectable Table: (Exceptional Functional Ceramics)", Brookfield Craft Center, CT
2003  "Spotlight 2003", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC

• "Cups", Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
• "Teapot Invitational", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC.
  
• "Peaks to Piedmont", Campbell House Gallery, Southern Pines, NC.

• "Bird, Beasts, and Little Fishes", Sante Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
• "Sum and Substance: Penland Clay Resident Artists", Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
• "NCECA Exhibition", Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
• "Faces of Fire", Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT.
  

• "Utilitarian Clay III", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
• "Museum of New Mexico", Sante Fe, NM.
• "Southern Clay Invitational", Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC.
• "American Masters in Clay", Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
• "Lighten Up", Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
• "Different Stokes", International Woodfire Show, Iowa City, IA.

• "Women's Woodfire", Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.
• "Functional Ceramics", Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH.
• "Artist Tiles in Western NC", Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
• "Kutani International Invitational", Ishikawa, Japan.
• "American Potters", Moegi Gallery, Moshiko, Japan.
• "Alabama Clay Conference Invitational", Jacksonville, AL
• "Fifth Annual Teapot Exhibition", Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
• "Ceramic Art of North Carolina", Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
• "Generations, Penland Teacher-Student", Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
• "Tea, Hot Ice", Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• "Hundred Mile Radius", Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• "The Tempestuous Teapot", Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, KY.
• "Clay, Wood, Fire, Salt", Contemporary Artifacts Gallery, Berea, KY.
• Penland Area Potters", Lil Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• "Teapots, Interpretations by Southern Artists", Lenox Square, Atlanta, GA.

1996    "Master Ceramics, Women's Perspectives", Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL.

• "National Teapot Show III", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC.
• "Wood-Fired Clay", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC.
• "Claynormous", Carillon Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
• "The Great Clay Road", Mooring Art Center, Asheboro, NC.
• "Goblets of Clay/Glass", WDO Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
• "Salt Glazed Ceramics", University of North Carolina - Charlotte Rowe Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
• "Spirited Vessel", Piedmont Crafts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
• "Atmosphere and Element", Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.
• "50th Anniversary Exhibit", Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
• "Art for the Garden", New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC.
• "Table Top Concepts", Fine Arts Gallery, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN.
• "Tea, Hot Ice", Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• "The Potters’ Art, Form and Function", Clayspace, Miami Beach, FL.
• "NC Crafts invitational" Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.,
• "Teapot, Concept and Approach", Indiana University SE, New Albany, IN.
• "Clay '93 Today", Blue Spiral 1 Asheville, NC.
• "Functional Ceramics", Wayne Center for Arts, Wooster, OH.
• "Contemporary American Ceramics", Duncan Gallery of Art, Deland, FL.
• "Teapot Invitational", Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
• "Amoco Selects", Heron School of Art Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
• "100 Cups", PRO-ART, St. Louis, MO.
• "Happy Birth Clay - An Anniversary Retrospective" Grove Gallery, University of California, La Jolla, CA.

1992-1995       "Penland Overlook", Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC.

• "North Carolina Clay", North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

1992    "Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate the Object", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.

• "Tea for Two", Ariana Gallery, Birmingham, MI.
• "American Woodfire '91", University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
• "Faculty Show", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
• "Teapot Invitational", Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC.

1988, 1989      "Teapot Invitational", Lee Sclar Gallery, Morristown, NJ.

• "Contemporary Crafts of North and South Carolina", Dee Miller International Gallery, San Diego, CA.
• "Oriental Influence", Farmington Valley Art Center, Avon, CT.
• "Raku Invitational", NCECA Traveling Show.
• "National Ceramic Invitational", Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL.
• "Functional Crafts", SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC.
• "Form and Function", Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI.
• "Treasure House", Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
• "Potter's Potter", Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.

1976, 1986      "Functional Ceramics", College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH.

• "North Carolina Crafts", North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC.
• "Contract & Convergence", Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
• Crafts Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
• "Timeless Designs", Deer Isle, ME.
• Selo-Shevel, Ann Arbor, MI.
• "USA, Portrait of the South", Rome, Italy,
• Vermont State Craft Fair at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT.
• "Tea for Two", Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, DC.
• "American Porcelain", Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC.
• "For The Tabletop", American Craft Museum, New York, NY.
• "NCECA Potters Dozen", Ann Arbor, MI.
• "Crafts in the White House", Washington, DC.
• "Biennial National Invitational", Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL.
• International Ceramic Symposium, Memphis, TN.
• "Women in Porcelain", Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
• "Smithsonian Renwick Gallery", Washington, DC.
• "Objects for Preparing Food", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY.

1967    "First Survey of Contemporary American Craft", Winston-Salem, NC.

• "North Carolina Clay", North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

SELECTED ONE & TWO PERSON SHOWS:
2005    Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY
2004    Ice House, Davidson, NC
2003    St. Andrews-Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN
2003    Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA

• Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC

2001    "2 from NC" Eureka Crafts, Syracuse, NY.
2000    Sante Fe Clay, Sante Fe, NM.
1998    "Cynthia Bringle at American Folk", Asheville, NC.
1996     St. Andrews Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN.
1991    Mooring Art Center, Asheboro, NC.
1991    Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC.

• "Bringle & Bringle", Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA.

1989    "Clay & Fiber", Theater Art Galleries, High Point, NC.
1986    "Bringle & Bringle", Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
1985    Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX.
1984    Galeria Ocra, So Paula, Brazil.
1983    Grove Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
1982    Anderson Ranch Art Gallery, Snowmass, CO.,
1980    Greenwich House Gallery, New York, NY.
1979    American Hand, Washington, DC.
1977    Arts and Craft Society, Portland, OR.

• Handwork Shop, Richmond, VA.
• Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

1969    Handwork Shop, Richmond, VA.
1966    Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

• Centennial House, Deer Isle, ME.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
500 Pitchers, Lark Books
Setting Up Your Ceramic Studio, Virginia Scotchie
The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, Lark Books
Cynthia Bringle: A Fiery Influence, Retrospective Catalog
Throwing on the Wheel, Lark Books
Penland Book of Ceramics, Lark Books
Studio Potter, Vol. 31, #1, 2003
Crafts Report, September, 2003
American Craft, January, 2000 & November 2000
Ceramics Monthly, April 2000 & June 2001
Clay Times, May, 1999
500 Bowls, Lark Books
500 Teapots, Lark Books

SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC.
Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC>
BF Goodrich
Corsaw Collection, Alfred, NY
Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Bank of America
Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
Thomas S. Keenan Institute for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Health South, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Nations Bank, Charlotte, NC
La Grange College, La Grange, GA
Burlington Art Center, Ontario, Canada
GLAXO Inc.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
North Carolina Governor's Residence, Asheville, NC
State of North Carolina
IBM Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD
Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Smithsonian International traveling exhibition
Tennessee State Museum
Family Dollar Store
North Carolina National Bank
Wachovia Bank, North Carolina
Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
R.J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem, NC
Stetson University, Deland, FL

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Honorary Doctor of Fine Art, Memphis College of Art, 2005
North Carolina Award, 2002
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Life Membership, 2001
American Craft Council, College of Fellows, 2000