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West Coast Surf 14 H44 x W71 x D16 cm
cast jade/emerald glass, hand smoothed & polished, sandblasted texture
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Surf 7 H54 x W77 x D17 cm
cast glass, acid etched, hand smoothed and polished
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Antartic Drift 3 H29 x W96 x D13.5 cm
cast pale blue/white/clear glass, hand smoothed & polished
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Surf 8 H53 x W67 x D7.5 cm
cast aquamarine/clear glass, hand smoothed & polished
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Ignite H53 x W91.5 x D14 cm
cast red/orange & yellow glass, sandblasted acid etched
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1967 Born London, England
2004 Moved to live in New Zealand
Currently Independent studio artist and visiting lecturer, New Zealand
Education/Training
1991 Master of Arts, Glass Major, Royal College of Art, London, England
1989 Bachelor of Arts (3-D Design, First Class Honours), Ceramics and Glass Major, Middlesex Polytechnic, London, England
Professional Experience
2001 Instructor, workshop at Danish Glass Conference, Fredericksberg, Denmark
1999 Visiting Lecturer, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland
1995 Visiting Lecturer, Staffordshire University, Staffordshire, England
1993 Visiting Lecturer, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England (1993-1996)
Visiting Lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland (1993-1995)
1991 Studio Demonstrator, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, England (1991 - 1993)
1988 Assistant, Isle of Wight Glass, Isle of Wight, Scotland
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Koru Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
2005 Milford Galleries, New Zealand
2005 Masterworks Gallery, New Zealand
2004 Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
Alternative Views, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Galia Amsel: New Work, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
1997 Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 20/20: Twenty Artists/Twenty Years, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR
Glass Invitational, New Zealand, Touring (April, Dundedin, June, Auckland Museum, September Canterbury Museum and November Pataka Museum Wellington)
San Francisco International Art Exposition 7, Bullseye Connection Gallery, San Francisco, CA Bullseye Connection Gallery, San Francisco, CA 7
2004 SOFA/Chicago, The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 SOFA/Chicago, The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 V&A Solo Showcase, Crafts Council, London, England
15th Anniversary Show, Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands Braggiotti Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands Show
2000 Studio Glass Gallery, London, England London, England Gallery
Contemporary Applied Arts Focus, London, England
1998 Contemporary Applied Arts, V&A, curated by Jennifer Opie, London, England
Jerwood Prize Shortlist Exhibition, Crafts Council, London, England and touring
1997 GAS Conference, Tucson, AZ
ST'ART, Strasbourg, Germany Strasbourg, Germany ST'ART
1996 The Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Venice Aperto Vetro, Venice, Italy
1995 Contemporary Applied Arts Showcase, London, England
1994 Gallery L, Hamburg, Germany
Showcase, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Art Glass Centre International, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1993 Glass Show Crafts Council Touring Exhibition
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1992 Le Verre International Exhibition of Contemporary Glass, Rouen, France
Gallery Rob Van Den Doel, The Hague, Netherlands
1991 Royal College of Art, London, England
Museum of Mankind Showcase, London, England
1991 New York, New Work, Borax Sponsored Exhibition, New York, NY
1990 The Decade Ahead, 12 Artists for the 1990's, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Selected Collections
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Crafts Council Collection, London, UK
Ebeltoft Museum, Denmark
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge UK
Glassammlung Ersting, Coefeld-Lette, Germany
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Canada
Musee du Verre, Sars Poteries, France
Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, England
Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Turner Museum, Sheffield, England
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Commissions
Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts (ABSA) Awards, British Museum
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Annual Awards
Charity Awards
Community Hospitals plc
Coopers and Lybrand PLC Annual Awards
Design Portfolio, Carat Globe
Lee Valley Regional Parks Authority
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Three Mill Island Commission
Tottenham Marshes Craft Commission Lee Valley Regional Parks Authority
Awards, Honors & Grants
2002 Nelson Woo Scholarship
2001 London Arts Development Award
London Arts Travel Award
British Council Exhibiting Grant
1999 Invited to Craft Councils Selected Makers Index
1998 Shortlisted for Jerwood Prize
1993 Awarded Crafts Council Setting Up Grant
1991 Borax Prize
1989 Dudley Crystal Festival, Broadfield House Glass Museum, 2nd Prize
Publications
2005 New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, No. 26, Corning, NY Corning Museum of Glass, No. 26, Corning, NY Review
2004 Catalog, Museo de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
2002 New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, No. 23, Corning, NY Corning Museum of Glass, No. 23, Corning, NY Review
Object Magazine, article, October, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
2000 Crafts Magazine, article, July/August, London, England
1998 Crafts Magazine, article, March/April, London, England
1997 Crafts Magazine, article, July/August, London, England
International New Glass, Dan Klein, book, US
1996 Venezia Aperto Vetro Ô96, exhibition catalog, Venice, Italy
Crafts Magazine, article, September/October, London, England
Interiors Magazine, article, September, Sydney, Australia
The Saturday Times Magazine, article, August, London, England
1993 Contemporary British Glass Crafts Council , article, January, London, England
1992 New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, No. 13, Corning, NY Corning Museum of Glass, No. 13, Corning, NY Review
1991 Le Verre, International Exhibition of Contemporary Glass, Conceil Regional de Haute
Normandie, December, Rouen, France
1990 Glasswork Magazine, article, Kyoto Japan
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, No. 11, Corning, NY Corning Museum of Glass, No. 11, Corning, NY Review
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