Education
2015 PhD Candidate, Glass Workshop Australian National University
2000 Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with first class honours, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Awards/Grants
2015 Arts ACT Quick Response Grant
2014 Winner Tom Malone Prize
Pilchuck Scholarship
2012 Australia Council, New work grant
Finalist International Glass Prize (Belgium)
2011 People’s choice award, Ranamok Glass Prize (Canberra)
2011 Finalist Tom Malone Prize
2007 Ebeltolf Young Glass Award, Lino Tagliapietra
2006 Australia Council New Work Grant
2003 Gas Emerging Artist Presenter, Seattle USA
2002 Recipient of Ranamok Glass Prize
Recipient ArtsACT Quick Response Grant
Recipient ArtsACT Grant
2000 Art Monthly Award
2000 Emerging Artists Support Scheme Acquisition Award - KPMG
1999 The Thomas Foundation, Pilchuck Student Scholarship
Public Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA Australia
Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra ACT, Australia
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT, Australia
Cincinnati Art Museum Collection, Cincinnati USA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, USA
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Strandvejen, Ebeltoft
KPMG Art Collection, Canberra ACT, Australia
Legislate Assembly, Canberra ACT, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs USA
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra ACT, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW Australia
Ranamok Glass Collection, Sydney NSW, Australia
Tutsek-Stiftung Collection, München, Germany
Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA, USA
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery – National Glass Collection, NSW, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2013 point.line.plane, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
2011 half-light, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
2010 Eventide, Bullseye Gallery, Portland USA
2008 Between the lines, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
2007 Linearity, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
2006 Dense Light, Narek Galleries, Tanja NSW Australia
2005 Mel Douglas, recent works, Habatat Galleries Chicago, Chicago IL , USA
Group Exhibitions
2015 SOFA Chicago, Represented by Traver Gallery, Chicago USA
Beijing Design Week, Beijing China
ANU Drawing Exhibition, Australian National University, Australia
New Contemporary Art and Design, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY USA
Palette, Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, NSW Sydney
Ausglass Members Exhibition, Worth Gallery, Adelaide SA
Art, Architecture and Design in Glass, Jam Factory Gallery, SA and touring exhibition 12 Australian venues
2014 SOFA Chicago, represented by Beaver Gallery, Chicago USA
NGA Contemporary, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Australia
Summer Feature, work by Mel Douglas at Traver Gallery, Seattle USA
Tom Malone Glass Prize, AGWA, Perth WA Austraia
Australian Glass, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Links Travelling Exhibition, USA
2013 Chroma Culture, Bullseye Gallery, Portland OR USA
Links, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA USA
2012 This Fragile Skin @ RCBA, Emeryville, CA
Asaka, Corr, Douglas and Loughlin, Lesley Kehoe Gallery, Melbourne Australia
International Glass Prize, Belgium
Miniatures, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne Australia
Word of Mouth, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Canberra Australia
Alphabet, Craft ACT Craft and Design Centre, Canberra Australia
2011 In the Name of Love, Tutsek-Stiftung Collection, München, Germany
Ranamok Glass Prize, Canberra Australia (travelling)
Santa Fe Art Fair, represented by Bullseye Gallery, Santa Fe USA
Geometry, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney NSW
2010 Contemporary Glass Artists, Australian Galleries, Melbourne VIC
Mind and Matter, Object Galleries, NSW and the Jam Factory SA
Art Miami, Represented by Bullseye Gallery, Miami Florida, USA
2009 Art Miami, Represented by Bullseye Gallery, Miami Florida, USA
Miniatures in Glass, Bilk Workshop, Queanbeyan NSW
ARTWORK, School of Art Gallery, Australian National University Australia
Santa Fe Art Fair, represented by Bullseye Gallery, Santa Fe USA
2008 SOFA 2008, represented by Beaver Galleries Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
Masterworks in Glass, Narek Galleries, Tanja NSW Australia
In essence, the legacy of Stephen Procter, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
2007 SOFA 2007, represented by Beaver Galleries Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
Heart Land, Canberra Glass works, ACT Australia
2006 SOFA 2006, represented by Beaver Galleries Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
Australian Glass 2006, Sandra Ainslie Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Winter harvest, Kamberra Wines, Canberra ACT
Collect 2006, represented by Narek Galleries, Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK
2005 Viewed through Glass, Heller Gallery, NY USA
Collectors Choice, Axia Modern Art, Sydney NSW Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
Geometry Rhythm and Light, Craft ACT, Canberra ACT Australia
Seeds of Light, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
New Directions in Australian Glass, Australian Embassy in Washington, Washington DC, USA
2004 Geometry Rhythm and Light, Object Galleries, Sydney Australia
SOFA, Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA. Represented by Beaver Galleries
Five over four, Craft ACT Crucible, Canberra ACT Australia
Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Represented by Narek Galleries
Four:04, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
2003 SOFA, Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA. Represented by Beaver Galleries
Ranamok Glass Prize, Travelling Exhibition – Australia.
Hobart City Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart TAS, Australia.
2002 Recent Graduates, National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
Ranamok Glass Prize, Travelling Exhibition – Australia and USA
Liquidity, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Gallery, Canberra ACT, Australia
Dialogue, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
Terra Incognita, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland OR USA
Black White and Grey Matter, Craft ACT, Canberra Australia
Graduates, Kamberra Wine Centre, Canberra ACT, Australia
Mel Douglas - Recent Works, Link Gallery - Canberra Centre, Canberra ACT, Australia
2001 New Talent, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne VIC, Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT, Australia
Ranamok Glass Prize, Volvo Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia (traveling exhibition)
Canberra meets Venice, Scaletta di Vetro Galleria, Milan Italia
Unchartered Waters, Ausglass Student Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne VIC, Australia
Sofa NY, Chappell Gallery, NY USA
Resonance Within, Chappell Gallery, New York NY, USA
2000 2000, ANU Canberra School of Art Graduation Exhibition, Canberra ACT, Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT, Australia
RFC Glass Prize, Volvo Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia (traveling exhibition)
First Thoughts, Canberra School of Art Drawing Prize, Canberra ACT, Australia
Essentially Canberra, Earl Lu Gallery, LaSalle SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
Sassy Students, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia
1999 New Directions, Emerging Glass Artists in Australia, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
Essentially Canberra, Objects Galleries, Customs House, Sydney NSW, Australia
SOFA - NY, Chappell Gallery, New York NY, USA
Essentially Canberra, Selected Exhibition, Chappell Gallery, Boston USA.
Ausglass Student Exhibition, Art and Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia
1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro ‘98’, International New Glass, Venice, Italy.
Canberra Goes to Venice, Straithnairn Gallery, Canberra, ACT.
Workshops
2014 Into the future, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA USA
Glass Matrix with Charlie Cohn, Canberra Glassworks, Australia
2011 Klaus Moje and Kirstie Rea, A line to the future, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Australia
2011 Annette Blair, Painting on glass, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Australia
2010 Deborah Horell, Pate de Verre, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Australia
2009 Julian Laffen, Relief printing, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra Australia
Julian Laffen, Wood cutting, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra Australia
2008 Mel George and Jeremy Lepisto, Kiln forming and more, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra ACT Australia
2007 Kirstie Rea, Kiln working techniques, Canberra School of Art Summer School, Canberra ACT, Australia
2003 Jiri Harcuba, The Graven Image, Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck WS, USA
2001 Kathy Elliott, Cold Working Techniques, Canberra School of Art Summer Program, Canberra ACT, Australia
1999 Harumi Yukutake, Micro-Macro Approach to Sculpture, Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck WS, USA
1998 Michael Sheiner, Glass Blowing Techniques, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Scott Chaseling, Function and Dysfunction, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Brian Kirkviet, Lampworking Techniques, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
1997 Peter Minson, Introduction to Lampworking, Canberra school of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Professional Experience
2015 Presenter at the Glass Arts Society Conference, Surface Tension, San Jose USA
Presenter at Ausglass Conference, Mapping the surface, Adelaide Australia
2009-15 Sessional Lecturer, Glass Workshop, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
2014 Mapping the surface, workshop with Tim Edwards, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA USA
Mapping the surface, workshop with Tim Edwards, Jam Factory Adelaide
2013 point.line.plane, workshop at South Illinois University, USA
Teaching assistant to Richard Whiteley and Scott Chaseling, Pilchuck Glass School, WA USA
Technical assistant to Klaus Moje and Kirstie Rea, A line into the Future, Canberra Glassworks
2012 Makers Mark, Workshop at University of South Australia, Australia
2007-12 Children’s Workshops, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Australia
2001-7 Project Officer, Traveling Exhibitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
1999 Assistant for Chihuly Painting Workshop, Floriade and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
Blowing assistant to Tom Rowney for Jane Bruce, Canberra School of Art., Canberra ACT, Australia
Installation team for Chihuly Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
Installation Team for Ausglass Conference Exhibition, Art and Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia
1998 Blowing assistant to Tom Rowney for Jane Bruce, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Blowing assistant to Jane Bruce, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Blowing teachers assistant for Mikki Brown, Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Commissions
1998 Chapel Windows, Canberra Hospital, Canberra ACT
Residencies
2014 Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA, USA
2010 International Artist in Residence, Northlands Creative Glass, Caithness Scotland, UK
2003 Glass Workshop, National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
2002 Glass Workshop, National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
Selected Publications
SOFA 2014 Chicago Catalogue, Represented by Beaver Galleries
Tom Malone Glass Prize Catalogue AGWA, Perth WA Australia
2014 New Glass Review 35, Neues Glas
Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA USA
In the Name of Love, Tutsek-Stiftung Collection, München, Germany 2013
2013 Ranamok Glass Prize, Canberra Australia (travelling)
2013 New Glass Review 34, Neues Glas, 2013
2012 New Glass Review 33, Neues Glas, 2012
Mind and Matter, Object Galleries, NSW and the Jam Factory SA
2009 New Glass Review 30, Neues Glas, 2009
SOFA 2008, represented by Beaver Galleries Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
Young Glass 2007 Catalogue, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
2008 New Glass Review 29, Neues Glas, 2008?
1999 New Glass Review 20, Neues Glas, 1999?
1998 Essentially Canberra, catalog for touring Venezia Aperto Vetro
Venezia Aperto Vetro, published by Electa, Milan, Italy
SOFA 2007 Catalogue, represented by Beaver Galleries Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
Heart Land, Canberra Glassworks
SOFA 2006, represented by Beaver Galleries Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
Geometry Rhythm and Light, Craft ACT, Canberra ACT Australia
SOFA 2004 catalogue, Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA. Represented by Beaver Galleries
Collect 2004 catalogue , Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Represented by Narek Galleries
2003, Ranamok Glass Prize catalogue, Travelling Exhibition – Australia.
2002, Ranamok Glass Prize catalogue, Travelling Exhibition – Australia and USA
Dialogue, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
2000, ANU Canberra School of Art Graduation Exhibition, Canberra ACT, Australia
RFC Glass Prize Catalogue, Volvo Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia (traveling exhibition)
Essentially Canberra catalogue
Venezia Aperto Vetro ‘98’, International New Glass, Venice, Italy.
New Glass review, 2006 Jurors’ Choice, New Glass Review 27?2005
Australian Glass Today, Margot Osborne?2005 New Glass Review 26, p. 13, no. 15.
New Glass Review 22, p. 6, no. 15.
New Glass Review 34, p. 19, no. 30.
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