Born: Munich, Germany
Currently: Essex, UK
Education/Training
2012 Ph.D. “Color for Solid Glass Sculpture,” Royal College of Art, London
2006 M.A. Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, London
2004 B.A. (Honors) Glass (1st class), University of Wolverhampton, UK
Professional Experience
Research Coordinator, Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art (2015 - )
Lecturer, Westminster Adult Education Services (2013 – present)
2015 Instructor, Glass Art Centre, Glassworks Frantisek, Sazava, Czech Republic
2015 Instructor, the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, New York (2011, 2012, 2013)
2015 Artist in Residence, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
2015 Speaker, Ausglass Conference, Adelaide, Australia
2014 Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
2014 Speaker, Breathing through Transparency Symposium, Hangzhou, China
2013 Research Associate, National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland
2011 – 2013 Lecturer, Art and Design (Glass), Havering College, UK
2010 Speaker, Creativity and Innovation in Glass, Symposium at the School of Art & Design, University of Wolverhampton, UK
2009 Speaker, BECon 2009, Portland, Oregon
2009 Inspire and Inform, Bullseye UK Lecture Tour (traveling)
2007 Residency, Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, New York
2007 Speaker, Atoms to Art 2, a Research Network for Science and Art in Ceramics and Glass conference, University College London
2005 Residency, Ceramics Department, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan
2002 Assistant/Production Glassblower, de Flute Glass Studio and Gallery, Rotorua, New Zealand (2000-2002)
Selected Exhibitions
2015 Solo Show, Colour through Form, Traver Gallery, Seattle, USA
2015 Objects in Flux, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2015 British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, UK (2006, 2010, 2012)
2015 Visiting Artist Showcase, ANU Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2014 International Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Hangzhou, China
2013 SOFA Chicago (Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon) (2008)
2013 COLLECT (The Gallery at London Glassblowing)
2012 Solo Show Six Impossible Things, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2012 Solo Show, The Gallery at Parndon Mill, Harlow, UK
2011 Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction, Seattle (2005, 2006, 2007)
2011 Jerwood Makers Open exhibition, Jerwood Space, London
2010 Art Miami (Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon)
2010 COLLECT (Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon), Saatchi Gallery, London
2010 Master der Moderne, Handwerksmesse, Munich
2009 Filling the Void, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2009 SOFA Santa Fe (Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon)
2009 Space – Time, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
2009 Bonhams Modern And Contemporary Glass Auction, London
2008 Autumn Show, Cowdy Gallery, Gloucestershire, UK
2008 e-merge 2008, Bullseye Resource Center Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2007 100% Glass, Three White Walls Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2007 Barrier, installation at Moorhouse and One London Wall, London
2007 Rachael Barraclough at 242 Brompton Road, London
2007 New Faces – Crafts Council Showcase, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2007 London Art Fair 2007, modernground
2006 Generation – The Show One, Royal College of Art, London
2006 Discovery, Kullo Children's Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2005 Kyoto Art Center, Japan Collections
2011 European Museum of Modern Glass, Art Collection of the Veste Coburg, Rodental, Germany
2009 Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole (Private Collection) @ The National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
2009 Glasmuseum Dusseldorf, Germany
Collections
2015 Ernsting Foundation, Coesfeld, Germany
2014 Barbara-Achilles Foundation, Hamburg, Gemany
2011 European Museum of Modern Glass, Art Collection of the Veste Coburg, Rodental, Germany
2009 Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole (Private Collection) @ The National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
2009 Glasmuseum Hentrich, Du¨sseldorf, Germany
Awards, Honors & Grants
2015 Arts Council & British Council Artists International Development Fund Grant
2014 Runner-up, Suwa-Garasuno-Sato Prize for Best Glass Work, East West Art Award, London, UK
2013 Shortlisted for Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass 2014, Germany
2012 Nominated for International Glass Prize, Lommel, Belgium
2011 Jerwood Makers Open Award, London
2008 Finalist, e-merge 2008, Bullseye Resource Center Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2008 Glass Art Society Scholarship for attending 2008 Conference "Forming Frontiers", Portland, Oregon
2007 Arts and Humanities Research Council Postgraduate Award for Ph.D. studies, Royal College of Art, London
2005 Royal College of Art scholarship for residencyat Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan
2005 Royal College of Art scholarship for Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
Publications
2015 Review. Urban Glass Quarterly, Issue 140, Fall.
2013 Member Profile. GAS news, Summer 2013, Vol. 24 Issue 2
2011 Featured artist in Thwaites, Angela. Mouldmaking for Glass. London: A&C Black, 2011
2011 Featured artist, New Glass Review (and 2009)
2010 Interview, Objects No. 4: The Journal of Applied Arts. Berlin, pp. 86-89
