2014 Finalist

Richard MorrellCastlemaine, Victoria, Australia



Source


Hot worked and sandblasted glass, gold leaf, granite base, stainless steel
40 H x 50 W x 28 D cm


As the age of cheap energy draws to a close, the Art of Glassmaking becomes threatened by a rapidly changing reality. Thus, I offer you Source, concept model for an inexhaustible generator of energy.

Note: May take some imagination and commitment to actually function.


Photographer: Richard Morrell



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Biography

Richard Morrell
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Born
11/12/1953 London, Surrey, United Kingdom

Education

  • 1999, Master of Visual Arts (Glass), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 1979, Bachelor of Design (Glass) with Honours, Stourbridge School of Art, Stourbridge, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2008, Atavus, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2013, Cicely and Colin Rigg Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Public/Private Collections

  • Public Collection, Museum of Art and Craft, Steintorplatz, Hamburg, Germany
  • Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark
  • Toho Corporation Collection, Japan
  • National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • State Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • State Collection, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • State Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • State Collection, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Kerfoot Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • Private Collection of Dan Klein and Alan J. Poole

Awards/Grants

  • 2013, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2000, People's Choice Award, RFC Glass Prize, Sydney, Australia
  • 1999, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1995, Graduate Scholarship, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 1995, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1993, Development Award, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 1991, Prizewinner, Ausglass Members Show, Ausglass, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 1987, Development Award, Canberra, Australia
  • 1985, Design Award, Gas and Fuel Corporation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Previous Years Finalists

2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
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