2011 Finalist
Mel DouglasO'Connor, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
High Tide
Blown, engraved and cold worked glass
27 H x 42 W x 42 D cm
The simplicity of my work suggests stillness and silence, a meditation on the elements and concepts of light, space and time. My recent work draws inspiration from the changes that occur within the landscape with the fading light, the quiet shadows that appear with the last light of day.
Photographer: Stuart Hay
All entries as Finalist
2011 Finalist
2003 Finalist
2001 Finalist
2000 Finalist
Biography
Mel Douglas
O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Born
1978 Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Education
- 2000, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2013, point.line.plane, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2011, Geometry, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2007, Young Glass Award, Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Central Denmark, Denmark
- 2002, Recipient, Ranamok Glass Prize, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2000, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
