In carving this blown glass form we are using subtle changes in line to give an effect of movement around the piece, making the vessel seem as if it has stopped momentarily in its spinning.
Ben Edols | Kathy Elliott
North Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Born
3/7/1964 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Education
- 1992, Postgraduate Diploma, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra , Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2012, Tutti, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2014, Kirra Illuminating Glass Award, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra , Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- State Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, United States
- City Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
- City Collection, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
- Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- State Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- State Collection, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- State Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Artists' Grant, Arts NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2010, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2007, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2003, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 1999, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1998, Recipient, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1995, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
