2001 Finalist
Tom MooreEvandale, South Australia, Australia
Bright Fortune
Blown and hot worked glass, engraved mirror
66 H x 27 W x 150 D cm
"Mer-bird-guy" and "Blue-eyes" are a pair of character bottles standing on their heads. In the mirror they appear to be right-side-up, (though glued to the ceiling). They are in love. The mirror is engraved with two birds, flying towards each other and the words "Bright fortune".
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Biography
Tom Moore
Richmond, South Australia, Australia
Born
3/6/1971 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education
- 1996, Traineeship (Glass Blowing), JamFactory, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 1994, Bachelor of Visual Art (Glass) with Honours, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2014, Life Preserver, Helen Gory Galerie, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2013, Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific North-West, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Public/Private Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Artbank, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Permanent Public Display, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Recipient, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2013, Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2012, 2nd Prize, Sculpture and Objects, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 2009, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2008, Project Assistance (Established Artist), Arts SA, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 2006, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2004, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia