2008 Finalist
Emma VargaCollaroy, New South Wales, Australia
Vapours and Light
Fused, cast, ground and polished glass
55 H x 8 W x 8 D cm
First we absorb.
At age of 10, we learn.
At 20, we live.
At 30 we try to understand.
At 40 we start to understand.
At 50, we reflect…
At age 35, with the help of a
close friend, psychiatrist, keen
to explore sources of creativity,
I discovered my own primary picture (which determines one’s visual preferences).
It is a complex image capturing
a significant and breathtakingly
beautiful moment when I was
4 months old. It can be described as: white, blue, shine, light.
Now, while creating ‘Vapours and Light’, I came the closest (so far) in expressing ‘shine & light’ from my primary picture.
Photographer: Emma Varga
All entries as Finalist
2012 Finalist
2011 Finalist
2011 Finalist
2010 Finalist
2006 Finalist
2005 Finalist
Biography
Emma Varga
Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia
Born
1952 Ada, ,
Education
- 1975, Bachelor of Arts (Glass and Ceramics) with Honours, University of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2004, My Places of Green, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2014, Biodiversity and Human Impact on the Environment, Tansey Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Public/Private Collections
- Contemporary Glass, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Kanazava Contemporary Glass Collection, Design Center Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Ishikava, Japan
- Contemporary Glass, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
- Contemporary Glass, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia
- Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark
Awards/Grants
- 2012, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2009, Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass Award, 37th International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
- 2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2006, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2006, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 1990, Annual Award for Entire Opus, Association of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Antarctica