2009 Finalist

Richard MorrellCastlemaine, Victoria, Australia



Fractured Sun


Spin-cast glass
16 H x 34 W x 34 D cm


The bowl is my chosen vehicle of expression. Fractured Sun is a reminder of the impermanence of all things.


Photographer: Richard Morrell




All entries as Finalist

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