2014 Finalist

Lienors TorreBox Hill South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia



Leaf Light


Blown, cold worked glass
16.5 H x 28 W x 22.5 D cm


A leaf captures light energy and transforms it through the process of photosynthesis. This glass leaf-like form also, in a sense, captures light and transforms it as it bends and refracts the rays, containing it in the deep dimensional reservoirs of the piece.


Photographer: Lienors Torre




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Biography

Lienors Torre
Box Hill South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Born
30/5/1972 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Education

  • 2013, Ph.D. Objectifying Animation (Glass and Animation), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 2007, Graduate Certificate (Education), Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 2000, Master of Visual Arts (Experimental Animation), California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • 1995, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Glass and Animation) with Honours, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • 1991, Apprenticeship (Glass Engraving), Glass Art School, Nový Bor, ?eská Lípa, Czech Republic

Last Solo Exhibition

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2014, KIGA, Illuminating Glass Exhibition, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Public/Private Collections

Awards/Grants

  • 1998, Pilchuck Corning Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, United States
  • 1997, Fulbright Scholarship , Fulbright Institute, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • 1997, Travel Grant to Pilchuck Glass School, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 1997, Pilchuck Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, United States
  • 1997, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1991, Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Grant, The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia