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Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

Brian Hirst: Master of Australian Craft 2008-2010

30 November 2008

Curiculum vitae
 
Training and education
1987 Senior Lecturer Canberra School of the Arts Glass Workshop and Co-Head with Klause Moje
1981 Tutor, Sydney College of the Arts
1979 Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts), Monash University, Gippsland Campus
Selected solo exhibitions
2008 Brian Hirst, Galerie B, Baden-Baden, Germany
2007 Brian Hirst, Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2007 Brian Hirst: Glass Sculpture Engravings, Annadale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2006 Collect: 2006, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
2005 Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass 2005, Sweden
2005 Form and Shadow, Narek Galleries, Tanja, Australia
2004 Brian Hirst, Global Art Venue Fine Art, Seattle, USA
2004 Definition, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
2002 Sacred Surface: Silent Surface, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, USA
2002 Relationships in Form, Quadrivium, Sydney, Australia
2001 Brian Hirst, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
2001 Surface, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
2000 St'art, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
2000 Reflection: Contemplation, Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour, Australia
Selected group exhibitions
2006 20 Years On, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark,
2006 Australian Glass 2006, Toronto, Canada
2005 Transformations: The Language of Craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2005 San Francisco and Palm Beach Art Fair represented by Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Brian Hirst, Andrew Leslie, Young-Ha Park, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2004 San Francisco and Palm Beach Art Fair, represented by Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, USA
2003 Recent Glass, Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Australia
2003 Brian Hirst, Bungay Art House Gallery, Glen Eira, Australia
2003 Canberra Glass 2003, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia
2003 The Next Decade, Habatat Galleries, Michigan, USA
2002 Material Culture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2002 Transparent Things, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia
2002 Glass Art in Australia, Quadrivium, Sydney, Australia
2001 Glass 2001, Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

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Selected public collections
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
  • South Australian Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
  • Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
  • Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

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Selected awards and honours
  • Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft
  • Hokkaido Museum Modern Art Prize, Japan
  • World Glass Now '94, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan
  • Ausglass Award
  • Diamond Valley Art Award

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Selected bibliography
  • Bell, Robert, Transformations: The Language of Craft, National Gallery of Australia, Catalogue, 2006
  • Klein, Dan, Artists in Glass Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass, Mitchell Beasley, 2001
  • Ioannou, Norris, Australian studio glass, the movement, its makers and their art, Craftsman Press, 1995
  • Cochrane, Grace, Australian design visions, a history, Craftsman Press,1992
  • Bilney, E, Decorative arts and design from the powerhouse museum,1991

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