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ARTIST STATEMENT
Glass blowing
is my passion. There is no other place I would rather be, than sitting at the
bench with a blowpipe in hand. After years of working with the material, I am
still as eager to learn and create as I was the first day I set eyes on molten
glass. In some ways you could say I am addicted to blowing glass.
The graceful and athletic movements integral to handling molten glass strike a
chord deep within my nature.
My life experiences inspire me. Growing up in South Africa exposed me to a lust
for life that does not exist anywhere else. People sing and dance in every
aspect of life and stories are told through the performance of dances. The
inspiration for these choreographed tales range from animals in nature to
everyday chores. My desire is to capture a sense of that motion and rhythm
in my work. Glass blowing is an innate means of conveying this message and
rhythm both through the process and the final works of glass art.
Movement and gesture also inspire me greatly. Our ability to convey
feelings and thoughts through simple and subtle motions is intriguing.
Capturing the essence of these interactions between individuals through the
posturing of my work, invites the viewer to respond to the movements or the
gestures, and in so doing relays a story to the viewer. My inspiration
runs deeper then just the physical and external presence of movement, I am
interested in portraying through the art, what lies beneath and can be clearly
expressed through our movements.
I experience a deep satisfaction when I see others look at the work and proceed
to mimic the rhythmic gestures contained in the piece.
EDUCATION
1994-1997 Sheridan College
School of Crafts and Design (SOCAD) Oakville, Ontario
FURTHER GLASS EDUCATION
2004 C.Kelly & A. Schafermeyer, Colour Form and Shape, Pilchuck Glass School
1999 Randy Walker, intermediate glassblowing, Red Deer College, Alberta
1998 Randy Walker, intermediate glassblowing, Red Deer College, Alberta
1996 Jack Wax, blown glass sculpture, Sheridan College, Ontario
1996 Lance Friedman, blown glass sculpture and graals, Red Deer College, Alberta
1996 Darren Petersen, Venetian blowing techniques, Red Deer, Alberta
1996 James Norton, intermediate glassblowing, Red Deer, Alberta
1996 Laura Donefer, glassblowing and solid sculpture, Red Deer, Alberta
1996 Mark Gibeau, intermediate glassblowing, Red Deer, Alberta
1996 Ferdinand Thieriot, solid sculpture, Sheridan College, Ontario
1995 Gary Bolt and Morna Tudor, glassblowing and graals, Sheridan College,
Ontario
1994 Karen Willenbrink, solid sculpting, Sheridan College, Ontario
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2004 BCGAA/Pilchuck
Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
2002 Saxe Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.
2000 Fellowship, Creative Glass Centre of America, 3-month residency, Millville,
New Jersey
1997 JD Metal craft Award For Excellence in Glassblowing, Oakville, Ontario
1997 International Student Exhibition, Second Place, Glass Art Society
Conference, Arizona
COLLECTIONS
2000 Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey
PUBLICATIONS
2001 The Creative Glass Center of America, Essay by Robin Rice.
2000 Museum of American Glass Journal, Volume 24, No.4
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004 Canadian Glass Exhibition,Westend Gallery,Victoria,British
Columbia.
2003 Rhythmus, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver BC, Solo Exhibition.
2003 Canadian Glass Exhibition, Westend Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia.
2002 Decanter & Functional Art, Starfish Glassworks, Victoria, British Columbia.
2002 Fashions in Glass, Glass Market, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New
York.
2002 Group Show, Material Matters, Toronto, Ontario.
2002 Michigan Glass Month, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan, Group Exhibition
2002 Karnivalware, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Solo exhibition.
2001 Creative Glass Center of America, (CGCA) Fellow’s Exhibition, Wheaton
Village, Millville, New Jersey, Group Exhibition
2001 The White Show, Portfolio Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Group Exhibition
2000 Glass Invitational, Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas, Group Exhibition
1999 A Collection from Canada, curated by Laura Donefer, The Glass Gallery,
Bethesda, Maryland, Group Exhibition
1999 Canadian Glass Exhibition, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC, Group Exhibition
1998 Faculty Exhibition, Margaret Parsons Gallery, Red Deer College, Red Deer
Alberta
1997 Canadian Glass Exhibition, West End Gallery, Victoria, Group Exhibition
1997 2400 Degrees of Art, Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Group
Exhibition
1997 Toronto Art Exhibition, City Hall, Toronto, Juried Exhibition
1997 International Glass Expo, Glass Art Society, Tucson, Arizona, Juried
Exhibition
1997 Faculty Exhibition, Margaret Parsons Gallery, Red Deer College, Group
Exhibition
1997 Canadian Glass Exhibition, Toronto International Airport, Group Exhibition
1997 4 Studios, Sheridan College, Graduate Exhibition
1996 Student Glass Exhibition, Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
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