Education
| 1991–1993 | MA Ceramics and glass. Royal College of Art, London |
| 1981–1984 | BA (hons) 3D design specialising in glass West Surrey College Of Art and Design, Farnham |
| 1983 | Exchange program Tyler School Of Art, Philadelphia |
Professional background
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2016
2015 |
20th Anniversary. North Lands master class program. A Luddite Convention: Making, Technology and Nature. Conference in partnership with Edinburgh College of Art. Live in Your Hands. Research for a collaborative art project using choreography, film and installation funded by Creative Scotland. Extreme Glass. North Lands program Participant in the Glass Heap Challenge, The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk SE |
| 2014 |
Participant at the RONA symposium Slovakia. The Place and the Work. North Lands program |
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2013-16 2012 |
Artistic Director North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland Course Instructor, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle USA |
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2010 |
Co-curator for Recollect 2010 |
| 2007 | Course leader, Northlands Creative Glass, Lybster Scotland |
| 2005 | Relaunch transglass produced in Guatamala |
| 2003 | External examiner for glass The Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam |
| 2001 | Curator for Solid Air, a Crafts Council exhibition, catalogue |
| 1998 | Gallery artist with Marsden Woo Gallery, London; ongoing |
| 1997 | ‘TranSglass’ . A design collaboration with Tord Boontje; ongoing |
| 1994 | Visiting lecturer on M.A and B.A degree courses and speaker at various glass conferences; ongoing |
| 1989–91 | The Glass Studio, a gallery/studio joint enterprise with 4 people |
Awards
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2017 2002 |
Grant for the Arts. Arts Council of England Arts Council of England touring grant |
| 1999 | Research funding from The London Institute |
| 1998 | Arts Council of England combined arts grant |
| 1997 | The Arts Foundation Glass Fellowship Finalist Blueprint Design Award |
| 1994 | Crafts Council Setting Up Grant |
| 1984 | Crafts Council Advanced Training Grant |
Public Collections
Shipley Museum and Art Gallery (The Bellringer)MacManus Galleries, Dundee (Surging)The Welcome Trust, London (Baby arm)Museum of Modern Art, New York (TranSglass) British Council Brussels (Pulse and Feeding) Brighton and Hove museum (Pupae). Ernsting Glass Museum, Germany (Bud and small Bud) Arts Review collection, London (Breath, version 2) Victoria and Albert museum (Breath) (Midwife) (transglass) Broadfield House Glass museum (Alert) Crafts Council collection England (Swollen) Ebeltoft Glass Museum DK (Washed Up) KODE museum Bergen (On Bended Knee) Klien Poole Collection National Museum of Scotland (The Gaze)(Probe) MOMA New York (Transglass) Corning Glass Museum (transglass)The Glass Museum Novy Bor, Czech Republic. The RONA factory Collection, Slovakia. North Lands Creative Glass collection, Scotland. National Glass Centre collection, Sunderland England. Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA. The British Council London. Ingram Collection Woking (Cross Dressing, Elephant Revenge) York Museum and Art Gallery Anthony Shaw Collection (Lunge, Shark Fin). Shanghai Museum of Glass, (transglass).
Solo shows and collaborations
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2021 2019
2017 2016 2015 |
Works across 10years Marsden Woo virtual showroom Kauzebauch Gallery Prague, CZ. Contact – Isolation in collaboration with Petr Stanicky. Battle Cry. S12 gallery, Bergen, Norway. Play-Fight.Marsden Woo Gallery London Originals. in collaboration with Tord Boontje, Sothebys London |
| 2014 | Falling Hard, Marsden Woo Gallery London |
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2012 2010 |
Elephant Revenge, Marsden Woo gallery solo show Bigger than the Real Thing, Marsden Woo with Christoph Zellweger |
| 2009 | Anima Animus Ebeltoft Glass Museum DK with Tord Boontje |
| 2006 | Barrett Marsden Gallery, London, with Tord Boontje |
| 2005 | Craft in Dialogue National Museum Stockholm, series of six displays |
| 2004 | No Horizon part 3, Locked Rooms First Site, Colchester, collaboration with Ann Course New work Barret Marsden gallery, London, solo show |
| 2003 | No Horizon part 1, Denied Pleasure Fabrica, Brighton, solo No Horizon part 2, Exquisite Restraint Angel Row, Nottingham, solo |
| 2001 | Barrett Marsden Gallery, London, solo show |
| 2000 | Emma Woffenden Stiftung Ernsting Alter Hof Herding. Germany |
| 1999 | Barrett Marsden Gallery, London, solo show National Glass Centre, Sunderland, solo show |
Selected group exhibitions
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2015
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Drawing The Unspeakable. Towner, Eastbourne, UK. Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. London. Heart of Glass. Two Temple Place, London. On The Edge 2.0. OVADA, Oxford UK. Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition. Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design. MOMA. New York. USA. On The Edge, RSS artist exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London. Will we still dance tomorrow, French Institute Prague, Crown Letter exhibition. Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition. Dora House, and off site RSS Edward Bulmer show room. London. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. A State of Matter: Modern and Contemporary Glass Sculpture. Zero Gravity-Landed in Old Barn Studios, Sussex, UK. Crown Letter Collective French Institute, Kyoto, Japan. The Crown Letter exhibition curated by Photodays. 52 panels in the public space in Rue Rivolli and Jardin Villemin, Paris. The Crown Letter collective at Bienalsur in Cordoba, Argentina. New installation of Cown Letter at MAPI an anthropological museum in Montevideo, Uruguay. Royal Sculpture Society summer show. Re-purpose at the National Glass Centre. Makers Eye at the Crafts Council, London. The Glass Prize opening at the National Glass Centre. 25 artists participating in The Crown Letter collective, at Fiminco Foundation, Romainville, Paris. The Light Box, Woking UK. Redressing the Balance: woman artists from the Ingram collection. Online participating in The Crown Letter project. http://crownproject.art/ National Glass Centre Design Lab Nation display of Transglass part of project with young people in collaboration with Victoria and Albert museum, sustainable glass design.Marsden Woo Gallery, London, summer show The Window. York Art Gallery until Spring 2020. Anthony Shaw Collection: Children Curate. Museum of Decorative Arts (UMPRUM) museum, Prague CZ. Glass Connects Us - International glass symposium (IGS) Novy Bor. National Glass Centre, Sunderland, England. NGC 21 anniversary exhibition. Ruskin Mill, Stourbridge U.K. British Glass Biennale 2019. The Lighthouse Glasgow, Scotland, Woman’s Hour Craft Prize. New Brewery Arts, Loud and Clear curated by the National Glass Centre, Cirencester, UK. Womans Hour Craft Prize. The Forum, Norwich. Mottisfont, National Trust. Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Rheged Centre Penrith. Participating artist International glass symposium, Novy Bor, CZ Exhibition of works in the Glass Museum Novy Bor. Art of Glass. The National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh. Art of Glass. The National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford. Loud and Clear, a National Glass Centre touring exhibition Harley Gallery, Worksop. Material Light: Glass. Messums, Wiltshire. Gallery Artists New Work. Marsden Woo, London Womans Hour Craft Prize. Victoria and Albert Museum Zero Gravity. MC3 project space East Sussex. Anthony Shaw Collection at CoCA York. British Glass Biennale exhibition 2017 Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge. Cause and Effect. National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford. North Lands Creative Glass: A Portrait at 20. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh UK. Black To White And Back Again, London Glassblowing, UK Glass Heap Challenge. The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk SE. Love exhibition. European Glass Festival in Wroclaw P. British Glass Biennale. Stourbridge UK. Clarity. 6 British artists at National Glass Centre. UK |
| 2014 |
BodyTalk Ebeltoft Glass Museum DK toured to Glazenhuis B. RONA symposium exhibition SK. UK Glass at Glazenhuis B. The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass. DE |
| 2013 |
A Perfect Place to Grow. Celebrating 175 years of the Royal College of Art. UK Mixed artist show Marsden Woo Gallery London. |
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2012 |
The Object. International Glass Prize. Lommel B. The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition London Gallery artists Marsden Woo gallery London |
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2011
2010 |
Breath Taking: Revealing a new wave in British glass blowing, Crafts Council exhibition at Bilston Craft Gallery Jerwood Contemporary Makers, Jerwood Space London, toured to Dovecote Studios, Edinburgh, The Naughton Gallery, Queens Belfast, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny Ireland |
| 2008 | Bombay Sapphire Glass Award Super studio Piu, Milan Barrett Marsden Gallery Ten Years innit! Glass in Context 2008 Bornholm DK The Secret Life of the Office Arts and Business, London In and Out Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester |
| 2007 | Design with a conscience Vivid Gallery Rotterdam Emma Woffenden and Caroline Broadhead Glyn Vivian Art Gallery Swansea Gallery Artists at Barrett Marsden Gallery |
| 2006 | 20 years on Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Collect, London represented by Barrett Marsden Gallery |
| 2005 | Global Glass Art Triennale Borgholm castle Sweden 21st Centuary British Glass Daniel Katz gallery with Dan Klien assoc. London |
| 2004 | Domestic (f)utility New Art Centre Sculpture Park + Gallery, Roche Court International Festival of Glass, Ruskin Centre, Stourbridge |
| 2003 | The other side of the looking glass the Looking Glass, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, California Linking contexts. Online exhibition www.gatewaytoglass.org Five Years of Barrett Marsden Gallery |
| 2002 | The Uncanny Room, Pitts Hanger Manor, London. The Bowes Museum, Darlington Diversion curated by Danielle Arnaud gallery, Museum of Garden History, London |
| 2001 | The Unexpected Sothebys, New York |
| 2000 | Without Touch, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design Gestures, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Opening exhibition Der neue Schuman Flügel, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg Germany |
| 1999 | International 20th Century Arts Fair, New York with Micheal Goudhuis gallery Crossing Boundaries. Gracefield Art centre, Dumfries The Coutts Exhibitionof Contemporary Glass Durham Art Gallery Still Light The Plumbline Gallery, St Ives Only Human. Crafts Council London A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 1998 | Before Birth, the art and science of life in the womb. The Welcome Trust, London Opening group show, Barrett Marsden Gallery, London Embody, Northern Gallery For Contemporary Arts, Sunderland, touring including collaboration with performance artist Glass U.K. National Glass Centre, Sunderland Touching Matters. Women in focus sculpture show, London |
| 1997 | Glass Art Society. Expo 97 International 1, Arizona, USA Contemporary Applied Arts, London, Focus showcase RCA School of Applied Art at Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk, art and craft museum, Hamburg and touring in Germany |
| 1996 | Objects Of Our Time, Crafts Council, London, touring in UK and American Craft Museum New York |
| 1995 | Art Aid exhibition, Cornhill London Supastore at San Francisco Art Fair Contemporary Applied Arts, New members showcase Oriel 31, group glass show, Welshpool |
| 1994 | Works For 94, Crafts Council touring exhibition Showcase Victoria and Albert museum |
| 1993 | Jeanette Heyhurst Gallery, London Museum of Mankind, London, Exhibition showcase Royal College of Art, degree show |
Catalogues to exhibitions
Anima Animus. Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
20 Years On Glasmuseet Ebeltoft
21st Centuary British Glass Dan Klien associates
I.F.G. Ruskin arts centre
Global Art Glass triennal 2005 Vida Museum Borgholm, Sweden
Craft in Dialogue An IASPIS project Stockholm Sweden
No Horizon part 1, 2 and 3 Angel Row gallery, Nottingham solo show catalogue
The other side of the looking glass Turtle Bay Exploration Park, California, 2003
The Uncanny Room, luminous books 2002
Without Touch, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, 2000
Glass museum Alter Hoff Herding acquisitions 2000–01, The Ernsting Foundation
Emma Woffenden National Glass Centre1998 The National Glass Centre Sunderland
Emma Woffenden Barrett Marsden Gallery 1998
Only Human, An Exhbition about Body and Soul Crafts Council 1999
Embody, Northern Gallery For Contemporary Arts, Sunderland, 1998
RCA School of Applied Art at Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk, art and craft museum, Hamburg
Objects Of Our Time, Crafts Council, 1996
Glass U.K. National Glass Centre, 1998
Works For 94, Crafts Council, 1994