Benjamin Edols & Kathy Elliott, Masterpiece Contemporary Australian Blown and Carved Glass Sculpture Vase, 2001

Description

Provenance: Part of an important collection that had work Both Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott were born in Sydney. The … more Provenance: Part of an important collection that had work Both Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott were born in Sydney. The two began working together as recent graduates from the Canberra School of Art. Ben also studied at the Royal College of Arts in Sydney.

The first exhibition of their collaborative work was in 1993. Since that time they have developed a body of work of blown and cold worked glass vessels and forms. Ben specialises in glassblowing and Kathy specialises in cold working techniques such as carving and engraving.

In 2000 they built their own glassblowing and cold working studio in Sydney. In recent years, their work has been inspired by the botanical forms and patterns found in nature. One of the qualities of glass that they most appreciate is its ability to carry light.

They have taught in Australia, America and Japan. Their work has been exhibited widely and is held in many public museums and private collections around the world including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the American Craft Museum, the National Gallery of Australia and the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Tutti, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Glance, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT
Dwell, Collector Space, Jam Factory, Adelaide. SA
Shelter, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, Flame Run Gallery , Louisville KY
Light Marks, William Traver Gallery, Seattle
Studio Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
Evolve, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Edols & Elliott, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Recent Work, deVera, New York, NY
Cultivate II, Quadrivium , Sydney, NSW
Botanicals, de Vera, San Francisco, CA
Blaze, Quadrivium, Sydney, N.S.W.
Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott New GLass, Distelfink at Nellie Castan, Melbourne,Vic.
Light Erosion, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
Flux, Bullseye Gallery, Portland OR
Recent Work, Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass, Museum of Design, NY
Global + Local: Studio and Contemporary Glass on Florida’s West Coast
Alphabet, Craft ACT, Canberra ACT
Translucence: Contemporary Glass, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth,
Geometry, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Group Show , Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh,
La Collezione Bellini-Pezzoli, Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan
Light in Winter, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
Evolving Elements, Aptos Cruz Gallery , Stirling SA
Ranamok Glass Prize, Travelling competetive exhibition
Furnace, Contemporary Australian Art Glass, Tasmanian Craft Fair, Tasmania
Collect, Saatchi Gallery , London
Australia GLASS 2006, Sandra Ainsley Gallery , Toronto,
Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Lino Tagliapietro e amici, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA, U.S.A.
International Craft Triennale, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Vetro al Femminile,Galleria Marina Barovier,Venice,Italy
Contemporary Australian Craft,Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art,Sapporo,Japan

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Australia Council Grant
Resource Finance Corporation Glass Prize
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship (Kathy Elliott)
Fellowship at the Creative Glass Centre of America (Kathy Elliott)
First Prize: ‘Glass : Challenging the Medium’ Competitive Exhibition (Kathy Elliott)

COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum
Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf
Auckland Museum
Toyama Art Museum
Museum of Arts and Design
Chrysler Museum of Art
Devonport Art Gallery,Tasmania
Powerhouse Museum
Queensland Art Gallery
National Gallery of Australia
Corning Museum of Glass
American Glass Museum
Wagga Wagga National Glass Collection
Art Gallery of South Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding,Coesfeld Lette,Germany
Parliament House Collection,Canberra
Government House Collection, Sydney
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
The Denver Art Museum
The Carnegie Museum of Art, PA
Palm Springs Art Museum, CA
Fuller Craft Museum, MA

EDUCATION (BEN EDOLS)
Post Graduate Diploma of Art, Canberra School of Art. Workshop Head: Klaus Moje
Bachelor of Arts (Visual), Sydney College of the Arts, Workshop Head: Maureen Cahill

EDUCATION (KATHY ELLIOTT)
Bachelor of Arts (Visual), Canberra School of Art. Workshop Head: Klaus Moje less