2014 Finalist

Emma VargaBrookvale, New South Wales, Australia



Blue World - Polar


Fused, slumped and cast glass, pâte de verre
49 H x 40 W x 5 D cm


Our planet is endangered by global warming! I create works that celebrate the beauty of significant places on the planet, to raise awareness.

Blue World - Polar is celebrating the magnificent, minimal, elegant, cold blue and white landscape of Antarctica, before it's Western glaciers melt away.


Photographer: Emma Varga




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Biography

Emma Varga
Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia

Born
1952 Ada, ,

Education

  • 1975, Bachelor of Arts (Glass and Ceramics) with Honours, University of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2004, My Places of Green, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2014, Biodiversity and Human Impact on the Environment, Tansey Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Public/Private Collections

  • Contemporary Glass, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • Kanazava Contemporary Glass Collection, Design Center Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Ishikava, Japan
  • Contemporary Glass, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • National Art Glass Collection, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
  • Contemporary Glass, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark

Awards/Grants

  • 2012, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2009, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2009, Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass Award, 37th International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
  • 2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2006, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2006, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 1990, Annual Award for Entire Opus, Association of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Antarctica