2013 Finalist
Richard WhiteleyQueanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Afterglow
Cast and carved glass
50 H x 35.4 W x 13 D cm
These works explore the nature of light and how we experience it. Through the constructing of charged voids and emotive solids, multiple colours create dimension and capture a frozen moment of particles that oscillate, stream and wave across our retina.
Photographer: Greg Piper
All entries as Finalist
2014 Finalist
2006 Finalist
1999 Finalist
Biography
Richard Whiteley
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, AU
Born
06/09/1963 East Dean, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Education
- 1992, Master of Fine Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States
- 1987, Bachelor of Visual Arts with Distinction, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- 1986, Cast Glass, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, United States
- 1982, Apprenticeship (Commercial Stained Glass), Spectrum Studios, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2013, Mass, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2013, Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Public/Private Collections
- Artbank, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States
- Embassy of Australia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Hotel Murano, Tacoma, Washington, United States
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
- Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- The Art Trust, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Awards/Grants
- 2014, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2013, Individual Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2013, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2009, Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2009, Group Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2006, Major Equipment Grant, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- 2006, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2005, Individual Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2004, Individual Project Grant, artsACT, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- 2004, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2003, Mentorship Grant, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- 2003, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2001, Individual Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2000, Recipient, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1999, 1st Prize, International Expo, Glass Art Society Conference, Tampa, Florida, United States
- 1999, Group Project Grant, Thomas Foundation Grant, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1999, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1998, Individual Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 1995, Finalist, RFC Glass Prize, Australia
- 1994, Individual Project Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia