2013 Finalist

Lisa CahillPialligo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia



The Blue Hour


Kiln formed and carved glass
30 H x 57 W x 3.5 D cm


The Blue Hour references those moments of atmospheric light when the light is either retreating or about to illuminate the new day.

Intensity of colour, translucency and captured light combine to evoke notions of an ephemeral landscape and encourage the viewer to consider the transitory nature of human existence.


Photographer: Greg Piper




All entries as Finalist

Biography

Lisa Cahill
Pialligo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Born
13/7/1974 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Education

  • 2013, Artist in Residence, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • 2011, Artist in Residence, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
  • 2008, Artist in Residence, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom
  • 2001, Artist in Residence, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon, United States
  • 2000, Bachelor of Ceramic Design (Glass) with Honours, Monash University, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2012, Lisa Cahill, David Richard Contemporary, Sante Fe, New Mexico, United States

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2013, Landscape Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Public/Private Collections

  • Glassmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark
  • National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  • North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom
  • Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, United States
  • Latheron House Collection, Bullseye Glass Company, Latheron, Caithness, United Kingdom

Awards/Grants

  • 2013, Finalist, Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2011, Finalist, Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 2010, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 2010, Finalist, Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 2009, Finalist, Tom Malone Glass Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2007, New Work Grant (Established Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 2007, Finalist, Young Glass Award, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Jutland, Denmark
  • 2004, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2003, Travel Grant, Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 2002, New Work Grant (Emerging Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
  • 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2001, 1st Prize, Bullseye by Design, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon, United States
  • 2001, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia