2002 Finalist
Christian ArnoldNorth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Love Me, Kiss Me
Lampworked glass
3.5 H x 20 W x 20 D cm
In this work I have attempted to explore the duality of human emotion using bondage as a metaphor. Love and anger, freedom and entrapment, frustration and satisfaction, and the passive and aggressive are part of our everyday lives. Working with glass brings up many of these issues, as glass can be as fickle and temperamental as human emotions. Many of these paradoxical feelings can emerge naturally just by being involved in the process, as many practitioners will know. It is my intent that the play between fragility and aggression in my work will stimulate the viewer to thoughts in relation to their own experiences.
Photographer:
All entries as Finalist
2005 Finalist
Biography
Christian Arnold
Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia
Born
30/1/1969 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Education
- 2002, Master of Fine Arts (Glass), RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2001, Bachelor or Fine Arts (Glass), RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2000, Bachelor or Applied Arts (Glass), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1996, Scientific Instrument Making Apprenticeship, ASAG, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1995, New Enterprise Incentive Scheme, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1994, Young Business Initiative, Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1990, Photography, ACPAC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
Last Group Exhibition
- 2014, The Tree, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- Kobe Lampwork Museum, Kobe, Kansai, Japan
- Glasmuseum Wertheim, Wertheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey
Awards/Grants
- 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2005, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2002, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
