2003 Finalist

Tim ShawAldgate, South Australia, Australia



The Deep


Blown glass with applied fish
40 H x 30 W x 12 D cm


The Deep pertains to the sea and depicts Oceanus - a sea nymph, in the form of a fish. The vessel relates to the ocean being a vessel in itself and the spirit of Oceanus wanders free through the flora of the deep!


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Biography

Tim Shaw
Stirling, South Australia, Australia

Born
25/12/1959 Nicosia, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Education

  • 2011, Artist in Residence, Peter Bremers Glass, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
  • 2010, Artist in Residence, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
  • 2010, Artist In Residence, Royal Leerdam Crystal, Leerdam, South Holland, Netherlands
  • 2007, Artist In Residence, North Lands, Lybster, Caithness, United Kingdom
  • 2001, Hot Sculpting Workshop, Martin Blank, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 1998, Business Development Studies, Higgins Botha Associates, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 1990, Hot Glass Sculpting Workshop, Loradano Rossin, Creative Glass Centre of America, Millville, New Jersey, United States
  • 1989, Diploma in Metal Casting, Poplar College, London, United Kingdom
  • 1988, Master of Art, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
  • 1985, Staat Diploma, Glas, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  • 1983, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Stoke on Trent Polytechnic, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2011, Connection to Place, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2012, Lights in Winter, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Public/Private Collections

  • National Glass Centre Collection, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
  • Musée, Atelier du Verre, Sars-Potteries, France
  • National Glass Collection, De Glasblazerij, Leerdam, South Holland, Netherlands
  • Glass Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Fellows Collection, Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey, United States
  • Fraunau Glass Museum Collection, Fraunau Glass Museum, Frauenau, Bavaria, Germany
  • National Collection, Broadfield House Glass Museum, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
  • Contemporary Art Collection, Institution of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  • National Glass Collection, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, -- Scotland --, United Kingdom
  • Private Collection of Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole, London, London, United Kingdom
  • Public Collection, Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  • Private Collection, Jeanette Hayhurst, London, United Kingdom
  • Private Collection, Lady Pamela Harlech, Bath, Avon, United Kingdom

Awards/Grants

  • 2010, New Work Grant, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
  • 2004, Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • 1990, Fellowship, Creative Glass Centre of America, Millville, New Jersey, United States
  • 1989, Doug & Dale Anderson Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington, United States
  • 1988, 1st Prize, Dudley Crystal Festival, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, United Kingdom