2006 Finalist
Denise Pepper Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia
Wallflower No 3
Pâte de verre cast
57 H x 60 W x 2 D cm
Wallflowers: a term used to describe ‘the people not chosen and who will miss the chance to dance’. The fragile wallflower appears transparent almost forgotten, alluding to our feelings of invisibility and alienation perhaps even our own social withdrawal.
Photographer: Peter Stuthridge - PRA Imaging
All entries as Finalist
Biography
Denise Pepper
Bayswater, Western Australia, Australia
Born
26/4/1960 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Education
- 2013, Cold Working Workshop, Masahiro Asaka, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- 2012, Pâte de Verre, Alicia Lomne, Art Glass Studio, Morley, Western Australia, Australia
- 2007, Artist in Residence, School of Communication and Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2006, Bachelor of Visual Arts , Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2003, Advanced Diploma of Environmental Art, Polytechnic West, Midland, Western Australia, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2014, New Works, eMerge ART Space, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2012, Choju Contemporary Art Japan Australia Exchange Sculpture Exhibition, Choju Zuiunan Space and Kaede Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Public/Private Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Winners Collection, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- Various Private Collections
Awards/Grants
- 2013, Highly Commended, Mansfield Art Glass Exposition, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
- 2012, Finalist, E-merge, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon, United States
- 2012, Recipient, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2012, Finalist, Bankwest Art Awards, Bankwest Art Awards, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2011, Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2009, Recipient, Vicki Torr Online Gallery Prize (Emerging Artist), Ausglass, Australia
- 2007, Vincent Award, Town of Vincent, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- 2006, Graduating Students ECU Head of School Award for Excellence, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia
- 2006, Finalist, 'A Place in the World' Exhibition, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- 2006, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
