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Bio

Using both cold-working and hot techniques, I produce three-dimensional sculptural pieces that are made up from layers of glass, fused together. I screen-print colour pigment from original photographic imagery directly onto layers, building each piece up before fusing and then the final grinding and polishing stages.

I studied HND Art & Design at the Glasgow College of Building & Printing before working as a set artist for “the Complex” theatre, Los Angeles. I then went on to study BSc “Special Effects” at Southbank University, London, which led to employment in the Art/Special Effects departments on major movie productions including the Oscar-winning “Last Samurai” and Steven Spielberg’s’ Oscar-nominated “Munich”. After several years working in the industry, I realised a lifelong ambition, setting up my own glass studio to research and work with the diverse materials and challenging techniques involved in the creation of multi-layered glass sculpture.

Awards & Commissions

March 2020- Creative Scotland; Creative Development Bursary

November 2020- Creative Scotland; Creative Enhancement Bursary

March 2021- Visual Arts Scotland; Creative Development Bursary

September 2023- June 2024; large-scale commissioned glass installation, Washington State, USA

Past Exhibits

August 2014, 2015, 2016- Solo shows, Pittenweem Arts Festival, Scotland

September 2016- AAF Bristol, England (represented by Frames Gallery)

December 2016- selected work; Gallery TEN, Edinburgh, Scotland

May 2017- 6-week solo show “Parallel Worlds” Artphoto Galeria, Budapest

August 2017- Pittenweem Arts Festival, Scotland

August 2017- selected work; Scotland Artists Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

September 2017- selected artist, International Festival of Glass (British Glass Biennale) England

October 2017- Art Market Budapest (represented by Artphoto Galeria)

August 2018- solo exhibition, Pittenweem Arts Festival, Scotland

September 2018- Green Gallery, Scotland

October 2018- ArtMarket Budapest, (represented by ArtPhoto Galeria)

November 2018- invited artist, Foto Fever, Paris

December 2018- Artphoto Galeria, Budapest

December 2018- Gallery TEN, Edinburgh, Scotland

May 2019- Contemporary Glass Society, juried online exhibition ‘Digital Distance’

June 2019- Red Moon Glass Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

February 2020- Weem Gallery, Scotland, UK

October 2020- Art Market Budapest represented by Kiskep Gallery

March 2021- Weem Gallery, Scotland, UK

November 2021- Godot Institute of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU

November 2021- present- Weem Gallery, Scotland, UK

December 2021- present- Kiskep Galeria, Budapest, HU

October 2022- Godot Institute of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU

October 2022- Art Market Budapest, HU

January 2023- the Weem Gallery, Scotland, UK

February 2023- Kiskep Galeria, Budapest, HU

April-May 2023- Glass Spring (represented by Agnes Koos, Curator)

September 2023- Group glass art exhibition, Japanese Botanical Garden, Szentendre, HU

October 19th-22nd 2023- Art Market Budapest, HU

November 4th-2023  Folt, Szentendre HU

April- May 18th 2024 GlassSpring, Klebelsberg Cultural Mansion, Solymar HU

October 17-20 20024 Art Market Budapest

October 23- Novemeber 3 2024 Godot ICA Budapest

the creative process

The process I use is entirely original, developed by myself in the studio over the space of three years. I use both hot and cold techniques, creating three-dimensional glass pieces from multiple layers using colour pigment from original imagery. The transparent pigment is applied using heat, followed by back-painting in layers once cooled. Each piece takes several weeks to create before the final diamond-sanding, finishing and polishing stages.

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    specifications

    The pieces themselves are created from multiple layers with transparent imagery fused onto layers of float glass.