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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

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

October 17-20 20024 Art Market Budapest HU

October 23- Novemeber 3 2024 Godot ICA Budapest HU

April-may 2025 Glass Spring showcase exhibition, Klebelsberg Mansion, Budapest hu

October 2025 art expo, godot ica budapest hu

October 2025 Art Market Budapest, solo show

December 2025 Godot institute of contemporary art, Budapest hu

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.