Adam Aaronson
Resume
Born London, 1956
Adam has been at the heart of British studio glass for more than 25 years, firstly as a gallerist and subsequently as an artist in his own right, learning glass later in his career and developing self-taught methods. In 1996, Adam established his current glass blowing studio in Earl’s Court, London.
Adam specializes in free blown glass, and his work experiments with such processes as his own ‘late coloring’ technique and the potential of highly finished forms. His vessels and sculptures are at once a celebration of the simplicity of pure form, and also an investigation into layering. His colored patinas draw on painterly techniques but are predominately inspired by a love of natural landscapes and waterscapes.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 The Imaginary Landscape, Zest Gallery, London, UK
2009 Strata, Zest Gallery, London, UK
2008 An Artist's Journey, Zest Gallery, London, UK
2007 Slices, Zest, London, UK
Francis Iles, Rochester, Kent, UK
2006 Coiled, Zest, London, UK
2005 Clear Horizons, Zest Gallery, London, UK
Adam Aaronson, Isola Bella, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Light and Shade, Zest, London, UK
2004 Reeds, Zest Gallery, London, UK
Lightscape: Glass for Interiors, Zest, London, UK
2003 Curved Forms (Inaugural Exhibition) Zest Gallery, London, UK
The Winter Landscape, Zest Gallery, London, UK
Maclaren Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, Colorado, USA
CLB, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Harington Glass, Bath, UK
2002 Britain’s National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
Les 5 Sens Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 The Imaginary Landscape, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, UK
Origin Art Fair, Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK
Mixed Summer Exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge, UK
Cohesion Glass Network, SDC Gallery, London, UK
SOFA Santa Fe 2010, Jane Sauer Gallery, New Mexico, USA
Chroma, The Beetroot Tree Gallery, Derbyshire, UK
Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-Upon Tyne, UK
Glass 2010, Pyramid Gallery, York, UK
SOFA NY 2010, New York (Zest Gallery), USA
Take Thirty, Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, UK
Rarefind, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, UK Exhibition One '10,
................ The Red Barn Gallery, Penrith, UK
Designer Crafts, Society of Designer Craftsmen, The Mall Galleries, London, UK
Heavenly Scent, Peter Layton Glassblowing Studios, London, UK
2009 Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
Farrington Contemporary, Gibraltar, Spain
Catching the Light, Lakeland Arts Trust, Cumbria, UK
Francis Iles, Rochester, Kent, UK
Treasures Past and Present, Fulham Palace, London, UK
2008 FORM Art Fair, London, UK (Zest Gallery)
SOFA New York & Chicago, USA (Zest Gallery)
St. Ives Society of Artists, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
Inside Out, Quenington, Oxfordshire, UK
Art London Art Fair, London, UK (Zest Gallery)
Cohesion, Artworks Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2007 Genesis, SDC Gallery, London, UK
Rarefind Winter, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, UK
2006 Pyramid Gallery, York, UK
Red Barn Gallery, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, California, USA
2005 Plumbline Gallery, St Ives, UK
Francis Iles, Rochester, UK
Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham, UK
Lustre Art Fair, Djanogly Art Centre, Nottingham, UK
2004 Eton Applied Arts 10 Year Anniversary Glass Show, Eton, UK
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Yellow House Arts, Brighton, UK
Montpellier Gallery, Stratford, UK
Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
Scentsational, Zest Gallery, London, UK
Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK
Lustre, Tullie House, Carlisle, UK
2003 Blackheath Gallery, London, UK
Francis Iles Gallery, Rochester, UK
Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge, UK
Hollace Cluny, Toronto, Canada
Tesoro, Los Angeles, California
Long Curve Gallery, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, UK
2002 Contemporary Decorative Arts Sotheby’s, London, UK (Pre-Auction Exhibition)
Skin: Surface, Substance and Design Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum,
................ Smithsonian Institution, New York, USA
Selected Commissions
2009
P&O Australia (Sculptures for the Pacific Jewel)
Salviati, Venetia, Italy (Le Quattro Stagioni - Exclusive body of work)
Sackler Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (Commemorative Vases)
National Gallery, London, UK (Collection of vases to coincide with the Degas Exhibition)
SS Galaxy Luxury Cruise Liner, Celebrity Cruises (Sculptural vessels and vases)
London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE), UK (Commemorative vase)
Museum of Modern Art shop, New York, USA (Exclusive paperweight)
National Art Collections Fund, London, UK (Commemorative Vases)
Claridges Hotel, London, UK (Architectural features)
Cotswold House Hotel (Bespoke Lighting Design)
J. Sheekey Restaurant (Bespoke Lighting Design)
Buhle Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (Manet inspired Vase)
2003 & 2004
London Business Awards, London, UK (Commemorative Pieces)
Children with Aids Charity (CWAC) London, UK (Awards)
Cotswold House Hotel, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK
..... (Bespoke ‘Reeds’ Sculptural Screen)
SS Pride of Hawaii, Norwegian Cruise Liner, Norway (Sculptures)
MS Independence of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International (Sculptures)
Miss Deaf UK, Fundraising event, London, UK
British Museum Shop, London, UK (Paperweights)
Selected Private Collections
Kate Adie, London, UK
Catherine Cookson, UK
Hilary Clinton (gift from Tony Blair), USA
Dame Judi Dench, UK
Sir John Harvey Jones, UK
Anita Roddick, UK
Jill Sackler, USA
Sir Timothy Sainsbury, UK
Lady Thatcher, UK
Ivana Trump, USA
The Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt, London, UK
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, High Commissioner of Pakistan, Pakistan
Lionel de Rothschild, UK
Mark Holford, UK
David and Lucy Abel Smith
Katherine Coleman MBE
Sir Gulam Noon MBE
Peter and Anne Arlidge
David Khalili
Lord Janner of Braunstone, QC
Public Collections
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, UK
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, UK
St. Mark’s Unitarian Church, Edinburgh, UK