Giles Bettison
Resume
Education
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons 1), Canberra School of Art,
Australian National University, ACT, Australia
Participant in Advanced Glass Blowing Classes
The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA
Participant in Alessi Design Workshop
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Exhibitions
2008
“Range”, Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Form Art and Design, Perth, WA, Australia
Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2007
“New Work” Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2006
“Passage” Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“Threads” Bullseye Connections Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
2005
“Landscapes in Glass” Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
"Succession" Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2003
"Proximity" Bullseye Connections Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
“Travelogue” Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
“New Works” Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2001
“Land” Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.
2000
“Vista” Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1997
Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
“Sucession” Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
“Glass Quake” Mobilia Gallery, Mobilia Gallery, MASS, USA
“Abstract Friendships” Middleton Mill, Middleton, SA, Australia
“Miniatures” Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
2007
“Reflections” Mastreworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Bottle” Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
2005
“Transformations” National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2004
"Vetri. Nel mondo. Oggi" Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Venice, Italy
"Something Different" Uvegpiramis Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
“Contemporary Glass” Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
“Glass State” Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
"Transparent Things, Expressions in Glass" National Gallery of Australia, Wagga Wagga, Broken Hill,
..... Geelong, Sale, Craft ACT
“Glass Art in Australia,” Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia
“Craft from Scratch”
Museum of Applied Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
2001
Meister der Moderne, International Crafts Fair, Munich, Germany
“Australian Glass- The Cutting Edge” Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
2000
“At the Edge, Australian Glass Art,” Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia
“Return to Beauty," Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia
“Fusion” Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
“New Work by Gallery Artists,” Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
1999
“Contemporary Australian Craft,” Museum of Modern Art, Soporo, Japan
Object Gallery, Sydney, Australia
“Latitudes 2,” Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT, Australia
Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
“The Australian Connection,” Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
“Latitudes 2,” Glass Art Society Conference, Seto, Japan
Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
“Venezia Aperto Vetro,” Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy
“Exhibition of Australian Artists,” Fondazione Levi, Venice, Italy
“International Young Artists in Glass,” Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
Prizes and Awards
Bavarian State Prize, Gold Medal, Handwerkskammer fur Munchen und Oberbayern, Germany
Urban Glass Award For New Talent, Urban Glass, New York, NY, USA
Australia Council Development Grant to participate in Bullseye Glass Residency
.....Program, Portland, OR, USA
Finalist, Ebeltoft Young Glass International, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Mitchell, Guirgiola, Thorpe Architects Award for Design, Australia
Australian National University Acquisition Award, Canberra, Australia
Poncho Scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA, USA
Collections
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Museum of Design and Applied Art, Lusanne, Switzerland
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, USA
Museum of Art and Design, NY, USA
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Centro Videro do Norte Portugal, Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal
Australian National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
City of Hobart Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR, USA
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Resource Finance Corporation, Australia
Articles and Publications
2008
Urban Glass Quarterly, “Lace Under Fire,” USA
2004
New Glass Review, USA
2003
Vetro Magazine, Italy
2002
Object Magazine, Australia
2001
“Artists in Glass, Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass” Mitchell Beazley, Dan Klein,
London, UK
“Glass Art, from Urban Glass” Schiffer Art Books, Urban Glass, New York, NY, USA
“Craft from Scratch” catalogue, Museum of Applied Art, Frankfurt, Germany
“At The Edge, Australian Glass Art” catalogue, National Library of Australia
Glass Magazine, Spring 2000, Urban Glass, New York, USA
Craft Arts International, “Return to Beauty” catalogue, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
1998
Neus Glass, New Glass Magazine, #35, Fall
“International New Glass, Venezia Aperto Vetro 1998” catalogue, Electa, Milan, Italy
“Latitudes, Bullseye Glass in Australia," Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
“International Young Artists in Glass, Australia," The Bullseye Connection, Portland, USA
1997
“Masters of their Craft” Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia
Glass Magazine, Fall 1997, Urban Glass, New York, USA
“Young Glass International” catalogue, Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
“International New Glass, Venezia Aperto Vetro” catalogue, Arsenale Editrice, Italy
New Glass Review #17, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
Professional Experience
2007
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Australia
2005
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
2003
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at CERFAV glass school, Vannes Le Chatel, FranceTeach glass blowing and murrini workshop at The Studio, CorningMuseum of Glass, USA
2002
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at CERFAV glass school, Vannes Le Chatel, France
Direct and assist in construction of Sackett Street Glass Studios, (my own studio), Brooklyn, NY, USA
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
Demonstrate glass blowing and murrini techniques
Deliver lecture on my work and the thinking behind it, Ausglass Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
1999
Teach glass blowing and murrini workshop at Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
Demonstrate glass blowing and murrini techniques, Glass Art Society Conference, Tampa, FL, USA
Demonstrate glass blowing and murrini techniques,
University of South Australia Art School, Adelaide, Australia
1998
Build glass blowing equipment and teach glass blowing and murrini workshop, Creative Glass, Zurich,
..... Switzerland
Participant in Bullseye Glass Residency program, Portland, OR, USA
Participant in Latitudes 2 workshop, Canberra, Australia
Build glass blowing equipment, kilns and studio furniture for Queens Court Glass Studio (my own
..... studio) Adelaide, Australia