Brian Hirst
Brian Hirst
61-(0)2 – 96606599 www.brianhirst.com , youtube.com.au (search Brian Hirst)
Date of birth:
1956 Gippsland Victoria Australia
Education:
1977-79 Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) Monash University Gippsland Campus
Assistant to Nick Mount Glass Yinnar South Gippsland Victoria / Build Studio GIAE
Teaching & Positions:
1987-8 Canberra School of Art – Senior Lecturer (with Klause Moje)
1981-2 Sydney College of Arts – Tutor
1980 –2 Establish Glebe Glass Studio – (Australia Council Funded) for Derek & Lynne Smith
SCA – Tutor Glass Art
Guest Lectures:
2008 Gems from the National Art Glass Collection – Tweed River Art Gallery NSW
2007 Osaka University Japan
2006 Coburg Glass Prize Symposium “Australian Glass” – Coburg Germany
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery –NSW
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery – Gymea NSW
2005 Glass Art Society Award Presentation, Adelaide
2004 Sydney College Of the Arts, Sydney University Aust.
2003 Bay Area Glass Insitutute San Jose California USA
2002 Metropolitan Contemp. GlassGroup-LeoKaplan Modern NY
Contempo Art Gallery of NSW Society, Sydney
2001 Wanganui Polytechnic NZ
2000 Urban Glass – New York USA
1999 Ausglass Conference – Wagga Wagga AUSTRALIA
1998 Tama Art University – Tokyo JAPAN
1997 GAS Conference – Tucson Arizona USA
1995 Creative Glass Center of America – NJ USA
1994 Canberra School of Art, Sydney College of Arts,
St George TAFE, UNSW AUSTRALIA
Tama University – Tokyo JAPAN
Utatuyama Craft Centre - Kanazawa JAPAN
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art –JAPAN
1993 Glass Workshop - Canberra Institute of the Arts
1992 Glass Etching – Studio One – Canberra AUSTRALIA
1991 CGCA Art Alliance for Cont.Glass Symposium–Wheaton Village – NJ USA
Artist in Residence National Ceramics Conference– QLD
Professional Development Seminar – Crafts Council NSW
1990 Sydney College of the Arts – Glass Department
1989 Sydney College of the Arts – Glass Department
1988 Newcastle University School of Visual Arts
Professional Development Seminar – Crafts Council NSW
1987 Tyler School of Art - Philadelphia USA
1986 Reitveldt Academy – Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
1981 Glass Workshop – Canberra School of Art
Sydney College of the Arts – Sculpture Department
Hon. Positions:
2007 Master Of Australian Craft – Object /Craft Australia
1995 –2006 Judge (Glass) - Royal Agricultural Society of NSW
1989-91,95-8 Member of the Executive Committee – Ausglass
1984-1985 Vice-President – Ausglass
1982-1983 Board Member – Crafts Council of NSW
Exhib. Solo Int.
2008 Brian Hirst - Galerie B Baden –Baden Germany
2007 Yamaki Art Gallery – Osaka – Japan
Dai Ichi Museum Nagoya Japan
2006 Collect – Victorian & Albert Museum London - UK
2005 Steninge World Exhibition of Art Glass 2005 - Sweden
2004 “Brian Hirst” – Global Art Venue Fine Art - Seattle
2002 Sacred Surface- Silent Surface - Project Space
Nancy Hoffman Gallery New York USA
2001 ‘Brian Hirst’ – Clara Scremini Gallery Paris FRANCE
2000 Clara Scremini Gallery – ‘St’art’ Strasbourg FRANCE
1999 Miller Gallery – New York USA
1997 Gallery Nakama – Tokyo JAPAN
1995 Glass Now 17 - The Azabu Museum of Arts & Crafts – Tokyo JAPAN 1995
Brian Hirst - The Glass Gallery – Bethesda USA
1993 Two Australians - The Glass Gallery – Bethesda USA
Solo Aust.
2007 Brian Hirst – Glass Sculpture Engravings – Annadale Gallery
2005 Form and Shadow – Narek Galleries, Tanja NSW
2004 Definition – Beaver Galleries Canberra ACT
2002 Relationships In Form – Quadrivium QVB Bld. Sydney NSW
2001 Surface – Beaver Galleries Canberra ACT
2000 Reflection. Contemplation – Lake Russell Gallery NSW
1999 Beaver Galleries – Canberra ACT
1998 Silent Surface – Quadrivium Gallery Sydney NSW
1996 Sacred Surface – UTS Gallery Sydney NSW
1994 Makers Mark – Sydney NSW
1993 Glass by Brian Hirst – Gippsland Regional Art Ctr VIC
1992 A Celebration of Glass – Narek Galleries ACT
1986 Object and Image Series – Blaxland Gallery Sydney
1985 Cycladic Series – Gates Gallery Sydney NSW
1982 Glass by Brian Hirst – Distelfink Gallery Melbourne VIC
1978 Glass Connection – Blackfriars Gallery Sydney NSW
“Melita Juresic” (Actress) –Photography Latrobe Regional Gallery Morwell - Victoria
Group Aust.
2008 Gems from the National Art Glass Collection – Tweed River Art Gallery NSW
2005 Transformations: The Language of Craft – National Gallery of Australia - Canberra
2004 Brian Hirst, Andrew Leslie, Young-Ha Park group show, Annandale Galleries
2003 Recent Glass – Qdos Gallery Lorne, Victoria.
Brian Hirst Bungay Art House – Glen Eira City Council Gallery.
Canberra Glass 2003 – Beaver Galleries ACT
2002 Material Culture – National Gallery of Australia, ACT.
Transparent Things – Wagga Wagga Reg. Art Gallery
Glass Art in Australia – Quadrivium -Sydney
Glass 2001 – Without Pier Gallery - Melbourne
2001 Quadrivium Gallery Sydney – Renwick Tour
‘Drawn in Form’ - Brisbane City Gallery QLD
2000 Brian Hirst Studio Glass – Beaver Galleries ACT
1999 Contemporary Australian Craft – Customs House Sydney
Masters of Australian Glass - Quadrivium Sydney NSW
Sacred Surface – UTS Gallery Sydney NSW
1998 ‘Contemplating the Bowl’ – Distelfink Gallery
Melbourne Victoria
Objects of Ideas – Ten Approaches to Cont Practise –Craft Council QLD
1997 Natural Progression – Studio One – Canberra ACT
Director’s Choice – Distelfink Gallery Melbourne Victoria
1996 Artworks Gallery – Nungurner Victoria
National Craft Award -National Gallery of Victoria
Art of Glass – Golden Canvas Gallery Sydney NSW
1995 Blaxland Gallery – Sydney NSW
International Directions in Glass
1994 Coast to Coast – Myer Perth WA
Ten Guineas Show – Blaxland Gallery Sydney
1993 The Bowl Show – Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne
International Directions in Glass – Art Gallery of WA Perth
3rd Australian Contemporary Art Fair – Melbourne -
1992 Represented by Blaxland Gallery Sydney NSW
Challenging the Medium – Blaxland Gallery Sydney
Appreciating the Medium Glass Artists’ Gallery Sydney
1991 Profiled Personalities – National Ceramic Conference QLD
1991 The Glass Bowl – Distelfink Gallery Melbourne
A Touch of Glass – Bellingen River Gallery NSW
Ten Guineas Show – Blaxland Gallery Sydney
Australian Crafts ’90 – Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne
International & Australian Glass – National Gallery Victoria
1990 ANZ Glass Prize – Glass Artists’ Gallery – Sydney
1989 President’s Choice – Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne
A Free Hand – 40 Years of Cont.Aust.Craft Powerhouse Museum Sydney
Australian Crafts – New Works from the Powerhouse Collection 1989-1992
Glass Australian ’88 – Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne
1988 Contemporary Craft Survey – Powerhouse Museum NSW 1987
Form & Function – Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne
4th National Studio Glass Exhibition – Wagga Wagga NSW
Canberra School of Art Staff Show – CSA ACT
1987 The Bowl Show – Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne
ACI Collection – Queensland Art Gallery
Australian Hot Glass – Art Gallery of NT Darwin
1985 Glass Artists’ Gallery – Sydney
1984 Australian Crafts ’84 – Meat Market Craft Centre Melb
Group Int’al
2007 Meitetsu Dept. Store Nagoya Japan
2006/7 “20 Years On” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft - Denmark
Australian Glass 2006 Toronto - Canada
2006 Steninge Slott - Sweden
2005 San Francisco Art Fair and Palm Beach Art Fair – Nancy Hoffman Gallery – NY USA
2004 San Francisco Art Fair / Palm Beach Art Fair – Nancy Hoffman gallery – NY USA
2003 The Next Decade–Habatat Galleries Royal Oak Michigan USA
2002 Celebrating Thirty Years at Nancy Hoffman Gallery – Soho NY. USA
Facets of Australian Glass – Leo Kaplin Modern –N Y USA
Contemporary Glass Exhibition – Shanghai Museum of Fine Art. China
Habatat Gall. International Glass Invitational – Royal Oak Michigan, USA
Steninge World Exhibition Of Art Glass 2002 –Marsta Sweden
Prime Verre – Musee-Atelier du Verre de Sars Poteries France
Art Singapore – Contemporary Asian Art Fair. Soho Gallery. - Singapore
Habatat Galleries International Glass Invitational Detroit USA
2001 Clara Scremini Gallery Paris FRANCE
2000 ‘Glass’ Adam Witney Gallery – USA
1994-2000 Annual International Glass Invitational Habatat Galleries – Michigan USA
Imago Galleries - Palm Desert California USA
2000 ‘Glass – A Celebration’ Nancy Hoffman Gallery – NY USA
‘Shattering Perceptions’ Dennos Museum Michigan USA
Museo del Vidrio Monterrey MEXICO
‘At the Edge’ Germany/England/Australia
Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan – Hokkaido/Honshu
1999 ‘Objects of Desire’ – Nancy Hoffman Gallery NY USA
‘Handmade Shifting Paradigm’ The Art Museum SINGAPORE
‘Contemporary Australian Craft’ – Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art – Sapporo JAPAN
Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection – Collection of Fine Arts Museum –San Francisco
USA
1999 SOFA – Miller Gallery - New York USA
‘The Magic of Venice’ - Qualita Fine Art – Las Vegas USA
Documenta- ’98 – Kanazu JAPAN
Habatat Galleries International Invitational USA
Australian Glass – 10 Artists – Gallery Enomoto Osaka JAPAN
1998 SOFA – Miller Gallery – Chicago USA
Habatat Galleries International Invitational USA
The Art of Gold – Ballerat Fine Art Gallery – Victoria AUSTRALIA
1997 Hsinchu International -Habatat Galleries – TAIWAN
Glass Weekend CGCA – Glass Gallery - Bethesda USA
Expo Glass – GAS Tucson Arizona USA
Frozen Fire ‘Contemporary Works in Glass’ Academy of Arts Easton Marylands USA
1996 Esponizione Internationale del Vetro Contemporaneo Venezia
Aperto Vetro – Venice Italy
Hsinchu International -Habatat Galleries – TAIWAN
SOFA – Chicago USA
25 at 25 – Society of Contemporary Crafts - Pittsburg USA
24th Annual International Glass Invitational – Michigan USA
The First 10 Years -Glasmuseum – Ebeltoft Denmark
Glass from Australia 1995
Glasmuseum – Ebeltoft DENMARK
Glass from Australia 1995: Glasmuseum – Ebeltoft DENMARK
Galerie L - Standtisches Museum & Glasmuseum – Reinbach GERMANY
1995-1996 Glass Weekend – The Glass Gallery NJ USA
23rd Annual International Invitational – Habatat Galleries USA
SOFA ’94 Chicago USA – Glass Gallery Bethesda USA
1995 Pacific Rim Glass – GAS Conference – California USA
22nd Annual International Invitational – Habatat Galleries USA
1994 World Glass Now ’94 -Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art JAPAN
Winner – Grand Prize
Glass Now 16 – Tokyo JAPAN
21st Annual International Invitational – Habatat Galleries USA
CGCA Glass Weekend –Wheaton Village NJ USA
Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition with
1993 The Glass Gallery – Bethesda USA
1992 Glass and Drawing Gallery - Nakama Annexe – Tokyo JAPAN
Crystalex Collection -Lemberk Castle – CZECH REPUBLIC
Chicago International New Art Forms Expo – GAG Sydney
1991 Interglass Symposium‘91 Crystalex – Novy Bor CZECH REPUBLIC
Glass Weekend, CGCA – Wheaton USA
(Featured by The Glass Gallery – Bethesda USA)
Art Glass from Australia -Galerie Art de Verre – LUXEMBOURG
Galerie L – Hamburg GERMANY
Gallerie Rob van den Doel – HOLLAND
Galerie Gottschalk-Betz – GERMANY
1990 The Glass Gallery – Bethesda USA
1987 Glass ’87 in Japan – Japan Glass Artcraft Association
1984 Glass ’84 in Japan - Tokyo and Kobe JAPAN
1981 Glass from Australia and New Zealand -
Heissisches Landmuseum – Darmstadt Germany
Contemporary Glass - Australia, USA, Canada and Japan
National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo JAPAN
Collections:
Australia National Gallery of Australia - Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria – Melbourne
Art Gallery of Western Australia – Perth
Queensland Art Gallery –Brisbane
Canberra Museum - ACT
Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences – Sydney
South Australian Art Gallery – Adelaide, SA
The Australian National University - Canberra
Canberra Museum and Gallery - ACT
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery – NSW
Gippsland Regional Art Gallery – Victoria
Victorian State Craft Collection – Melbourne
Artbank – Sydney
Bernie Regional Gallery -Tasmania
Collections:
International
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art – JAPAN
Corning Museum of Glass – NY USA
Houston Museum of Fine Arts - Texas USA
Kunstmuseum – Dusseldorf GERMANY
Glasmuseum - Hentrich GERMANY
Yokohama Museum – JAPAN
Musee –Atelier du Verre – Sars Poteries FRANCE
Ebeltoft Glasmuseum – DENMARK
Museum of Modern Art – KYOTO JAPAN
Guang Dong Province _ CHINA
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco – USA
Koganazaki Glass Museum – JAPAN
Saxe Collection – USA
Evansville Museum Indiana - USA
Houston Museum of Fine Art - USA
Mobile Museum of Art - USA
Seattle Art Museum – USA
Dai Ichi Museum Nagoya - Japan
Private Collections
Awards:
2007 Awarded - Master of Australian Crafts / Glass
1999 Thomas Foundation Assistance Grant
1994 Grand Prize – Hokkaido Museum Modern Art Prize
World Glass Now ’94 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art JAPAN
1991 Ausglass Award – Appreciating the Medium – GAG Sydney
Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council –
Grant for exhibition USA – CGCA Conference
Australia Council Grant to attend Interglass Symposium –CZECH REPUBLIC
Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council –
1989 Grant to attend the Art Association Conference Melbourne
Glass Australia’88 – Conceptual Glass Award -
1988 Meat Market Craft Centre – Melbourne
Australia Council Grant ‘Electric Furnace Research’
1984 Australian Council Grant to attend as Aust. representative at Glass ’84 in JAPAN
1983 Diamond Valley Art Award – Victoria
Commissions: (Include)
2003 National Glass Collection –Wagga Wagga N.S.W.
2000 Westin Plaza Hotel – SINGAPORE
1996 Sydney Casino – NSW AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Casino VIC AUSTRALIA
1995 Royal Mint – Australia Prize Medallions
1992-4 Australia Opera Trophy
Conferences :
2006 GAS - Adelaide
1997-2003 GAS- Glass Art Society USA
1978-2003 National Ausglass Conferences
1999 28th Glass Art Society USA Demonstration Seto Japan
1998 27th Annual GAS Conference Deonstration Tuson Ariz. USA
1997 Glass Net ’97 Symposium – Musee Correr – Venice ITALY
1995 Contemporary Glass – Wheaton Village – NJ USA
1993 Glass Art Society Conference – Toledo USA
1991 Glass Art Society Conference – Corning NY USA
CGCA – Glass Symposium & Expo – Millville NJ USA
National Ceramics Conference – Brisbane AUSTRALIA
Interglass Symposium – CZECH REPUBLIC (Australian Rep)
1987 Glass Art Society Conference – Philadelphia USA
1983 Attended workshop with Richard Meitner – HOLLAND
1991 1st Ausglass Conference – Sydney College of the Arts
Publications:
Transformations – The Language Of Craft NGA 2006
Australian Glass Today (2005) – Margot Osborne
AUSTRALIAN ART In The National Gallery of Australia “ NGA 2002
“Relationships In Form – Moving Between Dimensions”-Ivana Jirasek Craft Arts International – No. 54
Artists In Glass Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass – Dan Klein 2001
Masters of the Craft - Noris Ioannou (1997)
Glass Art– Peter Layton (1996)
Australian Studio Glass – The Movement, Its Makers and Their Art
– Noris Ioannou (1995)
Australian Design Visions – A History -Grace Cochrane (1992)
Decorative Arts and Design from the Powerhouse Museum – E Bilney (1991)
International Directions in Glass – Dr H Ricke
‘Glass’ Magazine – Spring 1999 – J Edwards
The Survey of Glass in the World – Tsureso Yoshimizu – Kyuryudo JAPAN Vol 6
Craft Arts – No 20 (Summer 1990)
Neues Glas – (Autumn 1990) - Art Glass from Australia
Glass – A Contemporary Art - Dan Klein (1989) pp27, 206-28
Pottery in Australia (Vol 28 No 04 December 1989)
Victorian State Craft Collection Catalogue (1988)
Neues Glas (1/93)
Craft Arts No 11 Studio Glass Profile p55 - M Bell
Craft Arts No 9(1986) ‘Working in the Space’ – Anderson
Craft Australia Year Book – (1984-1985)
Craft Arts No 5 (1984) p94-95
Craft Australia (winter 1982) p61-62
The Art of Craft – Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection
www.nga.gov.au/material (National Gallery Of Australia – Material Culture Exhibition 2002)