Biography
Holly Grace is an Australian glass artist whose current practice is based at the Canberra Glassworks. In 2004 Grace received a Masters of Fine Art from Monash University and as part of her training has participated in three International Mentorship’s, with glass artists Tobias Mohl, Neil Wilkin, and Viki Noorman Koefoed. The artist recent exhibition history includes venues such as Sofa Chicago, the Melbourne Art Fair, London Art Fair, Art Taipei and the Singapore Art Fair and has had numerous solo exhibitions in both Australia and abroad. Grace also has artwork in numerous collections such as The National Gallery Of Australia, Parliament House Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia and The National Glass Collection.
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Training + experience
2007
Artist in Residence [Glass], Monash University
2004-06
Director, FORM, Western Australia
2003-05
Lecturer – Department of Sculpture, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
2001-04
Masters of Fine Art, Monash University, Melbourne
2000
Honours, Applied Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
1997-99
Bachelor of Applied Arts [Glass], Monash University, Melbourne
1995-96
Bachelor of Fine Art, Curtin University, Western Australia [incomplete]
1993-94
Advance Certificate of Art and Design, Claremont
School of Art, Claremont, Western Australia
Selected exhibitions
2009
Gaze ANITA TRAVERSO GALLERY Melbourne Sublime Perth Galleries, W.A
2008
MELBOURNE ART FAIR – Perth Galleries WA
Landschap ANITA TRAVERSO GALLERY Melbourne Australia
2007
SOFA Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago
Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney Australia
Gaze (Solo Exhibition) Perth Galleries WA, Australia
Glass Canvas (Solo Exhibition) Craft
Queensland Qld, Australia
Art London Royal Hospital, Chelsea, UK
Represented by Glass Artists Gallery
Glass Landscapes (Solo Exhibition)
Glas Galerie Leerdam, Leerdam The Netherlands
Lanschap (Solo Exhibition) Beaver Galleries ACT, Australia
Glass Landscape (Solo Exhibition)
Gaffer Studio Glass Hong Kong
Glass Weekend 07 International Symposium & Exhibition of Contemporary Glass Wheaton Village U.S.A.
2006
Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Navy Pier, Chicago, USA
Royal Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
Hua Shan Cultural Park, Taiwan
Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy
Glas Gallerie Leerdam, Holland
Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
2005
Navy Pier, Chicago, USA
Perth Galleries, Western Australia
International Symposium & Exhibition of Contemporary Glass, USA
Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre Art Gallery of Western Australia
Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
Monash University, Melbourne
International Handicrafts Fair, Florence, Italy
Interior Design Fair, Toronto, Canada
2004
Araluen Park, Northern Territory
The Australian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, ACT
Quadrivium Gallery, NSW
Monash University, Melbourne
2003
New Contemporaries Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Touring Exhibition - Craft Queensland
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Queensland and Wagga Wagga Regional Galleries
ACT Collaborative show at Makers Mark Sydney Melbourne Movement - Craft Victoria
2002
Makers Mark Gallery, Sydney, Australia -solo
Craftwest Gallery, Perth, Australia
Singapore Consul General, Singapore
Monash University, Melbourne
Glass Art Society’s 32nd annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands
CQ Gallery, Craft Queensland, Brisbane
2001
Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney
Cedar Arts Centre, USA
Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Victoria
Melbourne Movement Pavilion, Milan, Italy
Monash University, Melbourne
2000
Monash University, Melbourne
Jackson Gallery, Melbourne
Glass Artist Gallery, Sydney
Central Goldfields Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
1999
Monash University, Melbourne
Craft Queensland, Queensland
City Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga
Publications + interviews
2008
Houses Magazine December pp51-54
2007
Galleries of Australia & New Zealand A Guide to
Contemporary Arts and Crafts published BCF Books Crafts The Magazine for Contemporary Craft May/June
2006
The Melbourne Design Guide Urbano March New Glass Review 27 Published by the Corning Museum of Glass in conjunction with the German periodical “Neues Glass”
2005
Object Magazine Guardian Express April p 11
Insite Magazine No. 3 Summer Edition 2004+05
2004
Belle Magazine September
2003
Vogue Living Magazine, Australia, Feb/March
2002
Herald Sun, Home, Australia, October
American Style Magazine, USA.
Ish Magazine Singapore
Vogue Living Magazine, Australia
Belle Magazine Collectors Edition, Australia
Object Annual Report, Australia
GAS News, Glass Art Society Newsletter, U.S.A.
2001
The West Australian Newspaper
The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper
The West Australian Newspaper
Object Magazine, Australia
Inside/Out Magazine, Australia
Channel Nine News, Nationally televised interview
Monash News, April issue, Melbourne
Object Galleries, Winter Brochure, Sydney
Awards + grants
2005
Australia Council Visual Arts New Work Grant Arts WA – artist residency and mentorship, Denmark
2004
Designing Futures in Contemporary Practice Program,
Craftwest, Western Australia
The Haig Park Artist Residency Program, The Artist Foundation, Western Australia
2003
Ian Potter Foundation – mentorship, United Kingdom
ARTS WA – one month artist residency, Denmark
2002
Craft Victoria Exhibition Grant, 2002 – a touring exhibition in collaboration with Craft Victoria Exhibition Grant
VACF Craft Grant
Monash University Travel Grant
Honorable Mention Glass Art Society 32nd Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Australia Council Grant - Six-month mentorship, Denmark
Arts Victoria Grant to exhibit at the Consul General, Singapore.
2001
Honorable Mention Award, and two cash prizes - International Students Exhibition for the GAS [Glass Art Society] Conference
Scholarship from GAS
Finalist for the Bombay Sapphire Competition Finalist - Thomas Foundation Pilchuck Awards
Collections
Parliament House Art Collection
Artbank
City of Perth, Western Australia
Parliament House, Western Australia
Australian National Glass Collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Edith Cowan University
The Acacia Group
Various Corporate and Private collections in Australia and overseas
Price range
$700 - $10,000
ATG Exhibitions
Gaze (1 April - 2 May 2009)
Landschap (7 - 31 May 2008)