ROBERT JAMES WYNNE

 

 

 

Born

1959 Yarram Victoria, Australia

 

 

Artist Statement

 

My work explores contrast, tension and the natural beauty of glass. Light, colour and the organic form of glass are set against the weight of stone, the hardness of steel, the texture of rust, the threat of gravity.  The intention is to set exquisitely finished forms against shattered surface patterns, hard lines against soft finishes, each the foil for the other in the forming of dramatic sculptural statements. I am continually exploring, striving to uncover qualities intrinsic in the glass and myself, to heighten the impact of each piece.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

1982 – 1983

Master of Arts in Art

California State University, Chico, California, USA

 

 

1981

Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts

 

Monash University (Gippsland IAE), Churchill, Victoria, Australia

 

1977 – 1979

Diploma of Visual Arts

Monash University  (Gippsland IAE), Churchill, Victoria, Australia

 

 

 

 

SELECTED GROUP & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

 

               2004

 

 

2004

 

              2004

 

                2003

 

Collect

 

 

Arte Gallery

 

S.O.F.A  Chicago

 

S.O.F.A  Chicago

 

Victoria and Albert Museum,London

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

 

Palm Desert California, U.S.A

 

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

 

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

               2003           

 

                2002                

               

                 2002

Elemental

 

S.O.F.A  Chicago

 

Singapore Contemporary Art Fair

 

Gallery Sakura No Ki, Tokyo Japan

 

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

 

Represented by Soho Gallery Sydney

 

               2001

Invitational Exhibition

Louisville Glassworks, Kentucky, U.S.A

 

               2001

S.O.F.A  Chicago

 

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

 

               2001

Antipodean Blends                

Gallery Sakura No Ki, Tokyo, Japan

 

                  2001

Glass Art Australia

Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia

 

                  2001

Australian Glass...The Cutting

Edge

 

Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia

 

2000

 

 

2000

Colonial to Contemporary

 

 

Quadrivium's Finest

 

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

 

 

Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2000

Australasian Glass 2000

Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

 

2000

Vibrant Visions

Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

 

1999

 

Australian Studio Glass

Lisbon, Portugal

1999

 

Solo Exhibition

Framed Gallery, Darwin, Australia

1999

S.O.F.A  Chicago

 

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

 

1998/99

Latitudes II

Latitudes - Gallery Himawari, Seto, Japan

 

 

 

Bullseye Connection, Portland, USA

 

 

 

CSA Gallery, Canberra

 

 

 

Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD

 

 

 

Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, Australia

 

1998

Glass Masters

 

Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria, Australia

1997

Glass Sculpture Solo Exhibition

 

Golden Canvas Gallery, Sydney, Australia

1995/6

Latitudes

Latitudes - Bullseye Connection, Portland, Oregon, USA

 

 

 

 

Latitudes - Craftspace Sydney and ACT Crafts Council Gallery, Canberra, Australia

 

1995

S.O.F.A  Chicago

 

Represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney

 

1994

 

Australian Glass Show

Contemporary Art Niki, Tokyo, Japan

1992

Solo Exhibition

Golden Canvas Gallery, Balmain, Sydney, Australia

 

1992

Work selected for the Australia Shop

World Expo, Seville, Spain

 

 

1990

 

Australian Crafts 1990

Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Australia

 

1988

 

4th National Studio Glass Exhibition

Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW, Australia

 

1988

 

Invitational Exhibition Glass Australia '88, Gas & Fuel Glass Award

Meat Market Craft Center, Melbourne, Australia

 

 

1984

Solo exhibition

Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

 

1984

Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft

Denmark

                       

 

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

 

 

New Parliament House

 

Canberra, ACT, Australia

 

 

Powerhouse Museum

 

Sydney, Australia

 

 

Lang Walker Fine Art Collection

 

Sydney Australia

 

 

Victorian State Craft Collection

 

Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Australia

 

 

Latrobe Valley Regional Arts Centre

 

Morwell, Victoria, Australia

 

 

Queensland Contemporary Art Gallery

 

Brisbane, Australia

 

 

National Glass Collection

 

Wagga Wagga, Australia

 

 

Rockhampton Art Gallery

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

 

 

 

Art Bank

 

Sydney, Australia

 

 

Wentworth Rydges Hotel

 

Glasmuseum

 

Sydney Australia

 

Ebeltoft, Denmark

 

 

Numerous private collections in Australia & overseas

 

 

SELECTED PULICATIONS

 

 

1999   

This Side Up - glass journal, The Netherlands

 

 

1998

Lattitudes - Bullseye Glass in Australia

 

 

1997

Masters of their Craft by Noris loannou, Australia

 

 

1995

Australian National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW, Australia

 

 

1995

Australian Studio Glass by Noris loannou, Australia

 

 

1988

Classics Exhibition Catalogue, Crafts Council of NSW, Sydney, Australia

 

 

1985

Ausglass magazine review of MGM Gallery Exhibition

 

 

 

 

GRANTS

 

 

1982     

Crafts Board of the Australia Council – GRANT

 

 

1981     

Crafts Board of the Australia Council – GRANT