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Mel Douglas
EDUCATION
2000 - Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with first class Honours,
Canberra School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
AWARDS/GRANTS
2003 - Gas Emerging Artist Presenter, Seattle USA
2002 - Ranamok Glass Prize
Recipient ArtsACT Quick Response Grant
Recipient ArtsACT Grant
2000 - Art Monthly Award
2000 - Emerging Artists Support Scheme Acquisition Award -
KPMG
1999 - The Thomas Foundation, Pilchuck Student Scholarship.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY, USA
Ranamok Glass Collection, Sydney NSW, Australia
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT, Australia
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery – National Glass Collection,
Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra ACT, Australia
Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra ACT,
Australia
KPMG Art Collection, Canberra ACT, Australia
EXHIBITIONS
2005 - New Work, Habatat Galleries, Chicago, USA
Collectors Choice, Axia Modern Art, Sydney NSW Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Australia
Geometry Rhythm and Light, Craft ACT, Canberra ACT Australia
Seeds of Light, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Australian
National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
New Directions in Australian Glass, Australian Embassy in Washington,
Washington DC, USA
2004 - Geometry Rhythm and Light, Object Galleries, Sydney
Australia
SOFA, Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA. Represented by Beaver
Galleries
Five over four, Craft ACT Crucible, Canberra ACT Australia
Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Represented by
Narek Galleries
Four:04, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
2003 - SOFA, Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago USA. Represented
by Beaver Galleries.
Ranamok Glass Prize, Travelling Exhibition – Australia.
Hobart City Art Prize, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery,
Hobart TAS, Australia.
2002 - Recent Graduates, National Institute of the Arts, Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia Ranamok Glass Prize,
Travelling Exhibition – Australia and USA
Liquidity, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Gallery, Canberra ACT, Australia
Dialogue, Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
Terra Incognita, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland OR USA
Black White and Grey Matter, Craft ACT, Canberra Australia
Graduates, Kamberra Wine Centre, Canberra ACT, Australia
Mel Douglas - Recent Works, Link Gallery - Canberra Centre,
Canberra ACT, Australia
2001 - New Talent, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne VIC, Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT, Australia.
Ranamok Glass Prize, Volvo Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia (traveling
exhibition)
Canberra meets Venice, Scaletta di Vetro Galleria, Milan Italia.
Unchartered Waters, Ausglass Student Exhibition, Monash University,
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Sofa NY, Chappell Gallery, NY USA
Resonance Within, Chappell Gallery, New York NY, USA
2000 - ANU Canberra School of Art Graduation Exhibition, Canberra
ACT, Australia
Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT, Australia
RFC Glass Prize, Volvo Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia (traveling
exhibition)
First Thoughts, Canberra School of Art Drawing Prize, Canberra
ACT, Australia
Essentially Canberra, Earl Lu Gallery, LaSalle SIA College
of the Arts, Singapore
Sassy Students, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney NSW, Australia
1999 - New Directions, Emerging Glass Artists in Australia,
Quadrivium, Sydney NSW, Australia
Essentially Canberra, Objects Galleries, Customs House, Sydney
NSW, Australia
SOFA - NY, Chappell Gallery, New York NY, USA
Essentially Canberra, Selected Exhibition, Chappell Gallery,
Boston USA.
Ausglass Student Exhibition, Art and Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga
NSW, Australia
1998 - Venezia Aperto Vetro ‘98’, International
New Glass, Venice, Italy.
Canberra Goes to Venice, Straithnairn gallery, Canberra, ACT.
WORKSHOPS
2003 - Jiri Harcuba, the Graven Image, Pilchuck Glass School,
Pilchuck WS, USA
2001 - Kathy Elliott, Cold Working Techniques, Canberra School
of Art Summer Program, Canberra ACT, Australia
1999 - Harumi Yukutake, Micro-Macro Approach to Sculpture,
Pilchuck Glass School, Pilchuck WS, USA.
1998 - Michael Sheiner, Glass Blowing Techniques, Canberra
School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Scott Chaseling, Function and Dysfunction, Canberra School
of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Brian Kirkviet, Lampworking Techniques, Canberra School of
Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
1997 - Peter Minson, Introduction to Lampworking, Canberra
school of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 - 2005 Project Officer, Traveling Exhibitions, National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
1999 - Assistant for Chihuly Painting Workshop, Floriade and
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
Blowing assistant to Tom Rowney for Jane Bruce, Canberra School
of Art., Canberra ACT, Australia
Installation team for Chihuly Exhibition, National Gallery
of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia
Installation Team for Ausglass Conference Exhibition, Art
and Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia
1998 - Blowing assistant to Tom Rowney for Jane Bruce, Canberra
School of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
Blowing assistant to Jane Bruce, Canberra School of Art, Canberra
ACT, Australia
Blowing teachers assistant for Mikki Brown, Canberra School
of Art, Canberra ACT, Australia
COMMISSIONS
1998 - Chapel Windows, Canberra Hospital, Canberra ACT
RESIDENCIES
2003 - Glass Workshop, National Institute of the Arts, Australian
National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
2002 - Glass Workshop, National Institute of the Arts, Australian
National University, Canberra ACT, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
2005 - Australian Glass Today, Marg New Glass Review 26 200
2004 - Craft Arts International Issue 59 page 38-40 59
2003 - New Glass Review
CRAFTS ARTS ISSUES:
Issue 47 page 92
Issue 51 page 98
Issue54 page 86
Issue 54 page 88
Issue 56 page 99 |
