GERRY REILLY - GLASS ARTIST
1958 Born
Gippsland, Victoria
1976-81 Studied
glass/ceramics at Monash University School of Art, Gippsland Institute,
Uni of Tasmania
1980’s Worked
in small studios in Tasmania, South Australia, Jam Factory Craft Workshops
in Adelaide, and in the south west of Western Australia (since 1985)
1981 & 1987 Attended
AUSGLASS Conference (WA rep 1987). Workshop - Fred Daden (UK)
1988-1994 Margaret
River Art Galleries- Founding shareholder with 23 other artist investors
1989 Advanced
workshop in Venetian Glassblowing techniques with Lino Tagliopietra (Italy),
Dante Marioni (USA), Richard Marquis (USA), in Auckland, NZ.
1990-96 Founding
partner in The Melting Pot Glass Studio, Margaret River WA, creating
up
to 25 lines of creative art glass for wholesale and retail markets
1995 Fellow
of Crafts Council of WA - “in recognition of his committment to crafts practice
in the field of Glass and Education”.
1996-98 Art/Craft
Expo, Fremantle, Silver Medal 96.
1996 Aust.
Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne with Crafts Council of WA (October)
1996 Exhibitor,
Australian Craft Show, Sydney and Canberra (November)
1997 Exhibitor,
Australian Craft Show, Sydney (November)
1998 Kirra
Australia exhibition, Melbourne; The Mill Gallery exhibition, York; Margaret
River International Surfmasters trophies.
1999 The
Presiding Officer’s Acquisiton Award Exhibition, Canberra; Fremantle
Cruise Festival;
Surfmasters trophies; Solo exhibition - Fremantle Arts Centre.
2000 Winner
-Willyabrup Art Prize; Awarded Craftmark, Craft Australia(April);
Feature
Artist/Exhibitor - Contemporary Design Craft Show, Sydney (June);
Kirra Australia,
Melbourne (June); Craft Australia/David Jones Olympic Exhibition, Sydney
(July-Sept); Olympic VIP lounge, Circular Quay, Sydney (Sept)
2001 Exhibitions
- Leeuwin Estate Winery(January), South-west Survey (January), PilbaraFineArt Gallery
(August), York Society Art Awards(October) Centenary of Federation Glass Exhibition,Tasmania(November)
2002-03 AUSGLASS
Conference Coordinating committee and Workshop Facilitator, for National
Conference held in Perth, Fremantle and Margaret River. Melting Pot Glass
Studio hosts AUSGLASS Forum.
2002 Founding
member, Margaret River Artisans - joint marketing initiative for south
west artists.
2003 Yallingup
Garden Art Studio, Joint exhibition - Gerry Reilly and Cindy Durant (January)
2003 Inspirational
travelling expedition - Central Qld, NT and WA (June, July, August)
2003 The
Melting Pot Glass Studio moves to main street Margaret River (Sept).
2002-04 Export
of designs to China; established glassbeadmaking at Melting Pot, incl.
teaching Warbuton Aboriginal Community, Central Desert WA
2004 Collaborative
exploration of glass/metal with artist, Steve Pease.
2004 Guest
exhibitor, Art in Bloom, Art Gallery of Western Australia.
2004 Commissioned
to design exclusive range of Art Glass for Voyager Estate.
2004 Exhibitor
- Singapore Gift and Trade show, Austrade New Export Dev. Program.
2005 Exhibitor
- Ambiente Gift and Trade show, Germany with Austrade NEDP
2005 New
furnace with high optical quality glass leading to a period of experimentation
in Italian “submerso” technique with WA wildflowers/orchids,
and Big Sky series of statement pieces
2005 Artopia
- Living Artists - feature artist - Aspects of Kings Park, Perth.
2005 -2007 Visiting
glass artist/tutor - Blackstone Festival, Central Gibson Desert WA.
2006 Commissioned
artist–awards WA Business Arts Partnerships Awards, WADept Arts/Culture.
2006-2007 Australian
Glass Exhibition, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto with AUSTRADE Canada.
2007 Designing
Futures Cluster Workshop, Margaret River in conjunction with FORM Contemporary
Design Project
2007 Solo
exhibition – Gerry Reilly, Art Glass. Arts Centre, Warragul, West
Gippsland, Victoria.
2007 Exhibiton – “Emerge” Designing
Futures, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.
EXHIBITIONS
Designing Futures “Evolve” Exhibition, Bunbury Regional Art
Galleries, 2007; Solo Exhibition – retrospective and new works, Warragul
Arts Centre, Gippsland Victoria 2007; Australian Glass, Sandra Ainsley
Gallery, Toronto with AUSTRADE Canada 2006-07; Style and Sensibility, ArtGeo
Busselton Courthouse Gallery group exhibition, 2007; Utopia -Living Artists
- Aspects of Kings Park 2005; Ambiente Gift and Trade Fair, Germany/ Austrade
2005; Singapore Gift Show, Austrade 2004; Art in Bloom, Art Gallery of
WA 2004; Bunker Bay Inaugural Spirals Exhibition 2003; AUSGLASS group exhibiton,
Customs House Fremantle 2003; Gerry Reilly and Cindy Durant, glass artists
at Yallingup Garden Art Studio 2003; Leeuwin Estate Winery 2001, PilbaraFineArt
Gallery 2001, York Society Art Awards 2001, Centenary of Federation Glass
Exhibition,Tasmania 2001, Craft Aust/David Jones Olympic Exhibition, Sydney
2000 (July-Sept); Olympic VIP lounge, Circular Quay, Sydney (Sept 2000);
The Royal Visit - invitation exhibition, Busselton 2000; Feature Artist/Exhibitor
- Contemporary Design Craft Show, Sydney 2000; Solo exhibiton - Fremantle
Arts Centre’s Centrepiece Gallery “Western Landscapes in Glass”,
99; The Presiding Officer’s Art Award Exhibition 99; Kirra Australia “Beyond
The Rim” 98; Feature Artist - Myer West Week 98; Centrepiece Gallery
Inaugural Exhibition 98; WA Promotional exhibition at Perth Concert
Hall 95; Australia Comes to Surabaya 94; Customs House Invitiation Award
exhibition, Fremantle 93-94; SW Survey, Bunbury Art Galleries 90-2007;
Margaret River Art Galleries - Members Exhibitions 90-94; Habitat Crafts
Show, Frem. Arts Centre 93-2005; Blaxland Galleries, Sydney 93; City of
Perth Craft Award 93-95.
AWARDS/ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES
2005,06,07 Visiting
Artist - Blackstone Festival, Central Desert WA – five year program
2003 Finalist
- Spirals Art Award, Bunker Bay.
2003 Artist
in Residence - Warburton Aboriginal Community, Central Desert WA
2001 Highly
Commended, York Society Art Awards
2000 Winner – inaugural
Willyabrup Art Acquisition Award, south west WA artists.
Judges
- Alan Dodge, WA Art Gallery/Belinda Carrigan, Holmes A Court collection
1997 Winner
- Sculpture Award, SW Survey Exhibition, Bunbury Art Galleries
1996 Silver
medal - Awards for Excellence, Art-Craft Expo, Fremantle
Highly
Commended - Wanneroo City Art Awards
1994 Winner
- Leonora Art Prize, Sculpture/Ceramics/Wood/Glass
Winner
- York Society Art Craft Awards - Glass
1992 & 93 Community
Achievement Awards - Arts & Culture, Augusta-M/River Shire toMelting
Pot.
1992 & 94 Winner
- Glass Section, SW Survey Exhibition, Bunbury Art Galleries.
CORPORATE COMMISSIONS AND TROPHIES including:
DEST Indigenous Higher Education Awards 2007; Legends Golf Tour Trophy
2007; Handa Cup Perpetual Trophy 2006 onwards; WA Business Arts Partnership
Awards, WADept of Arts & Culture 06; Dept of Industry and Resources
Gift Registry incl. gifts to Lt Gov of California, The Admiral Mat Rabi,
Chief of Staff, Malaysian Armed Forces, Malaysian, Chinese and Taiwanese
Trade Diplomats etc; Indigenous Vietnam Veterans Awards 2005; Drug Aware
Pro Surf Trophies 07; Mastercard Junior Golf Masters Trophies 2004-2007;
Telstra Australia Rally 2004 & 2005; Royal Perth Golf Club anniversary
gifts 2005 for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews & Royal
Calcutta Golf Club; Fremantle Arts Centre Gifts Registry 2004-2005; Craftwest/Form
Gifts Registry 2004-2005 incl. regular commissions for Woodside Petroleum.
Prior to 2004: CHOGM protocol gifts for partner’s of Heads of Government,
Primeministers Dept; Sultan of Brunei, Mayors of Shanghei and Beijing;
King of Thailand; Govenor of WA; Hammersley Iron, IBM; Fremantle Yacht
Club 97; International Surfmasters Trophies; WA Windsurfing Championships
trophies; WAMI Awards; Takano Yuri Women’s Golf Classic trophies;
public & private commissions for corporations, churches, government
depts through Gift Registries at Fremantle Arts Centre and Craftwest/FORM,
community awards and sporting trophies
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ebeltoft Glasuseum, Denmark; Queensland State Gallery Craft Collection;
Holmes A Court Collection; Uni of South Australia Collection; Bankwest
Corporate Collection; the Broadwater Resort Collection; Don Dunstan Collection;
La Trobe Gallery Collection; Dianne and Terry Grammer private collection;
Sczurek private collection; Ambassador of Denmark collection; Karratha
Resort; The Lakes Resort, Adelaide; Tasmanian School of Art Collection;
private collections throughout Australia and the world.