About the Artist

Kristin studied graphic design and worked in the design and advertising industries before returning to university to complete a Graduate Diploma and Master of Fine Arts in glass, focussing on methods of transferring type and image into glass.

Kristin considers glass a perfect medium for allowing a permanent memory of an event, time and place to be recorded in a sculptural work or piece of jewellery to hold, treasure and revisit at will. Her objective is to "capture memory".

Current practice includes production jewellery and wall mounted panels, exhibition work and commissions. Kristin's studio is located in Melbourne, Australia.

 
Education
2002-2004 Master of Fine Arts (by research-glass), Monash University, Caulfield
2000-2001 Graduate Diploma (Ceramic Design, glass), Monash University, Caulfield
1991-1993 Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design), Monash University, Caulfield
Professional Experience
2007 Commissioned to create National and State trophies for The Australian of the Year Awards
2006 Commissioned to create National and State trophies for The Australian of the Year Awards
2006 Commissioned installation for Monash University Berwick campus
2006 Catharine Newell Frit workshop, Melbourne
2005 Commissioned installation for Royal Melbourne Hospital 3 West Day Procedure area
2004-2005 Research Associate (Glass) Department of Fine Arts, Monash University, Caulfield
2003 Presented paper at Glass Art Society 33rd Conference Seattle, USA on the Warlayirti Artists workshops
2002 Co-ordinator of 2 glass fusing workshops for the Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, Western Australia
2001 Co-ordinator of 1 glass fusing workshop for the Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, Western Australia
1993-1994 Graphic design internship with David Carson Design and Ray Gun Magazine, Del Mar, USA
1994-2000 Worked as professional graphic designer.
Awards/Grants
2007 Selected entry – 2007 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 
2006 Selected finalist – Bullseye E-merge competition
2004 Craft Victoria 'Craft-in-Site' funding for 'Capturing Memory' exhibition
2003 Ausglass Student Exhibition Award 
2003 Monash University Postgraduate Travel Grant to attend GAS conference
2001 Westin Workmanship Award Winner Bombay Sapphire Martini Art, Student Collection
Solo Exhibitions
2006 The Lost Art of Letter Writing – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Capturing Memory – 4 Cats Gallery, Melbourne
Capturing Memory – Monash University, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2007 Generation M – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne
PalmBeach3 Florida – Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York
Sculptural Abstractions – Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne
2006 SOFA (represented by Kirra Australia) – Chicago, USA
Bullseye E-Merge Competition (selected finalist) – Portland, OR, USA
Divine – Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Melbourne
The Roaring 40's – Chappell Gallery, New York, USA
Worn – Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2005 Novizio – Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
All that Glitters – Jam Factory, Adelaide
Mind Maps – Craft Victoria, Melbourne 
25 Years Monash Glass – Monash University, Melbourne
Journey Through the Flame – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne
Southern Lights – Ausglass Members exhibition, Adelaide
Continental Drift – Ausglass Members exhibition, Melbourne
Affordable Art Show – Exhibition Buildings Melbourne
The Time Image – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Ranamok Glass Prize – Selected finalist. Touring nationally
New View – Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
Practice in Process – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
To Be or Not To Be...Jewelled – Australian Network of Clay and Glass Artists, Brisbane
Women's Salon '04 Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Harvest, The Newest Talents in Glass and Ceramics – Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
Ausglass Student Exhibition Ausglass Conference – Western Australia
2002 Showstoppers, The Best of Monash Art & Design – Melbourne
Bombay Sapphire Blue Room UK/Europe: 
National Glass Centre, Sunderland; 
The lighthouse Gallery, Glasgow;  
the.gallery@oxo. Tower Wharf, London; 
Salone del Mobile, Milan
Bombay Sapphire Martini Art – Westin Hotel, Sydney
2001 Bombay Sapphire Martini Art, the Student Collection 2001 – Westin Hotel, Melbourne
Special Combination Dish no. 3, Monash University Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne
Student Exhibition Auglass 12th Biennial Conference – Melbourne
Collections
Australian National Glass Collection
City of Moreland
Monash University
Bombay Sapphire Foundation, UK
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Bacardi Limited Australia
Private collections
Media
Sunday Arts Program, ABC TV, 6th August, 2006
Publications
Jutta Cuny-Franz Award/Selected Entry. Neues Glas, issue 3/2007. pg 90
Petrie, Kevin. Glass and Print Part 1. Neues Glas, issue 4/2006. pg 28-30
Rule, Dan. 'To The Letter'. The Age pg 17, 14/9/06
Madigan, Fran. 'Loud and Clear'. Victorian Lifestyle Magazine July 2006. pp 48-49
Heaney, Claire. 'Hothouse Flowers in Full Bloom'. The Herald Sun, 26/01/2006
Heaney, Claire. 'Pride of Place for Kristin's Glass Art'. Brisbane Courier Mail, 26/01/2006
Bartlem, Edwina. 'The Time Image'. Un Magazine #4, pg 32. 2005
Crafti, Stephen. 'Makers Take Rough  With the Smooth'. The Age Metro pg 10, 16/05/2005
Crafti, Stephen. 'Map of the Human Heart (and brain)'. The Age Metro pg 10, 2/05/2005
Geissler, Marie. 'Ranamok Finalists Exhibition 2004'. Craft Arts International Issue 63, 2005. pg 77
Crafti, Stephen. 'Glass Works to Remember'. The Age A3 pg 10. 6/09/2004
'A Snapshot of Visual Arts in Regional Victoria'. Craft Arts International Issue 61. pg 74 (image). 2004
McFarlane, Kristin. 'The Balgo Community of Aboriginal Artists'. The Glass Art Society 2003 Journal. pp 56-58. USA
McFarlane, Kristin. 'Balgo Glass'. This Side Up Magazine no. 20. Winter 2002 pp 2-5. The Netherlands/FUGA 2003
McFarlane, Kristin. 'Desert Glass, The Introduction of Glass to the Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills Western Australia'
Craft Culture pp 24-28. Craft Victoria Publication Volume 3 no. 245 Summer 3/2002
Layton, Ros. 'Martini Art/The Student Collection'. Vogue Entertaining and Travel Autumn 2001, pp 58+59 
Schulz, Dennis. 'Art of the Outback'. Quantas-The Australian Way no 100. October 2001. pp 58-63. 
The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room. Blueprint Magazine no. 188 pp. 88. October 2001. ETP Ltd. Chelmsford, UK
'Glass Cracks the Big Time'. Herald Sun Newspaper 04/03/01.
 'Martinis in a Glass of Their Own', Herald Sun Newspaper 01/03/01
Clark, John. 'Monash Student Takes Glass Art to Australia's Heart'. Monash News Volume 4, No 8. pg 6. Sept 2001