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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. |
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| 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 | |
| 2009 | Commissioned to create awards for Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan |
| 2009 | Selected as 'curator's choice (Susan Taylor Glasgow) for Short Stories, USA |
| 2008 | Jeremy Lepisto and Mel George workshop, Canberra Glassworks |
| 2005-2009 | Commissioned to create National + State trophies for the Australian of the Year Awards |
| 2006 | Commissioned installation for Monash University Berwick campus |
| 2006 | Catharine Newell 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 |
| 2002 | Co-ordinator of 2 glass workshops for the Warlayirti Artists Balgo Hills, Western Australia |
| 2001 | Co-ordinator of 1 glass workshop for the Warlayirti Artists 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 | |
| 2008 | Australia Council For The Arts - New Work Grant (emerging) |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | Art For Art's Sake - Auction, Melbourne |
| Furnace - Contemporary Australian Glass Art, Deloraine, Tasmania | |
| The Counihan Connection - Counihan Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Ken Field Memorial Art Show - Scotch College, Melbourne | |
| Monash Momentum - Kirra Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Short Stories, Narratives From The Kiln - Columbia Art League, Missouri, USA | |
| Glass Roots - 30th Ausglass Conference, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart | |
| 2008 | Wearable Art - Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne |
| Some Like it Hot - Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne | |
| GAS Auction, Portland, USA | |
| Open Slather - Ausglass Members Exhibition, ANU Canberra | |
| Tricia Allen Benefit Auction - Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 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 + 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 | Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan |
| 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 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 Issue 61. pg 74. 2004 | |
| McFarlane, Kristin. 'The Balgo Community of Aboriginal Artists'. GAS 2003 Journal. | |
| McFarlane, Kristin. 'Balgo Glass'. This Side Up Magazine no. 20. Winter 2002 pp 2-5. | |
| McFarlane, Kristin. 'Desert Glass, Craft Culture pp 24-28. Volume 3/2002 | |
| Layton, Ros. 'Martini Art Student Collection'. Vogue Entertaining/Travel Autumn 2001, pp58+59 | |
| Schulz, Dennis. 'Art of the Outback'. The Australian Way no 100. October 2001. pp 58-63. | |
| The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room. Blueprint Magazine no. 188 pp. 88. October 2001. 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 v4, No 8. pg 6. Sept 2001 | |