Foreboding
2020 Kiln formed glass. Wall mounted 50 mm H x 400 mm W x 35 mm D
This piece is located in Adelaide and will be shipped at the purchaser’s cost, quotes can be provided
About Gerry
I decided to be an artist while in primary school, it seemed as good a preoccupation as any. Painting, drawing and printmaking gave way to three dimensional works while an undergraduate student ensconced in clay.
After a decade in ceramics I moved to glass in the early 1970’s while undertaking a Masters’ Degree at Alfred University, (USA). Further study resulted in a doctorate from the University of Wollongong in 1993.
While these works are clearly derived from elements of landscape it is the colour and form that drives me more than the actual subject matter. They toy with the edge of realism and of course returned me to two dimensional works.
GERRY KING
Born: Adelaide, Australia. 1945
QUALIFICATIONS
1993 Doctor of Creative Arts:
University of Wollongong, Australia
1976 Advanced Dip. Teaching, (Fine Art):
Torrens C A E, Australia
1974 Certificate Hot and Flat Glass:
Georgian College, Canada
1974 Master of Science, Education:
Alfred University, USA
1971 Certificate Printmaking:
SA School of Art, Australia
1970 Certificate Ceramics:
SA School of Art, Australia
1966 Awarded Post Graduate Year:
SA School of Art, Australia
1965 Diploma of Art Teaching:
SA School of Art, Australia
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Australia: Canberra
National Art Glass Collection:
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Queensland Art Gallery:
Brisbane, Queensland
Art Gallery of Western Australia:
Perth, Western Australia
National Gallery of Victoria:
Melbourne, Victoria
Art Gallery of South Australia:
Adelaide, South Australia
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery:
Launceston, Tasmania
State Craft Collection of Victoria:
Melbourne, Victoria
Banyule Collection: Victoria
Latrobe Valley Arts Centre: Victoria
The Art Trust: Australia
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology:
Melbourne, Victoria
Flinders University:
Adelaide, South Australia
University of South Australia:
Adelaide, South Australia
Tsinghua University: Beijing, China
Niijima Contemporary Glass
Art Collection: Niijima, Japan
Notojima Glass Art Museum
Notojima, Japan
International Collection of
Modern Glass Art:
Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Auckland Institute and Museum:
Auckland, New Zealand
Flint Institute of Arts:
The Glass Glass Collection, Flint, Mi. USA
Wustum Museum of Fine Art:
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Center:
Palm Springs, USA
Rockford Art Museum
Rockford, Illinois, USA
Museo Municipal De Arte En
Vidrio De Alcorcon: Madrid, Spain
Marinha Grande National Museum
Marinha Grande, Portugal
The World of Glass:
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Modern Art Project: South Africa
Sir Elton John Glass Collection: Great Britain
Private Collections: Australia, China, Japan, New
Zealand, USA, Singapore, U K, Hong Kong,
The Philippines, Germany
Private Commissions: Australia, USA, Singapore
Public Commissions: Australia
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2011 Honorary Life Member: Ausglass,
The Australian Assoc. of Glass Artists
2007 Export Grant: Austrade
2006 Grant: Department of the Arts, SA
Export Grant: Austrade
1995 Cultural Exchange Grant:
Australia/Korea Foundation
1988 Cultural Exchange Fellowship:
Bank of Tokyo
1980 Grant: Department of the Arts, SA
1975 Grant: Australia Council
1974 Phi Kappa Phi
EXHIBITIONS [Recent / Selected]
2020
Container: Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Heirloom: QDOS Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
Picturesque: JamFactory at Seppeltsfield
2019
Avanti: Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
We are Luminaries: Black Door Gallery, Auckland,
New Zealand
The 47th International Glass Invitational Award
Winners: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
The 47th International Glass Invitational Award
Exhibition: Habatat Galleries Detroit, USA
This Australian Life: National Art Glass Collection,
Wagga Wagga
CoLab Members Exhibition: Sarjeant Gallery,
Whanganui, New Zealand
2018
Interchange: M16 Artspace, Canberra
Salute XIV, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
The Tom Malone Exhibition 2018:
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Sketch: Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2017
Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Art
Exhibition: China Academy of Art, China
REVIEW: Masters Of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Virtuoso II: Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
2016
SOFA Chicago: Kirra Galleries, USA
Tianyuan IGAF International Glass Festival: Shacheng,
China
Gerry King – Solo: three score & ten
Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide
South Australia & Shandong Exhibition:
Kerry Packer Gallery, Adelaide
Land, Sea & Sky: Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
2015
Crafted Light: Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide
Illuminations: Ausglass Conference Exhibition, Adelaide
SOFA Chicago: Kirra Galleries, [USA]
Salute XI: Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2014
Art Shanghai: Shanghai, China
Hsinchu City International Glass Art Festival:
Hsinchu Glass Museum, Taiwan
2013
Conversations with King:
Tshwane University, South Africa
Gerry King / Retief van Wyk:
Modern Art Project, Pretoria, South Africa
Wheaton Village Glass Weekend: NJ, USA
Hall of Flame: Adelaide Convention Centre
Ensemble: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
PRIMA: Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2012
Salute VII, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
SA Glass Survey: Worth Gallery, Adelaide
Palmer Sculpture Exhibition: Palmer, SA
2011
Kaplan-Ostergaard Glass Center Exhibition,
2011-12: Palm Springs Art Museum, USA
Our Glass World, 4th International Egerart Art:
Izmir Gallerisi, Turkey
The Tom Malone Exhibition:
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Objects: BMGART, Adelaide
Gerry King: SOLO: Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
Protégé: Aptos Cruz Galleries, Adelaide
Transceudence: Municipal Gallery of Marinha Grande,
Portugal
Geometry: Masters of Glass Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2010
Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Palmer SA
2009
Gerry King – Solo
INTO THE FOURTH DECADE: a retrospective,
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery,
GlasHart, Fort Vuren, Holland
SOFA New York: New York, USA
Maestros-Australian Studio Glass & Ceramics:
Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2008
Crossfire: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Palmer SA
2007
Mastery-In Contemporary Glass:
The Arts House, Singapore
Bombay Sapphire Exhibition, New Zealand, Singapore
The Hobart Prize, Tasmanian Art Gallery and Museum,
Hobart
Co][ect: V & A Museum, London. UK,
Korea International Art Fair: Seoul, Korea,
2006
Australian Glass 2006: Sandra Ainsley Gallery,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room: Auckland,
New Zealand
30 Years of Glass – Gerry King
ARTSingapore, Singapore
Mastery: Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
PUBLICATIONS [Represented / selected]
An Unlikely Address, O’ Connor D, Triple D Books,
Wagga Wagga, 2018
The Glass Glass Collection,
Flint Institute of Arts. USA, 2018
Australian Signatures:
The National Art Glass Collection, 2013
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
50 Distinguished Contemporary Artists in Glass:
Neiswander J, Intelligent Layman, London, 2006
Revealing the Mystery Veil of Glass Art:
Wang S, Artist Book, Taipei, 2006
Australian Glass Today:
Osborne M. Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2006
Artists in Glass:
Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass:
Klein D, Mitchell Beazley, London 2001
The Story of Studio Glass:
- Lynggaard F, Rhodos, Copenhagen, 1998
The Dictionary of Art:
- Turner J, Grove, New York, 1996
Glass Art:
Layton P, A & C Black, London, 1996
Australian Studio Glass:
Ioannou N, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia, 1995
National Art Glass Collection:
City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia, 1995
PUBLISHED as Author [Selected]
Australian Signatures: The National Art Glass Collection,
Essay, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
The Story of Studio Glass:
Ed. Lynggaard F, Rhodos, Copenhagen, 1998
Forceps of Language: Ed. Thompson B,
- C. of A, Sydney, 1992
Craft Arts International: various issues, Australia
Monthly Design: Various issues, Korea
Craft Australia: Various issues, Australia
Glashaus: Various issues, Germany
Blueprint: Philippines
LITERÁRNY TÝ DENNÍK: Slovakia
Marmalade: Issue 04, Australia
Into the Fire: Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly: USA
