Artist Bio: Bethany Wheeler

 


| Date of Birth |                                                                                             29 . 4 . 1979


| Education |


2001-2003, Master of Fine Art – by Research - Glass, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University


2000, Bachelor of Art – Ceramic Design - Glass – 1st class Honours, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University


1997-1999, Bachelor of Art – Ceramic Design|Glass, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University


|  Selected Exhibitions  |


2016, Incinerator Art Award – Finalist, Incinerator Art Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Vic


2016, Aesthetics In a Time of Emergency, Craft ACT, Act


2016, KIGA – Kirra Illuminating Glass Award finalist, The Light in Winter @ Kirra Galleries, Federation Square, Vic


2016, Noosa Art Prize – Finalist, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld


2015, A Sinister Beauty, Strange Neighbour, Fitzroy, Vic


2015, Contemporary Glass: Refracting a History, Incinerator Art Gallery, Moonee Ponds, Vic


2015, KIGA – Kirra Illuminating Glass Award finalist, The Light in Winter @ Kirra Galleries, Federation Square, Vic


2015, Desire - Scupture & Wearable Art, Kirra Galleries, Federation Square, Vic


2015, The Tom Malone Prize - Shortlisted finalist, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Wa


2015, Solo - Imprint, Place & Memory, The Gallery @ Bayside Art & Cultural Center, Brighton, Vic


2014, Artists Emerge at the WTC, MARS Gallery, World Trade Center, Vic


2014, 184 Molds Later, The Gallery, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Usa


2014, KIGA – Kirra Illuminating Glass Award finalist, The Light in Winter @ Kirra Galleries, Federation Square, Vic


2013, Glass Showcase, Kirra Galleries @ Albert Street Gallery, Vic


2013, Three Vitreous Bodies, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Nsw


2013, Decoration & Design: “The Black Object”, Clement Meadmore Gallery, The Academy of Design, Vic


2013, Ensemble, Ausglass Members Exhibition, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Nsw


2012, Director’s Choice, Kirra Gallery, Vic


2012, Ranamok Glass Prize - Finalist, Touring Nationally


2011, SOFA Chicago, represented by Kirra Gallery, Usa


2011, Art Melbourne, represented by Glass Plus Gallery, Vic


2011, Media Specific, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Vic


2011, The Tom Malone Prize - Finalist, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Wa


2011, Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong


2011, Tell us your stories, Object Galleries, Sydney, Nsw


2011, Kaleidoscope, Ausglass Members Exhibition, Peripheral Vision Conference, Sydney College of the Arts, NSW


2010, MM10 The Monash Momentum Continues, Kirra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, Vic


2010, Miscellany, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, Vic


2009, Encore Encore, Vienna, Austria


2009, MM09, Kirra Gallery, Federation Square, Vic


2009, Design::Made::Trade, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic


2009, Art Melbourne represented by Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne, Vic


2009, Encore, Glass Artists Gallery, Glebe, NSW


2008, SOFA Chicago, represented by Kirra Gallery, USA


2008, Entanglement, Manningham Gallery, Vic


2008, Ranamok Glass Prize - Finalist, Touring Nationally


2008, Glass Now Weekend, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, USA


2008, Some Like it Hot, Glass Plus Gallery, South Melbourne, Vic


2008, Art Melbourne represented by Kirra Galleries, Melbourne, Vic


2008, Bethany Wheeler, Kirra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, Vic


2007, Ranamok Glass Prize - Finalist, Touring Nationally


2007, Generation M, Kirra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, Vic


2006, Glass Plus Five, Glass Plus Gallery, South Melbourne, Vic


2006, Ranamok Glass Prize - Finalist, Touring Nationally


2006, Synthesis: Fusing + Kiln Forming, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA


2006, Worn, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Nsw


2006, Fire, Australian Wildlife Gallery, Bairnsdale, Vic


2005, Artworks Gallery, Southport, Qld


2005, Element, 1000C, Avalon, Nsw


2005, Monash Glass 25 Years, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Vic


2005, Journey Through the Flame, Kirra Gallery, Southbank, Vic


2005, Southern Lights, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, Sa


2005, Summer Heat, Object, Sydney, Nsw


2005, Coastline, 1000C, Avalon, Nsw


2004, Nine Glass Steps, Steps Gallery, Carlton, Vic


2004, To be or not to be....jewelled, Fusions Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Qld


2004, Eye 4 Design: the new frontier of Australian Industry, Daley Gallery, Kew, Vic


2004, Harvest II, New Talents in Glass and Ceramics, Quadrivium, Sydney, Nsw


2004, Artworks Gallery, Southport, Qld


2003, Palette Contemporary Art & Craft, Albuquerque, NM, USA


2003, The Annexe, Quadrivium, Sydney, Nsw


2003, An Investigation into the Dialogue between Natural and Constructed Environments, Master of Fine Art Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery, Monash University, Vic


2003, City of Hobart Art Prize - Finalist, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas


2003, Forte, New Contemporaries Gallery, Sydney, Nsw


2002, The Shin Kong Mitsukoshi International Glass Art Festival, Taiwan


2002, In3door / Out3door, Mira Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic


2002, Clearing, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic


2002, Texture, Glass Artists Gallery, Glebe, Nsw


2001, Ausglass Glass Walk, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne, Vic


2000, Spark Combined Honours Exhibition, The Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Vic


2000, Insert, Graduating Exhibition, Monash University, Vic


2000, Emerging Artist Program, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne, Vic


1999, @ninety9, Graduating Exhibition, Monash University, Vic


1999, Tina Wencher Prize, Association of Sculptors of Victoria, Telstra Centre, Melbourne, Vic


| Awards & Grants |


2015, Australian Artists' Grant recipient , NAVA - National Association of Visual Artists


2015, Finalist, The Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia


2014, The Lino Tagliapietra Scholarship to attend Silvia Levenson : Paradoxes in Glass workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Usa


2014, Finalist, KIGA - Kirra Illuminating Glass Award, Kirra Galleries & The Light in Winter @ Federation Square, Vic


2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Touring Nationally


2011, Finalist, The Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia


2008, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Touring Nationally


2007, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Touring Nationally


2006, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Touring Nationally


2003, Finalist, City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery


2002, Ian Potter Foundation Cultural Grant recipient


1999, Glass Studio Award for Outstanding 3rd Year In Glass, Monash University


1999, Yarra Valley Grammar School Acquisitive Prize


1998, Finalist, Thomas Foundation Pilchuck Scholarship Competition, representing Monash University


| Publications |


Aesthetics in a Time of Emergency, Simon Gregg, Garland Magazine, 2016


Aesthetics in a Time of Emergency, Catalogue Essay by Simon Gregg, Curator of Gippsland Art Gallery, Vic


100 Stories, Centenary 1914-2014, p., 97, Bounce Books, 2014


Australian Signatures: The National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, 2013


Objetos Con Vidrio, January, 2011 http://www.objetosconvidrio.com/blog/bethany-wheeler


Beautifully Bespoke, Vogue UK, October, 2010


SOFA Chicago, Craft Arts International, p., 72, #75, 2009


Ranamok Glass Prize 2008, Dan Klein, Craft Arts International, p., 98, # 75, 2009


Ranamok Glass Prize 2007, Dr Norris Ioannou, Craft Arts International, p., 102. #72, 2008


25 Years Monash Glass, Stephan Crafti, The Age Newspaper, May 16, 2005


A Touch of Glass, Herald Sun Newspaper, September 25, 2004


2002 Shin Kong Mitsukoshi International Glass Arts Festival, Dr. Jerry King, Craft Arts International, p., 88-90, # 56, 2002-03


Balgo Glass, Kristin McFarlane, Craft Culture, Craft Victoria, Vol.3, No.245, Summer, 3/2003


Balgo Glass, This Side Up, p., 14, 4/2002


The Next Generation, young designers get noisy, shine a light, Monument Architecture & Design, #44, p., 44, October/November, 2001


Empty Vessels Make the Most Meaningful Sound, Robert Nelson, Today Review, The Age Newspaper, January 31, 2001


| Collections |


National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Collection, NSW


Yarra Valley Grammar School Collection, Vic


Various private collections in Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, France, USA, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand & Japan


| Professional Experience |


2014, Silvia Levenson : Paradoxes in Glass workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Usa


2013, Established 1000 Degrees Studios | artists spaces | kiln forming | grinding & polishing, Cheltenham, Vic


2010-2012, Studio Technician, Glass & Ceramic Studios, Department of Art & Design, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Monash University, Vic


2011, Co-curator Media Specific, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Vic


2011, Creator of glass components for Bless:Bless Windowgarden No.38, Craft Victoria, Vic


2009-2011, Creator of glass components for artist Daniel Armstrong


2010, Co-curator Tyro, Glass Plus Gallery, South Melbourne, Vic


2010, Mentor to Gabrielle Ashton, Royal Society of New Zealand Science, Maths, and Technology Awarded Teacher Fellow


2010, Associate Member, EOS Cluster, Department of Fine Art, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic


2002 - 2015 Various private & corporate commissions including::


Bathurst 1000 Trophies, Governor of Victoria Export Awards, Yellow Pages Business Ideas Grants, State of Design Festival - The Melbourne Prize, Toyota Australia & The Victorian Government, Victorian Racing Commission, World Education Program International, Pacific Asia Newspaper Publishing Association Newspaper of the Year Awards, Pacific Asia Newspaper Publishing Association Newspaper Marketing Awards, Savewater! Awards, Monash University Networking Groups, Monash University Distinguished Alumni Awards, Monash University Marketing Awards, Monash University MBA Leadership Forums, Monash University Viewpoint Debating Awards, Monash University Research Awards, EQI  & The Mayflower Group


2008 - 2012 Sessional Lecturer, Glass Studio, Department of Fine Art, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Monash University, Vic


2008-2012, Ausglass Co-Victorian State Rep 


2002, Recipient of Ian Potter Foundation Cultural Grant for the purchase of new equipment to create a new body of work


2002 - 2003 Sessional Lecturer, Glass Studio, Department of Fine Art, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic


2002, Workshop assistant, Waryliti Artists, working with indigenous artists to create glass coolamons and panels, Balgo Hills, Wa


2002, Established 1000 Degrees glass forming studio, Melbourne, Vic


2001 - 2008 Research Associate, Glass Studio, Department of Fine Art, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic  


2001 - 2012 Kiln Forming Short Course Instructor, Glass Studio, Department of Fine Art, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic


2001 - 2016 Instructor of various glass fusing, slumping & casting short courses including Crystal Stubbs Glass Studio, The Stained Glass Shed, AEV, The Salvation Army Crisis Services - Young Women’s' Project, The Diocesan School for Girls New Zealand, Incinerator Art Gallery


2001, Selected to represent Monash University to speak at the Ausglass Student Seminar / Forum at the 12th Biennial Ausglass Conference, Melbourne


1998, Finalist in the Thomas Foundation Pilchuck Scholarship Competition, representing Monash University