Ms Gabriella Bisetto

Welcome to the home page of Gabriella Bisetto, Head of the Ceramic and Glass Workshop at the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia.

Images of work from my exhibition "Little Breaths"

The Ocean Within (60% of body weight is water)
2007
40 Blown and hot cast glass bowls x 500mls

Holding My Breath
2007
Hot worked glass, air

The Shape of Breath #1
2007
Blown glass, stainless steel
400mm x400mm x 30mm

The Shape of Breath #2
2007
Blown glass, stainless steel
300mm x 570mm x 320mm

The Shape of Breath #3
2007
Blown glass, stainless steel.
330mm x 550mm x 330mm

Prayer to Myself (75mls blood/kg body weight)
2007
70 x 75ml blown glass spheres, wine, stainless steel wire, engraving.
3500mm loop.

Exchange #1, Exchange #3
2007
Approximately 65mm high x 100mm wide x 30mm deep
Hot worked glass

Gabriella gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts SA for this project.

Gabriella gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts SA for this project.

I am a member of CraftSouth,an essential organisation in South Australia supporting and assisting artists working in the crafts.

If you are interested in knowing more about glass practice in Australia,or want to be part of a glass specific organisation,then you should have a look at the Ausglass website.Ausglass (Australian Glass Artists Association) is the national body representing Australian glass artists.

I am represented by Masterworks Gallery in New Zealand.

BMG Art in Adelaide South Australia

Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre

This link will bring you to the website where you can access an Artist Talk I gave at the South Australian School of Art in 2007.

AsiaLink Advisory Committee member

Accredited Member-CraftSouth

Member-Ausglass (Australian Association of Glass Artists)

Professional Development

2002-2007 Studio Head, Ceramic and Glass Workshop, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia

2006 Artist in Residance, Alberta School of Art and Design, Calgary Canada

2006 Visiting Artist, Alfred University, New York, USA

2004 Instructor Canberra School of Art Summer School, Canberra ACT

1996-1999 Production Manager Glass Department, Jam Factory Craft and Design Center, Adelaide S.A

1997-current founding member blue pony studio, Adelaide SA

1993-1996 Self-employed glassblower

1990-1992 Resident Designer and Glassblower, Jam Factory Craft and Design Center, Adelaide S.A

1986-1990 Bachelor of Visual Art – Glass, Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, ACT

Solo/Selected Exhibitions/Prizes

2007 New Work (solo) BMG Art, Adelaide SA

2007 Little Breaths (solo) Masterworks Gallery New Zealand

2007 Finalist-Tom Malone Prize Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA

2007 On-Shore Jam Factory Craft and Design,SA

2006 Australia-Art and About Gaffer Glass Gallery, Hong Kong

2005 Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, USA

2005 SIX BMG Art, Adelaide SA

2005 Seeds of Light The Australian National University School of Art Gallery ACT

2004 Permutations Foster White Gallery, Seattle, USA

2004 Distend (solo) Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2003 Tom Malone Prize 2003 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA

2003 Mitsukoshi International Glass Arts Festival, Taiwan

2001 Finalist, Ranamok Prize for Contemporary Glass, Touring NSW, WA, QLD,VIC

2000 Chemistry, Art in South Australia 1990-2000 Art Gallery of South Australia,S.A

2000 Australian Glass 2000 Masterworks,Auckland New Zealand

2000 Visionary-New Australian Glass Quadrivium,Sydney N.S.W

2000 Colouring Between The Lines (solo) Beaver Gallery, A.C.T

Collections

Queensland Art Gallery, Australia

South Australian Art Gallery, Australia

Parliament House Canberra A.C.T, Australia

Canberra Institute of Art, ACT, Australia

Publications

New Glass Review 23

Abitare Issue402,page 126

Chemistry, Art in South Australia,1990-2000

Craft Arts International no 50 pg. 108-109

Object Contemporary Craft + Design+3D Art pg17-19

Commissions

2001 Peace Prize (Presented to Dr Jose Ramos Horta) Hawke Institute,University of South Australia

25-Year Staff Awards University of South Australia