Zara Collins
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 ‘Beijing Takings’ Pyrmont Studios Gallery, Sydney.
2004 ‘Dreams of Spring’ JamFactory Purple Space, Adelaide, SA.
2003 ‘Takeaway’ Gallery 4A, Sydney, NSW.
‘Finders Keepers’ Zu design jewellery + objects, Adelaide, SA.
‘Finders Keepers’ Craft Queensland, Ivory Street Window, QLD.
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2007 ‘Le Boudoir Secret’ with Kat Freene, Jam Factory Gallery II, Adelaide , SA.
1999 ‘Transpire’ with Eva Katsikidis, Gallery 132, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney NSW.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 ‘Young Glass 2007’ Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark.
‘Hobart Art Prize’ Finalist in Glass, Hobart Tasmania.
‘New from Australia’ Chappell Gallery, New York, USA.
‘Encore’ Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
‘31st Alice Craft Acquisition Award’ Alice Springs, NT.
2006 ‘Ranamok Glass Prize 2006’ Australian touring exhibition.
‘Baubles, Bangles & Beads’ Bathurst Regional Gallery, Australian Touring exhibition.
‘Expeditions 06’ Metalab Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
‘Embrace’ Soda Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
‘Heart of Australia’ Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA.
2005 ‘29th Alice Craft Acquisition Award’ Alice Springs, NT.
‘Zu-est’ Zu Design jewellery + objects, Adelaide, SA.
‘Utility in Touch’ Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney University.
‘29th Alice Craft Acquisition Award’ Alice Springs, NT.
‘Ausglass Members Show @ GAS’ Light Square Gallery, SA.
2004 ‘Talente’ International Trade Fair Award & Exhibition, Munich, Germany.
‘Australian Jewellery Showcase’ Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, China.
‘40’ Object Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
‘Here be Dragons’ 1000 Degrees, Avalon, NSW.
‘Reflections’ Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW.
2003 ‘Cities of Gold & Silver’ Craft ACT, Canberra, ACT.
‘SALA Festival, JamFactory Metal Studio Showcase, Adelaide, SA.
‘28th Alice Craft Acquisition Award’ Alice Springs, NT.
2002 SOFA, Glass Artists’ Gallery Exhibit, Chicago, USA.
‘27th Alice Craft Acquisition Award’ Alice Springs, NT.
‘Contemporary Wearables 01’ Australian Touring Exhibition.
2001 SOFA, Glass Artists’ Gallery Exhibit, Chicago, USA.
SOFA, Australian Textile Art – the Material Speaks’ Craft Australia, USA.
‘Contemporary Wearables 01’ Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD.
‘RFC Glass Prize 2000’ Australian Touring Exhibition.
‘Where are we going?’ Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
‘She who must be obeyed’ Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, VIC.
2000 ‘GAS ‘International Student Exhibition’ Circle Gallery, New York, USA.
‘RFC Glass Prize’ Volvo Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
‘Shades of Red & White’ Newspace, SASCA Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
‘Frisk’ First Draft, Sydney, NSW.
1999 ‘Wee’ Gallery 19, Sydney , NSW.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2007 Finalist, Young Glass 2007, Ebeltoft Glasmuseet, Denmark.
2006 Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize 2006 and Australian Touring exhibition.
2004 Recipient, Australia-China Council Residency in Beijing, China.
2003 Recipient, Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant, NAVA.
2002 Recipient, Cultural Grant, Ian Potter Foundation, Melbourne, VIC.
2001 Recipient, NSW Marketing Grant, NAVA.
2000 First Prize, GAS International Student Exhibition, New York, USA.
Finalist, RFC Glass Prize 2000 and Australian Touring exhibition.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Artists’ Talk, Baubles Bangles & Beads @ Object Gallery for Enmore Design students.
2006 Artist s’ Talk, ‘Ranamok Glass Prize 2006’ Sydney Opera House Exhibition Hall, Sydney.
2005 Curator, ‘All That Glitters…’ GAS Conference 2005, JamFactory Adelaide, SA.
2004 Visiting Artist Program, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University, NSW.
Research Residency in Beijing, Australia China Council.
Artists’ Talk, ‘Dreams of Spring’ Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA.
2003 Nine month artist-in-residency, JamFactory Metal Studio, Adelaide, SA.
2002 Six month artist-in-residency, NSW Ministry for the Arts, The Gunnery, Sydney.
Associate Editor, Object Magazine, Issue 38, Sydney.
Curator, ‘Blush’ Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney.
2001 Curator, ‘Fusion’ Object Gallery, Australian Centre for Craft & Design, Sydney.
2000 GAS Conference, Public Lecture ‘SCA – Glass Studio’ New York, USA.
Curator, ‘Designate’ First Draft, Sydney.
MEMBERSHIPS
NAVA 4A
Ausglass JMGA NSW
Viscopy
PUBLICATIONS
2007 G Swart ‘Yarns Spun into Gold’ Sydney Morning Herald, Essential 18/1/07, page 17.
Ed M Gates ‘Object’ Issue 52, Sydney, page 57.
2006 ‘Ranamok Glass Prize 2006’ exhibition catalogue, Sydney, page 13 & 14.
‘Heart of Australia’ exhibition catalogue, Adelaide, page 7 & 9.
Ed E Shaw “Lemel” Summer 05-06, Brisbane, page 7.
‘Baubles Bangles & Beads’ exhibition catalogue, Sydney, pages 11 & 12.
2005 ‘Australian House & Garden’ October Issue, Sydney, page 28.
Ed K Lockwood “Craft Arts International No 65” Sydney, page 117.
2004 ‘Talente 04’ exhibition & award catalogue, Germany, page 79.
Ed Lan Xi ‘Jewellery’ November Issue, Beijing, page 45.
Ed Kong Yue ‘China Gems’ September Issue, Beijing, pages 76-77.
Ed Wang Guo Wei ‘Platinum Life’ August Issue, Shanghai, pages 20-21.
Ed B Parkes ‘Object’ Issue 45, Sydney, page 81.
2003 Ed F Peters ‘Lemel’ Winter Issue, Melbourne, pages 54 & 36.
Ed K Lockwood ‘Craft Arts International’ Issue 59 Sydney, page 86.
Ed N Bearman ‘Scene’ October Issue, Sydney, page 22.
2002 Ed K Lockwood ‘Craft Arts International’ Issue 51, Sydney, pages 47-48.
‘SOFA Chicago 2002 Catalogue’ USA, page 36.
C Kidd ‘Red Hot Forms’ Telegraph, Sydney, page 22.
2001 Ed A Tosi ‘Vetro’ Issue 11/2001, Italy, page 32.
‘SOFA Chicago 2001 Catalogue’ USA, page 36 – 39.
‘Contemporary Wearables 2001 Catalogue’ Toowoomba Gallery, page 4.
2000 Ed S Benefield ‘Student Feature – GAS News’ Oct/Dec, USA, page 7.
Ed T Oldknow ‘Glass Art Society Journal 2000’ USA, page 60-61.
‘Glaushaus’ Issue 4/2000, Germany, page 2.
‘RFC 2000 Catalogue’ Sydney, page 18.
I Reich ‘Object’ Issue 3/2000, Sydney, page10.
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in Australia, USA, Japan, Korea, Jordan & New Zealand.
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