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I am inspired by the ceaseless mutability of light on the landscape, the sky and on water. I am fascinated by horizons, the vanishing point where the land merges with the sky. Glass is the ideal medium to express this idea of continual change since its properties are inherently mutable, not only in its molten state but also in the way the play of light creates endless nuances in the finished piece. Adam Aaronson has been at the heart of British studio glass for more than 25 years, firstly as a gallerist and subsequently as an artist in his own right, learning glass later in his career and developing self-taught methods. Adam's current glass blowing studio is in West Horsley, Surrey. Adam specialises in free blown glass. His vessels and sculptures are at once a celebration of the simplicity of pure form, and also an investigation into layering. His coloured patinas draw on painterly techniques but are predominantly inspired by a love of natural landscapes and waterscapes. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 Heavenly Scent, Peter Layton London Glassblowing Studio, London, UK AAF Battersea, Bowlish Gallery, Bristol, UK Going Places The Hirsch-Lassen Gallery, Metairie, LA, USA SOFA NY, Park Avenue Armory (Zest Gallery), USA 50 Years of Studio Glass, Kentucky Museum of Art & Crafts, Louisville, USA Everyday Encounters, The William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, UK 2011 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA (Zest Gallery) SOFA WEST, Santa Fe, USA ('The Landscape Revisited' Zest Gallery) Romanticism in the Urban Landscape, The Portico Gallery, Manchester, UK AAF Bristol, Bowlish Gallery, Bristol, UK Alchemy, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, UK SOFA NY, Park Avenue Armory ('Master&Pupil' Zest Gallery), USA Heavenly Scent, Peter Layton London Glassblowing Studio, London, UK Designer Crafts 2011, Society of Designer Craftsmen, The Mall Galleries, London, UK (Gane Trust Award for excellence in Qulity of Design and Craftmanship New Year Showcase, Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK 2010 Perceptions (Adam Aaronson, Kate Cledwyn & Sarah Drake), Lennox Gallery, London, UK SOFA Chicago, (Jane Sauer Gallery) Chicago, USA Scapes, Balman Gallery, Northumberland, UK The Imaginary Landscape, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, UK Origin Art Fair, Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK Mixed Summer Exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge, UK Cohesion Glass Network, SDC Gallery, London, UK SOFA Santa Fe 2010, (Jane Sauer Gallery), New Mexico, USA Chroma, The Beetroot Tree Gallery, Derbyshire, UK Twenty Ten, Biscuit Factory, Newcastle-Upon Tyne, UK Glass 2010, Pyramid Gallery, York, UK SOFA NY 2010, (Zest Gallery) New York, USA Take Thirty, Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, UK Rarefind, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, UK Exhibition One '10, The Red Barn Gallery, Penrith, UK Designer Crafts, Society of Designer Craftsmen, The Mall Galleries, London, UK Heavenly Scent, Peter Layton Glassblowing Studios, London, UK 2009 Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK Farrington Contemporary, Gibraltar, Spain Catching the Light, Lakeland Arts Trust, Cumbria, UK Francis Iles, Rochester, Kent, UK Treasures Past and Present, Fulham Palace, London, UK SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 Reflected Light, Johansfors Gallery, Broakulla, Sweden Reflected Light, The Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton on Thames, UK 2010 The Imaginary Landscape, Zest Gallery, London, UK 2009 Strata, Zest Gallery, London, UK 2008 An Artist's Journey, Zest Gallery, London, UK SELECTED COMMISSIONS P&O Australia (Sculptures for the Pacific Jewel) Salviati, Venetia, Italy (Le Quattro Stagioni - Exclusive body of work) Sackler Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (Commemorative Vases) National Gallery, London, UK (Collection of vases to coincide with the Degas Exhibition) SS Galaxy Luxury Cruise Liner, Celebrity Cruises (Sculptural vessels and vases) London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE), UK (Commemorative vase) Museum of Modern Art shop, New York, USA (Exclusive paperweight) National Art Collections Fund, London, UK (Commemorative Vases) Claridges Hotel, London, UK (Architectural features) Cotswold House Hotel (Bespoke Lighting Design) J. Sheekey Restaurant (Bespoke Lighting Design) Buhle Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (Manet inspired Vase) 2003 & 2004 London Business Awards, London, UK (Commemorative Pieces) Children with Aids Charity (CWAC) London, UK (Awards) Cotswold House Hotel, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK (Bespoke ‘Reeds’ Sculptural Screen) SS Pride of Hawaii, Norwegian Cruise Liner, Norway (Sculptures) MS Independence of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International (Sculptures) Miss Deaf UK, Fundraising event, London, UK British Museum Shop, London, UK (Paperweights) SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Kate Adie, London, UK Catherine Cookson, UK Hilary Clinton (gift from Tony Blair), USA Dame Judi Dench, UK Sir John Harvey Jones, UK Anita Roddick, UK Jill Sackler, USA Sir Timothy Sainsbury, UK Lady Thatcher, UK Ivana Trump, USA The Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt, London, UK Dr Maleeha Lodhi, High Commissioner of Pakistan, Pakistan Lionel de Rothschild, UK Mark Holford, UK David and Lucy Abel Smith Katherine Coleman MBE Sir Gulam Noon MBE Peter and Anne Arlidge David Khalili Lord Janner of Braunstone QC PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, UK Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, UK St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Edinburgh, UK |
