- Morag Gordon
- Work
| Since setting up her first studio in 1984, Morag has worked in glass in many different ways. Working with blown forms, windows and sculptural pieces, but what has not changed is her use of figurative imagery. She is looking at the tension between a gaze, an outstretched hand, a body. The human condition, how we act/ interact with each other. We reach out, touching, not touching. Sometimes this seems very personal, and yet it could be a reflection of anyone's life.
Education 1978 - Foundation Course, Sunderland Polytechnic 1981 - BA(Hons) West Surrey College of Art and Design 2001 - MA Fine Art, Newcastle Polytechnic Professional Positions & Awards 1982/84 - Assistant, Ann Warff, Jan Erik Ritzman, Sven Ake, Carlsson. Transjo, Sweden - Crafts Council, Advanced Training Award 1984 - Designer Craftsman, Strawberry Farm Glassworks 1985 - Setting up own studio, Newcastle Arts Centre 1986 - Crafts Council “Setting Up” Maintenance grant - Crafts Council sponsorship for the Chelsea Crafts Fair - Northern Arts, Travel and Training Award. 1988 - Northern Arts, Award for the development of new work. 1989 - Visiting Lecturer, Sunderland Polytechnic. 1990 - Visiting Lecturer, Sunderland Polytechnic. 1991 - Visiting Lecturer, Sunderland polytechnic. - Northern Centre For Contemporary Art, Board of Management. 1992 - Visiting Lecturer, Sunderland Polytechnic. 1997 - Northern Arts, Travel and Training Award. Exhibitions 1984 Salle le Gallais, Jersey. 1985 Glas-Galerie, Lucerene. La Galleria, Frankfurt. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. Carringtons, Cambridge. 1986 Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland. Coleridge of Piccadilly, London (2 person). Long Street Gallery, Tetbury (2 person). Liberty, London. Glass Designs, Bath. Primavera, Cambridge (2 person). La Galleria, Frankfurt (2 person). 1987 Galerie Fisher Augsberg (2 person). Kant Amt Fur Wirtschafts-und Kulturasstellungen, Berne. Kunst in Glas Galerien, Munich. Galerie Suzel Berna, Antibes (2 person). Braggiotti Gallery, Rotterdam (2 person). Coleridge, London (2 person). 1988 Maya Behn Gallery,Zurich (2 person). Oxford Gallery, Oxford. Braggiotti Gallery, Rotterdam. Coleridge, London. 1989 Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield. Coleridge, Edinburgh (2 person). 1990 Opus#1, London. Art Company, Leeds. Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool. 1991 Opus#1, London. Queens Hall, Hexham. Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool. 1992 Mid Pennine Arts Association, Burnley. Portcullis, Gateshead. Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland. 1993 Crafts Council, Touring Exhibition. 1994 Galerie L, Hamburg. 1996 Belsay Hall, Northumberland. 1997 Smalands Glas Museum, Vaxjo. 1998 National Glass Centre, Sunderland. Artist in Arms, Touring Exhibition. 2001 National Glass Centre, Sunderland. 2002 Walford Mill, Dorset. 2006 Art Café, Corbridge. 2007 Fe Fie Fo Fum Gallery, Newton, Northumberland. 2008 Fe Fie Fo Fum Gallery, Newton, Northumberland. Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Cumbria. 2009 SOFA New York, represented by Zest Gallery. Commissions - Nothern Arts, Billingham International Folklore Festival. - Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle (door panels/plaque). - Parish of St. Francis, Crosspool, Sheffield (font & stoups). - National Garden Festival, Gateshead (window & awards). - Parish of St. Columbo’s, Wallsend (font). - Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland (opening plaque). - Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Bishop Auckland - NE GSD Club Award. Public Collections - Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (craft collection). - Billingham International Folklore Festival, Billingham. |