Edols Elliot Artist

We work within the traditions of the Decorative Arts and are concerned with issues of craftsmanship and skill. We make the objects we like to see in the world and are building a body of work that we hope will be coherent as it evolves over time. We work with glass for many reasons. For Ben it is a strong attraction to the process of working in the Venetian style of glassblowing. For me I am inspired to work with glass by what is possible in terms of carving and decorating the forms and working with the light to generate a breathtaking effect. For us glass is a medium for colour and light as well as an opportunity to explore design and we look for ways to use these uplifting elements in ways that are original.

Biographical Details

Benjamin Edols was born in 1967 in Sydney Australia, Kathy Elliott was born in 1964 also in Sydney. Benjamin completed undergraduate study at Sydney College of the Arts and went on to receive a post graduate diploma from Canberra School of Art. Kathy finished her BA at Canberra School of Art in 1991 where she met Ben. The first exhibition of their collaborative work was in 1993 at deVera in San Francisco. Since that time they have developed a body of work of blown and cold worked glass vessels and forms. They have taught in Australia, America and Japan, their work has been exhibited widely and is held in many public museums and private collections around the world. Ben is a skilled glassblower and he has worked with Dante Marioni and Lino Tagliapietra over the years. Kathy has specialised in cold working techniques such as carving and engraving . In 2000 they built their own glass blowing and cold working studio in Sydney where they continue to work each day with the assistance of Jack Rowe and Mariella McKinley.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016

• ‘Light Marks’, Toyama Glass Museum, Toyama, Japan
• ’24 Years In Glass’: Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott, Manly Art Gallery, Manly, NSW

2015

•    Deluge’, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2012

• ‘Tutti’, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney NSW

2011

• ‘Dwell’, Collector Space, Jam Factory, Adelaide SA

2010

• Shelter, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
• Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, Flame Run Gallery , Louisville KY

2009

• Light Marks, William Traver Gallery, Seattle
• Studio Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Act

2008

• Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland

2007

• Evolve, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
• Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma
• Edols & Elliott, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne VIC.
• William Traver Gallery , Seattle, WA, USA

2006

• Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott, Beaver Gallery, Canberra

2005

• Autumn, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA

2004

• Recent Work, deVera, New York, NY, USA

2003

• Cultivate II, Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW

2002

• Cultivate, William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA. USA

2001

• Blaze, Quadrivium, Sydney
• Botanicals, de Vera, San Francisco, USA
• Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott New Glass, Distelfink at Nellie Castan, Melbourne

2000

• Light Erosion, Barry Friedman Ltd, New York, NY, USA
• Dissolve, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
• Flux, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR, USA

1999

• Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott Studio Glass, Beaver Galleries, ACT
• Glass Lovers Weekend, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1998 Benjamin
• Edols and Kathy Elliott Recent Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
• Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott Glass, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
• Skin II, de Vera, San Francisco, CA, USA

1997

• kin, Glass Artists Gallery Glebe, NSW
• Recent Work, Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany.

1996

• Kathy Elliott and Benjamin Edols Carved Glass, de Vera, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Light Marks, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne VIC

1993

• Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott, de Vera Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Selected Exhibitions

2017

• ‘Art Breda’, Obsession of Art Gallery, Breda, The Netherlands
• ‘La Collezione Bellini-Pezzoli’, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy
• ‘Refraction, Beaver Galleries’, Canberra, ACT

2016

• ‘Hindmarsh Prize’, Canberra Glassworks, ACT, ‘Arts in Sculpture and Glass’,The Obsession of Art, The Netherlands Small Works’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
• ‘Spectrum:Contemporary Artists in Color’, Racine Art Museum USA

2014

• ‘Kirra Illuminating Glass Award, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne Vic; ‘Revere, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW; ‘Absorb’, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra , ACT

2013

•  ‘Australian Glass, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
• ‘Links: Australian Glass and the pacific Northwest. Museum of Glass,Tacoma, WA
• ‘Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass’, Museum of Design, New York

2012

• ‘Contemporary Glass’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
• ‘Geometry’, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney NSW
• ‘Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW
• ‘History Repeated, Craft ACT, Canberra, ACT

2010

• Winter, Sabbia Gallery, NSW
• Light in Winter, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne

2009

• Maestros, Sabbia Gallery, NSW
• In Paradise, Manly Museum and Art Gallery, Manly
• Furnace, Contemporary Australian Art Glass, Tasmanian Craft Fair, Tasmania
• Vision Realized, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh
• Looking Forward, William Traver Gallery , Seattle

2008

• In Essence – The Legacy of Stephen Procter, Sabbia Gallery, NSW
• Gesture and Cadence, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh
• Surface Exploration, Kirra Galleries, Melbourne

2007

• Smartworks, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
• Mastery in Contemporary Glass, Gaffer Studio Glass and Starcap Galleries,Singapore
• Ranamok Glass Prize, Travelling competitive exhibition
• Tom Malone Glass Prize,Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth

2006

• New Masters: New Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney

2006

• Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Australian Glass 2006, Sandra Ainsley gallery, Toronto
• Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
• Australian Glass 06, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto

2005

• Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• The Next Chapter, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney

2004

• Sydney Style. Sydney Opera House
• Marioni, Edols, Elliott. Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
• Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

2003

• The Glass Vessel, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Design, Louisville, KY, USA
• Hot Glass 2003, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
• Canberra Glass 2003, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
• 20/20 Vision, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ, USA

2002

• Global Glass, Marx – Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Niijima Glass Exhibition, TEPCO Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
• William Traver Gallery : 25 Years, William Traver Gallery, Seattle , WA. USA
• Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott and Tom Rowney:Studio Glass, Beaver Galleries,Canberra
• Australian Glass, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland , New Zealand
• Transparent Things,Touring Exhibition: Wagga Regional Art Gallery,National Gallery Aust
• Dialogue- Stephen Procter and Friends, Quadrivium, Sydney

2001

• Lino Tagliapietro e amici, Fuller Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2000

• International Craft Triennale, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
• At The Edge, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany; National Glass Centre,
• Sunderland, England; object Galleries, Sydney
• Desire, Quadrivium, Sydney

1999

• Vetro al Femminile, Galeria Marina Barovier, Venice, Italy
• RFC Glass Prize, Volvo Gallery, Sydney
• SOFA International Art Exhibition, Berry Friedman Ltd, Bullseye Glass Co., New York
• Contemporary Australian Craft, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
• Passion, Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW

1998

• International Exhibition of Glass ’98, Kanazawa, Japan.
• Aperto Vetro Palazzo Ducale, Venice Italy
• Latitudes II, The Bullseye Connection, Portland, OR, USA
• RFC Glass Prize, touring exhibition, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Denver,Colorado.
• Masters of Australian Glass, Quadrivium, Sydney.
• Offline: An Exhibition of Soft Hardware, Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide
• Australian Glass – 10 Artists, Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan
• Latitudes II, Gallery Himawari, Seto, Japan

1997

• Collaborations in Glass, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington
• Vitreous, Queensland Craft Council Gallery, Brisbane
• Contemporary Glass, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney

1996

• Distant Points of Light, Beaver Galleries, ACT
• Kept for Best, National Gallery of Australia, Decorative Arts, Touring Exhibition
• Latitudes, Craft Council ACT, Canberra, ACT
• SOFA International Art Exhibition, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Chicago IL, USA
• A Matter of Making, Canberra School of Art Alumni Exhibition, CSA Gallery Canberra, ACT

1995

• The Object All Sublime, Australian Decorative Arts Survey, Laurraine Diggins Fine Art, Melb
• Latitudes, The Bullseye Connection, Portland, Oregon USA
• Glass Weekend ’95, Habatat Gallery at Creative Glass Centre of America, Milville, NJ, USA

1994

• Resource Finance Corporation Art Prize Exhibition, Finalist – Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
• Out of Canberra, Jam Factory Craft & Design Centre, Adelaide, Meat Market Craft
• Centre, Melbourne & The Crafts Council Gallery, ACT
• The Cutting Edge, 1994 Glass Triennial, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW

1993

• $1,000 and Under, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
• Origins and Originality, Drill Hall Gallery, Sydney

1992

• Jahressmesse Kunsthandwerk, Museum for Kunst & Gerwerbe Hamburg, Germany
• Double or Nothing, Graduating Students Exhibition,
• Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT
• Glass: Challenging the Medium, Blaxland Gallery, Canberra

1990

• Pate de Verre and Cast Glass, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney
• Fellowships & Grants

2010

• Australia Council Grant

2003

• Australia Council Grant New Work

1998

• Resource Finance Corporation Glass Prize

1995

• Australia Council Grant, Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship

1994

• Australia Council Grant

1993

• Fellowship at the Creative Glass Centre of America

1991

• First Prize: ‘Glass : Challenging the Medium’ Competitive Exhibition

Collection

• Victoria and Albert Museum ~Auckland Museum ~Toyama Art Museum, ~ American Craft Museum
• Chrysler Museum of Art ~ Devonport Art Gallery,Tasmania ~ Powerhouse Museum ~ Queensland
• Art Gallery ~ National Gallery of Australia~ Corning Museum of Glass ~ American Glass Museum ~
• Wagga Wagga National Glass Collection ~ Art Gallery of South Australia ~ National Gallery of
• Victoria ~ Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding,Coesfeld Lette,Germany ~ Parliament House Collection,Canberra ~ Government House Collection, Sydney, ~ Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
• ~ The Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine , WI, U.S.A. ~ The Denver Art Museum ~ The Carnegie Museum of Art, PA, U.S.A..

Publications

2010

• Masters : Blown Glass, Lark Books

2007

• The Sydney Magazine August Issue # 52

2007

• Australian Art Review November Issue # 15

2005

• Australian Glass Today, Margot Osbourne, Wakefield Press

2003

• Object No. 42
• Lino Issue No. 3
• House and Garden, May
• Domain , Sydney Morning Herald, 10th April

2002

• VETRO magazine, December, no. 16,

2001

• Artists in Glass, Dan Klein, Miitchell Beazley
• I.D. Magazine, November
• Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Metropolitan’ pg.8 September 22-23
• Flux, Bullseye Gallery Exhibition Catalogue ; Australia + Germany, International
• Craft Triennale

2000

• Flux, Exhibition Catalogue, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
•  Australia + Germany International Craft Triennial, Exhibition Catalogue
•  At The Edge- Australian Glass Art, Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Handwerk, Munich,
•  Touring to the UK and Australia

1999

• Developing the Collection, Acquisitions 1997-1999, National Gallery of Australia
• Contemporary Australian Craft, Exhibition Catalogue, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
• Craft Arts International, No.47
• Arte, August

1998

• Neues Glas, 3/98
• New Glass Review, No. 17, 18, 19, 21, 22
• Aperto Vetro, Exhibition Catalogue, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
• Editrice Arsenale
• The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Exhibition Catalogue
• Latitudes: Bullseye Glass In Australia, Exhibition Catalogue, The Bullseye Connection,
• Portland, OR, USA
• Australian Glass: 10 Artists, Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan

1997

• Noris Ioannou, Masters of Their Craft, Craftsman House, Sydney

1996

• A Matter of Making, Exhibition Catalogue, CSA Gallery
• Art Monthly, No.85

1995

• Noris Ioannou, Australian Studio Glass, Craftsman House, Sydney
• National Art Glass Collection, City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga

1994

• object, Winter 1994

1993

• Glass, Fall, No.53

1992

• Glasswork, November, No.13

1991

• Craft NSW, Autumn