Marc Grunseit is a highly acclaimed glass artist based in Sydney where he creates works that range from 25 sqm architectural installations to delicate pieces of kiln formed glass. Smaller pieces include platters, shallow and deep bowls and Sail forms which reflect the vibrant colours of elements of the Australian environment. Marc has completed numerous commissions, for domestic, ecclesiastical and public buildings and participated in group and solo exhibitions in galleries worldwide, with various pieces held in public, private and corporate collections worldwide.
Artist Statement
Born in Sydney in 1952, Marc had extensive involvement in art and creative crafts during his school years, complementing a formal education. He studied medicine at the University of New South Wales, graduating in 1977 and practiced medicine for five years.
He took up a long standing interest in stained glass in 1979 and in 1982, sold his medical practice to pursue it full-time. Since then, he has completed numerous commissions, for domestic, ecclesiastical and public buildings and participated in group and solo exhibitions in galleries worldwide, with various pieces held in public, private and corporate collections worldwide. Marc was the elected National President of the Australian Association of Glass Artists from 1989-1990.
The scope of his work ranges from 25sq m architectural installations to delicate pieces of kiln formed glass which fit into the palm of the hand. The designs are eclectic but are employed to interpret the natural, social, cultural and mythological Australian environment into unique pieces of glass art.
Curriculum Vitae
TRAINING
Self taught. Attended courses, workshops and master classes in the following disciplines:
Architectural Stained Glass Design,Colour and design, Glass blowing, Kiln techniques and glass casting,
Surface decoration techniques
Jochem Poensgen Masterclass in Advanced Architectural Stained glass design, Sydney, 1985
2nd International Architectural Stained Glass Seminar, Kevelaer, West Germany, 1986
Lutz Haufschild Architectural Glass Design Masterclass, Sydney, 1988 and Sydney, 1989 as technical assistant
Narcissus Quagliata Architectural Stained Glass design seminar, Reno, Nevada, U.S.1992
3rd International Architectural Glass Design Seminar, Derix Studios, Taunusstein, Germany 1995
Bob Carlson Sandcasting and Mould Blowing, Denizen Studio, Sydney,1997
M.B. , B.S. University of New South Wales, 1977
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
AUSTRADE/NSW Trade Mission to UAE, 2004
Australian Contributing Editor, Glass Craftsman Magazine, USA 1992-6
Arts Law Centre; current member
AUSGLASS; Current member: National President, 1989-90
AUSGLASS; N.S.W. Flat Glass rep., 1987-88
Craft Australia: Accredited Craftmark practitioner
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: current member
National Gallery of Australia; current member
OBJECT: Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design; member 1982-2004
Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau; member 1995-2002
The LEAD Group; Member Technical Advisory Board
SELECTED COLLECTIONS and CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
ABN AMRO Bank, Dubai,
UAE ALLERGAN, Sydney
CALTEX/AMPOL, Sydney
CANBERRA TIMES, ACT
DARLING HARBOUR AUTHORITY, Sydney
CLIFFORD COLLECTION, Sydney
EB SMITH MUSEUM CHICAGO DOYLES Watsons Bay, Sydney
GLASMUSEET EBELTOFT, Denmark
HIH, Melbourne
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
NRMA, Sydney
PHILLIPS House, North Sydney
PORT AGUSTA TOWN HALL, South Australia
QANTAS, Frequent Flyer Lounges Townsville, Christchurch N.Z., Wellington N.Z.
QUEENSLAND Art Gallery, Brisbane
RADISSON PLAZA, KL, Malaysia
SHERATON TOWERS, KL, Malaysia
SYDNEY CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, Darling Harbour, Sydney
SYDNEY TOWN HALL
SWISS RE LIFE AND HEALTH, Sydney
THE GALERIES VICTORIA, IPOH Gardens, Sydney
Wilhelm Derix Gallery, Taunusstein-Wehen, Germany
Represented in the permanent slide library of Craft Australia and the Corning Museum of Glass,
N.Y., U.S.A.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Craft Arts International, No 68, 2006
The Contemporary Glass Art of the World, Published China 2005
Craft Arts International, No.61 2004
AUSGLASS International Conference Papers 2003
Craft Arts International, No 51, 2001
Contemporary Warm Glass by Brad Walker, 2000
STAINED GLASS: JEWELS OF LIGHT, Joe Porcelli, Published USA, 1998
Design Sourcebook STAINED GLASS, Lynette Wrigley, Published UK, 1998
CRAFT ARTS INTERNATIONAL No.43, 1998
ART PICTORIAL VOL.9 1996, Asahi Art Communication, JAPAN
CRAFT ARTS INTERNATIONAL No.35 1995
AUSTRALIAN STUDIO GLASS, Noris Ioannou, Published 1995
GLASS ARTIST MAGAZINE, USA, November 1994
AUSGLASS Magazine, Winter, 1994
CRAFT ARTS INTERNATIONAL No.31 1994
PROFESSIONAL STAINED GLASS MAGAZINE, U.S.A. February, 1994
AUSGLASS CONFERENCE PAPERS 1993
OBJECT (CCNSW) Autumn, 1993
AUSGLASS Magazine, Winter, 1987
2nd International Architectural Stained Glass Seminar Book, W.Germany, 1988
CRAFT ARTS Magazine, July 1987 (Co-author)
SELECTED RETAIL REPRESENTATION:
AUSTRALIAN CRAFT GALLERIES, QVB, Darling Harbour, Sydney
FOCUS CRAFTS, Byron Bay, NSW
FREEMAN GALLERY 3, N.Hobart, Tasmania
GAFFER STUDIO GLASS GALLERY, Hong Kong, China
GALLERY VETRO, Nicosia, Cyprus
JAHROC Galleries, Margaret River, Western Australia
MAKER’S MARK, Sydney
SCRIBBLES ON ANSON, Orange, NSW
THE MAJLIS GALLERY, Dubai, UAE
RAGLAN GALLERY, Manly, NSW
WAGGA WAGGA National Glass Collection Gallery Shop
SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS
French residence, Balls Head, Sydney, 2008
EB SMITH Museum of Stained Glass, Chicago Ill. USA, fused panel 2007
Spirit Pharma, Sydney, fused glass screen, 2007
Motor Yacht Maridome, Hamburg, Germany, 3 fused glass windows, 2006
The Temple Emanuel, Ecclesiastical furniture and stained glass mural, 2005-6
Park View Hotel, Melbourne, Fused glass wall pieces, 2005
Kerry Packer Children’s Cancer Institute, Westmead Children’s Hospital, Sydney, 2005
Doyles, Suspended five fused glass panel mural, Watsons Bay, Sydney, 2002
The Galeries Victoria, World’s largest fused glass, suspended, curtain wall, Sydney, 2000
QANTAS Lounge, Wellington New Zealand. “The Floating Isles”, Fused Glass 1999
Medical Alumni Association, The University of Sydney, Stained Glass Windows, 1998/9
Hall Residence, Sydney, Kiln formed glass installation 1999
Nexus Resort, Saba, Malaysia, Architectural fused glass panels, 1998
Garangula, Chapel (all 14 windows), Harden, NSW 1996-97
Kameruka Chapel, Bega, NSW, Stained Glass window 1995
The Armidale School, Armidale, NSW, Chapel windows, 1994
Wolper Jewish Hospital, Sydney: 10 Panel narrative depicting history of medicine, 1992
St Vincents Hospital, Sydney: Painted stained glass for Chapel panel, 1990
Church of St Peter Chanel, Berala, Sydney: Painted stained glass, 1990
Chapel by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney: Sanctuary windows, 1989
North Shore Memorial Synagogue, Lindfield, Sydney: Reredos, 25sq m., 1989
Sydney Town Hall: Pair Bicentennial Commemorative windows for front entrance, 1988
The Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, Sydney: Link corridor panels, 1988
Star of the Sea Church, Watsons Bay, Sydney: Pair nave windows, 1987
Rubin Residence, Sydney: 1986 (see Australian House and Garden, June 1988)
James Mason Residence, Sydney: 13sq m Tiffany-style panels, 1985-6/1993
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney: Laminated glass panels for Chapel, 1984-5.
Relocated to Westmead Campus 1995.
SELECTED RESTORATION COMMISSIONS
St Mary’s Anglican Church, Balmain, Sydney, 1994
Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney: Entrance, 1993
St Luke’s Anglican Church, Clovelly, Sydney: 3 Altar windows and 1 North nave window, 1992-93
St Mary’s Anglican Church, Waverley, Sydney: 3 Altar windows (built 1864; Australia’s oldest
locally made stained glass windows), 1990 & 2 West windows 1992
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Kensington, Sydney: painted stained glass for earthquake
damaged panels, 1991
St Mathew’s Anglican Church, Surry Hills, Sydney: North nave window, 1991
Women’s College and Medical School windows, The Sydney University, 1991
St Saviour’s Anglican Church, Redfern, Sydney: vestibule window, 1990
SELECTED PUBLIC LECTURES
AUSGLASS Conference, Perth, Jan. 2003
International Architectural Glass Design Seminar, Taunusstein, Germany 1995
AUSGLASS Conference, Canberra, 1993
World Glass Congress, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. 1992
SELECTED TEACHING POSITIONS
Private tuition and mentoring at artist’s studio
Kiln techniques workshops, AUSGLASS Conference, Perth, WA 2003
Kiln techniques workshop, Unicorn Glass Studio, Darwin, NT 1996
Kiln techniques workshop, CCNT, Darwin NT 1992
TA Lutz Haufschild Architectural Glass Design Workshop, Sydney 1989
Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre, Sydney 1983-8
GRANTS
2004 NSW Department of State and Regional Development: to attend Trade Mission to Dubai,
UAE
1995 CRAFT AUSTRALIA/V.A.C.B.: to attend Architectural Glass Design Seminar,
Taunusstein, Germany
1995 International Architectural Glass Seminars: to attend Architectural Glass Design Seminar,
Taunusstein,Germany
1992 CRAFT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA/V.A.C.B.: to attend World Glass Congress, Reno, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Gaffer Studio Glass Gallery, Hong Kong, 2004
The Majlis Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2004
The Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney, 2003 (with Roger Dean, UK)
Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, 1999
Craft Australia Boutique, David Jones Dept. Store, Sydney, 1994
Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, 1991
Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, 1990
“Lights of Fantasy”: in conjunction with the Festival of Sydney, 1984
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Stained:A Current Glimpse, National Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga, 2007
Art TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan, 2006
Contemporary Australian Studio Glass, Hong Kong & Singapore, 2005
Origins, Glass Artists’s Gallery, Sydney, 2005
Material Instincts, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, 2005
Joint exhibition with Roger Dean, Glass Artist’s Gallery, Sydney, 2003
AUSGLASS Production Exhibition, Fremantle, WA, 2003
AUSGLASS Members Exhibition, Fremantle, WA, 2003
Upper Crust Glass at JAHROC Galleries, York and Margaret River, WA, 2003
Australian High Commission London, Paris and Berlin 2002-2003
Gallery at the Wentworth, Sydney, 2002
David Jones Department Store, Sydney, 2002
Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth, W.A. 2002
FLAIR, Perth W.A. Feb.2002
2001 BULLSEYE EXHIBITION, Portland, Oregon, USA 2001
RFC Glass Prize, Finalist, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Wagga 1999-2000
CREATIVE AUSTRALIA, Azecra kimono Dept. Store, Osaka, JAPAN, 1999
SOFA, Chicago, USA, October 1996/7/8
KUNST RAI Amsterdam. May 1997
Art Forum, Singapore, February 1997
Drawing on the Diaphanous, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney, January 1997
Tresors Fine Art Fair, Singapore, June 1996/1997
Australian Glass-A Recent Review, Belvetro Glass Gallery, Miami Beach, USA, 1996
Dreamtime 96, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 1995
Art of Glass 1995, Golden Canvas Gallery, Sydney, 1995
Deco-In, Berlin, Germany, 1995
Glenaeon Craft Show, Sydney, 1995
Glass Artists’ Gallery, Glebe, 1995
Studio Glass II, Studio Showcase, Sydney, 1994
‘Interiors’:Australia Today, Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1994
Craft Australia Boutique, David Jones Dept. Store, Canberra, 1994
Craft Australia Boutique, David Jones Dept. Store, Sydney, 1993/4
Studio Glass I,Studio Showcase, Rozelle, Sydney, 1993/4
Northern Territory Craft Acquisition, Darwin Art Gallery, 1989,1993,1994
The Bougainvillea Festival Art Exhibition, Framed Gallery, Darwin, 1993
Craft Council of Australia Boutique, David Jones, Sydney 1991-92
Australian Craft Show, R.A.S.Showground, Sydney, 1989 & 1990
Designed and Made; CCNSW, Sydney, 1989
INDEX 89; Interior Design Show, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1989
AUSGLASS Members Exhibitions, Sydney and Melbourne, 1985,1987,1989
Annual Review, Hamilton Design Gallery, Sydney, 1986,1987
Glass on Edge, Glass Artist’s Gallery, Sydney, 1986
Xmas Show, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney, 1985
Sheer Magic, ANZ Exhibition Centre, Martin Place, Sydney, 1984
Glass Glorious Glass, Craftworks, The Rocks, Sydney, 1984
Light Sources, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney, 1984