JOANNE NEWMAN

Shoreline, 2008
Kiln cast glass

On graduation from West Surrey College of Art and Design in 1985, I took up a studio assistants post in a small glass studio in Gloucestershire. In 1989 I became a full time technician, first in the Fine Art Department at Stourbridge College and then in the Glass Department at the University of Wolverhampton. On completing my MA, I took up an academic appointment for a number of years before choosing to return to a technical role, enabling me to concentrate more fully on my own professional development.

The designs for my current work evolved from the sensations evoked by a rainy walk on the beach. The selection of simple elements such as pebbles, seaweed and sea glass which had been etched and shaped by time and nature giving them a seductive sensuality. My interest lay in the fundamental need to hold these objects, the feelings created by turning them in your hand. I was fascinated by something as simple as an individual pebble, which when taken away from the millions of others became a visibly beautiful object in its own right. I have sought to recreate this stimulation of the senses and preciousness through my work.

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Selected Biography

EDUCATION
1994 - 1996: MA Art & Design, Glass, University of Wolverhampton.
1982 - 1985: BA (Hons) West Surrey College of Art and Design.
1980 - 1982: Foundation, Shrewsbury School of Art.

WORK
2003 - 2008: Senior Technician - University of Wolverhampton.
2002 - 2003: Senior Lecturer.
1996 - 2002: Lecturer.
1987 - 1996: Technician.
1985 - 1986: Studio assistant, Colin Reid Glass.

EXHIBITIONS
2008: The Art of Glass, Mariners Gallery / Plumbline Gallery, St Ives.
2008 - 2009: Transitions (touring exhibition), Bilston Craft Gallery.
2007: 1000 Glass Miles, Frauenau, Germany.
2006: Bi-Glass, Butter Market Gallery, Birmingham.
2005: Winter exhibition, Cowdy Gallery.
1996: Venezia Aperto Vetro, Venice
1996: New Designers
1996: RSA Student Design Awards prize winner.