CLAUDIA BORELLA

Claudia Borella

A New Zealand Perspective

Preview Friday 16th July from 5:30pm 17th July - 11th August, 2010

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1. DETAIL VIEW CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Sunset I (2009)

1. CLAUDIA BORELLA Waitakere Sunset I (2009) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, size overall (v x h x d): 468 x 947 x 20 mm, panels (v x h x d): 468 x 471 x 20 mm each

2. DETAIL VIEW CLAUDIA BORELLA, Transference 19 (2009)

2. CLAUDIA BORELLA Transference 19 (2009) fused, sandblasted, carved & kiln formed glass, metal stand, boat form (v x h x d): 125 x 885 x 165 mm, stand (v x h x d): 90 x 210 x 90 mm

3. DETAIL VIEW CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Evening (2009)

3. CLAUDIA BORELLA Waitakere Evening (2009) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 3/3, size overall (v x h x d): 468 x 945 x 22 mm, panels (v x h x d): 468 x 470 x 22 mm each

4. DETAIL VIEW CLAUDIA BORELLA, Transference 11 (2008)

4. CLAUDIA BORELLA Transference 11 (2008) fused, sandblasted, carved & kiln formed glass, metal stand, edition 1/3, boat form (v x h x d): 115 x 884 x 163 mm, stand (v x h x d): 95 x 210 x 90 mm

5. DETAIL VIEW CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Horizon (2006)

5. CLAUDIA BORELLA Waitakere Horizon (2006) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 1/2, size overall (v x h x d): 468 x 945 x 20 mm, panles (v x h x d): 468 x 470 x 20 mm each

6. DETAIL VIEW CLAUDIA BORELLA, Transference 20 (2009)

6. CLAUDIA BORELLA Transference 20 (2009) fused, sandblasted, carved & kiln formed glass, metal stand, boat form (v x h x d): 130 x 885 x 164 mm, stand (v x h x d): 90 x 210 x 90 mm

7. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Shift (2007) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, s

size overall (v x h x d): 480 x 1445 x 20 mm, panels (v x h x d): 480 x 720 x 20 mm each

8. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Shift II (2009) fused, sandblasted, carved &

kiln formed glass, metal stand, size (v x h x d): 200 x 885 x 160 mm

9. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Sunset I (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 4/10, size overall (v x h x d): 120 x 245 x 11 mm

10. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Tongariro Crossing (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 2/10, size overall (v x h x d): 120 x 243 x 13 mm

11. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Midnight II (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 1/10, size overall (v x h x d): 120 x 243 x 13 mm

12. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Moon II (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 9/10, size overall (v x h x d): 119 x 242 x 13 mm

13. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Morning Study I (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 1/10, size overall (v x h x d): 120 x 246 x 13 mm

14. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Morning Study II (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 1/10, size overall (v x h x d): 120 x 248 x 13 mm

15. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Early Morning (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 1/10, size overall (v x h x d): 120 x 245 x 11 mm

16. CLAUDIA BORELLA, Waitakere Evening (Miniature) (2010) diptych; fused, sandblasted & cold worked glass, edition 7/10, size overall (v x h x d): 219 x 241 x 13 mm

EXHIBITION PRICELIST

1

Waitakere Sunset I (2009)

17,000

2

Transference 19 (2009)

13,500

3

Waitakere Evening (2009) edition 3/3

17,000

4

Transference 11 (2008) edition 1/3

13,500

5

Waitakere Horizon (2006) edition 1/2

17,000

6

Transference 20 (2009)

13,500

7

Shift (2007)

19,500

8

Shift II (2009)

13,500

9

Waitakere Sunset I (Miniature) (2010) edition 4/10

1,850

10

Tongariro Crossing (Miniature) (2010) edition 2/10

1,850

11

Waitakere Midnight II (Miniature) (2010) edition 1/10

1,850

12

Waitakere Moon II (Miniature) (2010) edition 9/10

1,850

13

Morning Study I (Miniature) (2010) edition 1/10

1,850

14

Morning Study II (Miniature) (2010) edition 1/10

1,850

15

Early Morning (Miniature) (2010) edition 1/10

1,850

16

Waitakere Evening (Miniature) (2010) edition 7/10

1,850

All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition

CLAUDIA BORELLA b. 1971, lives Wanganui

Shift (2007), cast glass, 2 panels, size overall 480 x 1445 mm

“Her clear and purposeful use of line and colour, the subtlety in her material handling and her powerful sense of design restraint all cause the phrase ‘less is more’ to echo through my mind as Claudia Borella’s work continues to investigate the borders between glass making, design and the ‘universal boundaries of language’.” 1 “By travelling, living and experiencing a wide range of countries and cultures, Borella has increasingly become interested in exploring the common elements of culture and communication in her work. Since her early years as an artist, Borella has had an interest in graphic elements and symbols and their role in communication. As she has travelled and experienced a wide range of different cultures, her interest in symbolism has become increasingly focused on the parallels between different places and traditions.” 2 “From a broad perspective, my work operates in a metaphorical level, exploring the universal boundaries of language and semantics- sign and symbolism that can transcend cultural barriers to create a common dialogue or language. From this perspective, the work remains unable to be stylistically classified as typical Australian, Italian, Japanese or Pacific, although with certainty the independent philosophies of these cultures continue to influence the personal development in my work. Working in this way with glass, I aim to emphasize the concept of art without boundaries.” 3 Australian and of Italian and German decent Claudia now lives and works in Wanganui after emigrating to New Zealand in 2001. In 1993 she completed a Bachelor of Industrial Design at the University of Canberra in Australia, travelling on a one year exchange in her final year to the European Institute of Design, Milan, Italy. In 1995 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Honours) from Canberra School of Art Australia. She has exhibited around the world, in countries such as Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy and America. Her work is held in major private and public collections Internationally including Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Japan and Glasmuseum, Denmark.

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Whitely, Richard, Changing Views, Exhibition Catalogue, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, 2007 Hammonds, Lucy, Claudia Borella & Galia Amsel: At Home in New Zealand, Changing Views, Exhibition Catalogue, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, 2007 Borella, Claudia, Artsist Statement, 2007

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CLAUDIA BORELLA b. 1971, lives Wanganui EDUCATION 1995 1993

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual, Honours 1), Glass Major, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Australia Bachelor of Industrial Design, University of Canberra, Australia Final year exchange student at the European Institute of Design, Milan, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 2009 2008 2007

A New Zealand Perspective, Milford Galleries Dunedin Wellington to New York, Avid Gallery. Wellington Land of the Long White Cloud, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia A Passage From New Zealand, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010

Soltice, Avid Gallery, Wellington Northern Exposure: Glass & Ceramics, Arthouse, Christchurch Mini Vernissage, Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland Koru Spring Show 2010, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong 2009/10 Looking Glass - A New Zealand Survey of Glass, Sarjent Gallery, Wanganui 2009 Glass 09, milford galleries queenstown Australian Contemporary Art 2009, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong Represented

by Koru-HK, Hong Kong Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown SOFA 2009, New York, Compendium Gallery, New York, USA Glass Artists Via New York, Compendium Gallery, Auckland 2008/09 Art Singapore, represented by Koru-hk, Hong Kong, Suntec Singapore 2008 Masterworks, milford galleries queenstown Glass 08, milford galleries queenstown Succession, Curated by Klaus Moje, Giles Bettison, Claudia Borella, Deb Jones, Jessica Loughlin, Kirstie Rea, and Richard Whiteley, Bullseye Gallery, Portland Oregon, USA (coinciding with GAS 2008) Singular Forms: Trans-minimalist Sculpture, Represented by Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, USA Miniatures, Giles Bettison, Kirstie Rea, Klaus Moje, Tom Rowney, Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2007 Select, Form Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand SOFA 2007, Represented by Prism Gallery, Chicago, USA Changing Views – Amsel & Borella, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Third Anniversary Invitational, Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, USA GLASS Weekend 2007 at Wheaton Arts, Represented by Prism Gallery Chicago,USA Collect – International Art Fair 2007, Victoria & Albert Museum, represented by Bullseye Connection Gallery,London, UK Annual Masters Of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney 2006 Art Singapore, represented by Koru Contemporary Art, Singapore Glass Week, Air New Zealand Shopfront, Wanganui, New Zealand Masterworks, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand Art & About, Hing Wai Centre, represented by Koru Gallery & Austrade, Hong Kong Collect – International Art Fair 2006, British Craft Council, Victoria & Albert Museum, represented

by Bullseye Connection Gallery, London Group Glass Exhibition, Anna Bibby Gallery, Newmarket, New Zealand Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois, USA 2005 20/20: Twenty Artists/Twenty Years, Kiln Glass from the New Glass Review of the Corning Museum of Glass, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA Glass Invitational New Zealand (GINZ), Travelling Exhibition, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, Auckland Museum, Canterbury Museum, Pataka Museum, New Zealand Claudia Borella 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz P a g e |2

Canberra Glass 2005, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australian Art Resources, Sydney, Australia Contemporary Kiln Glass, A Survey of Works from the Bullseye Collection, Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois, USA 2004 Quartet, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia On the Edge – Glass from the Pacific Rim, Chappell Gallery, New York, USA New Zealand Glass in Taipei, Page One, Koru Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan A Creative Life, Dowse Museum, Lower Hutt, NZ New Works by Gallery Artists, Bullseye Glass Connection, Portland, USA200 2002 Red, Black, White, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, NZ Glass Group Show, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, Auckland, NZ SOFA Chicago 2002, Represented by Chappell Galleries Boston, USA Dialogue – Stephen Procter & Friends, Quadrivium, Sydney, Australia Facets of Australian Glass, Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, USA Crossroads : Australia/New Zealand, Chappell Galleries, Boston, USA Staff Exhibition, Quay School of Art, Wanganui Polytechnic, NZ Cross Currents Members Exhibition, Society of Glass Artists (NZSAG), Wanganui, NZ 2001 Transparent Things, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Broken Hill City Gallery, NSW, Geelong Art Gallery, VIC, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA, Bunbury Art Galleries, WA Glass Lovers Tour Exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia Transitions, Pataka Blue Pacific Gallery, Poriura City, New Zealand Glass Art in Australia - A Survey Exhibition, Quadrivium, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia Strong Works by Strong Women, The Hope Collection, Santa Fe, USA On Line, Bullseye Connections Glass Gallery, Portland Oregon, USA Lust, Quadrivium, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia Australian Glass - The Cutting Edge, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia 2000 Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia Australian Glass 2000, Masterworks Gallery, New Zealand Domestic Design, Craft Act, Canberra, Australia Strength to Strength, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia Fusion: Contemporary Glass, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia At The Edge - Australian Glass Art, Brisbane City Gallery, Object Galleries, Sydney, Galarie Handwerk, Munich, Germany Giles Bettison, Jessica Loughlin and Claudia Borella, Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 1999 Australian's in Glass, Noufoux, Switzerland SOFA Chicago '99, The Bullseye Connection, Chicago, USA Canberra Glass 1999, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia Essentially Canberra, Customs House, Sydney, Australia and Taiwan 1999 RFC Glass Prize, touring exhibition, Volvo Gallery, Glass Artists' Gallery, Sydney, Perth, Queensland Gallery, QLD, Craft ACT Gallery, ACT, Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia Giles Bettison, Claudia Borella & Jessica Loughlin, Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland SOFA New York '99, The Bullseye Connection, New York, USA Glass Art Society International Expo 2, Tampa, Florida, USA Vitreous II, Craft Queensland, QLD, Australia Ausglass Members Show, Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia 1998 Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Beaver Galleries, Melbourne, Australia SOFA Chicago '98, The Bullseye Connection, Chicago, USA Aperto Vetro '98, Sanske Gallery, Venice, Italy Aperto Vetro '98, Canberra School of Art Glass Workshop, Academia delle Belle Arte, Venice, Italy International Young Artists in Glass: Australia, The Bullseye Connection, Portland, Oregon, USA Origins & Object, Link Gallery, Canberra, Australia Talente '98, International Competition in Crafts, Design and Technology, Munich, Germany Past Tense/Future Perfect, National Touring Exhibition of Emerging Contemporary Craft, South Australia, Perth, Canberra, Queensland 1997 Lienors Allen and Claudia Borella, Group Show, Gallery L, Hamburg, Germany Young Glass '97 Exhibition, Ebeltoft, Denmark Young Glass, Link Gallery, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia 1996Objects of Desire - Sydney, Australia Claudia Borella 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz P a g e |3

1996

1995

SOFA '96:Canberra Glass - Beaver Galleries, Chicago, USA Venezia Aperto Vetro - Museo de Vetro, Murano, Italy Objects of Desire, Sydney, Australia Canberra Glass, Australian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA SOFA '96:Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, Chicago, USA Venezia Aperto Vetro, Museo de Vetro, Murano, Italy RFC Glass Prize Touring Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA, Craft Victoria, Australia TAT2, CSA Foyer Gallery, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Variety, Glass Artists' Gallery, Sydney, Australia Handle Like Eggs, Graduate Exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia Finish, Graduate Student Show, CSA Gallery, Canberra, Australia Ideas to Function, An Exhibition of Australian Designer Makers, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Australia Ausglass Student Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia

GRANTS & AWARDS 2007 2005 2003 2000/99 1998 1997 1996 1995 1992

Finalist Ranamok Glass Award, Australia Finalist City of Wyhalla Art Prize, South Australia Recipient of the David Thomas Award, The Dowse Museum, Wellington, New Zealand Finalist in RFC Glass Prize (Resource Finance Corporation), Sydney, Australia State Prize and Gold Medal, Talente 98, Munich, Germany Recipient of Kyohei Fujita Prize, Young Glass 97 Competition, Denmark Australia Council Project Development Grant Finalist in RFC Glass Prize (Resource Finance Corporation), Sydney, Australia Institute of the Arts Acquisition Award, Canberra, Australia Fondi Travelling Scholarship

COLLECTIONS Sir Elton John New York, USA Wagga Regional Gallery, Australia Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Japan Dowse Museum, New Zealand Merrill Lynch Corporate Collection, Australia National Gallery of Australia Collection, Australia Art Bank Collection, Australia Wagga Regional Gallery, Australia Glasmuseum, Denmark RFC Glass Collection, Australia A & D Plummer Collection, Australia Private Collection of Mehoudar Raphael, Israel Bullseye Glass Collection, USA The Australian National University, Institute of the Arts Collection, Australia

SELECTED ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS 2009 2007

Hybrid Culturati, published by Pixel Media Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand.

Whitely, Richard, Changing Views, Exhibition Catalogue, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (attached) 2007 Hammonds, Lucy, Claudia Borella & Galia Amsel: At Home in New Zealand, Changing Views, Exhibition Catalogue, Koru Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (attached) 2005 Good Intentions Make for Good Inventions, LINO Magazine, Claudia Borella, 2005 Osborne, Margot, Australia Glass Today, Wakefield Press, Adelaide McMahon, Ann. Canberra Glass 2005, Artlook, Issue 11, May 2005. www.artlook.com.au/article.asp?contentID=689 Art By Any Other Name, Taipei Times, Sun Feb 22 2005 www.taipeitimes.com/News/photo/2004/02/22 www.koru-hk.com/artists/glass/ClaudiaBorella/page1/ www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/20040216/20040216s4.html 2003 McNaught, Josie, The Graphic Glass of Claudia Borella, Object Magazine, Australia, issue 43 Liston, Jo, Fused Together: Education & Industry, Object Magazine, Australia, issue 42 2002 Grey, Ann, National Gallery of Australia Collection, ANG, Canberra, Australia 2001 Klein, Dan & Mitchell Beazley, Artists in Glass: Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass, Octopus Publishing, London 2000 Neus Glas Review 21, Corning Museum of Glass, No 2/2000, p85 Kenneley, Fran. Gorgeous Glass, Canberra Sunday Times, May 21, p.62 Crew, Louise Martin. Reflections of Class in Glass, The Australian, Friday May 12, p.12 Claudia Borella 2010 CV Milford Galleries Dunedin www.milfordgalleries.co.nz P a g e |4

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Shaw, Jeff. The Class of Glass, The Courier Mail, Saturday, April 22, p.14 Hinchcliffe, Meredith. Local Work to be Proud of, Panorama, Canberra Times, April 22, p.14 At the Edge, Australian Glaskunst, catalogue, Brisbane City Council, Brisbane City Gallery At the Edge: Australian Glass Art, Where Magazine, Brisbane, April ed. p.5 www.hwk-muenchen.handwerk.de/messen/galerie/texte/austra6.htm Miller, Janet. Blown Away: A New Generation of Glass Artists, National Library of Australia News, November Issue, P.36-38 RFC Glass Prize, Exhibition Catalogue, Glass Artist’s Gallery, Sydney More Glass from Canberra, Object Magazine, No. 4/99, p.8 Essentially Canberra, catalogue to accompany touring exhibition for Venezia Aperto Vetro '98, Canberra School of Art Glass Workshop, Canberra, Australia Eloquent Craftwerk, The West Australian, Wed. July 8, 1998, p.6 International Young Artists in Glass: Australia, exhibition catalogue, The Bullseye Connection, Portland, USA Masters of their Craft, Noris Ioannou, Craftman House, Australia Crafts, UK No. 145 March /April p.51 Crafts International, Issue 39, pp.98 & 103, Australia Canberra Glass, Beaver Galleries, SOFA 96 TAT2, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia Objects of Desire - Functional Art, Sculpture and Painting, exhibition catalogue, Sydney City Galleries, Australia Venezia Aperto Vetro, exhibition catalogue, Editrice Arsenale, Italy

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