About

Morrell Glass Studio is situated in the picturesque town of Castlemaine in rural Victoria, Australia; a little over an hours drive from Melbourne.

Featured are works in glass by Richard Morrell and Pipit Pujiastuti. All works are made entirely in-house and range from bold cast works and elegant blown-glass by Richard Morrell, to delicate engraved forms by Richard’s wife, Pipit.

The Gallery is open by appointment, kindly email us richard@morrellglass.com with your inquiry or call (+61) 0427 845 676

 

Curriculum Vitae, Richard Morrell.

Born                   London, U.K.                                                                                   1953

Education:       West Sussex College of Design                                               1975-76

                             Batchelor of Arts, Stourbridge School of Art, U.K.         1976-79

                             Master of Arts, Monash University, Australia                 1998-99

Professional Experience:

                             Tutor, Glass Studies, Caulfield Inst.                                    1979-81

                             Artist in Residence, MMCC, Melbourne.                            1982-88

                             Managing own Studio, Coburg, Vic.                                    1988-96

                                     ”         ”        ” Castlemaine, Vic.                                       1996-

                             Artist in residence, University of South Australia,       1991

                             External Assessor, Monash University,                            1992-97

                             Visiting Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts,                1999

                             Glass Workshop Manager, Jenggala Keramik, Bali      2001-05

                             Return to studio in Castlemaine                                           2005

Awards & Prizes:  Prizewinner, Gas & Fuel show, MMCC, Melb.         1985              

                             Development Award, Aust. Council                                    1987

                             Prizewinner, Ausglass Exhib. Sydney                                1991

                             Development Award, Aust. Council                                    1993

                             Monash Graduate Scholarship                                             1995-97

                             RFC Glass Prize,  People’s Choice Award                         2000

                             Kirra Illuminating Glass Award                                           2015                                     

Collections:     Museum of Art and Craft, Hamburg, Germany.

                             Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.

                             Toho Corp. collection, Japan.

                             Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole (Private Collection). London. GB.

                             Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia.

                             National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

                             Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

                             Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.

                             National Glass collection, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.

                             Kerfoot Collection, Melbourne & Wagga Wagga, Australia.

Exhibitions:     Seren Centre, Bala, Wales,                                                               1979.

                             ‘International Young Glass Artists’, Ebeltoft, Denmark      1985

                             ‘World Glass Now’, Hokkaido Museum, Japan,                        1991.

                             ‘Australian Crafts’, Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany,               1992.

                             ‘CINAFE’ Chicago,                                                                                 1993.

                             ‘SOFA’ Chicago,                                                                       1993 & 1997

                             Galerie L, Hamburg, . (Solo exhibition)                                       1994

                             ‘Aurora’, RMIT Gallery & Asialink;  Korea, Pakistan,     

                             Bangladesh,  Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia.    1996-98.

                             Australiche Glaskunst, Brisbane City Gallery

                                      Traveling to Germany                                                                 2000

                             Jenggala Gallery, Bali, Indonesia                                     2002 & 2004

                             Kirra Galleries, Melbourne                                                                2008

                             Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney                                                            2010

                             Cicely and Colin Rigg Design Award,

                                                      National Gallery of Victoria,  Melbourne            2012

                             Ranamok Exhibition,             1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2013

Publications:         ”Artfile’, Craft Arts International,                                              1992.

                              The Survey of World Glass’ published by Kyuryodo,                1993

                             Craft Arts International, issue 35 (cover page article)             1994

                             ‘Australian Glass’, by Norris Ioannou

                             ‘Masters of Their Craft’, by Norris Ioannou

                             ‘Techniques of Kiln Formed Glass’, by Keith Cummings,        1997                              

                             Neues  Glas, January issue,                                                                     2001

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