David Murray — Biography



1964 Born in Auckland, New Zealand

 

DAVID MURRAY
1964  Born, Auckland, New Zealand

EDUCATION
1986-1987 Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Otago, New Zealand

WORKSHOPS
2001 Wanganui Polytechnic Summer School, New Zealand, Cast Glass Workshop, Ann Robinson

1997 Waikato Polytechnic Summer School, New Zealand, Cast Glass Workshop, Emma Camden

EXPERIENCE
2002-present Self Employed, designing and producing cast glass

2000-2001 Assistant to Emma Camden

1998-1999 Self Employed, designing and producing large scale garden ceramics

1996-1997 Steiner Studios, Studio Manager: slip-casting ceramics

1990-1995 Partnerships in slip cast ceramics business: design, mold making, casting, management

EXHIBITIONS
2007 Chappell Gallery “Pacific Light” David Murray and Emma Camden

2004 Chappell Gallery, New York, NY, Capturing Stillness (solo)

      Ebeltoft Museum, Denmark, Southern Exposure – Group Show (Fall)

      Taipei, represented by Koru Gallery, Hong Kong, New Zealand Glass in Taipei

      Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui New Zealand, Southern Exposure, a survey of New Zealand Glass

      (travelling to Denmark)

      Palmbeachcontemporary, Palm Beach, Florida, represented by Chappell Gallery, NY

2003  Avid Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, Eight Pieces of Quiet Blue Glass (solo)

      Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Zealand, Narrow Channel (solo)

 Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong, Sculptures from the Land of the Long White Cloud

      Norsewear Art Award, Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings, selected

      ARTform, Palm Beach, FL, represented by Chappell Gallery, NY, MA

      Waiheke Island Art Gallery, New Zealand, An Evening in the Vineyard

      Chappell Gallery, NY, New Zealand in New York

      Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Showing Off

      Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, Cast / Kilnformed GLASS 2003

      Canberra Museum and Gallery, Australia, Ranamok Prize for Contemporary Glass Art

      Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, Fund Raising Art Auction

      Wanganui. NZThe 2003 Cary Smith and Co Ltd Wanganui Arts Review  (juried) Merit Award

      Masterworks Gallery, Auckland New Zealand, New Zealand Glass

      Wheaton Village USA, Glass Lovers Weekend Chappell Gallery, NY

      Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings, Norsewear Art Award (juried)

      ARTform, Palm Beach Florida, represented by Chappell Gallery, New York, USA

2002  SOFA Chicago, represented by Chappell Gallery, NY, MA

      Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, Glass Invitational

      Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Glass

      Auckland, New Zealand, FNSWR Sculpture 2002 and Garden Art

      Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, 2002 Art Review

      Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand Glass 2002

      Form Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, Winter Exhibition

      Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, National Glass Exhibition

      Hawkes Bay Exhibit Centre, Hastings, New Zealand (selected) Norsewear Art Award

      Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island, New Zealand, An Evening in the Vineyard

      Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Out of the Temple

      NZ Society of Artists in Glass, 2002 Conference, Wanganui, New Zealand, Members Show  

 FNSWR Sculpture 2002 and Garden Art Auckland, New Zealand.     

2001-02  Lopdell House, Auckland, New Zealand, The Cast (also Wanganui, Whangarei, Hawkes Bay)

2001 Te Wa Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, Ladies Night

      Avid, Wellington, New Zealand, 5583

      Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Translucence

      Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, 2001 Levene Wanganui Arts Review

      Sydney, Australia, Ranamok Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass Art, (selected finalist)

      Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, National Glass Exhibition

      Masterworks Gallery, New Zealand, A Survey of New Zealand Glass

      Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, First Light Exhibition

2000 Auckland, New Zealand, FNSWR Sculpture and Garden Art

      Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, 2000 Levene Wanganui Arts Review

      Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, National Glass Exhibition

      Auckland, New Zealand, Royal Easter Show, (selected)  

      Whakatane, New Zealand, Molly Morpeth 3D Awards, (selected)  

1999 Whakatane, New Zealand, Whakatane Museum Craft Review

AWARDS
2003 Ranamok Prize, Australia, first place

      Wanganui Arts Review, The 2003 Carey Smith and Co Ltd, Merit Award

2002 NZSAG Conference 2002, Wanganui, NZ, Members Show, joint winner Peoples Choice

2001 Sarjeant Gallery Arts Review, 2001, Wanganui – joint winner Open Award

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Neues Glas / New Glass, Spring 2004, The Ranamok Glass Prize Exhibition, 2003, p8 and cover image.

Craft Arts International, Issue 60, 2004, Lucy Hammonds, Sharp Edge of Casting, pp24-27

New Zealand Herald, August 27th, 2003, Arts and Minds p.B5

Frisky, Issue 4 Winter 2003, Peter Ireland - The Things David Murray Makes

Craft Arts International no 58, July 2003 Anon – Exhibitions, page119

The National Business Review, June 20, 2003, John Daly-Peoples, Hunters and Gatherers Look Back in Time

Wanganui Chronicle June 4, 2003, Mary Bryan, Weighty Work Bound for Britomart, p1

New Glass Review 24. Neues Glas, Summer 2003, p16, # 65

NZ House and Garden, June 2003, Alice Shopland, Essential Viewing

Craft Arts International, Issue 54, Meredith Hinchliffe The Ranamok Glass Prize, 2001, p85

New Zealand Herald, Viva, Feb 20, 2002 – Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins Must-See See-Throughs by the Sea, p63

New Zealand House and Garden, Jan 2002 – Ann Warnock, As One Door Closes, p171

NZSAG, The Cast, New Zealand Contemporary Cast Glass 2001 (Catalog), Nov 2001

Art News, New Zealand Summer Issue, Postcards, p26

The Dominion, NZ, Arts on Tuesday, Nov 2001- Zoe Cromwell The Mysterious Masonic Craft of Glass Work, p24

Wanganui Chronicle, August 2001 Three Artists Share Award, p2

Glass Art Catalogue, 2001, Australia Ranamok Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass Art, p48

New Zealand Herald, August 2001, Mary Bryan, Wanganui Artists Sel8ected for Major Exhibition in Australia, p8

Craft Arts International, Australia, Issue 51, 2001, Exhibitions, p119

Art News New Zealand, Summer 2000, Sculpture and Garden Art 2000, p27

Next Magazine, April 1999, Eight of the Best

COLLECTIONS

2003 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2005 Corning Museum of Glass