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Sallie Portnoy 30 Greycliffe St. Queenscliff, NSW 2096 ph/fax 02 9938 6395 mobile 0418 279518 email art@sallieportnoyglass.com.au website www.sallieportnoyglass.com.au |
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At home on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, I indulge in the ‘goings on’ of big city life and appreciate the luxury of living on the Manly Lagoon nature reserve with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. Keeping close to nature and spending plenty of time outdoors is paramount to my sanity. I frequently travel to North America for time with family and friends and to more exotic destinations whenever possible. Adding travel for exhibitions and glass art projects keeps me on the move.
Cast glass sculpture, both kiln fired and hot cast from the furnace, is my specialty. I also work in clay, bronze, cement and polystyrene when the project suits. Community and school projects with children, weekend workshops and summer school teaching are welcomed distractions to my solo studio practice. Inspiration is a mystery to me. What I create surprises and excites me and offers a window into deep experiences of consciousness. My creative output filters through my fascination with human nature, the physical form, psychology, mysticism and the enigmas of ritual. |
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Awards/Prizes |
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| 2009 | Sculptor Society, Darling Park-Barnes Products Award |
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| 2007 | Sculptor Society, Darling Park-Barnes Products Award |
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| 2005 | "Environmental Show" Tap Gallery,Sydney (1st prize) |
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| 2005 | Central Coast Art Exhibition, Wyong, Australia (1st prize) |
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| 2004 | Sculptor Society Exhibition,Australia Square - Barnes Products Award |
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| 2004 | Central Coast Arts festival, Australia (1st prize) |
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| 2003 | Sculptors society Award, Sculptor Society Exhibition, Darling Park (1st prize) |
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| 2002 | Honourable Mention, Sculptor Society Exhibition, Darling Park |
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| 2002 | ‘Romance at the Rocks’ exhibition (2nd prize) in sculpture |
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| 1997 | Warringah Council Glass Mosaic Bench (with children participants) |
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| 1996 | Warringah Council Ceramic Mural at Harbord Public School (with children participants) |
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| 1994 | Quick Response Grant VACB ($2000) |
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| 1991 | Scholarship Pilchuck Glass School |
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| 1990 | Scholarship Pilchuck Glass School |
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| 1987 | Craft Board Development Grant ($4000) |
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Commissions |
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| 2005 | ‘Sisterhood’ - 3x12 mm x 200m stainless steel figures for outdoor sculpture garden. Winnipeg, Canada |
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| 2004 | 6 x 10kg wall figures 120 x 14 x 6cm private commission California |
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| 2004 | 4sqr m mosaic for entrance to peace park Chatswood Oval, Sydney |
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| 2003 | Stone mosaic for Qantas Child Care Centre, Sydney |
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| 1998-99 | Warringah Council & Knox & Partners 3 Sculptured and mosaic seat forms, Westpac corner, Narrabeen, NSW |
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| 1995-96 | Warringah Shire Council & Integrated Site Design 18 sqr. meters of glass mosaic artwork at Berry Reserve, Narrabeen.NSW |
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| 1994 | Queensland Art Gallery, Renoir Exhibition "Rose Bowls" |
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| 1993 | Observatory Hotel; 20 Glass Face Masks |
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| 1992 | Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney. "Secret Treasure of Russia" ,"Royale Series" |
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Education |
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| 2005-06 | Wollongong TAFE foundry student; bronze casting |
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| 1998 | College of Holistic Counseling, Certificate in Counseling, Sydney, Australia |
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| 1995, 91, 90, 87 | Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Wa (summer workshops) |
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| 1988-89 | City Art Institute, Sydney, Australia. Bachelor of Fine Arts / Ceramics |
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| 1984 | Parsons School of Design, New York, Ceramics with Dorothy Hafner |
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| 1981 | Ceramic workshops with Gwynn Hansen-Piggot and Joan Campbell, Australia |
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| 1979-80 | Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Canada. Ceramics with J.Reeve & W.Ostrom |
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| 1978-79 | University of Manitoba, Canada. Ceramics with Robert Archembeau |
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Work/Teaching Experience |
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| 2010-1987 | Teach and work from Northern Beaches studio Sydney Australia (Mosaic, Cast & Fused glass, & glass blowing workshops) |
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| 2010 | Mission Beach Arts Centre Glass casting workshops
Manly Arts Festival Exhibition, Studio Glass blowing & fusing demos, Jewellery making, Studio tour, House tour of mosaic floors & walls. |
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| 2008 | Manly Art Gallery talk |
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| 2007 | Glass Casting workshop Dimbulah North Queensland |
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| 2004 | Casing/fusing workshop. Corning Museum of Glass, Upstate New York |
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| 2004 | Casting/fusing workshop, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY |
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| 2004 | Casting workshop, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada |
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| 2004 | Casting workshops Finn Stained Glass, Sydney |
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| 2003 | Casting workshops - Gymea TAFE, Sydney |
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| 2002 | The glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey - glass casting workshop |
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| 2002 | Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW Summer, Easter & Winter school - glass casting |
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| 2001 | Guest lecturer Architecture Society of Australia |
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| 2001 | invited on to the AUSGLASS Board of Directors |
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| 1998 | Guest lecturer, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW |
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| 1997 | Guest lecturer, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem |
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| 1994 | Lecturer, Niki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 1993 | Guest lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts |
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| 1991 | Bildwerk School, Frauenau, Germany. Taught fusing workshop. |
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| 1990 | Experimental Glass Workshop, New York. Taught fusing/slumping workshop |
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Solo Glass Exhibitions |
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| 2010 | Manyung Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2008 | Tap Gallery "Mixed Marriage" Glass & bronze, Sydney |
| 2004 | Soho Gallery, Sydney 'Les Angels' |
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| 2002 | Manly Art Gallery and Museum "Metamorfishes" |
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| 2002 | Soho Gallery, Sydney "Guardians of the Grail" |
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| 2000 | Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney "Speaking Figuratively" |
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| 1997 | Distilfink Gallery, Melbourne "All Figured Out" |
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| 1995 | Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney "All Fired Up" |
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| 1993-94 | Craftspace, Sydney "All Wrapped up" Glass & Mixed media jewel Boxes |
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| 1988 | Hamilton Glass gallery, Sydney, Australia |
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| 1987 | Access Art Gallery, "Mad Platters" Sydney |
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Juried, Acquisitive & Group Exhibitions |
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| 2010 | - Global Gallery - 'Sculptures 2010' - Soho Gallery - 'The Best Of' |
| 2009 | - Soho Gallery - Sculptures in Exhibition 'Tranquility' - Concord Hospital Sculptural Show - Manly Art Gallery & Museum 'Keeping Company' - Tasmania Shop & Gallery group exhibition |
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| 2008 | - Wagga Wagga Art Gallery 'Crossfire' Print & Glass Exhibition - Soho Gallery All the Best 2008 - Sculpture Society Exhibition Australia Square - Sculpture Society Exhibition Darling Park - Glass Artists Gallery group exhibition |
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| 2007 | - SOFA Chicago represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney - Defiance Gallery, Sydney Small sculpture exhibition - Sculpture in the Vineyards Hunter Valley, NSW - Sculpture Society Exhibition Australia Square - Sculpture Society Exhibition Darling Park - Mosman Village Festival of Sculpture |
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| 2006 | - SOFA Chicago represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney - University of Western Sydney Aquisitive Sculpture Award& Exhibition - Sculpture in the Vineyards Hunter Valley, NSW - Sculpture Society Exhibitions Australia Square: Darling Park - 'Sculpture 2006’ Global Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2005 | - SOFA Chicago represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney - 'Towards the Inner - Avec le Verre, Raglan Gallery, Sydney - 'Material Instincts' Manly Art Gallery,Sydney - Central Coast Art Exhibition, Wyong, Australia (1st prize $3500) - 'Sensual Delights' Global Gallery, Paddington, Sydney - 'Sculpture 2005' represented at Global Gallery & Soho Gallery, Sydney - 'Celebrating the Figure’Ariana gallery, Michigan - ‘For The Table’, Soda Gallery Avalon, Sydney - ‘All The Best’ Soho Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2004 | - SOFA Chicago represented by Raglan Gallery, Sydney - Central Coast Art Exhibition, Wyong, Australia (1st prize $3500) - 'Celebrating the Figure' Ariana gallery, Michigan - 'Sculpture 2004' Soho Gallery, Sydney - Sculptor Society Exhibition, Australia Square (Barnes Products Award $800) - 'Storytellers', Salmon Galleries, McMahons Pt, Sydney |
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| 2003 | - Sculptor's Society Exhibition, Darling Park,Sydney (1st prize)
- Ausglass Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia - Gunyulgup Gallery, Margaret River, W.A. - Bella Vetri Gallery, Maui,Hawaii - artist reception |
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| 2002 | - Romance at the Rocks, Sydney (2nd prize)
- Woolahra Sculpture Prize, Sydney - Sculpture Society Exhibition, Darling Park,Sydney (3rd prize) |
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| 2001 | - Kirra Australia Melbourne - curated & exhibited in "Figuratively Speaking"
8 artists working figuratively in glass using 8 different processes - 'Sculpture in the City', Martin Place, Sydney with 'Sculpture by the Sea' |
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| 2000 | - Manly Art Gallery & Museum "Reclaimed"exhibition (Part of Sydney Biennale) - ORFC Glass Prize 2000, Sydney - "Sculpture By the Sea" Bondi,Sydney - Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show,Byron Bay |
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| 1999/2001 | - Ausglass Members Show, Wagga Wagga, Caulfield Uni, Melbourne |
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| 1997 | - Bellvetro Gallery, Miami, U.S.A. - Mary Place Gallery Paddington, Sydney, Australia - Michael Nagy Gallery, Potts Point, Sydney, Australia |
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| 1996 | - Centre for Contemporary Craft, "Souvenir Show", Sydney, Australia - Distilfink Gallery, "Directors Choice", Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1995 | - International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan - ORFC Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney. Australia - Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Victoria, Australia - Museums & Art Gallery of N.T. 15th Craft Award |
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| 1994 | - Wagga Wagga, "The Cutting Edge" - Gallery Niki, Tokyo, Japan. Australian Glass Exhibition - Meat Market, Melbourne. "Australia Revisited" - Wagga Wagga "Limited Edition Series" Exhibition |
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| 1993 | - ACI Glass Exhibition - Archetype Gallery, New York, "Evolving Archetypes" |
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| 1991 | - Archetype Gallery, New York, "Artists Show" - Distilfink Gallery, Melbourne. "The Glass Bowl" - Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne. "Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony" - Museum of Northern Territory, Darwin, 11th National Craft Acquisition Award |
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| 1990 | - Bloomingdale's Dept Store,New York. "Art and Design of Perfume Bottles" - New York Experimental Studio Artists Show, Archetype Gallery, "New Romantics" |
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| 1989 | - Primavera Gallery, Virginia U.S.A. "Australia Review" - 3rd Invitational Exhibition, Sydney, Australia. "Of The Earth" - 8th Gold Coast National Ceramic Award. - Distilfink Gallery, Melbourne. "Australian Glass 1989" - Craft Council of N.T. Darwin. "National Craft Acquisition Award" - The Works Gallery, N.S.W., Australia. "NSW Traveling Art Scholarship" |
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| 1988 | - Metro Arts Glass Show, Brisbane - Glass Artists Gallery. Sydney. "ANZ Glass Prize" - Craft Council of ACT, Canberra. "International Kiln-formed Glass" |
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| 1987-86 | - Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney. Australia. |
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| 1980-85 | - Exhibited ceramics in group shows, NSW and SA, Australia. |
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Community Projects |
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| 2001 | wall mural with Harbord Community, Harbord Public School |
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| 2000 | wall mural with Harbord Community, Harbord Public School |
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| 1999 | "Happy Stop" Mosaic bus stop seat project with community group ages 6-65 |
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| 1998 | Harbord Public School Project -ceramic tile wall mural with 6th grade |
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| 1997 | Harbord Public School Project -ceramic tile wall mural with 6th grade |
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Permanent Collections |
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| National Glass Art Collection, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Queensland Regional Art Gallery, Brisbane Museum of Northern Territory, Darwin |
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Private Collections |
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| Australia, USA, Japan, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic | |
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Publications / Press |
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- Art of Glass - Glass Art Committee, China Craft Council vol.18 2006 - Craft Arts #57 2003 article on The Glass Furnace, Turkey - Horizon Magazine, Feb. 2003 - Northern Beaches Journal # autumn 2000 - Object Magazine Vol 1, 1997 - Crafts Art International, volume 38, 1996 Australian Studio Glass "It's Movement, It's Makers and Their Art". Noris Ioannou 'Craftsman House" 1995 - Artfile 1992 Craft Arts International, Sydney - Craft Australia Yearbook 1986 - Crafts Arts, Craft Australia, Object, Ausglass Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Manly Daily, Mosman Chronicle, Australian Jewish News, Art Text, Canberra Times, Stiletro Magazine, Ragtrader. |
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