Education, Seminars, Workshops & Experience

2023

• Cold shop course leader, “Carving Light”, International Summer Academy, Bild-Werk Frauenau, Germany.
• Grit & Wheels ’23, International Lathe Riders Symposium, Bild-Werk Frauenau, Germany.
• Cold shop assistant, The Glass Factory, Boda Glasbruk, Sweden.
• Lathe Riders Presentation, International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Artist Presentation, Contemporary Glass Society UK.

2022

• Co-coordinator and jury member for the 7 Glass Wonders, with Teresa Palomar for the International Year of Glass 2022.
• Regional Organisation 15 (Africa) coordinating representative for the United Nations’ International Year of Glass 2022.
• Coordinator for the Fired Up! Glass Symposium, held at the Tshwane University of Technology under the banner of the International Year of Glass 2022.
• Curator for Fired Up! - Celebrating Southern African Glass Art under the banner of the International Year of Glass 2022 at the Pretoria Art Museum.
• Pass (it) On - A collaborative project by ‘Lathe Riders’, with the Glass Factory Boda, Sweden for the 50th anniversary Glass Art Society Conference, Tacoma, USA.

2021

• Lathe Riders, Secrets from the Cold Shop - Live virtual presentation for the Glass Art Society annual conference.
• Blow Your Sculpture, Curator & Coordinator for exhibition at Pretoria Art Museum.

2020

• Social Media Marketing, online short course, University of Cape Town

2019

• Glasveredlermeister, Fachrichtung Schliff, Teil I & II, Glasfachschule Zwiesel, Germany
• Blow Your Sculpture, Curator & Coordinator for exhibition at Pretoria Art Museum.

2017

• Ngwenya Glass International Design Workshop, Ngwenya Glass, Eswatini (Swaziland). Directed by Peter Bremers (Netherlands), with Davide Salvatore (Murano, Italy) and other international master blowers.

2016

• Glass Art Society Conference, Corning N.Y., USA
• Blow Your Sculpture, Curator & Coordinator for exhibition at Pretoria Art Museum.

2015

• Roger Ballen Photography Workshop, 1 Fox St., Johannesburg

2014

• Blow Your Sculpture, Curator & Coordinator for exhibition at Pretoria Art Museum.

2003

• Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA, USA

2003

• Glass Art Society Conference, Seattle, USA

2000

• Staatliche Glasfachschule Hadamar, Hadamar, Germany - Qualified as Glasveredler, Fachrichtung Schliff (Glass Cutter Journeyman)

1992 - 1997

• Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. Courses:
• Sculpture
• Glass
• General & Figure Drawing
• Printmaking
• Photography

Awards, Acknowledgements & Publications

2022

• C atalogue: Fired Up! - Celebrating Southern African Glass Art
• Commission of the kykNET Silwerskermfees sculpture, “Carving Light” with interviews and making-process documentary:

2019

• Corning Museum of Glass, USA - Pocket Lens, Contemporary Glass Collection
• Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany - Skull - Lion, Contemporary Glass Collection
• Glasmuseum Lette, Germany - Dot #1, Contemporary Glass Collection
• Artsy - Published works with Bellart Galley, Vienna
• Elected Committee Member of the Association of Arts, Pretoria 2019-2020

2018

• New Glass Now, 40th Anniversary of New Glass Review, Publication and exhibition of juried works at the Corning Museum of Glass, USA (May 2019 - January 2020)
• Arts & Crafts Design Award - Online juried publication
• Elected Committee Member of the Association of Arts, Pretoria 2018-2019

2017

• New Glass Review 38, Schiesheim Session,Annual Juried publication of International Glass Art, Corning Museum of Glass, USA
• Elected Committee Member of the Association of Arts, Pretoria 2017-2018

2016

• Pretoria Art Museum’s new acquisitions and permanent collection with There’s an Animal in here…
• Glass Art, 112 Contemporary International Artists by Barbara Purchia and E.Ashley Rooney, published by Schiffer Books
• Lothar Böttcher, Artist: Selected Work 2016 by Lothar Böttcher and in the collection of the Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
• Donation of Prismatic Gadget to the Glass Art Society’s Auction at the GAS Conference, Corning, USA

2015

• Aesthetica Magazine - Inspector
• Arts & Crafts Design Award - Online publication

2014

• Glasmuseum Hadamar, Germany - Glass Vuvuzela and beaded carry case.

2011

• New Glass Review 32, Annual Juried publication of International Glass Art, Corning Museum of Glass, USA

2010

• Bonhams - South African and Modern African Art Auction, VuvuAfrica (Glass Vuvuzela in beaded wire case)
• Publication of work in Best of Worldwide Glass Artists book

2007

• ABSA L’Atelier Competition 2007, Top 10 Finalist

2004

• FNB Vita Craft Now, Bus Factory, Newtown, Jhb. – Bronze award

2002

• Internationaler Glaskunstpreis 2002, Rheinbach, Germany, 3rd Place Award
• Publication of work in Neues Glas/New Glass Magazine Solo Exhibitions

SOLO PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS

2023

• Changing Channels, Association of Arts, Pretoria, South Africa

2022

• Precious Beasts, Ebony Curated, Franschhoek, South Africa Recent

2016

• "Rise of the Rock" - Forum Homini boutique hotel, Krugersdorp
• "Air" – Longstreet Art Lovers 1932, Pretoria
• "Aether & Substance" – View Gallery, The Factory on Grant, Johannesburg

2014

• "Cosmic Ignition" – a Mother Flame Event, Afrika Burn, Tankwa, Karoo, South Africa

2013

• "ANOMALY" – Parts & Labour, Maboneng Precinct, Arts on Main, 264 Fox St., Johannesburg
  The exhibition was opened by Dr. Gerry King.

2004

• Particles & Waves, 195 Mackenzie St., Brooklyn, Pretoria

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

• The International Biennale of Glass, National Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Grit & Wheels, International Lathe Riders, Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany.
• “Glas Rockt”, group exhibition of current and past learners of the Glasfachschule Hadamar, Limburg and der Lahn, Germany. 6
• Annual Members Exhibition, Art Association Pretoria, South Africa.
• “Our Feathered Friends”, Association of Arts, Pretoria, South Africa.
• Save the Artist”, The Viewing Room Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa.
• “Shifting Focus”, curated by Cala Crafford, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

2022

• “New Glass Now”, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan.
• GlassTec, International Glass Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Fired Up! - Celebrating Southern African Glass Art, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria.
• Next Generation, The Viewing Room Gallery, Pretoria
• SculptX, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg
• Kierie, Walking Stick, Tonga, Association of Arts, Pretoria
• Annual Members Exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria

2021

• New Glass Now, The Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington DC, USA
• Turbine Art Fair, with edg2020 Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Vanitas, edg2020 Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
• SculptX 2021, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Launch, edg2020 inaugural exhibition, Midrand, South Africa
• Glass Art Society Members Exhibition, Virtual exhibition for the GAS Virtual Conference 2021
• Blow Your Sculpture, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa

2020

• The Pandemic Project, an online collaboration with the University of Johannesburg Arts & Culture and UJ Choir 7
• Beyond, group exhibition with M Dawid Ras Gallery, Johannesburg
• Around the World in 80 Days, Waldmuseum Zwiesel, Germany
• Affordable Art Exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
• Annual Members Exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
• Ist das noch Kunsthandwerk?, Handwerkskammer Düsseldorf, Germany
• Mask on! Mask off!, van Heerden Gallery, Pretoria

2019

• SculptX 2019, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg
• Ibiza Art Fair 2019, Santa Eulalia del Rio, Ibiza (Bellart Gallery, Vienna)
• Bellart collection, Bellart Gallery, Vienna, Austria
• Grit & Wheels, Schiesheim, Germany
• Star Sailors, 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, The Viewing Room, Brooklyn, Pretoria
• New Glass Now, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, USA
• VitroFestival Romont, Vitromusée, Romont, Switzerland (Bellart Gallery, Vienna)
• World Art Day, Association of Arts, Pretoria
• Murmurs Of Earth, Art On Avenues, Somerset West
• Blow Your Sculpture, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (Curator & Participant)
• Annual Members Exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria

2018

• See Art - Contemporary Drawing, Gallery 2, Johannesburg. Curated by Derek Zietsman.
• Back to the Future - Contemporary Glass Inspired by the Past, Association of Arts, Pretoria. (Curator & Participant) 8
• Individual Voices, Art Box Gallery, Pretoria. A group exhibition of TUT Alumina curated by Jan van der Merwe.
• The Spring Art Collective, Mall of Africa, Johannesburg. Curated by Julie Miller Art Institute.
• SculptX, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg Indestructible, Trent Gallery, Pretoria. Curated by Anna Liebenberg.
• In The Forests Of The Night, Circa on Jellicoe, Johannesburg
• Assumption, Trent Gallery, Pretoria. Curated by Anna Liebenberg.
• Snake Eyes 3.0, in collaboration with Christo Niemandt, Fried Contemporary, Pretoria. Curated by Found Collective.
• See Art - Contemporary Abstract, Gallery 2, Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg. Curated by Derek Zietsman
• Annual Members Exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria

2017

• Stable 2017, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg
• Material +Form, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr- Grenzhausen, Germany
• The George Bizos 90th Birthday Celebration & SAHETI Scholarship Fund Artists Draw Fundraiser, Sponsored two works for fundraiser exhibition.
• 1200 Degrees Celcius, Anecdotes Gallery & Project Space, 1 Eloff St., Joziburg Lane, Johannesburg
• Lothar Böttcher & Sotiris Moldovanos, Dawid Ras Gallery, Sandhurst, Johannesburg
• Snake Eyes 2.0, Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom. Curated by Found Collective and collaborated with Christo Niemandt.
• SculptX, The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg 9
• Art@ The Clocktower, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
• Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg. Represented by Millennium Gallery.
• See Art, Association of Arts, Pretoria, curated by Derek Zietsman.
• Glass Sculpture - Now For Something Completely Different, with Lothar Böttcher and Maxi Pretorius, Julie Miller Investment Art Institute, Mall of Africa, Midrand.
• Vernissage – Group Exhibition, Moor Gallery, Franschhoek.
• Mute Wisdom, Almenkerk Wine Estate, Elgin, Western Cape. Curated by Gordon Froud

2016

• Vernissage – Group Exhibition, Moor Gallery, Franschhoek.
• Prime Meridian, Trent Gallery, Pretoria, curated by Anna Liebenberg.
• Emil Kovác in Action, Glass workshop and exhibition by Smelt Glass Studio and View Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg.
• Bending Light, with Kleonicki Vanos, North West University Gallery and Aardklop National Art Festival, Potchefstroom.
• Blow Your Sculpture, Pretoria Art Museum (Cool Capital 2016)
• Blow Your Sculpture, Pretoria Botanical Gardens (Cool Capital 2016)
• Out of the Fire, Into the Light - Contemporary South African Glass Exhibition, Art Association Pretoria.
• Non-Place, Moor Gallery, Franschhoek, curated by Elfriede Dreyer
• Beyond the Limit - Sculptural Glass, St. Lorient Fashion & Art Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria
• Glass Art Society Conference, Corning, NY, USA - Donated work for Silent Auction
• 1st Jozi Inner City Courtyard Sculpture Exhibition, curated by Gordon Froud, No.1 Eloff St., Johannesburg
• "Liquid", group show by Smelt Glass Studio and Friends, at View Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg
• "it's an artist's prerogative!", group exhibition, Art It Is, Johannesburg
• "Thresholds (in)between Glasses", group show curated by Thabang Monoa for his masters degree at Art It Is, Johannesburg
• "Ad Hoc", pop-up group show at the Mince Festival, Cullinan

2015

• FNB Collectors Lounge, Johannesburg Art Fair, curated by Dewald Prinsloo, Ebony Franschoek
• "The Games People Play", group show curated by Gordon Froud and Yannis John Generalis, Aardklop National Art Festival, Potchefstroom.
• "Betwixt and Between", South African Glass Artists, curated by Thabang Monoa for Aardklop National Art Festival, Potchefstroom.
• Dawid Ras, Collections a group show, Sandton, Johannesburg.
• Eclectic Group show, Halifax Art, Parkhurst, Johannesburg
• Jozi(Pty)Ltd., group show at Art It Is, Johannesburg
• Upcycle Chic, group show at Art It Is, Johannesburg
• Jozi Land Art, Autumn show by Site Specific Land Art, Emmarentia Botanical Gardens, Johannesburg
• "Reflections", group show curated by the Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust, Stellenbosch.

2014

• "Pulling Roots" – curated by Gordon Froud and Vivian Tillet, Muldersdrift
• Jozi Land Art, Spring Show – Nominated as the Event Artist – A group show directed by Chris Reinders and Site Specific Land Art, Emmarentia Botanical Gardens, Johannesburg.
• "Blow Your Sculpture", a Cool Capital 2014 project introducing the possibilities of glass to various artists working on other mediums, MAP South Africa, Harrie’s Pancakes, Eastwood, Pretoria
• Play" – A curated sculptural group show at Nirox Sculpture Park, Krugers Dorp, South Africa. Curated by Beathur Mgoza Baker, Maaike Bakker, Jayne Crawshay-Hall & Isabel Mertz
• "The City, a Form of Life", a Cool Capital 2014 exhibition by leading sculptors from Pretoria, Open Window Campus, Pretoria.
• Hsinchu International Glass Art Festival, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
• Rooftop VI – Contemporary Totem Poles, St. Lorient Art & Fashion Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria
• "Cathedra" – a Group show of chairs and seats, curated by Gordon Froud, North-West University Gallery; Bayliss Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg.
• "Revealing Light – Light Revealed", group exhibition, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria
• "MorfforM", a Tera Collective group show, Fried Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria
• "kárrict?r", collaborative exhibition with Stefan Hofmeyr, Art Space Durban, Durban
• "Showcase 1", Bayliss Gallery, Norwood, Johannesburg
• Shards", group exhibition at Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria

2013

• Diane Victor Benefit Auction, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg
• "Conversations with King" – Contemporary Glass in South Africa, Tshwane University of Technology, Faculty of Arts Gallery, Pretoria
• "Tom Waits for No Man", travelling national group show, curated by Gordon Froud, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town
• "Art Sunday One", Dawid’s Choice Gallery, 18 Silvela Road, Sandown Estate, Johannesburg (M. Dawid Ras)
• Reveal" – Contemporary South African Glass Art, ArtEC Gallery, 36 Bird St., Port Elizabeth
• ABSA Art Gallery, "Re-sampled" invited group exhibition, Bloemfontein.
• "168 Hours", Aardklop National Arts Festival, Snow Flake building, Potchefstroom, South Africa
• Alice in Wonderland" Group Exhibition, curated by Gordon Froud, Longstreet Art Lovers 1932, Waterkloof, Pretoria
• "Interrupted" – Greek Cultural Week Group Exhibition, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg.
• "INTERRUPTED" Art Exhibition at SAHETI School, Bedfordview, George Bizos SAHETI Scholarship and Bursary Fund
• "Objets d’Art" Glass & Jewellery Exhibition, St. Lorient Art & Fashion Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria

2012

• ABSA Art Gallery, “Re-sampled” invited group exhibition, Johannesburg
• Pop Art Exhibition, The White House Gallery, Illovo, Johannesburg
• TUT Alumnae Exhibition, Tshwane University of Technology
• Kaleidoscope – Energy of Colour, St. Lorient, Pretoria
• Translucent, Chapman’s Art Emporium, Pretoria

2011

• SASOL New Signatures 2011, Pretoria Art Museum, Finalist
• Werkstatt Schau, Samuel Weisenborn Studio, Schiessheim, Germany

2010

• South African and Modern African Art, 26 Oct 2010, Bonhams Knightsbridge, London, UK
• "L'Origine du monde- this is not a porn song", group exhibition in the Snow Flake building for the Aardklop National Arts Festival, Potchefstroom, South Africa
• Rooftop II Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Rooftop II Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, , St. Lorient Fashion & Art Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa
• Vloei – Group Exhibition of Contemporary Glass Artists, St. Lorient Fashion & Art Gallery, Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa
• African Light – Group Exhibition of Local and International Glass Artists, The Edge Glass Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
• The Art of Soccer, UNISA Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

2009

• Hartwarm, Platform on 18th, Pretoria, South Africa
• Standard Bank Achiever, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• If I were a Woman… , Magpie Gallery, Centurion, South Africa
• Urban Visionaries, Chapman’s Art Emporium, Pretoria, South Africa

2008

• Rendezvous focus Sculpture, Jhb & University of the North West.
• Commit, Group exhibition at Platform on 18th Gallery, Pretoria.
• Reflect Refuel, Contemporary Art Exhibiton, Art Association Pretoria, Pretoria.
• Natural Shape, Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, The Edge Glass Gallery, Cape Town.

2007

• Boat and boat shapes, The Edge Glass Gallery, Cape Town
• Tajan Auction House, Paris. An African Painters Exhibition.

2006

• The Lighter Side, a collaborative exhibition with Ignus Gerber (photography), Justice Mokoena (sound), The Rainforest, Gordart Gallery, Johannesburg
• FNB Craft Now, KZNSA Gallery, Durban – Finalist
• Beeldspraak, works by 52 established South African artists, University of Johannesburg Art Center

2005

• Christmas Show, Gordart Gallery, Melville, Jhb.
• The South African Glass Art Society’s Glass Festival 2005
• The Edge Gallery, Cape Town
• Jean Welz Gallery, Worcester
• Dorp Street Gallery, Stellenbosch
• Irma Stern Gallery, Cape Town
• Leading Trends in Studio Glass, curated by Retief van Wyk, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
• Funktional, Gordart Gallery, Melville, Jhb.

2004

• 10 x 10 x 10 Exhibition, Gordart Gallery, Melville, Jhb.
• SAGAS Glass Festival:
• Gordart @ Thompson Gallery, Melville, Jhb.
• The Chris Tugwell Gallery, Brooklyn Mall, Pta.

2002

• Ekurhuleni Fine Art Awards

1999

• Contemporary Glass Art in Germany, Glasmuseum Immenhausen, Germany.

1996

• SASOL New Signatures Competition
• PPC Young Concrete Sculpture Competition
• Technikon Pretoria Student Exhibition

1995

• SASOL New Signatures Competition
• Technikon Pretoria Student Exhibition

COLLECTIONS

South Africa, France, Germany, Denmark, USA, Canada, Australia and Britain.

AWARDS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PUBLICATIONS

2017

• New Glass Review 38, Annual Juried publication of International Glass Art, Corning Museum of Glass, USA

2016

• Represented in the Pretoria Art Museum’s new acquisitions and permanent collection with There's an Animal in here...
• Glass Art, 112 Contemporary International Artists by Barbara Purchia and E. Ashley Rooney, published by Schiffer Books
• Lothar Böttcher, Artist: Selected Work 2016 by Lothar Böttcher and in the collection of the Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
• Donation of Prismatic Gadget to the Glass Art Society's Auction at the GAS Conference, Corning, USA

2015

• Aesthetica Magazine - Inspector

2014

• Represented in the Glasmuseum Hadamar, Germany with Glass Vuvuzela and beaded carry case.

2012

• SASOL New Signatures 2012, Pretoria Art Museum, Finalist

2011

• New Glass Review 32, Annual Juried publication of International Glass Art, Corning Museum of Glass, USA
• SASOL New Signatures 2011, Pretoria Art Museum, Finalist

2010

• Publication of work in Best of Worldwide Glass Artists book

2007

• ABSA L’Atelier Competition 2007, Top 10 Finalist

2005

• ABSA L’Atelier Competition, Finalist

2004

• FNB Vita Craft Now, Bus Factory, Newtown, Jhb. – Bronze award
• Ekurhuleni Fine Art Awards, Finalist

2003

• Ekurhuleni Fine Art Awards, Finalist

2002

• Internationaler Glaskunstpreis 2002, Rheinbach, Germany, 3rd Place Award
• Publication of work in Neues Glas/New Glass Magazine
• FNB Vita Craft Now Exhibition 2002, Merit Award