Bruno Romanelli
The piece in this exhibition represents the latest evolution in my exploration of light colour and form through the medium of glass.
Glass is the perfect material to manipulate light and by using advanced finishing techniques and qualities within the glass itself my aim is to achieve a balance between the different elements that produces a harmonious, multilayered whole.
The colour is achieved through mixing different colours in the casting process to give a unique and varied result that resonates within the piece and provides a focal point for the viewer.
The vessel has slowly diminished within my latest work and serves only to capture, hold and transmit light and colour into and through the work, whilst creating balance and energy through the transmission of light.
Born 1968, Yorkshire
Education
1993-95 M.A (RCA) Glass & Ceramics, Royal College of Art
1988-91 B.A (Hons) Glass Design Staffordshire Polytechnic
Awards
2008 Bombay Sapphire Prize for Glass, Short-listed
2007 Glass Sellers Prize, Short-listed
1996 Crafts Council Setting Up Grant
1995 ‘Glass Of ‘95’ First Prize Winner
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham
2003 Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
1998 Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
1996 Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris
1995 Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2010 (2008-) TEFAF, Clare Beck @ Adrian Sassoon, Maastricht, Netherlands
2010 (2004-) Co[]ect, Clare Beck @ Adrian Sassoon, V&A, London
2010 (2006-) SOFA, Clare Beck @ Adrian Sassoon, New York
2010 (2002-) Art London, Adrian Sassoon, London
2010 (2004-) British Glass Biennale, Wollaston, UK
2010 Take Thirty, Broadfield Glass Museum, Kingswinford, UK
Three Centuries of Glass, Fieldings Auctioneers, UK
Ling Gallery, Beijing, China
2009 (2008-) Design Art London, Adrian Sassoon, London
2009 Colour Vision, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 Leon Salet Gallery, Maastricht, Netherlands
‘The Blue Room’, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Pavillion Des Arts Et Du Design, Clara Scremini, Paris
‘Figures’, Glass Inspirations Gallery, Switzerland
‘Diamond’, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2007 Adrian Sassoon, International Art & Design Fair, NYC2007Side by Side, Bovey Tracey, England
I-Spy, River house Arts Centre, Walton-On-Thames,
40 yrs of The Royal College of Art’, Dan Klein Associates at Collect
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Collect, V&A, London
2006 Cobourg Glass Prize, Cobourg, Germany
Adrian Sassoon, International Art & Design Fair, New York2006
International Festival of Glass, Dudley,
Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Collect, V & A, London
Commissions
2007 Murano, Tacoma. Selected Artist
2006-2008 Orange sponsored award for BAFTA’s Rising Star
2005 Shipley Art Gallery, Holding Collection
2001 Broad field House Glass Museum, Millennium Commission
1998 Tip Sheet “Triumph’ Awards For Music, Record of the Year
1995 V&A Museum, Glass Gallery Sign Letters
Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
RPG Foundation, India
Dan Klein & Alan J Poole (Private Collection), London
Broad field House Glass Museum, Dudley,
Crafts Council, London
Shipley Art Gallery, UK
National Museum Of Wales, Cardiff
McManus Galleries, Dundee,
Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
Publications
2008 New Glass Review 28
2008 Adrian Sassoon, Contemporary British Glass
2007 Crafts, May/June
2006 Neues Glas 2/06
Adrian Sassoon, Contemporary British Glass
2005 New Glass Review
Craft Arts International 64
2003 Contemporary Collecting @ Shipley Art Gallery
2002 Studio Glass 1960-2000, Graham McClaren, Shire