Colin Reid - Awarded People's Prize at 2010 British Glass Biennale
31/December/2010 12:16 Filed in: Gallery Artist News
The 2010 People's Prize of the British Glass Biennale has been awarded to gallery artist Colin Reid for his piece "Untitled Still Life with Books #R1481."
About Colin Reid
Colin Reid is regarded as a pioneer in the field of kilncast glass. He exhibits internationally and has work in over 45 museum collections worldwide. He has undertaken many public and private commissions often combining glass with other media such as metal, stone or wood. Based in his studio in SW England, Colin has developed the expertise and facilities to handle large scale commissions in glass.
Notable commissions include ‘Cipher Stone’, at over 500kg one of the largest artworks to have been cast in optical glass in the UK, ‘Ikthus’, a cast crystal font which can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and Bamboo Scroll, a major sculpture for Shanghai Public Library.
Commissions for his series of tables cast from giant tropical leaves include the magnificent Musa Cavendishii table commissioned by the Devonshire Collection for Chatsworth House, UK.
Colin recently won the prestigious Peoples Prize at the 2010 British Glass Biennale for his piece ‘Still Life with Books’. He is an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and an honorary member of the Contemporary Glass Society.
Artwork by Colin Reid can be viewed at the Maurine Littleton Gallery Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM and by appointment.
Maurine Littleton Gallery
1667 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC
Questions?
Contact Len Luterbach at (email) info@littletongallery.com or (telephone) 202.333.9307.
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About Colin Reid
Colin Reid is regarded as a pioneer in the field of kilncast glass. He exhibits internationally and has work in over 45 museum collections worldwide. He has undertaken many public and private commissions often combining glass with other media such as metal, stone or wood. Based in his studio in SW England, Colin has developed the expertise and facilities to handle large scale commissions in glass.
Notable commissions include ‘Cipher Stone’, at over 500kg one of the largest artworks to have been cast in optical glass in the UK, ‘Ikthus’, a cast crystal font which can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and Bamboo Scroll, a major sculpture for Shanghai Public Library.
Commissions for his series of tables cast from giant tropical leaves include the magnificent Musa Cavendishii table commissioned by the Devonshire Collection for Chatsworth House, UK.
Colin recently won the prestigious Peoples Prize at the 2010 British Glass Biennale for his piece ‘Still Life with Books’. He is an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and an honorary member of the Contemporary Glass Society.
Artwork by Colin Reid can be viewed at the Maurine Littleton Gallery Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM and by appointment.
Maurine Littleton Gallery
1667 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington DC
Questions?
Contact Len Luterbach at (email) info@littletongallery.com or (telephone) 202.333.9307.
Sign-up for the Maurine Littleton Gallery Mailing List