British Glass Biennale Award 2006
at the International Festival of Glass
The winner of the British Glass Biennale Award 2006 is Max Jacquard, for his poetic work “For my Lost Loves III: The ongoing Moment”.
His piece was chosen from over 170 exhibits by 100 selected glass artists as the 'best in show'. Max received his £5,000 award from Lynda Waltho MP at a packed official opening of the show on August 24th.
The jury admired Max’s work as a lyrical masterpiece, a deft blend of visual poetry, technical brilliance and deceptive simplicity. The jury were unanimous in their praise of this exceptional piece, and speaking to the various artists present after the announcement, it was a popular choice. Many attending expressed their delight in the piece as they were drawn to it in amongst this high quality exhibition of our current studio output in the UK.
Chair of the Jury, Dr David Prytherch, said in a statement about the jurying process, "Overall, the standard of work submitted was very high and it would have been possible to mount a show 50% larger had we the resources. It is an enormously encouraging sign of the vigour and creativity alive in today’s studio glass art in the UK.
Most encouraging, for myself and the other members of the jury, is the fact that alongside the established names, there are many new artists, some just graduating, some already beginning to make a name for themselves, but all producing work that is exciting, innovative and technically outstanding. The future of UK studio glass has rarely looked so good, as this exhibition and the superb catalogue show us, with an extremely diverse range of works spanning every technique and style of glasswork I can conceive of, (plus a few I would never have imagined!)."
WINNING PIECE:
"For my Lost Loves III:
The ongoing Moment"
by
Max Jacquard
Biography extracts:
Max Jacquard
London
Born: 1964, London
Nationality: British
Training and Experience
OND Foundation Studies,
Middlesex Polytechnic, London,
1982 - 1983
BA 3D Design, Ceramics and
Glass, Buckinghamshire College,
High Wycombe, 1983-1987
Artist in Residence,
Buckinghamshire College,
1987 - 1988
Assistant to Anita Omitogun,
1988 - 1989
The Glass Room with Jeff Bell
and Della Tinsley, 1989 - 1990
Visiting lecturer, Surrey Institute
of Art and Design, 1999 - present
Visiting lecturer, Wolverhampton
University, 1999
Moved to present studio, Kent,
2001 - present
Selected Exhibitions
IV Bienal Internacional de Artes
Plasticas 2006, Alcorcon, Madrid,
2006
Connect, European Glass Art
2006,
Studio Glass Gallery,
London, 2006
21st Century British Glass, Daniel
Katz Gallery, London, 2005
A Sense of Place, Artistas
Britanicos, MAVA, Alcorcon,
Madrid, 2004
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin
Glass Centre, Stourbridge, 2004
Awards
Professional Category, Worshipful
Company of Glass Sellers Award,
2001
Collections
Museo de Arte en Vidrio de
Alcorcon, Madrid,
Victoria and
Albert Museum, London,
St James
Group, Co-operative Society
headquarters, Rochdale,
Broadfield House Glass Museum,
Kingswinford
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"For my Lost Loves III: The ongoing Moment".
An individual piece from "For my Lost Loves III: The ongoing Moment".
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