profile
After 25 years combining a law practice in Auckland City with raising three children, Jenny is now working full-time as a cast glass artist from her studio in Auckland.
Jenny draws inspiration from the textures in our environment. Abstracted patterns
of nature are translated into glass to convey a sense of timeless strength.
In her series titled 'Silk Road: Patterns of Time', textures, folds and colours
of silk are translated into glass to evoke the textures and patterns in our
environment, and to convey the timeless nature of these ever-recurring patterns
and the sense of inevitability they evoke.
Jenny has recently developed a new series - her Totem series. The first of
these pieces is her 1.6 metre Totem Tower developed for NZ Sculpture OnShore
in 2006. She has now developed taller works (2.1 metres) for her solo exhibition
at Milford Galleries Queenstown. In her Totem series, iconic patterns evocative
of our landscape are cast into glass, conveying a sense of history and a sense
of place.
Jenny has exhibited in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, London
and Paris. In 2006, Jenny's work was exhibited at both Art
London, and SOFA
Chicago. She has been selected by a British curator for inclusion in a
book titled "50 Distinguished Contemporary Artists in Glass". Jenny
has twice been a finalist in the prestigious Australian Ranamok Glass Prize,
and she has twice in succession won the People's Choice Prize at NZSAG Members'
Exhibitions.
| awards |
| Jul 2007 |
Finalist in Ranamok Glass prize |
| Mar 2006 |
People's Choice award, NZSAG Members' Exhibition, Auckland |
| Jul 2005 |
Finalist in Ranamok Glass prize |
| Sep 2004 |
Honourable mention, 'Blown away - new forms in glass', juried
online exhibition, www.postpicasso.com |
| Jan 2004 |
People's Choice award, NZSAG Members' Exhibition, Wanganui |
| public
commissions |
| Apr 2007 |
Mayor of Auckland's Community Safety Awards 2007 |
| publications |
| Aug 2007 |
Ranamok Glass Prize catalogue |
| Late 2006 |
'50 Distinguished Contemporary Artists in Glass', IL Publishers,
London |
| Feb 2006 |
National Business Review, 10/2/06. Critics' Choice column. Material
Matters Exhibition |
| Sep 2005 |
Canberra Times, 5 September, p8, Ranamok Glass Prize |
| Aug 2005 |
Ranamok Glass Prize catalogue |
| May 2005 |
Video on selected New Zealand glass artists, presented at
GAS conference, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Sep 2004 |
Juror's statement. 'Blown away - new forms in glass', juried online
exhibition |
| Feb 2004 |
NZ Herald 25/2/04, pB7. Art Guide. Translucence Exhibition |
| recent
exhibitions |
| Aug 2007 |
Ranamok Glass Prize Exhibition, touring Australia Aug 07 to Jul 08 |
| May 2007 |
New Glass: Totem Towers, solo exhibition, Milford Galleries Queenstown |
| Jan 2007 |
Palm Beach Art + Design, Florida (with Thomas Riley Galleries, Cleveland,
Ohio) |
| Nov 2006 |
NZ Sculpture OnShore, Devonport, Auckland |
| Apr 2006 |
"Wind and Waves - Beyond the Vessel", 2-person
exhibition Luniverre Gallery, Paris, France |
| Mar 2006 |
"Encore - 06", Glass Artists' Gallery, Sydney |
| Feb 2006 |
"Material Matters", 2 person exhibition, Masterworks Gallery,
Ponsonby, Auckland |
| Dec 2005 |
"Twelve", Masterworks Gallery - Viaduct, Auckland |
| Aug 2005 |
Ranamok Glass Prize Exhibition, touring Australia Aug 05 to Sep 06 |
| Jul 2005 |
New Zealand Glass Survey, Masterworks Gallery - Viaduct, Auckland |
| Jul 2005 |
Global Art Venue, Australian and New Zealand Glass Exhibition, Seattle,
USA |
contacts
jenny smith
tel. +64 9 378 6304
mob. +64 27 248 4340
email jenny
