About this Event
Currently based in Adelaide, South Australia, Giles Bettison is one of the country’s most significant glass artists. Combining influences from textile and painting traditions, his richly detailed and nuanced forms are visual and emotional responses to rural and urban landscapes, relationships and the beauty of everyday life as it unfolds around him.
After completing a Bachelor of Arts with Honours at the Canberra School of Art in 1996 Bettison expanded his education, with a focus on glass blowing, at Corning Museum of Glass and Pilchuck Glass School, Washington. His subsequent contributions back to the profession are extensive, with teaching stints at Pilchuck Glass School, Washington, USA, Wheaton Art and Cultural Centre, New Jersey, USA, Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA, Urban Glass, NY, USA, Canberra School of Art, Creative Glass, Zurich and CERFAV, Nancy, France, amongst much else.
From 1997, Bettison has exhibited around the world, including solo shows in Switzerland, Germany, the United States of America and Australia. Amongst numerous prizes, in 2015 Bettison was the winner of the South Australian Living Artists award, and in 2001 won the Bavarian State Prize, Gold Medal, from the Handwerkskammer fur Munchen und Oberbayern.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide, Australia
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