Nick Mount (Aus - '52)
Nick Mount is one of Australia’s most accomplished and celebrated studio glass artists. Approaching his fifth decade working in the field, he has been at the forefront of innovation and achievement since the early 1970s.
Mount’s earliest and most enduring influences include the US west coast glass scene and the traditions of the Venetians. Informed but not confined by tradition, Mount is known for his production, commission and exhibition work. Since the late 1990s the latter has comprised of an evolving series of sculptural assemblages. Ranging in scale and character, they describe an aesthetic that is both provocative and playful, intimate and spectacular.
Mount’s work is represented in major public and private collections and his reputation as a generous teacher, demonstrator and mentor sees him teaching regularly at glass centres around the world.
Nick Mount, Born Adelaide, South Australia 1952
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Hard + Soft Geometry, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, NSW 13 April - 07 May
2015 Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work, Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, Touring Exhibition.
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY. USA March – May
2014 Master Glass 2, BMGART, Adelaide, SA
Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work, Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, Touring Exhibition.
Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT. JamFactory Gallery, Adelaide, SA. Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA. USA.
2013
Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work, Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, Touring Exhibition.
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Vic. Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Vic
2012
Nick Mount: The Fabric of Work, Living Treasure: Masters of Australian Craft, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
10 Years of Bottles and Bobs: A Survey, Pittsburg Glass Centre, Pittsburg, PA, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
44th Annual International Glass Invitational. Habatat Galleries Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
GRIT. Hart’s Mill Packing Shed, Port Adelaide, SA
2015
Synergy. London Glassblowing Studio and Gallery, London, UK
SOFA, New International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art, Chicago, USA
The Creative Process, 43rd Annual International Glass Invitational. Habatat Galleries Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLECTIONS:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, Toyama City, Japan
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The New Federal Parliament House, Canberra, ACT, Australia
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015 Australia Council for the Arts. Grant for development of new work and exhibiting at Collect: The International Art Fair, London, 2017
2013 Sculpture prize. The Waterhouse Natural Science Art prize
2012 Triennial Project Grant, Arts SA
2011 Named Living Treasure: Master of Australian Craft by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design
