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