International Festival of Glass Twitter Facebook About the festival Masterclasses British Glass Biennale Exhibitions Programme Festival Events and Workshops Festival news Contact News 2015 British Glass Biennale The 2015 British Glass Biennale was once again a unique showcase of the work of 76 artists, designers and craftspeople exhibiting 122 pieces of work. All selected artists had been living and working for the previous two years in the UK or Northern Ireland, but many originated from across the globe, including Costa Rica, South Korea, Israel, Sweden, Germany and Japan as well as glass artists living and working in the historic Stourbridge Glass Quarter. The pieces embraced a vast range of glassmaking techniques including blown, kiln formed, slumped and engraved glass with pure clean crystal through to opaque vessels and pieces featuring surface painting and glass inclusions. Submissions ranged from the miniature to large scale installations. British Glass Biennale Jury 2015 Janice Blackburn: Freelance Curator and Journalist of contemporary craft and design. Graham Fisher: Glass Historian and Author Mark Holford: Private Glass Collector David Reekie: Glass Artist Jonathan Watkins: Director, Ikon Gallery Appointed Chair of the Jury panel: Mark Holford Matt Durran: British Glass Biennale, Exhibition Organiser & Curator Kate Goldenberg: British Glass Biennale, Biennale Coordinator Awards British Glass Biennale Award for Best in Show: Ashraf Hanna, Untitled 1 Glass Sellers’ Art & Craft Award: Ruth Shelley, Indian Intarsia Glass Sellers’ Art & Craft Award, Runner Up: Nicholas Collins, Tumbling Blocks Charcoal Glass Sellers’ Art & Craft Student Award: Haley Haddow, Orinoco Flow 1 Glass Sellers’ Art & Craft Student Award, Runner Up: Deborah Martin, Nude Art in Action Award for Contemporary Glass: Margaret Alston, Large White Pâte de Verre, relief bands craft&design magazine Award: Elliot Walker, Still Life with a Lime craft&design magazine Highly Commended: Alicja Patanowska, Stratum VI / 2014. Photo: Sylvain Deleu The London Glassblowers’ Award for Emerging Talent: Harry Morgan, Entropy Study 3 and Cara Louise Walker, Aphasia The National Glass Centre’s Emerging Artist Residency Prize: Choi Keeryong, Korean Glass 24 The People’s Prize, Warm Glass UK 2015 Artists * indicates a student entry. Karen AkesterMargaret AlstonJenny Ayrton*Emma Baker*Vic BamforthEddie Belvedere*Scott BenefieldJuli Bolaños-DurmanDan Bowran*Karen BrowningEdmond ByrneKeeryong ChoiKatharine ColemanNicholas CollinsErin E DicksonShirley EcclesRachel M ElliottFiaz ElsonLouis Thompson andHanne EnemarkSally Fawkes andRichard JacksonCarrie FertigCorrina FieldKatya Izabel FilmusLivvy FinkAlec GallowayZoe GarnerStephen and Kate Gilles JonesPhoebe Gowen*Haley Haddow*Ashraf HannaGillian HobsonSienna Holihan*Ana Rosa HopkinsIngrid HunterElin IsakssonMax JacquardShelley JamesAngela JarmanAlison KinnairdEmma MackintoshJulia MalleGeoffrey MannDeborah Martin*James MaskreyGayle MatthiasHelen MaurerFaith Mercer*Harry Morgan*Rosa NguyenLinda NorrisAmanda NotarianniJochem OttInge PanneelsAlicja Patanowska*Jacque PavloskyKevin PetrieBruno RomanelliRuth ShelleyTao Shen*Lisa SheppyCathryn ShillingAmanda SimmonsAyse Simsek and Heike BrachlowNancy SutcliffeAyako TaniDeborah TimperleyEliot WalkerCara Louise WalkerKarin WallandSurinder WarboysJulia Williams*Emma Woffenden Invited artist: David Reekie