SUE HAWKER

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milford galleries queenstown9A Earl Street (03) 442 6896 [email protected]

HAWKERFlorescentia

4th - 29th June 2011

SUE

1. SUE HAWKER, Fallen Up (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 427 x 335 290 mm

1. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Fallen Up (2011)

2. SUE HAWKER, Blues Begone (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 415 x 240 mm

2. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Blues Begone (2011)

3. SUE HAWKER, Too Much is Never Enough (Yellow Base) (2011)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 495 x 270 mm

4. SUE HAWKER, Too Much is Never Enough [14783] (2011)pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 475 x 270 mm

5. SUE HAWKER, Too Much (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 480 x 280 mm

6. SUE HAWKER, More is More (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 357 x 338 x 298 mm

6. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, More is More (2011)

7. SUE HAWKER, Flourish (2011)pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 315 x 309 x 273 mm

8. SUE HAWKER, More (2011)pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 320 x 318 x 277 mm

9. SUE HAWKER, Blues Fading (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 220 x 238 mm

10. SUE HAWKER, Quilted Dreams (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 318 x 310 x 278 mm

10. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Quilted Dreams (2011)

11. SUE HAWKER, Moody Blues (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x h x d): 345 x 325 x 285 mm

11. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Moody Blues (2011)

12. SUE HAWKER, Renaissance (2011), pate de verre glass, size (v x ø): 485 x 280 mm

12. DETAIL VIEW SUE HAWKER, Renaissance (2011)

Sue Hawker recently received the Ranamok Award, Australasia’s most

significant glass prize, for a tall vessel comprised of individually modelled

flowers. The Ranamok judge (Tina Oldnow, Head Curator of the Corning Glass

Museum, N.Y.) acknowledged Hawker’s radical reinterpretation of the

traditional style and techniques of pate de verre and thus pioneering

achievement of developing an entirely new way of working. The result is works

of astonishing complexity, quality and remarkable presence.

The vessels in “Florescentia” have the characteristic sugar-like texture, vibrant

colours and precise colour placement of pate de verre. However the size of

Hawker’s works takes that style into sculptural scale for the very first time.

Hawker’s inventiveness is seen in “new methods of mould making and

commanding the widely different melting temperatures of the variously

coloured glass” (1) but this is only one component of her considerable artistic

achievement.

Two forms dominate – the tall cylindrical vessel (such as “Renaissance” or the

“Too Much is Never Enough” series) and the wider flared vessel form (such as

“Fallen Up,” “Moody Blues,” “Quilted Dreams”). All of these works are

composed of individual flowers, delivered with a celebratory, colourist’s

flourish. Visual contradictions abound – the suggestive fragility of the pate de

verre style (its fragmentary, sand-grain quality) has been retained but this is an

illusion, for these cast works have considerable structural strength. While

building the cylinder and flared vessel form Hawker is simultaneously

deconstructing them: negative space – gaps – appear everywhere between

the flowers, augmenting the sensations of fragility with notions of immateriality.

1. Sue Hawker, Artist Statement, 2011

All prices are NZD and include GST; Prices are current at the time of the exhibition

E X H I B I T I O N P R I C E L I S T 1 Fallen Up (2011) 6,500

2 Blues Begone (2011) 5,750

3 Too Much is Never Enough (Yellow Base) (2011) 6,500

4 Too Much is Never Enough [14783] (2011) 6,500

5 Too Much (2011) 6,500

6 More is More (2011) 6,000

7 Flourish (2011) 5,500

8 More (2011) 5,500

9 Blues Fading (2011) 4,500

10 Quilted Dreams (2011) 5,500

11 Moody Blues (2011) 6,000

12 Renaissance (2011) 6,500

Sue Hawker 2011 CV milford galleries queenstown www.milfordgalleries.co.nz

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SUE HAWKER b. 1948, lives Kerikeri

Connexions (2009/10)

"Glass is a mesmerising medium with its refractive, reflective and transparent qualities. I harness

these qualities when designing and creating my forms. In fact, I create art with light itself".(1)

New Zealand glass artist Sue Hawker produces distinctive glass sculpture incorporating cast

glass, etching and pate de verre technique. Pate de verre is an exacting technique requiring

meticulous work. It is often used to create fragile pieces. Sue’s piece, however, represents

quite a departure from the usual pate de verre creations. (2)

Sue Hawker’s exploration of culture, history, adornment and identity extends its reach from the

traditions of European portrait busts to the specifics of New Zealand’s history. Her work

celebrates feelings of being and senses of belonging creating works that are both beautiful

and redolent with symbolic meanings.

Sue Hawker's works combine a variety of techniques and methods, including cast glass,

etching, sandblasting and engraving. In 2010 she won the prestigious Ranamok Glass Awards

with her Pate de verre work 'Too Much Is Never Enough'. She has been a finalist in a number of

other awards over the years including the Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards in 2010,2009, 2008

& 2007, the Bombay Sapphire NZ Collection, 2007, finalist of the Wallace Art Awards in 2010

and a recipient of an Honourable Mention at the Mazda Art Glass Awards, 2007.

1. Sue Hawker, Artist Statement, 2010

2. Northtec, 'Kerikeri Artist Wins Ranamok Glass Prize", The Big Idea/ Te Aria Nui, 2010


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SUE HAWKER b. 1948, lives Kerikeri

EDUCATION

Selected papers, including glass sculpture, from the Bachelor of Applied Arts degree at NorthTec,

Kerikeri SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Florescentia, milford galleries queenstown

2008 I am….Pakeha, Milford Gallery, Dunedin

2006 Woman, Pioneer Tavern, Kerikeri

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Collect 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London (with Glass Artists’ Gallery)

Royal Queenstown Easter Show, milford galleries queenstown

Encore, Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney

2010 The Earl Street Journal, milford galleries queenstown

Bloom, milford galleries queenstown

Objec-tive, Waiheke Community Gallery

Ranamok Contemporary Glass, Touring Australia

Crush, Lane Gallery, Auckland

2009 Glass 09, milford galleries queenstown

Two, Gravel Gallery, Kerikeri

Te Iti Kahurangi, Waiheke Community Art Gallery

Ranamok Contemporary Glass, Touring Australia

Glass, Whakatane District Museum, Whakatane

New Zealand Showcase, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong

2008-2010 Glass Invitational NZ, touring exhibition; Canterbury Museum, Christchurch; Milford Galleries

Dunedin; Lopdell House, Auckland

2008 Far North Glass, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, Wellington

Glass, Whakatane District Museum, Whakatane

Artworks 2008, Hilton Hotel, Auckland

Northern Light, Morgan Street Gallery, Auckland

Open Slather, Ausglass, Canberra

2007 Luminous Objects, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington

Matariki, Whangarei Old Library Gallery

Matariki, Copthorne Hotel, Waitangi

Traces of Light, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington

The Green Exhibition, Nikau Gallery, Maharangi

2006 18 Degrees, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei, November

Luminous, Hilton Hotel, Auckland

Illumination, Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington

A Touch of Glass, Mairangi Bay Arts Centre, Auckland

2005 Cast and Pressed, Indigo Gallery, Kerikeri

AWARDS

2011 Jurors’ Choice, New Glass Review 32, Corning Museum of Glass, New York

2010 Winner, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia

Finalist, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland

Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane

2009 Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia


2008 Finalist, Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane

2007 Finalist, Bombay Sapphire NZ Collection


Honourable Mention, Mazda Art Glass Awards


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BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 ‘Ranamok Glass’, Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Australia, 2011

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAnfaB4B2Ec >

2010 ‘Too Much Is Never Enough’, News On ABC, ABC News, 2010,

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLUlnRFzcA&feature=related>

2008 Benson, Nigel, ‘Moulding Identity’, Otago Daily Times, October 23, 2008

2008 Carrick, Chanelle, ‘Art Seen’, Otago Daily Times, October 30, 2008

Too Much is Never Enough (2010)

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