CV
DAVID TRAUB, 21 Kings Ave Whanganui 5001 New Zealand.
Telephone 06 345 7123 Cell: 021 113 7970, e-mail: david.traub5@gmail.com.
| BIOGRAPHY & EDUCATION | |
| 1949 | Born 2nd May, Rockville Center, New York, U.S.A. |
| 1972 | B.Sc. Art and Photography, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, USA. |
| 1976 | Workshop - Dick Ritter; Helena, Montana, USA. |
| 1977 | Workshop - Marvin Lipofsky; San Antonio, Texas, USA. |
| 1980 | Workshop - Bertil Vallien and Joel Myers; Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington, USA. |
| 1984 | Royal College of Art, London, England. One year non-degree course. |
| 1989 | Master of Philosophy, Stourbridge College of Technology & Art, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. Thesis title: 'Moulds and Mould Systems with Particular Reference to Studio Glass Blowers'. |
| 1998 | Granted New Zealand Citizenship. |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2010 | ‘New Zealand Glass Art’. New Zealand: Bateman. |
| 2010 | Craft Arts International, ‘Looking Glass. Reflecting Ideas.’ Review by Karl Chitham pp. 86-88. |
| 2009 | 'Looking Glass' Exhibition Catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. |
| 2004 | Judith Miller. Twentieth Century Glass. UK: DK Publishers. |
| 2000 | Craft Arts International, ‘Australia/New Zealand Art Glass Compatibility’. |
| 1999 | David Traub. ‘New Glass-New Zealand’. Essay in ‘Glass Reflections. Glass in Art and Architecture’. Wellington: Friends of Te Papa, pp. 8-12. |
| 1996 | David Traub. ‘Joel Philip Myers.’ Catalogue essay for touring exhibition initiated and toured by the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| 1988 | 'New Glass 9', Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. |
| 1986 | 'New Glass 7', Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. | |
| Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
| Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark. | |
| Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand. | |
| AWARDS | |
| Merit Award: Wanganui Arts Review 2011, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| Winner: Cavalier Bremworth New Zealand Art of Glass Award 2008, Auckland. | |
| Merit Award: Norsewear Art Awards 1999, Waipukerau. | |
| Winner: Wanganui Arts Review 1996, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| Mid Art Annual Open Exhibition 1994, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, England. | |
| TEACHING, CONSULTANCY and CURATION | |
| 2006- present | Private studio practice, The Glass Factory NZ, Whanganui. |
| 1995- 2006 | Head of Glass Program and Senior Lecturer, Whanganui UCOL, Whanganui. |
| 1999 | Invited Speaker, Ausglass Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia. |
| ‘Contrasts in Formal Education’ | |
| Invited Speaker, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference. | |
| 1991-1995 | Senior lecturer at School of Design and Ceramics, Glass Area, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, England. |
| 1993 | Freelance Consultant for Cardiff Institute of Higher Education |
| Freelance Consultant for British Crafts Council. | |
| 1990- 1994 | Visiting lecturer at Twentieth Century Decorative Arts Course, |
| Sotheby's Educational Services, London. | |
| 1989-1991 | Chairperson of British Artists in Glass. |
| 1989 | Coordinator of 'Arte em Vidro, Suecia'; an exhibition of studio glass from Sweden at the Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 1989-1990 | Visiting lecturer at Glass and Ceramics Department, Leicester and Lancashire Polytechnics. |
| 1988 | Curator of 'Arte em Vidro, Japao'; an exhibition of studio glass from Japan at the Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 1987-1989 | Co-curator and organizer of studio glass exhibitions for Pilkington's 'Glass Age' Store, Sevenoaks, Kent, England |
| 1986 | Curator of 'Arte em Vidro'; an exhibition of studio glass from Great Britain at the Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 1986-1990 | Part-time tutor at Glass Department, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke-on-Trent, England. |
| 1980 | Teaching Assistant to Joel Myers, Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington. |
| 1977-1978 | Workshop Instructor, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio,Texas. |
| 1973-1984 | Resident glassblower at Edom Craft Community, Edom, Texas. |
| 1973 | Assistant director and Ceramics Instructor at Creative Craft Alliance, Shreveport, Louisana. |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2012 | 'Form vs. Function', one man exhibition, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. |
| 2011 | Wanganui Arts Review, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. |
| 'Sideways Here We Come', group exhibition, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui. | |
| 2010 | 'The Secret Life of Sand', one man exhibition, Zea You Gallery, Taupo. |
| 'The Tea Ceremony', invitation exhibition, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. | |
| 2009 | ‘Chromophilia’, 2 person exhibition, WH Milbank Gallery, Whanganui. |
| 'Looking Glass', travelling group exhibition, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| 2008 | Cavalier Bremworth New Zealand Art of Glass Award, Auckland. |
| Finalist in ‘Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Awards’ Whakatane. | |
| Wanganui Arts Review, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| ‘Illusions’, one man exhibition, Zea You Gallery, Taupo. | |
| ‘Cutting Edge: Wanganui Glass’, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings. | |
| ‘Survey Exhibition: Wanganui Glass’, COCA, Christchurch. | |
| 2007 | ‘Wanganui Glass, Group exhibition, Form Gallery, Christchurch. |
| 2006 | ‘Red’, EA Gallery, Auckland. |
| ‘Glassy Diversions’, 2 man exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Wellington. | |
| ‘The Dinner Party’ Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. | |
| ‘Wanganui Exposed’ Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford. | |
| ‘Wanganui Artists Showcase Exhibition’, Te Papa, Wellington. | |
| 2005 | ‘The Nature of Colour’, one man exhibition, Pataka Blue Pacific Gallery, Porirua. |
| Norsewear Art Awards, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Napier. | |
| ‘New Zealand Glass’, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, Australia. | |
| ‘Beyond Bombay’, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland. | |
| 2004 | ‘Mapping Colour’, one man exhibition, Zea You Gallery, Taupo. |
| ‘Light’, Group exhibition, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland. | |
| ‘Southern Exposure’ Ebeltoft Glass Museum Denmark. | |
| Wanganui Arts Review 2004, The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| Members exhibition, NZSAG conference, Whanganui. | |
| ‘Translucence’, Group exhibition, Lake Taupo Museum and Art Gallery. | |
| 2003 | ‘Sculpture on a Plinth’. Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. |
| ‘Southern Exposure’ Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| ‘Winter Collection’ Group exhibition, Cowdy Glass Gallery, England. | |
| ‘Voice of Light’, One man exhibition at Madhouse Gallery, Rotorua. | |
| ‘Lava’, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. | |
| ‘Reflections’, Mairangi Arts Centre, Mairangi Bay, Auckland. | |
| ‘New Zealand Glass’, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland. | |
| ‘Frozen Colour’, One man exhibition, Arts Post, Hamilton. | |
| Norsewear Art Award, Napier. | |
| ‘Wanganui Glass’, Form Gallery, Christchurch. | |
| 2002 | ‘Beneath the Surface’, Taupo Arts Festival, Taupo. |
| ‘Members Exhibition’, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference, Whanganui. | |
| ‘From Form to Fine: An exhibition of glass objects’, Headley-Whitney Museum,Louisville, Kentucky, USA. | |
| Wanganui Arts Review 2002, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| ‘Between Shadow and Surface’, One man exhibition, Art Asylum, Auckland. | |
| Ranamok Contemporary Glass Prize, Traveling exhibition in Australia and America. | |
| 2001 | Transitions’. One man exhibition at Madhouse Gallery Rotorua. |
| ‘Navigation’, One man exhibition at the Quay School Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| ‘Translucence’, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. | |
| Wanganui Arts Review 2001, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| Ausglass Members Juried Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. | |
| ‘Transitions’. Group exhibition, Pataka Gallery, Porirua. | |
| 2000 | ‘The Material World’, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnatti, USA. |
| ‘The Glass Exhibition’, TE WA Gallery, Whanganui . | |
| ‘EMERGE (NCE)’ Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington. | |
| ‘Immigrants’ TE WA Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| Norsewear Art Awards, Waipukerau. | |
| ‘New Zealand Glass 2000’, Masterworks, Auckland. | |
| ‘Members Exhibition’, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference, Whanganui. | |
| 1999 ‘6 | People, 4 Countries, 1 Material’, Taylor Jensen Fine Art, Palmerston North. |
| Ausglass Members Juried Exhibition, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia. | |
| Norsewear Art Awards, Merit Award, Waipukerau. | |
| 1998 | ‘New New Zealand Glass’, Glass Artist Gallery, Sydney. |
| ‘Alchemy’, Quay Gallery, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui. | |
| ‘Working Glass Hero’s’, Taylor Jensen Fine Art, Palmerston North. | |
| 'The Collectors Choice Exhibition', Glass Artist Gallery, Sydney. | |
| SOFA, Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, Park Avenue | |
| Armory, New York USA. | |
| Wanganui Arts Review 1998, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| 1997 | Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin. |
| 'RFC Glass Prize', Sydney, Australia – travelling exhibition to Melbourne, Perth, Denver (Colorado), Brisbane. | |
| Norsewear Exhibition, Waipukurau. | |
| 'Out of Fire', Auckland. | |
| 1996 | Wanganui Arts Review 1996, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. |
| Art XPO, Auckland. | |
| 1995 | The Glass National, Compendium Gallery, Auckland. |
| Wanganui Arts Review, The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. | |
| 1994 | '1 and 100', Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany. |
| One Man Exhibition', Zona D, Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
| Mid Art Annual Open Exhibition, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, | |
| West Midlands, England. 'The Chair's Chair' - Distinction Award. | |
| 1993 | British Artists in Glass Exhibition, Trelissick Gallery, Cornwall, England. |
| ‘SI02’, Group Exhibition, The Italian Institute, London, England. | |
| 1992 | 'A Gather of Glass', Mid Pennine Arts Exhibition, Burnley, England. |
| Third Annual Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London. | |
| 1991 | 'One Man Exhibition', Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany. |
| 'Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk '91', Museum fur Kunst und Gwerbe, Hamburg, Germany. | |
| 'British Glass', Galleri Glas I, Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| Second Annual Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London. | |
| 'Tactile Treasures II', Jeanette Hayhurst Gallery, London. | |
| 'West Midlands Crafts Open' - travelling exhibition to seven museums in England; opened at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. | |
| 1990 | The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '90, Kanazawa, Japan. |
| 'British Glass', Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Birkenhead, England. | |
| Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London. | |
| 1989 'One Man Exhibition', Kunstgalerie, Munich, Germany. | |
| 1988 | 'Kleinskulpturen und Paperweights',First Glas Galerie, Munich, Germany. |
| 'Stourbridge Exhibition', Galerie L.,Hamburg, Germany. | |
| Group Exhibition, Studio Glass Gallery of Britain, Montclair, New Jersey. | |
| 1987 | 'Glass Decade', Pilkington Glass Museum, St Helens,Merseyside, England. |
| 'The Stourbridge Glass School', City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England. | |
| 1986 | 'Arte em Vidro', Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 'British Artists in Glass' Exhibition, Liberty's of London. | |
| ‘New Work’, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England. | |
| 1985 | British Glass, Galerie de Beerenburght, Eck-en-Wiel, The Netherlands. |
| British Glass, Galerie Nanke de Vreeze, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. | |
| 1981 | Texas Glass Artists Association Group Exhibition, Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, Texas, U.S.A. |
| 1980 | 'Edom - New Work', Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, Texas, U.S.A. |
| T.G.A.A. Group Exhibition, Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. | |
| 1979 | 'David Traub: Glassworks', The Art Center, Waco, Texas, U.S.A. |
| 'David Traub: Glassworks', Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.A. | |
| 'Edom Works', Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, U.S.A. | |
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