Veronica Transylvanian born Sydney based artist. Her work is an exploration of processes in glass and mixed media. Hands-on material manipulation is an instrumental part of her working process.This allows Veronica to practice utilising an array of concepts in conjunction with a broad range of techniques and materials. Veronica takes a material into the unexpected combination of their possibilities and each work turns into a surprise. The artist aim has been to create work that investigate and communicate her personal experiences. Her work is revealed as a mode of acting and reacting to her experience, as life always is. She hopes to capture a memory and a movement in the work, to give a sense of something present and alive, just like feelings and memories. But, at the same time, she hopes to evoke a calm feeling, where, yes, something is missing, but not something necessarily lost.
Education
2017-2018: Diploma of Interior Design and Decoration, Sydney Design School
2015: Bachelor of Visual Arts (Glass) with First Class Honours, ANU School of Art, Canberra
2012–2014: Bachelor of Visual Arts (Glass/Sculpture), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
2004–2007: Diploma in Fashion design at Art School in TG-Mures, Romania.
Awards
2018: Highly Commended for demonstration of outstanding commitment and unexceptional standard of work Sydney Design School in conjuction with Eckersley's, Sydney
2017: Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards, Australia
2016: Finalist, Hornsby Art Prize, 3D category, Australia
2016: Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards, Australia
2016: Finalist, National Emerging Art Glass Prize, Australia
2016: Pilchuck Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2015: Bassett Downs Honours Scholarship for Glass Award, ANU School of Art
2014: First Place, Axess Glass New Artist Award, Mansfield, VIC
2014: First Place, Verge Awards: In the 3D category, Sydney
2014: Highly Commended, National Student Art Glass Prize, Australia
2014: Pilchuck Partner Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts /Pilchuck Glass School, USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2016: Resistance & Remembrance, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions:
2019: Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney Australia
2019: Chatswood Chase Sculpture Exhibition, NSW Australia
2017: (r)evolve ANU School of Art and Design Gallery, Canberra
2017: Contemporary Art Awards, Australia
2016: Makers Matter, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2016: Hornsby Art Prize, NSW
2016: Contemporary Art Awards, Australia
2016: National Emerging Art Glass Prize, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia
2015: Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
2015: Mixed Media Moments Group Exhibition, Art Moment Gallery, Sydney
2015: Sculpture on the Greens, Bobbie P. Gallery, NSW
2014: Axess New Glass Artist Award – MAGE 2014, VIC
2014: 1994 – 2014, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2014: St George Art Awards, Hurstville Museum & Gallery, NSW
2014: Containment, DedSpace Gallery, SCA, NSW
2014: Verge Awards, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2014: Through the Looking Glass, Rye Space, Sydney
2014: National Student Art Glass Prize, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia
2013: Speed Show, Verge Gallery – Sydney
2013: Sculpture in the Vineyards - Wollombi Village, Vineyards NSW
2013: Hidden – A Rookwood Sculpture Walk Exhibition, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney
Professional activities:
2018 March-June: Gallery Assistant, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
2013-2016: Glass blowing assistant to Stevie Fieldsend, Sydney
2015: Glass blowing assistant to John White, Canberra
2013-2014: Glass blowing assistant to Erica Izard, Sydney
Glass blowing assistant to Eliot Brand, Sydney
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Photo: Attila Szilvasi