ORIGINAL VOICES 2018 by Ken Saunders Gallery

Published by Ken Saunders Gallery 230 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 www.kensaundersgallery.com Â© 2018 Ken Saunders Gallery All Rights Reserved Design by Amy Stieve Photography by Mark Anderson, Iain Bond, Steve Brown, Dan Kvitka, Ester Segarra and Shannon Tofts

Published on the occasion of the exhibition

ORIGINAL VOICES 2018 Featuring work by: JOHN E. BANNON FIAZ ELSON CATHARINE NEWELL CHARONNE RUTH TIM SHAW May 4 - July 7, 2018

INNER OMBRAE (detail) by Fiaz Elson cast glass with powdered color 16 x 3.5 x 13 inches 2017

This survey of new, young and underexposed artists gives me the opportunity to review exciting trends, exceptional undiscovered talents and objects and artworks that despite their outstanding qualities and originality fell through the cracks and went unseen and unnoticed. In the best tradition of connoisseurship a lot of looking is involved; objects are considered and artists are interviewed. While it is exciting to find new work and young artists I try to give special attention to work that may have been overlooked or work that with the passage of time reveals its importance. John E. Bannon is an artist working in Chicago. The artist works in multiple media but for this exhibition Bannon is contributing two works in neon. In a material that is enjoying a resurgence critically as well as in the marketplace Bannon has created an unusual body of work that is generally image rather than text based. The artist often takes advantage of the optical qualities of his forms and the dramatic colors produced by his gas filled tubes to heighten the visual pyrotechnics. Fiaz Elson is an artist living and working in London. Her cast glass objects, with their high polish, glow seductively, the straightforward forms and colors, beguiling in their apparent simplicity. The artist teases her optical effects utilizing both subtle and dramatic juxtapositions of form and color. Elson has exhibited in commercial galleries, museums and Art Centers around the world though inclusion in this exhibition marks the artist’s first opportunity to show her work in the United States. Catharine Newell returned to the arts after her professional career. A resident of the Pacific Northwest Newell has taken advantage of the proximity of two of the most significant art centers for glass, Bullseye in Portland and Pilchuck in rural Washington to further her education in glass working techniques. The artist’s process is marked by experimentation and an embrace of uncertainty. Newell describes a journey within; trusting intuition in a search for the essence of meaning and truth. Charonne Ruth is an American ex-pat from Brooklyn whose life in a 12th century town in the Scottish countryside has so transformed the artist that she considers herself a Scottish artist, “with an American perspective”. Working with blown inclusions that float and frolic inside clear cast glass forms the artist creates peek-a-boo interior worlds that seem to flash into existence and then disappear just as quickly with the slightest change of perspective. Tim Shaw is the most accomplished and established of the artists presented in this iteration of Original Voices. Shaw was born in Cyprus and raised in Yorkshire in the UK. His studies have taken to him Amsterdam and London, where his course-work at the Royal College of Art earned Shaw a second MA. Since 2002 Shaw has made the Adelaide Hills, outside the provincial capital of South Australia his home and the location for his glass blowing studio. The artist exhibits his cold carved blown glass forms widely in Australia, Europe and the UK. Ken Saunders Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition that explores current trends in glass working with a show of new, young and under-exposed artists working around the world. The gallery hopes that this presentation will lead to discoveries and happy opportunities to patronize deserving work at a critical time in these artist’s careers. Ken Saunders, 2018

JOHN E. BANNON

THE LINGERING KISS neon on board 52 x 28 x 4 inches 2004

OCLIPSE neon crackle tube and paint on board 38 x 38 x 4 inches 2011

E D U C AT I O N 2002 1990

Master of Fine Arts in Studio, Department of Art & Technology / School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting / University of Illinois / Urbana-Champaign, IL

S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S 2011 1998 1995 1994 1993 1990

John E. Bannon / Dené Gallery / Geneva, Illinois Annual Neon and Light Exhibition: John E. Bannon / Zenith Gallery / Washington D.C. Propaganda for Positive Thinking / Studio Hip Hop / Chicago, IL Mental Gum / The Asylum / Chicago, IL Feast Your Eyes / Studio Hip Hop / Chicago, IL Explorat ions in Perception / Levis Faculty Center / Urbana, IL

S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Art under the Tracks / Koehnline Art Museum / Des Plaines, IL 16th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago, IL Bending Brilliance / The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum / Neenah,WI Reflecting on Art from the Site Lines of Nature / Catwalk Institute / Catskill, NY Public Exhibition of Eye Candy / Wicker Park Fest / Chicago, IL Public Exhibition of Universe / Phases of the Moon A rt and Music Festival / Danville, IL Neon and Plasma Exhibition / Glass Art Conference / Chicago, IL Chicago Park Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago Park District Promontory Point / Chicago, IL 11th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago, IL Neon 2011 / Lion vs Gorilla / Chicago, IL Come Together / Hairpin Arts Center / Chicago, IL 9th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago, IL Chicago Looks: Portraits of Chicago / Department of Cultural Affairs / Chicago, IL Looptopia / Chicago Loop Alliance / Chicago, IL Odyssey 2007-08 Sculpture Exhibition / Purdue University North Central / Westville, IN For Public Consumption / Hyde Park Arts Center / Chicago, IL 3D Discovery / Lubeznik Center for the Arts / Michigan City, IN Odyssey 2004-05 Sculpture Exhibition / Purdue University North Central / Westville, IN Combined Talents Competition / Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University / Tallahassee, FL Odyssey 2003-04 Sculpture Exhibition / Purdue University North Central / Westville, IN ArtSanFrancisco5 / Fassbender-Stevens Gallery / San Francisco, CA Quirks and Quarks / Fassbender-Stevens Gallery / Chicago, IL Odyssey 2002-03 Sculpture Exhibition / Purdue University North Central / Westville, IN Master’s Thesis Exhibition: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago / G2 Gallery / Chicago, IL Invitational Exhibi t ion of Light Art / University of Wisconsin at Madison / Madison, WI Enlightened Art Biennial / Bob Rauschenberg Gallery / Fort Myers, FL Fluid Interfaces / G2 Gallery / Chicago, IL Enlightened Art Biennial / Lee County Alliance for the Arts / Fort Myers, FL Dishman Art Competition 2000 / Lamar University / Beaumont, TX

S E L E C T E D H O N O R S & AWA R D S 2015-17 2013 2011 2009 2008

Catwalk Institute Artist Residency Scholarship / School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Catskill, NY Catwalk Institute Artist Residency Scholarship / School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Catskill, NY Individual Artist Support Grant / Illinois Arts Council International Holography Fund Travel Grant 8th International Symposium on Display Holography / Shenzhen, China Artist in Residence Scholarship / Oxbow School of Art / Saugatuck, MI

2007 2006 2004 2001 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

Special Projects Assistance Grant / Illinois Arts Council Governor’s International Arts Exchange Grant / Illinois Arts Council 7th International Holography Symposium Visiting Artist Grant FUJI Hunt / FUJIFILM Special Projects Grant / School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL Honorable Mention Florida International Arts Competition / Florida State University Community Arts Assistance Program Grant / Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Exhibition Scholarship / School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL “Subcultures in Glass Mastery,” presentation and co-organizer with Pecha Kucha / Seattle Art Museum / Seattle, WA Making Futures, published paper / Plymouth College of Art / United Kingdom Feature Arts article “Through a Glass Brightly” / Omaha Magazine: July/August 2010 Nomination for Omaha Entertainment Award Best 3D Artist / OEAA Awards Organizer / United Nations World Environment Day Featured Speaker / AUSGLASS Conference / Canberra, Australia Article mention / Glass Quarterly Magazine: Summer 2007

John E. Bannon, Artist Portrait

FIAZ ELSON

INNER OMBRAE cast glass with powdered color 16 x 3.5 x 13 inches 2017

FORGOTTEN MEMORIES cast glass with powdered color 11 x 3 x 9.5 inches 2017

E D U C AT I O N 2001

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass / Staffordshire University / Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S

2011-18 Scottish Gallery / Edinburgh, Scotland 2011 Contemporary Applied Arts / FOCUS Show London / London, United Kingdom

S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S 2017-present 2016-present 2015-present 2011-present 2009-present 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

Shantz Gallery / Stockbridge, MA Etienne Gallery / Netherlands London Glass Gallery / London, United Kingdom CAA / London, United Kingdom Adrian Sassoon / London, United Kingdom

London Glass Gallery & CGS, Black& White / London, United Kingdom Scottish Gallery & CGS, selected show / Edinburgh, Scotland Pyramid Gallery, selected show / York, United Kingdom Contemporary Applied Arts / London, United Kingdom Show Inspired by Wilhelmina-Barns Graham / Scottish Gallery / Edinburgh, Scottland Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery / London, United Kingdom British Glass Biennale (selected) / United Kingdom Fresh Air, invited artist / Quenington, Gloucestershire Glass Glamour / Quennington, Gloucestershire Glasshaus X, selected group show / Parndon Mill / Harlow, United Kingdom COLLECT Saattchi Gallery / London, United Kingdom Coburg International Glass Prize (selected) / Germany UK Glass (23 selected artists) / GlazenHuis Museum / Lommel, Belgium Modern Masters (selected) / Munich, Germany Gather / London Glass Gallery / London, United Kingdom CAA Group Show / London, United Kingdom Pyramid Gallery / Cheshire, United Kingdom ‘Master Piece’ / Adrian Sassoon / London, United Kingdom Scottish Gallery / Edinburgh, Scotland CAA Winter Show / London, United Kingdom London Glass Blowing / The Gallery ‘FORM’ / London, United Kingdom Pyramid Gallery Winter Show / Cheshire, United Kingdom CAA Auction / London, United Kingdom British Glass Biennale, selected show / Stourbridge, United Kingdom Parndon Mill / Harlow, United Kingdom Pyramid Gallery / Cheshire, United Kingdom Scottish Gallery / Edinburgh, Scotland ‘Thinking Out The Box’ / Scottish Gallery / Edinburgh, Scotland The Gallery / Parndon Mill / Harlow, United Kingdom Fresh Air, Quenington Sculpture Park / Cirencester, United Kingdom COLLECT / Saatchi Gallery London represented by The Scottish Gallery Plumbline Gallery / Cornwall, United Kingdom London Pavilion Art & Design / Adrian Sassoon / London, United Kingdom Making / Salisbury Arts Centre, selected show / Salisbury, United Kingdom London Glass Blowing Studio, selected show / Essence, United Kingdom Parndon Mill / Harlow, United Kingdom Pyramid Gallery / Cheshire, United Kingdom

2009

British Glass Biennale (selected) / Stourbridge, United Kingdom London Masterpiece / Adrian Sassoon / London, United Kingdom On the Edge / (traveling show) International Tempest / (traveling show) International Bonham Art Auction, Selected By Dan Klein / London, United Kingdom Cooper Gallery / Yorkshire, United Kingdom On The Edge, selected / (traveling show) International St Joseph Galerie, selected show / The Netherlands Scottish Gallery / Edinburgh, Scotland Fresh Air, Quenington Sculpture Park / Cirencester, United Kingdom Melting Point, selected / CGS & Pyramid Gallery / York, United Kingdom

Fiaz Elson, Artist in Studio

C AT H A R I N E N E W E L L

OF WATER V kiln-formed Bullseye glass with powder, enamel and chalk 17 x 17 x .5 inch panels 2017

OF WATER I kiln-formed Bullseye glass with powder, enamel and chalk 8 x 8 x .5 inch panels 2016

E D U C AT I O N 2010 1969

Residency / Pilchuck Glass School / Stanwood, WA Bachelor of Fine Arts / University of California / Santa Barbara, CA

S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N SÂ 2016 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 2000

Surface and Atmosphere / Bullseye Projects / Portland, OR Accumulations / Bullseye Resource Center New York Gallery / Mamaroneck, NY Multiply / Bullseye Resource Center New York Gallery / Mamaroneck ,NY Retrospective / Gergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass / Neenah, WI Retrospective / Bullseye Projects / Portland, OR Unexpected Imagery / Rochester Institute of Technology / New York, NY Living Legacies: The JSMA @ 80 / Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art / Eugene, OR Vanitas / Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR Just Now / Davis and Cline Gallery / Ashland, OR Confabulation / Ken Saunders Gallery / Chicago, IL Chromatic Fusion / New Mexico Mseum of Art / Santa Fe, NM Evolve / Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR 50 Years of Studio Glass / Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft / Louisville, KY Presence of Absence / Davis and Cline Gallery / Ashland, OA Jellies: Living Art / Hunter Museum of American Art / Chattanooga, TN Act 2: The Next Track / Museum of Northwest Art / La Conner, WA This Fragile Skin / Schack Art Center / Everett, WA Art Miami / Marx Saunders Gallery /Chicago, IL Interstice /Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR Colloquia / Davis and Cline Gallery / Ashland, OR As Is / Pacini Lubel Gallery / Seattle, WA Being / Davis and Cline Gallery / Ashland, OR Alone Together / Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR Pacini / Lubel Gallery / Seattle, WA Thin Walls / Bullseye Gallery / Portland, OR Relativity / Foster/White Gallery / Seattle, WA Reactions / Foster/White Gallery / Kirkland, WA New Works / Allied Arts Gallery / Yakima, WA New Works / Auburn City Hall / Auburn, WA Visages / Grants Pass Museum of Art / Grants Pass, OR

COLLEC TIONS Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Montreal, Canada

S E L E C T E D H O N O R S & AWA R D S 2004 2003 2002 2000

Scholarship recipient / Pilchuck Glass School / Stanwood, WA CraftHouston Award of Merit Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award Nominee First Place, WG@BE II / Bullseye Resource Center / Portland, OR NICHE Award / Buyers Market of American Craft / Philadelphia, PA Corning Award Nominee / Pilchuck Glass School / Stanwood, WA

Catharine Newell, Artist in Studio

CHARONNE RUTH

TURQUOISE AND PURPLE SLICE blown glass, kiln cast glass, cold worked 10 x 5 x 3 inches 2017

ORANGE SLICE blown glass, kiln cast glass, cold worked 10 x 5 x 3 inches 2017

E D U C AT I O N 2010 1989

Masters in Craft / Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design / Dundee, Scotland Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude & music with High Honours / Brandeis University / Waltham, MA

S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S 2017 2016 2014 2012 2011

Annual Glass Exhibition / Pyramid Gallery / York, England “Recurrent Rhythms” / Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery / Pgh, PA “Kelpie Celebration” / Old Course Hotel / St Andrews, Scotland Gallery10 / Edinburgh, Scotland, “Craft in Dialogue” / Dovecot / Edinburgh, Scotland Summer Exhibition / Fraser Gallery / St Andrews, Scotland Pittenweem Arts Festival / Fisher Gallery / Scotland Pittenweem Arts Festival / Fisher Gallery / Scotland Pittenweem Arts Festival / Fisher Gallery / Scotland

AWA R D S 2017 2016 2011

Shortlisted for QEST (Queens Award for Excellence in British Craft) By Design Inches Carr Trust Craft Research Bursary

S E L E C T E D P R I VAT E C O L L E C T I O N S Ewan McGregor Apple's Design Lawyer

P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E LO PM E N T 2017 2015 2013-15 2012 2011 2010

Year long hot glass collaboration with James Maskrey, Kalki Mansel and Jane Charles 18 month collaboration with Material Scientist Mentoring with Fiaz Elson Master Class with Angela Jarman Inches Carr Research Bursary Kilncasting Master Class, Colin Reid Studio Working in Nicola Cairn Glass Studio

Charonne Ruth, Artist Portrait

TIM SHAW

SOUTHERN SKIES blown and carved glass 17 x 12 x 5 inches 2017

DESERT SUNSET 2 (front and back)

blown and carved glass 15 x 14 x 3 inches 2017

E D U C AT I O N 1981 1985 1983

Master of Arts, MA (RCA) Glass / Royal College of Art / London, United Kingdom Staat Diploma Glas / Gerrit Rietveld Academie / Amsterdam, Netherlands Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Glass / North Staffordshire Polytechnic / Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N SÂ 2018 2017 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Dual Spectrums / Adelaide, Australia 16th Annual Lakefront Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago Sculpture Exhibition / Chicago, IL The Big Landscape / Art Images / Adelaide, Australia Etiene Gallery / Oiesterwijk, Netherlands Hahndorf Academy, Adelaide, Australia Gallery Sikabonye / Vienna, Austria National Glass Centre / United Kingdom Hearts of Glass / Adelaide, Australia Et in arcadia ego / Nexus Gallery / Adelaide, Australia Glasscapes / Nexus Gallery / Adelaide, Australia Reves de Vasesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;/ Luniverre Gallery / Paris, France Artlantis / Port Lincoln / South Australia Sensorium / Evolution Art / Adelaide, Australia Frozen Fire / Kirra Australia / Melbourne, Australia

PUBLIC COLLEC TIONS

National Glass Centre / United Kingdom Sars Poteries / France National Glas Collection / Leerdam, Netherlands Art Gallery of South Australia / Australia Museum of American Glass / New Jersey, USA Fraunau Glass Museum / Germany Broadfield House Glass Museum / United Kingdom Institution of Contemporary Art / United Kingdom Stedelijk Museum / Amsterdam, Netherlands National Museums / Scotland National Glass Collection / Wagga Wagga, Australia

P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E LO PM E N T 2016 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2006

Artist in residence / Glass Furnace / Istanbul, Turkey Centrifuge Workshop / Richard Morrell / Castlemain, Australia Residency / Peter Bremers / Netherlands Residency /National Glass Centre / United Kingdom Residency & Masterclass / Leerdam, Netherlands David Reekie Masterclass / Adelaide, Australia Residency / Northlands, Scotland Lino Tagliapietra Workshop / Adelaide, Australia

Tim Shaw, Artist with Desert Sun 1