Ned Cantrell

Born in England in 1975
Lives and works in Ebeltoft, Denmark

A graduate of the Surrey Institute of Art and Design in Farnham, UK, Ned Cantrell discovered glass while experimenting with ceramics and broken glass. Immediately intrigued by the reactions of this particular medium, he studied its physical properties. He then trained with several European master glassmakers, and naturally became a glassblower.
Over the years, he has immersed himself in a range of glassblowing and hot-sculpting techniques, which he expresses in an eclectic and unique style.

Fascinated by pop art since childhood, he explores the contradiction by creating kitschy works of extreme finesse. Using symbols of popular culture and consumerism such as garbage, tattoos and science fiction, Ned Cantrell creates a surprising and humorous universe.

Public collections
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
Gernheim Glassmuseum, Germany
CERFAV, France
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany
GlazenHuis, Belgium
Grassi Museum, Germany
Nasjonalmuseet, Norway
Nøstetangen Glassmuseum, Norway
Hsinchu Glassmuseum, Thailand
Ernsting Stiftung, Germany
Hempels Glasmuseum, Denmark
Tacoma Museum of Glass, USA
Novotny Glass Museum, Czech Republic

Awards
Coburger Glaspreis Audience Award 2022
Hempels Glasprize 2018
Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968, 2018
Arhus Kommunes Kulturudviklingspulje, 2013
KIC Prisen 2012
Statens kunstfond, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022