Ned Cantrell & Damien François
RESIDENCE
13 > 30.11.2023
VERNISSAGE & PERFORMANCE
SAMEDI 02 DECEMBRE 2023
vernissage 16h-21h
performance/démonstration 16h-18h
EXPOSITION
04.12.2023 > 31.01.2024
NED CANTRELL
Né en Angleterre en 1975
Vit et travaille à Ebeltoft, Danemark
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
DAMIEN FRANÇOIS
Né en 1979 à Reims, Marne
Vit et travaille au Mont-Saxonnex, Haute-Savoie
Damien François' artistic work is built on the fact that he has never been confronted with the impossible. He discovered glass by chance during a trip to Norway in 2005.
With no prior training, he decided to stay in Scandinavia to observe the work of various master glassmakers, whom he assisted from 2006
to 2007.
He then joined the Danish Design School - Centre for Glass and Ceramics - in Bornholm, before completing his training by working between 2010 and 2015 in numerous workshops in Europe and the USA.
Damien François focuses on the introspection of matter, exploring its physical properties and chemical reactions, both hot and cold, enabling him to master his delicate manufacturing technique. What drives him is to go with the material, to use its constraints rather than make it an obstacle. The shapes of the works in all his series are defined by the interplay of colors, the unveiling of matter, different textures, voids and reliefs....
His work, both graphic and pictorial, is remarkable for its sobriety and minimalism.
Collections publiques
Musée centre d’art du verre, Carmaux, France
Museée del Vetro, Venise, Murano, Italie
Musée du verre Américain, Millville, N.J., USA
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Prix et récompenses
Mention honorable, Emerging artist Glass Art Society, Seattle, US, 2014
Mention honorable, Compétition internationale TGK , Allemagne, 2013
Mention honorable, Compétition internationale TGK , Allemagne, 2012 Prix Talente, Munich, Allemagne, 2012
1er Prix de fin d’études, “The Danish National Bank Jubilee Foundation”, 2010
Bourse d’études Müllers, Avocat Henrik Storr-Hansen, Danemark, 2010 Bourse d’études Lino Tagliepietra, Ecole de Verre de Pilchuck, US,2009 Bourse d’études Mullers, Avocat Henrik Storr-Hansen, Danemark, 2008