British Glass Biennale 2010. Photo by Simon Bruntnell.

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British Glass Biennale 2010

Remaining the largest selling exhibition of contemporary glass in the country, the 2010 British Glass Biennale was once again a unique showcase of the work of 82 artists, designers and craftspeople exhibiting 115 pieces of work. 2010 saw the successful introduction of an Invited Section, to recognise the ongoing contribution of a number of glassmakers.

The relationship forged with The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers continued in 2010. In addition new links were made with Art in Action, to offer exhibitors the chance of an amazing total of £11,500 in awards.  Craftsman  craft&design magazine offered a new award with the winners receiving increased press exposure within craft&design magazine. Once again the public were able to vote for thieir favourite piece in the show with the return of the People’s Prize 2010 Award, sponsored by Warm Glass UK.

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Exhibition Organisers 2010

Keith Brocklehurst: Co - Director of the International Festival of Glass                                                                     Natasha George: Co - Director of the International Festival of Glass
Michelle Keeling: British Glass Biennale, Exhibition Organiser & Curator                                                             Gemma Truman: British Glass Biennale, Assistant to Curator                                                                                    Candice-Elena Greer: British Glass Biennale, Creative Consultant

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Jury 2010

Annabelle Campbell - Exhibitions & Collections Manager, Crafts Council

Reino Liefkes - Senior Curator Ceramics & Glass Collection, V&A Museum

Sylva Petrova - Director, Institute for International Research in Glass, University of Sunderland

Alan J. Poole - Dan Klein Associates

Colin Reid - Glass Artist

Appointed Chair of the Jury panel: Reino Liefkes

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Artists 2010

Below is the list of artists who exhibited in the British Glass Biennale 2010

Please note a starred artist * indicates an invited artist and ** indicates an entrant for the Glass Sellers Student Award

Esther Adesigbin Lisa Anne Bate ** Eleanor Bird Sarah Blood Tim Boswell Heike Brachlow Keith Brocklehurst * Karen Browning Verity Jasmin Burley Criss Chaney Katharine Coleman * Jaqueline Cooley Bob Crooks * Keith Cummings * Vanessa Cutler Erin Dickson ** Shelley Doolan Matt Durran * Shirley Eccles Rachel Elliott Fiaz Elson Hanne Enemark ** Sally Fawkes Frances Federer Carrie Fertig Catherine Forsyth Steve Frey

Joseph Harrington Anthony Harris Kate Henderson Catherine Hough * George F Jackson Richard Jackson * Max Jacquard * Angela Jarman * David Kaplan & Annica Standström June Kingsbury Alison Kinnaird * Max Lamb Peter Layton * James Lethbridge Xin Li ** Julia Malle ** James Maskrey Gayle Matthias Graham Muir Keiko Mukaide * Steven Newell * Tracy Nicholls Carl Nordburch * Rachel O’Dell Purnima Patel Jacque Pavlosky Yi Peng **

Ronald Pennell * Anthony Pollock Colin Reid * Bruno Romanelli Belinda Salmon Harding Jeffrey Sarmiento Victoria Scholes Lisa Sheppy ** Cathryn Shilling Pauline Solven * Andrea Spencer Max Stewart Ayako Tani Louis Thompson Angela Thwaites * Gaea Todd Margareth Troli ** Rebecca Turbin ** Hélène Uffren Rowan van der Holt Anna Vesele Surinder Warboys Liz Waugh McManus Rachel Welford Kathryn Wightman Rachael Woodman * Jeff Zimmer