EMMA CAMDEN
1966 Born, Southsea, England
1991 Emigrated to New Zealand
EDUCATION
1990 University of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, BA (Honours)
1986 Southampton Institute of Higher Education, Southampton, England
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2007 Chappell Gallery “Pacific Light” Emma Camden and David Murray
2004 Hawke's Bay Exhibtion Centre, Hasting, New Zealand Norsewear Art Award
Page One Bookshop, Taipei New Zealand Glass in Taipei
2003 Form Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery,Christchurch, New Zealand, Glassworks
Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings, New Zealand Norsewear Art Award
Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong, Sculptures from the Land of the Long White Cloud
Chappell Gallery, New York, NY, New Zealand in New York
Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA New Perspectives
2002 Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Vanilla's Essence (solo)
Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Group Glass Exhibition
Milford House Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, Glass Invitational NZ
Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Out of the Temple
Avid, Dealers in Applies Arts, Wellington, New Zealand, Southern Lights
Norsewear Art Award Hastings, New Zealand
SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, USA
2001 The Sergeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, Sergeant Review
Sydney, Australia, Ranamok Glass Prize for Contemporary Glass (touring)
Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, The Cast
Avid, Dealers in Applies Arts, Wellington, New Zealand, 5883 Glass
Norsewear Art Award Waipukarua, New Zealand
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA Bridge of Dreams (solo)
Glass Lovers Weekend, Millville, NJ, Chappell Gallery USA
SOFA New York , Chappell Gallery USA
Form Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand Festival Glass Show
Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Survey N.Z Glass
2000 Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Home Sweet Home (solo)
Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Door to Door
FNSWR Sculpture and Garden Art Auckland, New Zealand
SOFA Chicago, Chappell Gallery, USA
Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA Buy/By Women
The Sergeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand, Sergeant Review
Te Wa, Wanganui, New Zealand, The Glass Show
Suter Public Art Gallery, Nelson, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, Risk: Transformative Practices
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, USA, 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, Millennium Medallions
Avid, Dealers in Applies Arts, Wellington, New Zealand, Kiln Glass
Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Glass 2000
1999 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, New Zealand Glass
FNSWR NZ Contemportary Studio Glass Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand
RFC Glass Prize Sydney, Australia
Form Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, Solo Show
Avid, Dealers in Applies Arts, Wellington, New Zealand, Insider/Outsider (solo)
Morgan Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA, Affordable Houses
Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Maritime Show
1998 Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Body of Glass (solo)
SOFA Chicag,o Portia Gallery, USA
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, USA, Intention and Object
The Portia Gallery, Chicago, USA, From the mold: Dimensions of cast glass
Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia, NZ Glass
The Red Gallery, Portsmouth, England, Looking Glass
Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, NZ Glass '98
1997 Editions Galleries, Melbourne, Australia, Art Glass '97
Cleveland Art Award Dunedin, New Zealand
Uxbridge Arts Centre, New Zealand, Coast to Coast
Avid, Dealers in Applies Arts, Wellington, New Zealand The Glass House (solo)
Invercargill Licensing Trust Awards Invercargill, New Zealand
Ebeltost, Denmark, Young Glass '97
Tresors Singapore, Malaysia (touring)
Royal Easter Show Auckland, New Zealand
Norsewear Art Award Waipukarua, New Zealand
Tucson GAS Conference Tucson, USA
Whakatane Arts 97 Exhibition Whakatane, New Zealand
Ausglass Members Show Sydney, Australia
Port of Seattle Pilchuck Glass Exhibition SeaTac International Airport, SeaTac, Washington, USA
1996 Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand Clear Thought (solo)
SOFA Chicago Glass Artist Gallery, USA
RFC Glass Prize Sydney, Australia
Artex Auckland, New Zealand
Celia Kennedy Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand, Winter Glass '96
Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney, Australia, Master Cast - Invited Artists
Savode Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, Bowling Along
Tresors Singapore, Malaysia (touring)
Belvetro Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, Belvetro Glass Show
1995 Norsewear Art Award Waipukarua, New Zealand
Royal Easter Show Auckland, New Zealand
SOFA Miami, Florida, USA
Avid, Dealers in Applies Arts, Wellington, New Zealand, NZ Kiln Glass
Academy Show, Wellington, New Zealand, The Summer Show
SOFA Chicago, Illinois, USA
Academy Show, Wellington, New Zealand, Emphasis on Small
Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Other Fish to Fry
Academy Show, Wellington, New Zealand, Craft in the 90's
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, H2O
Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Glass '95
1994 Craft Event Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Ausglass Members Exhibition Adelaide, Australia
New Work Studio, Wellington, New Zealand, The Gift Line
Academy Show, Wellington, New Zealand, Emphasis on Small
Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand, The ICTV Gala Art Auction & Exhibition
Cave Rock, Christchurch, New Zealand, The Glass Show
The Cutting Edge 1994 Glass Tri-annual, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, National Invitational Glass Exhibition
Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Kiln Glass 1994
Royal Easter Show, Auckland, New Zealand, Glass Awards
AMBA (Art Marketing board of Aotearoa), Wellington, New Zealand, Little Jewels
1993 Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, Recent Studio Glass
Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, National Invitational Glass Exhibition
Masterworks, Auckland, New Zealand, Kiln Formed Glass
1992 Pumphouse, Auckland, New Zealand, Glass Show
Auckand Women's Art Society, New Zealand, Summer Show
Academy Show, Wellington, New Zealand, Art in Craft Show
Pumphouse, Auckland, New Zealand, Craft Show
1990 Royal College of Art, London, England, Sunderland Degree Show
Backhouse Park, Sunderland, England, Sunderland BA Show
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2002 New Zealand Post Stamp - Arts Meets Craft, $1.30 Image of Towers
1999 RFC Glass Prize (renamed Ranamok) Sydney, Australia, Premier Winner
1998 Creative NZ, Wellington, New Zealand, Professional Development Grant
1997 Royal Easter Show, Auckland, New Zealand, Major Glass Award
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Stanwood, WA, USA
1996 Norsewear Art Award, New Zealand, Premier Winner
Royal Easter Show, Auckland, New Zealand, Merit Glass Award
1995 Royal Easter Show, Auckland, New Zealand, Major Glass Award
1993 QEII Arts Council Grant, Wellington, New Zealand
1981 Young Sculptor of Hampshire Award, Hampshire, England
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)
Anon. (1994) National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga. p 77
Anon. (1994) The Cutting Edge . Glass Triennial. pp5-7, 15.
Anon. (1994) Aussglass Magazine. Summer 1994/95, p 4
Anon. (1995) New Glass Review 15. Neues Glas. Issue 2, p 79
Anon. (1996) New Glass Review 16. Neues Glas. Issue 2, p79
Anon. (1996) What's Happening. Your Home and Garden. July, p 113
Anon. (1997) Young Glas 1997. The Glasmuseum Edeltoft. Denmark. October, pp 58-59
Daly-Peoples, J. (1996) Arts. The National Business Review, June, p 34
Daly-Peoples, J. (1998) Arts. The National Business Review, January 30, p 31
Daly-Peoples,J. (1998) Craft. The National Business Review, June 28, p34
Daly-Peoples, J. (1999) Arts. The National Business Review, April 23, p 32
Frost, A (1996) Copuscating Pleasure. Country Style, September, pp 95-98
Johnson. S. (1996) Bowling Along. Pottery in Australia. Volume 35, p 47
Klenert, Dr S. (1994) Reframing The Cutting Edge. Object. Issue 4, pp 16-17
Lloyd-Jenkins. (2002) Must-See see-through by the Sea. Viva, New Zealand Herald. February 20, pG3
Lyndon-Brown, D. (1999) Sculpture. Grace magazine. pp 14-17
Sahl-Madsen, C. (1997) Young Glass Prize. Neues Glas. 2/97, p 30
Schamroth, H (1996) Glass with Attitude. Craft Arts International. Issue 38, pp 24 -26
Schamroth, H (1998) New Zealand Craft Artists. p 32
Shopland, A. (1996) Light Fantastic. The Listener. January 6-12, pp 40-41
Traub, D. (1999) New Glass - New Zealand. Glass Reflections pp 8 -9
Warnock, A (2002) As One Door Closes. New Zealand House & Garden. January pp 171-176
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
APEC Gift presented to President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton.
Auckland City Museum, Applied Arts Collection, Auckland, New Zealand.
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
Ta Papa, National Museum, Wellington, New Zealand.
Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Zealand.