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Qualification: BFA, Quay School of Art 1996-1999, Sculpture/Cast Glass
Since Graduating from the Quay School of Art (Whanganui) Hannah's work has been exhibited in New Zealand, Japan and the UK. Her work has also been published in Australian and German/American Art magazines and is included in collections in Scotland and America.
In 2002 she was selected as a resident artist by North Lands Creative glass studio, which is located in Lybster, Scotland (a project funded by the Scottish Arts Council). During her time in Scotland she created a body of work focusing on abandoned and sacred spaces in the area. A selection of works made as part of the residency were acquired by North Lands and feature in their prestigious collection of international glass art. To complement this, another item "Lybster Skull" was added to the collection in 2008. This piece now sits alongside works by artists such as Irene Frolic, Tessa Clegg, and renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien. Work form the North Lands collection is often exhibited in traveling exhibitions throughout Scotland and the UK. For more information about North Lands glass, visit their website: http://www.northlandsglass.com
A progression of the ideas generated from the residency in Lybster have been installed in various locations throughout New Zealand and continue to influence her current work. Since 2003 Hannah has been working from her studio located in Wellington where she makes sculptural pieces with a glass focus. Her recent body of work is concerned with issues relating to identity, transformation and methods of preservation.
Statement:
In the past my work has been influenced by an interest in everyday objects and the reconfiguration of the mundane, addressing or referencing culture, sacred spaces, memories, objects of desire, artifacts and detritus as a means of seeking pieces of the human condition. Key concepts that occur in my work are discussed below in a reference from Laura Preston.
What is of interest in Bremner's practice is the way she utilises cast glass to form dioramic studies and installation environments. The contemplative and very visceral nature of these works, heightened by their sense of the macabre, encourages curiosity. Often referencing relics and motifs these works heighten the theatrical nature of memory, implying a sense of the past being masked of deferred. As viewers we are confronted with Bremner's displaced object and we become aware of how our sense of wonder and curiosity with the world is integral to our ways of thinking and making meaning.
Laura Preston, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington, 2005
Hannah Bremner CV <click here>
Biography
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