Posts by fiazelson

Solo Exhibitions

Scottish Gallery	Edinburgh	2011
Contemporary Applied Arts FOCUS Show	London	2011

Exhibitions

Adrian Sassoon	London	2016
Etienne Gallery	Netherlands, selected show	2016
Scottish Gallery & CGS	Edinburgh, selected show	2016
Pyramid Gallery	York, selected show	2016
Contemporary Applied Arts	London	2016
Scottish Gallery show Inspired by Wilhelmina-Barns Graham	Edinburgh	2015
Adrian Sassoon, COLLECT	London	2015
British Glass Biennale (selected)		2015
Fresh Air, invited artist	Quenington, Gloucestershire	2015
Glass Glamour	Quennington, Gloucestershire	2015
Glasshaus X	Parndon Mill, selected group show.	2015
COLLECT Saattchi Gallery	London	2014
Gather	London Glass Gallery	2014
Coburg International Glass Prize (selected)	Germany	2014
GlazenHuis Museum, UK Glass (23 selected artists)	Lommel, Belgium	2014
Modern Masters (selected)	Munich, Germany	2014
CAA Group Show	London	2014
Pyramid Gallery	Cheshire	2014
Adrian Sassoon 'Master Piece'	London	2013
Scottish Gallery	Edinburgh	2013
CAA Winter Show	London	2013
The Gallery 'FORM'	London Glass Blowing	2013
Pyramid Gallery Winter Show	Cheshire	2013
CAA Auction	London	2013
British Glass Biennale Selected show	Stourbridge	2012
Parndon Mill	Harlow	2012
Pyramid Gallery	Cheshire	2012
Scottish Gallery	Edinburgh	2012
'Thinking Out The Box', Scottish Gallery	Edinburgh	2011
The Gallery	Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex	2011
Fresh Air	Quennington Sculpture Park	2011
COLLECT	Saatchi Gallery London represented by The Scottish Gallery	2011
Plumbline Gallery	Cornwall	2011
Adrian Sassoon	London Pavilion Art & Design	2010
Salisbury Arts Centre Selected Show	Making	2010
London Glass Blowing Studio Selected Show	Essence	2010
Parndon Mill	Harlow	2010
Pyramid Gallery	Cheshire	2010
British Glass Biennale (selected)	Stourbridge	2010
Adrian Sassoon	London Masterpiece	2010
Contemporary Applied Arts	London SOFA New York	2010
On the Edge Travelling Show	Dublin Ireland Craft Council, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Cork	2010
'Tempest' Travelling Bead Show.	Glasmuseum Immenhausen. Immeenhausen (Hess), Germany	2009
Bonham Art Auction	Selected By Dan Klein, London	2009
'Tempest' also showed at the Contemporary Glass Society Conference	Yorkshire Sculpture Park	2009
Cooper Gallery	Yorkshire	2009
International bead show 'Tempest'	Travelling Show, Zurich	2009
On The Edge, Selected	Swansea Waterfront Museum	2009
On The Edge, Selected	Cheltenham Museum, Travelling Show	2009
St Joseph Galerie, Selected Show	The Netherlands	2009
Scottish Gallery	Edinburgh	2008-2009
Fresh Air	Quennington Sculpture Park, Cirencester	2009
Melting Point, Selected	CGS & Pyramid Gallery York	2009
International Ceramics Fair	Represented By Adrian Sassoon	2008
Black Swan Arts Show	Somerset	2008
In and Out	Quennington Sculpture Garden & Brewery Arts	2008
British Glass Biennale (Selected Exhibition)	Stourbridge	2008
Cowdy Gallery	Gloucestershire, Newent	2004-2009
Plumbline Gallery	Cornwall	2004-2008
Pyramid Gallery	York	2004-2009
International Bead Show	Stourbridge	2008
The Art of Glass	Plumbline Gallery & St Ives Artists Society Cornwall	2008
London Art Fair & Ceramics Fair	Represented By Adrian Sassoon	2008
Side By Side (Selected)	Devon Guilds Of Craftsmen & CGS	2007
Chase Charity	Royal College of Art London	2007
Contemporary Glass Works	Prema, Uley	2007
Fresh Air	Quennington Sculpture Park	2007
Studio Glass Gallery	London	2003-2007
Somerset Arts	Frome	2006
The International Festival of Glass	Stourbridge	2004
Glass Inspiration	Switzerland	2004
New Glass West	Frome, Somerset	2004
Degree Show	Staffordshire University	2001
Business Design Centre	London	2001
Triangle Gallery	New York	2000

Trained in design, Fiaz Elson only made the transition to working with glass in 1998 when she did the highly regarded glass course at Staffordshire University. Since graduating in 2001 she has established herself as one of the most original glass artists. Gallery owners have been quick to appreciate her work and she has an impressive list of exhibitions to her name in New York, Switzerland and in Britain.

In 2004 she was one of the selected artists in the prestigious British Glass Biennale Exhibition in Stourbridge. From her work called ‘Passion’, a 30cm long sculpture shaped as a flat tear-shape with vibrant blood red and black the predominant colours, it was easy to see why her work has been variously described as “seductive, monumental and mysterious”. The monumental quality is apparent on whatever scale she decides to work.

Most recently she has ventured into garden commissions with one exceptional piece called ‘Parallel Verve’ to be shown at the ‘In and Out’ Art Glass Exhibition as part of the Fresh Air Art event in Cirencester in the autumn of 2008.

The sculpture consisting of two monoliths is simultaneously transparent and solid depending on the angle of sight and the movement of the spectator around the garden. But equally she can achieve the same dramatic effects in a tiny 10 cm. bead shown in the ‘Tempest’ Glass Bead Exhibition as part of the International Glass Festival in Stourbridge in August 2008.

Entitled “Calm Before The Storm” the tiny jewel is kiln cast using optical glass in which she also uses fritted glass, a glass batch which has been melted and ground, to deliberately produce random bubbles and veils in the glass as it fuses together in the mould. Elson’s total command of her material especially the technically difficult casting processes and her original combination of polishing effects, allows her to express her stated intent to suggest hidden spaces, containment and emotions with an ease usually more apparent in more mature glass artists.

Already a highly respected glass sculptor the more recent evidence of her works makes her a must-have in any collection of studio glass. 

Charles R. Hajdamach

My work is expressive in its form, provoking an emotional and intellectual response. It explores our emotive worlds, experiences and memories make us who we are. We all have several sides to our personalities, consciously or unconsciously we reveal or keep them hidden. This concept is expressed through the use of curves, angles and space.

Each piece has a relationship with the interior and exterior structure, bending, distorting and refracting light, creating a dynamic energy between colour and form. The space between the pieces is very specific, not too wide as to separate them and not too close to join as one. The fissure creates a tension, pushing and pulling representing the constant contradictions of persona, negative and positive, harmony and discord, clarity and obscurity, whilst the inner space of the lenses and grooves represent our private sides, a place you are not always allowed in, an inner sanctuary.

Keeping the sculptures minimal, their powerful presence naked of pattern or texture, allows the glass itself to convey the concept.