Artists selected for the 2009 BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass are:

Artist Statement
Much of his inspiration for his glass works comes from his life, from people, nature, history, Buddhism, his childhood home, situated on the banks of the river Ouse. His figurative sculptures and portraits are literally put behind bars and are abundantly decorated with natural, colorful and golden details.  The decorations form an armor to guard the sculptures against outside advances. Richard says: “We live in beautiful cages built by us to give the illusion of freedom, which we enter willingly”.

Biography
Richard Price has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 1983.  After completing his B.A in Art and Design in the UK he continued to study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in the Netherlands and as also worked with various masters –Tagliapietra, Chihuly, Signoretto and Copier. Since completing his studies he has excelled in his exhibition work and has demonstrated his Art in the Netherlands, Europe, Africa, Japan and the USA. His work can be found in various public and private collections in Japan, France, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

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Education
2002    Workshop at Pino Signoretto in Centro Studio Vetro on the isleand San Servolo, Venetië, Italië    
1987/91    Assistant of Lino Tagliapietra: at CIRVA, Marseille, France worked for Andries Copier in De Oude Horn, Acquoy
worked for Dale Chihuly and other glass artists in Rhode Island, Corning and Milville, USA
1983/85    Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1980/82    North Staffordshire Polytechnic, BA Hons Art & Design, Stoke on Trent, VK
1979    Hull College of Higher Education, Art & Design foundation course, Hull, VK

Professional Experience
1998 - Present    Worked for European artists and designers at Van Tetterode Glasobjekten, Amsterdam;
Free-lance glass blower for artists in France
1991 - Present    Worked for Richard Meitner and Mieke Groot at General Glass, Amsterdam
1985 - Present    Own studio specialized in lost wax casting en pâte de verre, Amsterdam
2002-2008        Technical management hot glass studio Van Tetterode Glasobjekten, Amsterdam
2007/2008        PUM Nederlandse senior-experts voor Ngwenya Glass, Motshane, Swaziland
1998        Northlands Creative Glass, Masterclass Color and Form, assistant-teacher with Mieke Groot, Schotland    
1996 - 1997        Own Glass blow studio ‘Sunshine Glass’ in Amsterdam
1996    Demonstartions in Leerdam at studio ‘De Houten Hut’ during the international glass manifestation  ‘Het drinkglas’
1995 - 1997        Assistant for Fabio Fornasier, Murano, Italië / Amsterdam
1987 - 1990        Free-lance glass blower at CIRVA Marseille, France

Solo Exhibitions
2009    Glaskunstbeurs, Leerdam
2008        Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk
2007    Galerie ‘Het Gouden Schepel’, Doesburg
    Sociale Verzekeringsbank, Amstelveen
    Richard Price, overzichtstentoonstelling van de meesterglasblazer, Galerie De Aventurijn, Epe
2004    Galerie Kunstlijn 13, Leerdam
    Etienne & Van den Doel Expressive Glass Art, Oisterwijk
    Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam
2003        Gallery ArteModa Leon Salet, Maastricht
2001        Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam
2000    Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam
1999    Kunsthandel Rieve, Haarlem
    Kunsthandel, Rieve, Haarlem
1998    Kunstandel Rieve, Haarlem
    Braggiotti Galerie, Amsterdam
    Glasgalerie Leerdam, Leerdam
1997    De Verbeelding, Baarle-Nassau
    Galerie Carla Koch, Amsterdam
    Galerie Amarna, Maastricht
1995    Museum Jan van der Togt Amstelveen
    Gooijer Fine Art, Doesburg
1994    Braggiotti Galerie, Amsterdam
    Gooijer Fine Art, Doesburg
1993    Galerie Rob van den Doel, Den Haag
    Galerie De Verbeelding, Baarle Nassau
1992    Galerie Beeldspraak, Amsterdam
    Gooijer Fine Art, Doesburg
1991    Braggiotti Galerie, Rotterdam
    Galerie Suzel Berna, Parijs, Frankrijk
1989    Galerie Arti-Choque, Velp
1988    Galerie Arti-Choque, Velp
    Galerie Rob van den Doel, Den Haag

Collections
Museum for Moderne Kunst, Nykøbing Falster, Denemarken
Nationaal Glasmuseum Leerdam
Museum Jan van der Togt Amstelveen
Museum ‘De Spiraal’, Hoogeveen
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), Amsterdam
Coburg Museum of Modern Art, Duitsland
Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld, Duitsland
Gent Sierkunst Museum, Gent, België
Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, Frankrijk
Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denemarken
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan

Awards and Honors
2009        Jaarobject Glaskunstbeurs, Leerdam
1999        Royal Leerdam jaarobject, Leerdam
1995            Genomineerd voor de Bernardine de Neeve prijs ’95
1994            Jaarobject Vereniging van Vrienden van Modern Glas
1992            Genomineerd voor de Bernardine de Neeve prijs ’92
1991            Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Honorary Prize “World Glass Now ‘91”, Sapporo, Japan
1988            Staatspreis des Landes Baden-Würtemberg für Europaïscher
    Kunsthandwerk, Stuttgart, Duitsland

Publications
‘Glaskunstenaar Richard Price Meesterschap in Techniek en Ontwerp’, door W.D. Young & Joanna Rooijackers, fotografie Richard Willebrands, Banking Review, oktober 2006
‘De Glaskunst van Richard Price’ door Joanna Rooijackers en W.D. Young, fotografie Diana Kok en Richard Willebrands, The Art of Living 4-2006
‘Richard Price: The Touch of a Feather’ door Frans Jeursen, fotografie Richard Willebrands, This Side Up! 4/2005
‘Richard Price’, door Bert Woudenberg, Catalogus Bernardine de Neeve prijs 1995, Vereniging van Vrienden van Modern Glas
‘Richard Price, Vanitas-Beelden’, door Liesbeth den Besten, Glas en Keramiek, nummer 5, 1994
‘Richard Price, Vanitas-Beelden’, door Liesbeth den Besten, Glas en Keramiek, nummer 5, 1994

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