Lewis Batchelar
Email: [email protected]
Education
2012
Diploma in Glass Design and Production, UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
2011
Certificate in Glass Design and Production, UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
Awards
2019
Finalist Tom Malone Prize
2018
Finalist FUSE Glass Prize, Emerging Category
2017
Finalist Young Glass International Glass Prize
2016
Finalist FUSE Glass Prize, Emerging Category
2013
Wanganui Sargeant Art Review: Flying Fox Merit Award
2012
Ann Robinson Glass Award
Professional Experience
Professional Mentor, New Zealand Glassworks Internship Program, Whanganui, New Zealand, 2024
Production Manager, JamFactory Craft + Design, Adelaide, South Australia, 2023-2024
Artist In Residence, AiR Canberra Glassworks, Canberra Australia, 2019
Teaching Assistant, Benjamin Cobb + Nadege Desgenetez, Dissolving Boundaries, Plichuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA, 2019
Instructor, Foundations in Glass + Colour, JamFactory Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia, 2018
Instructor, Colouring in the Fundamentals, Session 3, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA, 2018
Glass Design Associate, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia, 2015 - 2016
Special Training
2021
Benjamin Edols (AUS) Hot glass workshop, traditional cane techniques, Adelaide, Australia
2017
Pablo Soto (USA) Hot glass workshop, Adelaide, Australia
2016
Jen Elek (USA) Fundamentals for the artist working in glass, Adelaide, Australia
Nadege Desgenetez (AUS) Colour and form, Adelaide, Australia
2015
Martin Janecky (CZE) Hot sculpting, Adelaide, Australia
Andrew Baldwin (AUS) Goblet workshop, Adelaide, Australia
Tobias Mohl (DEN) Hot glass workshop, Adelaide, Australia
2014
Ethan Stern (USA) Hot glass workshop, cold working workshop, Whanganui, New Zealand
2013
Tyler Rock and Julia Reimer (CAN) Hot glass workshop, Whanganui, New Zealand
2012
Clare Belfrage (AUS) Hot glass workshop, cane drawing techniques, Whanganui, New Zealand
2011
Nick Mount (AUS) Hot glass workshop, cane and murrine design, Whanganui, New Zealand
2009
Josh Simpson (USA) Hot glass workshop, cane design and application, Whanganui, New Zealand
Luke Jacomb (NZ) Hot glass, Venetian glass techniques, Whanganui, New Zealand
Exhibitions
2024
Threads, Space Studio & Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
2023
Lewis Batchelar, Refract, Solo Show, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
Art Glass 23, Whanganui, New Zealand
2019
Finalist Tom Malone Exhibition, Perth, Australia
2018
Finalist FUSE Glass Prize, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
Keeping it Glassy, Yo.Dan Studio Gallery, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia
2017
Finalist Young Glass, Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Benchmark, Fisher Jeffries, Adelaide, Australia
Still Time, Harcourts Wine Coast, Mclaren Vale, SA, Australia
2016
Generate, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
Finalist FUSE Glass Prize, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia
2014
Whanganui Sargeant Art Review, Whanganui Sargeant Art Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
2013
Snapshot, New Zealand Glass Art Review, Whanganui Isite, Whanganui, New Zealand
Whanganui Sargeant Art Review, Whanganui Sargeant Art Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand
Taupo Museum Exhibition, Taupo, New Zealand
2012
Vernissage, Diploma Graduate Exhibition, UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
Generate, NZSAG, Community Arts Centre, Whanganui, New Zealand
2011
Hot Property, a showcase of Whanganui artists in glass, Taylor Jenson Fine Arts Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Whanganui Festival of Glass, Whanganui, New Zealand
2010
Wellington Parliamentary Exhibition, Parliament Building, Wellington, New Zealand
Re-fraction, Hamilton Sculpture Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Erupt Festival, Lava Glass Studio, Taupo, New Zealand
Whanganui Festival of Glass, Whanganui, New Zealand
2009
Whanganui Festival of Glass, Whanganui, New Zealand
