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born 1952, Ada, Yugoslavia
lives in Collaroy, NSW
Emma Varga is an internationally acclaimed artist, who has been living and working in Australia for more than 10 years. She graduated in 1975, from the Department of Ceramics and Glass at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. That same year she became member of the Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia, bearing the status of an independent artist. Over the next couple of years she collaborated with glass industries of Paracin and Pancevo, as well as with Sebastian gallery in Belgrade and Dubrovnik.
During the last decade, in Australia, she mastered a special technique of glass shaping, which uses thousands of splinters of glass, forming a kind of mosaic, to create three-dimensional sculptures of cast and polished glass. Her artworks bear the signature of bright colours of the sky and the ocean, of the burning horizon of the sunset - the first impressions that marked Emma's arrival in Australia.
selected exhibitions
2007
- SOFA 2007, represented by Compendium Gallery, NZ, Chicago, USA
- One Fine Day, solo exhibition, Hodgel Gallery, SARASOTA, FL, USA
- The Story About Red, solo exhibition, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA
- The International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa 2007, Japan
- Art London, represented by Glass Artist's Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, UK
- Lava Red, Grass Green, Ocean Blue, solo exhibition, Compendium Gallery, Auckland, NZ
- Here They Came, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
- Contemporary Glass - Inaugural exhibition of Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA
- Encore, Glass Artist's Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- Masters 2007, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006
- Objects, solo exhibition, Marjan Lovšin Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Ranamok Finalists 2006, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT
- 10 Years in Australia, solo exhibition, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
- Dreamtime Down Under, retrospective solo exhibition, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia
2005
- Import Export Global, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
- Ranamok Finalists 2005, Craft ACT, Canberra, ACT
- Glass Down Under, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, USA
- Australian Glass, Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore
- Southern Lights, Ausglass Member's Show, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide, SA
- Toward the Inner, Raglan Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- Mind Maps, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
- Material Instincts, Ausglass Member's Show, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, NSW
- 1st Triennial of Silicate Arts, Museion, Kecskemet, Hungary
- Coast Lines, 1000ºC Gallery Avalon, Sydney, NSW
teaching and workshops
2007
- Guest teacher, Glass Furnace, Turkey
- Guest teacher, Masterclass, Exemplar Glass, UK
- Lecture & presentation, Sydney College of Art, Sydney, NSW
2006
- Lectures & presentations, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Serbia
- Lectures & presentations, Marjan Lovšin Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005
- Guest teacher, Zagreb, Croatia
- Guest teacher, introducing 'Aquarelle' technique Creative Glass, London, UK
- Lectures and presentations, Singapore Art Festival, Singapore
- Lectures and presentations, Museum of Applied Art & University of Art, Belgrade, Serbia
2004
- Guest teacher, Creative Glass, Zürich, CH, and Budapest, HU
selected retail current
- Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
- Compendium Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- Gaffer Studio Glass, Hong Kong
- Gallery of the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade, Serbia
- Marjan Lovsin Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Object Galleries, Sydney, NSW
- Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW
collections
- Arrango Design Foundation, Miami, USA
- Australian Art Trust, Melbourne, VIC
- Glassgallerie Immenhausen, Germany
- Glassmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
- Interglass Symposium Collection, Czech Republic
- Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Collection, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA
- Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga, NSW
- Numerous private collections in Australia, Europe, USA, Asia and Afrika
Vibrabt red
2007
glass
courtesy the artist
Red sky burning
2007
glass
courtesy the artist
One fine day
2007
glass
courtesy the artist
Vibrant blue
2007
glass
courtesy the artist