Jo Newman CV
Employment
2010 - 2020 |
In 2010 I set up a studio in the refurbished Ruskin Glass centre in Stourbridge. |
2015 |
Teaching assistant for Michael Brennand Wood during the International Festival of glass. |
2012 |
Masterclass at Warm Glass co-teaching with Jaqueline Cooley - ‘Sledge and slump’. |
2010 |
Master class leader - International Festival of Glass, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge. |
2010 |
The Studio, Corning Museum of Glass, New York USA co-teaching on a one week summer school with Jaqueline Cooley. |
2003 - 2010 |
Senior Technician, Glass Department, University of Wolverhampton. |
1996 - 2003 |
Senior Lecturer, Glass Department, University of Wolverhampton. |
1987 - 1996 |
Technician, Fine Art Department, Stourbridge College. |
1985 - 1986 |
Studio assistant, Colin Reid Glass, Stroud, Glos. |
Collaborations
2018 - 2019 |
Lighting collaboration with Mike Grassi, ‘It’s a light Design’. |
Residencies & Master classes
2012 |
Abstraction of Place, Artists residency, Santa Fe & Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. |
2010 |
A particulate Language – Recipient of a bullseye glass scholarship to attend Catharine Newells Master class, Northlands Creative Glass, Caithness. |
Education
1990 - 1992 |
MA Glass, Distinction, University of Wolverhampton. |
1982 - 1985 |
West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham. BA (Hons) Glass. |
1994 - 1996 |
Shrewsbury School of Art, Foundation. |
Exhibitions
2015 |
Demonstrator – Art in Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire. |
2013 |
Coast - twenty twenty, Shropshire. |
2013 |
Made London - One Marylebone, London. |
2013 |
RBSA - Prize open exhibition. |
2013 |
Summer Exhibition – Mitchell Gallery, Warwick. |
2013 |
Beads now - Exhibit A, Corning, USA. |
2013 |
Art Shanghai - China. |
2012 |
Drawn to Craft, Bilston Craft Gallery. |
2012 |
Back to the future, Broadfield House Glass Museum, Stourbridge, inspired by 400 years of glass making. |
2011 |
On the brink, Contemporary Glass – The Belfry Arts Centre, Norfolk. |
2011 |
Craft Sense – Bilston Craft Gallery. |
2010 |
Making Art History – Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton. |
2010 |
Made in Glass - A collaborative project with glass engraver Nancy Sutcliffe, Red House Cone Stourbridge, held during the International Festival of Glass. |
2010 |
e-merge finalist - Bullseye glass, Portland, Oregon. |
2009 |
Heavenly Scent - Glass Art Gallery, London. |
2009 |
Showcase for Designers - The British Consulate, Chicago. |
2009 |
Melting Point - Pyramid Gallery, York. |
2008 |
Same Difference – 171 Cedar Arts, Corning, New York. |
2008 |
Centrepiece - Birmingham Symphony Hall. A collaboration between glass artists and jewellers. |
2009 |
Glass Routes – From Wolverhampton to China - Bilston Craft Gallery. |
2008 |
Transitions - Bilston Craft Gallery touring exhibition. Transitions provided five contemporary craft makers the opportunity in both time. |
2007 |
1000 Glass Miles- Glass Collaborations, Frauenau, Germany. |
1996 |
Venezia Aperto Vetro – International new glass. |
1996 |
Jerwood award for Jewellery - RSA Student Design awards winner. |