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Alison Kinnaird's CV

Techniques used
Copper-wheel engraving
Some cutting
Sandblast
Acid etching
Casting
Materials used
Lead crystal
Optical crystal
Crafts Council listing
Index of Selected Makers
Awards
2004 - Glass Sellers Award
2002 - Creative Scotland Award
2001 - Adrian Sassoon Award
1998 - CC Chelsea First Exhibitors Award
1998 - Inches Carr Crafts Bursary
1997 - MBE for services to art and music
1987 - Glass-Sellers Award
1980 - SDA/CCC Crafts Fellowship
Training
1970-1971 - Edinburgh College of Art
1969 - Workshop training with Harold Gordon
1968-1971 - Edinburgh University M A in Celtic Studies and Archaeology
Teaching
Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland
Corning Glass Studio, Corning NY, USA
Frauenau, Germany
Memberships
2003-2004 - Member of the award panel for Creative Scotland Award
1993-1996 - Scottish Arts Council Crafts Committee
Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers
BBC Broadcasting Council for Scotland
Contemporary Glass Society
Glass Art Society
Scottish Glass Society
Articles
February 2006 - Neues Glas
March 2005 - Scots Magazine
2004/2005 - Guild of Glass Engravers Newsletter
2004/2005 - Dan Klein, Contemporary Glass Society Newsletter
2003 - New Glass Review
2001 - Liz Hoggard, CRAFTS, July/August
1998 - Jennifer Opie, CRAFTS, July/Aug
May 1994 - Jennifer Opie, THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE
1993 - Shortform, CRAFTS, July/August
1992 - Katherine Coleman, The Barbican's 10th Birthday Celebration, THE GLASS ENGRAVER
1989 - NEW GLASS REVIEW
April 1988 - Monica Petzal, The Glass of 88, COSMOPOLITAN
1988 - Illustration, CRAFTS, July/August
1987 - Alison Kinnaird, Engraved Crystal, THE GLASS ENGRAVER
1986 - Brian Blench, Alison Kinnaird at Edinburgh, THE GLASS ENGRAVER
1984 - Brian Blench, A Comment on Humanity, CRAFTWORK
1983 - Alison Kinnaird, Foreword to British Studio Glass Catalogue, COELFRITH GALLERY
1983 - Peter Layton, The Glass Menagerie, CRAFTS, March/April
1981 - News From Scotland, THE GLASS ENGRAVER
1981 - Brian Blench, Engraving on Colour-Cased Crystal, THE GLASS ENGRAVER
1980 - Illustration, CRAFTWORK, March/April
1977 - Mary Gladstone, Of Clocks and Birds, CRAFTWORK
1977 - Panel Games, CRAFTWORK
Books
2003 - Jennifer Hawkins Opie, Contemporary International Glass, V & A Pub.
2002 - Dan Klein, ARTISTS IN GLASS, Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass, Mitchell Beazley
1999 - Marilyn & Tom Goodearl, ENGRAVED GLASS, Antique Collectors Club
1996 - Peter Layton, GLASS ART, Black/Washington
1984 - Brian Blench, CRAFTWORK SCOTLAND, Scottish Development Agency
Selected exhibitions
2006 - British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge
2006 - Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
2006 - Coburg Glaspreis Exhibition
2005 - 21st Century British Glass, London
2004 - Psalmsong, V&A London Museum, London
2004 - Edinburgh Festival, Scottish Gallery
2004 - British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge
2002 - Nine by Nine, Glass Art Gallery, London
2002 - Clearly Inspired, Cork St, London
2002 - Aldeburgh Festival
2002 - Art for Europe, Brussels
2001 - National Trust for Scotland, Hill House, Helensburgh
2001 - Cowdy Gallery, Gloucestershire
2001 - Art Glass Gallery, Santa Fe
2000 - Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2000 - Scottish Glass, Dundee & Edinburgh
1999 - Kaminesky Senov, Czech Republic
1999 - National Glass Centre, Sunderland
1999 - City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
1998 - Contemporary Applied Arts, London
1997 - Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews
1997 - Peebles Arts Festival, Peebles
1997 - Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 - British Glass, Prague
1996 - Contemporary Arts Centre, Utrecht
1995 - Glass, Cecilia Coleman Gallery, London
1993 - Guild of Glass Engravers National Exhibition, Walford Mill, Wimborne
1992 - Group Exhibition, Gallery Downstairs, Burnley
1991 - Light Forms, Syon House, London, organised by Guild of Glass Engravers
1991 - Human Interest, Gainsborough House, Sudbury
1991 - European Glass Exhibition, European Centre for Traditional & Regional Cultures, Llangollen
1990 - European Glass Exhibition, European Centre for Traditional & Regional Cultures, Llangollen
1990 - Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London
1988 - Solo exhibition, Coleridge, London (solo)
1987 - Group exhibition, Galerie de Vier Linden, Asperen, The Netherlands
1986 - Group exhibition, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh
1986 - Crafts Exhibition, The Minories, Colchester
1986 - British Artists in Glass, Libertys, London
1985 - Scottish Crafts Collection, organised by Scottish Development Agency (tour)
1984 - Guild of Glass Engravers Annual Exhibition, Leighton House, London
1984 - British Artists in Glass, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
1984 - Group exhibition, Habatat Gallery, Detroit, USA
1983 - Timepieces, Rufford Crafts Centre, Newark
1983 - British Studio Glass, Ceolfrith Gallery, Sunderland (catalogue, tour)
1981 - Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
1980 - Engraved Crystal by Alison Kinnaird, Corran Hall, Oban
1979 - The Bowl, British Crafts Centre, London, organised by World Crafts Council
1979 - Engraved Crystal by Alison Kinnaird, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
1979 - Contemporary Scottish Glass, St Enoch Exhibition Centre, Glasgow
1977 - Engraved Crystal by Alison Kinnaird, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
1977 - Salzburg Festival, Art Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
1976 - Guild of Glass Engravers, Glaziers Hall, London
1975 - Contemporary Scottish Artists, Exhibitions Centre, Edinburgh
Selected commissions
2006 - Butterfly Panels, Marchmont St Giles Church, Edinburgh
2003 - Portrait for National Portrait Gallery of Scotland
2003 - Window, Dornoch Cathedral
2002 - Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh
2001 - Merchant Company of Edinburgh
2000 - Millenium Commission, Broadfield House Glass Museum
1998 - Alumnus of the Year Award, commissioned by Edinburgh University
1997 - Gift for Sir Charles Mackerras, commissioned by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
1995 - Bookends, commissioned by Royal Bank of Scotland
1993 - British Film Institute Awards
1992 - Door panels, commissioned by Lord Bute of Mount Stuart
1991 - Alumnus of the Year Award, commissioned by Edinburgh University
1990 - Gift for his Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince of Japan, commissioned by Royal Bank of Scotland
1990 - Gift for HM The Queen Mother, commissioned by Royal College of Physicians
1989 - Screen of 10 panels, commissioned by Lord Bute of Mount Stuart
1985 - Retirement gift for Lord Bute, commissioned by Scottish National Trust 1985 25th anniversary
1985 - SDA/RIAS Architects Awards
1983 - Duke of Edinburgh Design Award, commissioned by Alan Doe of Westland Helicopters
1983 - Times Crossword trophy, commissioned by Times/Collins dictionaries
1983 - Mr Speaker Sir trophy, commissioned by BBC
1982 - Superscot trophy, commissioned by the BBC
1980 - Engraved crystal chunk presented to HM The Queen Mother, commissioned by The Black Watch regiment
1980 - Wedding bowl for HRH The Prince of Wales, commissioned by The Scotsman newspaper
1980 - Engraved Chunk, commissioned by the BBC
1980 - Engraved crystal cross for St Nicholas Church, Dalkeith
1979 - The Wealth of Nations presented to the Institute of Bankers in England, commissioned by Institute of Bankers in Scotland
1978 - Decanter presented to HRH The Prince of Wales, commissioned by Glasgow Museum
1976 - Goblet presented to HM The Queen Mother, commissioned by Stockbridge House
Collections
2005 - Psalmsong, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
2005 - Streetwise I, Tutsek Foundation, Munich
2004 - Streetwise II, Dundee Museum & Art Gallery
2003 - Roy Dennis, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 - Evolve, Broadfield House Glass Museum
2001 - White Lies, Crafts Council Collection
2001 - Eclipse, Cowdy Gallery
2000 - Narrow Sampler, Dundee Art Gallery, Dundee
1995 - Triptych, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1989 - Man into Seal, Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
1988 - Ring of Crystal, Ring of Stone, Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
1987 - Disc - Leap, Ulster Museum, Belfast 1986 Doors on the Past, Royal Museum of Scotland
1986 - Disc - She is Summer, Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
1985 - Bowl - Earth Mother, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
1980 - Doors - engraved block, Scottish Development Agency - Scottish Crafts Collection, Edinburgh