Arnie Gautsch
Education
1968 - 1972
Graduated at the State Glass Art School in Austria, with diplomas in
glass-carving ,
leadlight and mirror
engraving. Educated also in all techniques of drawing and design,
art history and glass
technology .
1987 - 1994
Various training - courses at the Art School in Lucerne, Switzerland in
drawing,
design and metalwork
Awards
1999 Tweed
Valley Arts Council Award
1998 First
prize at ‘Southern Cross Art Festiva’l
in Ballina (Miniatures)
2001 First
prize ‘Southern Cross Art Festival’ in
Ballina (Glass Art)
2007 First
prize at ‘Tea Tree Art Festival’ Cooraki
(Sculptures)
Exhibitions
1984 - 1996 Various exhibitions in Switzerland, e.g.
Zurich, Bern, Basel and Lucerne.
1998 - 2007 Roxy Gallery, Kyogle NSW ( solo
exhibition ) - Inverell Art Gallery NSW
-
Bare Bones Gallery, Bangalow NSW
- Tweed River Gallery,
Murwillumbah NSW
Southern Cross
Art Festival, Ballina NSW - Art Gallery Stanthorpe QLD -
School of Arts, Nimbin
NSW - International Sculpture Show ,
Gold Coast QLD
East Coast
Sculpture Show , Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW -
Exhibition of Excellence,
Grafton NSW - Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise QLD
Cooraki NSW –
Tea Tree Art Festival
Work
History
1972 - 1982
Created glass works at "Aux
Art du Feu" Lucerne,
one of the
leading crystal glass companies in Switzerland
1983 - 1996
Formed "Atelier
Gautsch" in Hitzkirch (Lucerne-Switzerland) with wife Trudy
and supplied the heritage
galleries in Switzerland with engraved glass art works.
1997
- today Arnie
& Trudy are creating various artworks and supplying local and
interstate
galleries with works from their studio "glass
art aspects"
2003 Opened
our own gallery at 104 Woodlark
Street in Lismore NSW 2480 ,
displaying our glass and art works from
over 40 other artists
2004 Part
time Art teacher at TAFE Murwillumbah (Engraving & Sandblasting)
Australia
1997 Migrated
from Switzerland to Cawongla NSW,
acquired
permanent residency in 1996, and the Citizenship in 2000.
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