Karl Harron
Karl Harron is a respected and successful glass artist based in Northern Ireland, producing unique designs and exclusive limited series for a growing number of local and international collectors.
With an emphasis on design-led, innovative work, his distinctive style is characterised by subtle tones and complex mark-making and the aesthetic outcomes created at the interface between reactive glasses.
Based upon a creative vision demonstrating profound appreciation of processes and critical enquiry, Harron has facilitated international masterclasses, established a glass studio, The Glass Studio Ireland, and authored accredited glass courses. His work is held in private and public collections throughout the world.
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Professional Experience
2011 ‘`Dubh – dialogues in black’, The American Irish Historical Society, New York
2011 ‘The Art of Irish Glass’, The Kenny Gallery, Galway
2011 ‘MATERIALpoetry’, Galway Arts Festival, Galway
2011 Irish Craft Portfolio, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
2011 ‘Collect’, Saatchi Gallery, London
2011 Irish Craft Portfolio, The National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
2011 ‘MATERIALpoetry’, The Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City
2010 RDS National Crafts Exhibition, Dublin
2010 Irish Craft Portfolio, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
2010 National Museum of Ireland, Castlebar
2010 RUA annual exhibition, The Ulster Museum
2010 ‘MATERIALpoetry’, The American Irish Historical Society
2010 ‘C3 – Collecting Contemporary Craft’, Ulster Museum
2010 RDSNational Crafts Exhibition, Dublin
2010 ‘Just for US’ SpaceCRAFT Belfast
2010 ‘Three Centuries of Glass’, Fieldings Auctioneers Ltd Stourbridge
2010 ‘Take Thirty’, Broadfield House Glass Museum
2010 Portfolio Selected Exhibition National Craft Gallery Kilkenny
2010 ‘INSPIRED BY…’, Annual Exhibition Craft and Design Collective
2010 Vanha Paukku Lapua Finland
2009 The Naughton Gallery, Queens University Belfast
2009 The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition, Belfast
2009 ‘Designers and Makers 2009’, F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio Banbridge
2009 RDS National Crafts Exhibition, Dublin
2009 Bonhams first sale of Contemporary Glass during ‘Collect 2009’
2009 ‘Reaction and Interaction’, Craft NI, Belfast
2008 William Zimmer Gallery, SOFA Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago
2008 National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
2008 RDS National Crafts Exhibition, Dublin
2008 British Glass Biennale Exhibition, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge
2008 William Zimmer Gallery SOFA Exposition, 7th Regiment Armory New York
2008 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
2008 ‘Side by Side’ Exhibition, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
2007 Habitat Gallery 25th International Glass Invitational, Florida,
2007 ‘Forty Shades of Green’ Gallery Charleston, South Carolina
2007 Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago
2007 Silken Glass, Sunburst Gallery, Town Hall Newtownards
2007 Millennium Court Arts Centre (MCAC) Portadown
2007 Ormeau Baths Gallery (OBG) Belfast
2007 SpaceCRAFT County Down Crafts Belfast
2007 Smithsonian Institute Washington DC
2007 ‘SEOMRA’ at The National Crafts Gallery Kilkenny
2007 ‘Light in the North’, St. Fergus Gallery Caithness Scotland
2007 Galerie Embargo Paris
2007 SEMA Gallery Avenue Daumesinal Paris
2007 National Museum Edinburgh Scotland
2011 The Ulster Museum (permanent collection), Belfast
2010 Giselle & Ben Huberman (private collection) Washington DC.
2010 Jerry & Gwen Paulson, London (private collection)
2010 Lapuan Taidemuseo Museum of Art Finland.
2009 The Brian Clarke Collection, London (private collection)
2009 The Collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2009 Dan Klein & Alan J. Poole, London (private collection)
2009 National Museum of Ireland permanent collection (decorative arts)
2008 National Museum of Ireland permanent collection (decorative arts)
2008 Broadfield House Glass Museum, Stourbridge, England
2008 The Geraldine Barrett Collection, USA
2008 National Collections: Joint Purchase Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin and Crafts Council of Ireland
2007 Bullseye Glass Company, Corporate Collection Acquisition, USA
2006 Embassies Collections, Irish Consulate, Belfast
2004 Permanent Collection, North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland
2008 First Prize Recognition of Excellence Category Glass and Dublin Art Glass Award, Royal Dublin Society at the National Craft Competition
2005 Creativity Awards – Arts & Business, Northern Ireland
2004 1st Prize in Recognition of Excellence in Category Glass, Royal Dublin Society at the National Craft Competition
2011 COLLECT 2011, The Contemporary Glass Society Quarterly Review
2011 ‘House and Home’, Ireland
2011 Perspective Magazine, The Royal Society of Ulster Architects
2011 Crafts Magazine, The Crafts Council
2011 Irish Craft Portfolio 2011 Crafts Council of Ireland
2010 Contemporary Fused Glass, Brad Walker
2010 Irish Craft Portfolio 2010 Crafts Council of Ireland
2010 DECOR Magazine, Oslo Norway
2010 NI Homes & Lifestyle magazine
2009 The Great Indoors Magazine, Edition 1, Vol. 1
2009 25th Anniversary Edition of the Irish Arts Review
2009 Modern and Contemporary Glass, Bonhams London UK
2009 American Style Magazine, USA
2009 Irish Arts Review Design Portfolio
2008 Irish Arts Review, Irish Craft Supplement
2008 ‘Ireland: In Pursuit of Craft’, American Craft Magazine
2008 Portfolio, Crafts Council of Ireland
2007 Ulster Tatler
2007 Irish Arts Review, Irish Craft Supplement
2007 BBC Homes & Antiques Magazine
2007 Irish Arts Review, Fine Craft Ireland
2007 Smithsonian Associate Magazine, Front Cover, USA
2006 Ulster Tatler Interiors
2006 Circa Magazine, Ireland
2006 Portfolio CD-Rom Crafts Council of Ireland
2005 Irish Homes and Gardens Northern Lights
2004 Perspective Magazine, Royal Society of Ulster Architect
2004 Homes Interiors and Living Magazine, Ireland
Contact Details
11 Ballyblack Road
Loughries
Newtownards
BT22 2AP
