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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government
through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory
body. The project has also been funded by ACT Government.

Toyama Glass Art Museum is pleased to announce Rea’s upcoming exhibition

Kirstie Rea: The Breadth of Stillness, the Australian artist’s first solo exhibition in Japan.

What remains, 2019. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.

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Overview
Kirstie Rea: The Breadth of Stillness
2022.3.12 sat – 6.26 sunToyama Glass Art Museum, Floors 2 and 3, Exhibition Rooms 1-3
Opening hours: Sun–Thu 9:30–18:00 (admission until 17:30),
Fri–Sat 9:30–20:00 (admission until 19:30)
Closed: First and third Wednesdays (except May 4 and June 1), May 11, June 8
Organised by Toyama Glass Art MuseumFunded by Australia Council for the Arts, ACT Government
Officially supported by Australian Embassy Tokyo, Japan-Australia-New Zealand Association ofToyama, THE KITANIPPON SHIMBUN, THE TOYAMA SHIMBUN, Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.,TULIP-TV INC., TOYAMA TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO., LTD.
Admission
General Public: 1,200 yen (1,000 yen)○（ ）for groups of 20 or more

University and College Students: 1,000 yen (800 yen)○High school students and younger: Free

○Tickets for Kirstie Rea

include admission to Permanent Exhibition.
○Advance Ticket（General Public: 1,000 yen）
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About the exhibition
Walking towards stillness involves shedding layers, shedding the everyday, shedding expectations.
I walk to a place of stillness, to unknown possibilities and fresh ways of seeing. – Kirstie Rea

Australian artist Kirstie Rea walks in the hills and natural parks around her hometown Canberra toexplore a sense of ‘connecting with place’ that can often be tenuous in contemporary culture. She
expresses her experience and awareness in glass sculptures and installations. The Folded series that
depicts feelings of nature in softly curved glass and the Rake series that represents traces carved on
the land by farming, carry her respect for and attachment to place, as well as her deep care for thereciprocal relationship of humans and the environment.
For Rea, experiencing the memory of place through her art is an attempt to reflect on her own ‘place’and sense of unity with the landscape that embraces her being. This exhibition, her largest ever andfirst solo show in Japan, traces the breadth of stillness she has walked by presenting recent works
along with works from nearly 40 years of her creation and thought.

Kirstie Rea

１．Kirstie Rea, DESIGN Canberra 2020
designer-in-residence. Photo: Lean Timms.

1955

Born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

1986

Graduated from Canberra School of Art (now, Australian National University School of Art＆ Design), Glass Workshop (Bachelor of Arts (Visual.)), Canberra (ACT).

2019

Winner, Klaus Moje Glass Award

Currently

Independent studio artist, Canberra (ACT).

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Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the UK
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Aarhus, Denmark
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, the USA.

Solo Exhibitions
2000

Places, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland (OR), the USA.

2013

Of Nurture, Nature and Need, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga (NSW).
Under My Skin, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra (ACT).

2017

Kirstie Rea – The Land: A Twenty Year Survey, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra(ACT).

2018

Tending Light Fields - A Twenty Year Survey, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina(NSW).

2019

Still – Like Water, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney (NSW).

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Works by Kirstie Rea

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２．Still presence IV, 2019. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.
３．We always swam – river, lake, pool, 2013. Collection of the artist.
Photo: David Paterson.
４．Tie, 2001. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.
５．Waiting for rain, 2017. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.
６．Untitled, 1998. Collection of Ann Cleary and Peter King, Canberra.
Photo: David Paterson.
７．On the outside of inside I, 2008. Collection of the artist.
Photo: David Paterson.
８．Channel II, 2013. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.
９．What remains, 2019. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.
10．Knowing, 2016. Collection of the artist. Photo: David Paterson.
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About the museum

11．Toyama Glass Art Museum Exterior

12．Toyama Glass Art Museum InteriorWith the grand vision of creating a ‘Glass Art City, Toyama’ Toyama Glass Art Museum opened inAugust 2015.
Toyama Glass Art Museum was built in TOYAMA KIRARI, a composite facility, which is also occupiedby the Toyama City Public Library Main Building. As the Art Museum is located in the city centre ofToyama City, it not only serves as a hub of art and culture, but it also plays a role of generating new
attraction for the city centre.

Kengo Kuma, a world- renowned architect, designed this building. The Exterior of the building
resembles the ever-changing Mt.Tateyama, and was built with a combinationof different

materials, such as granite, glass, and aluminum. The interior, on the other hand, makes full use oflouvers that use materials from Toyama Prefecture to create an atmosphere of warmth and openness.

The museum holds Permanent Exhibitions, such as the Collection Exhibition showcasing thecontemporary glass artwork collected by Toyama City. In the murals of the display rooms and thelibrary, there is the ‘Glass Art Passage’ that displays artwork from artists associated with Toyama.
On the 6th floor, there is the ‘Glass Art Garden’ that displays installations by the studio of the great
master of con- temporary glass artwork, Dale Chihuly. In this museum, a variety of art styles are
introduced with a focus on contemporary glass artwork after the 1950s.

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