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DAVID TRAUB, 21 Kings Ave Whanganui 5001 New Zealand.
Telephone 06 345 7123 Cell: 021 113 7970, e-mail: david.traub5@gmail.com.

BIOGRAPHY & EDUCATION
1949 Born 2nd May, Rockville Center, New York, U.S.A.
1972 B.Sc. Art and Photography, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, USA.
1976 Workshop - Dick Ritter; Helena, Montana, USA.
1977 Workshop - Marvin Lipofsky; San Antonio, Texas, USA.
1980 Workshop - Bertil Vallien and Joel Myers; Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington, USA.
1984 Royal College of Art, London, England. One year non-degree course.
1989 Master of Philosophy, Stourbridge College of Technology & Art, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. Thesis title: 'Moulds and Mould Systems with Particular Reference to Studio Glass Blowers'.
1998 Granted New Zealand Citizenship.
   
PUBLICATIONS
2010 ‘New Zealand Glass Art’. New Zealand: Bateman.
2010 Craft Arts International, ‘Looking Glass. Reflecting Ideas.’ Review by Karl Chitham pp. 86-88.
2009 'Looking Glass' Exhibition Catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
2004 Judith Miller. Twentieth Century Glass. UK: DK Publishers.
2000 Craft Arts International, ‘Australia/New Zealand Art Glass Compatibility’.
1999 David Traub. ‘New Glass-New Zealand’. Essay in ‘Glass Reflections. Glass in Art and Architecture’. Wellington: Friends of Te Papa, pp. 8-12.
1996 David Traub. ‘Joel Philip Myers.’ Catalogue essay for touring exhibition initiated and toured by the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
1988 'New Glass 9', Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.
1986 'New Glass 7', Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.
   
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
  Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.
  Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
  Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand.
   
AWARDS
  Merit Award: Wanganui Arts Review 2011, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  Winner: Cavalier Bremworth New Zealand Art of Glass Award 2008, Auckland.
  Merit Award: Norsewear Art Awards 1999, Waipukerau.
  Winner: Wanganui Arts Review 1996, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  Mid Art Annual Open Exhibition 1994, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, England.
   
TEACHING, CONSULTANCY and CURATION
2006- present Private studio practice, The Glass Factory NZ, Whanganui.
1995- 2006 Head of Glass Program and Senior Lecturer, Whanganui UCOL, Whanganui.
1999 Invited Speaker, Ausglass Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
  ‘Contrasts in Formal Education’
  Invited Speaker, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference.
1991-1995 Senior lecturer at School of Design and Ceramics, Glass Area, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
1993 Freelance Consultant for Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
  Freelance Consultant for British Crafts Council.
1990- 1994 Visiting lecturer at Twentieth Century Decorative Arts Course,
  Sotheby's Educational Services, London.
1989-1991 Chairperson of British Artists in Glass.
1989 Coordinator of 'Arte em Vidro, Suecia'; an exhibition of studio glass from Sweden at the Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1989-1990 Visiting lecturer at Glass and Ceramics Department, Leicester and Lancashire Polytechnics.
1988 Curator of 'Arte em Vidro, Japao'; an exhibition of studio glass from Japan at the Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1987-1989 Co-curator and organizer of studio glass exhibitions for Pilkington's 'Glass Age' Store, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
1986 Curator of 'Arte em Vidro'; an exhibition of studio glass from Great Britain at the Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1986-1990 Part-time tutor at Glass Department, North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
1980 Teaching Assistant to Joel Myers, Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington.
1977-1978 Workshop Instructor, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio,Texas.
1973-1984 Resident glassblower at Edom Craft Community, Edom, Texas.
1973 Assistant director and Ceramics Instructor at Creative Craft Alliance, Shreveport, Louisana.
   
EXHIBITIONS
2012 'Form vs. Function', one man exhibition, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.
2011 Wanganui Arts Review, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  'Sideways Here We Come', group exhibition, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui.
2010 'The Secret Life of Sand', one man exhibition, Zea You Gallery, Taupo.
  'The Tea Ceremony', invitation exhibition, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.
2009 ‘Chromophilia’, 2 person exhibition, WH Milbank Gallery, Whanganui.
  'Looking Glass', travelling group exhibition, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
2008 Cavalier Bremworth New Zealand Art of Glass Award, Auckland.
  Finalist in ‘Molly Morpeth Canaday Glass Awards’ Whakatane.
  Wanganui Arts Review, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  ‘Illusions’, one man exhibition, Zea You Gallery, Taupo.
  ‘Cutting Edge: Wanganui Glass’, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings.
  ‘Survey Exhibition: Wanganui Glass’, COCA, Christchurch.
2007 ‘Wanganui Glass, Group exhibition, Form Gallery, Christchurch.
2006 ‘Red’, EA Gallery, Auckland.
  ‘Glassy Diversions’, 2 man exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Wellington.
  ‘The Dinner Party’ Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.
  ‘Wanganui Exposed’ Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford.
  ‘Wanganui Artists Showcase Exhibition’, Te Papa, Wellington.
2005 ‘The Nature of Colour’, one man exhibition, Pataka Blue Pacific Gallery, Porirua.
  Norsewear Art Awards, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Napier.
  ‘New Zealand Glass’, Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
  ‘Beyond Bombay’, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland.
2004 ‘Mapping Colour’, one man exhibition, Zea You Gallery, Taupo.
  ‘Light’, Group exhibition, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland.
  ‘Southern Exposure’ Ebeltoft Glass Museum Denmark.
  Wanganui Arts Review 2004, The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  Members exhibition, NZSAG conference, Whanganui.
  ‘Translucence’, Group exhibition, Lake Taupo Museum and Art Gallery.
2003 ‘Sculpture on a Plinth’. Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.
  ‘Southern Exposure’ Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  ‘Winter Collection’ Group exhibition, Cowdy Glass Gallery, England.
  ‘Voice of Light’, One man exhibition at Madhouse Gallery, Rotorua.
  ‘Lava’, Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.
  ‘Reflections’, Mairangi Arts Centre, Mairangi Bay, Auckland.
  ‘New Zealand Glass’, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland.
  ‘Frozen Colour’, One man exhibition, Arts Post, Hamilton.
  Norsewear Art Award, Napier.
  ‘Wanganui Glass’, Form Gallery, Christchurch.
2002 ‘Beneath the Surface’, Taupo Arts Festival, Taupo.
  ‘Members Exhibition’, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference, Whanganui.
  ‘From Form to Fine: An exhibition of glass objects’, Headley-Whitney Museum,Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
  Wanganui Arts Review 2002, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  ‘Between Shadow and Surface’, One man exhibition, Art Asylum, Auckland.
  Ranamok Contemporary Glass Prize, Traveling exhibition in Australia and America.
2001 Transitions’. One man exhibition at Madhouse Gallery Rotorua.
  ‘Navigation’, One man exhibition at the Quay School Gallery, Whanganui.
  ‘Translucence’, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island.
  Wanganui Arts Review 2001, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  Ausglass Members Juried Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  ‘Transitions’. Group exhibition, Pataka Gallery, Porirua.
2000 ‘The Material World’, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnatti, USA.
  ‘The Glass Exhibition’, TE WA Gallery, Whanganui .
  ‘EMERGE (NCE)’ Tamarillo Gallery, Wellington.
  ‘Immigrants’ TE WA Gallery, Whanganui.
  Norsewear Art Awards, Waipukerau.
  ‘New Zealand Glass 2000’, Masterworks, Auckland.
  ‘Members Exhibition’, New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass Conference, Whanganui.
1999 ‘6 People, 4 Countries, 1 Material’, Taylor Jensen Fine Art, Palmerston North.
  Ausglass Members Juried Exhibition, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
  Norsewear Art Awards, Merit Award, Waipukerau.
1998 ‘New New Zealand Glass’, Glass Artist Gallery, Sydney.
  ‘Alchemy’, Quay Gallery, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui.
  ‘Working Glass Hero’s’, Taylor Jensen Fine Art, Palmerston North.
  'The Collectors Choice Exhibition', Glass Artist Gallery, Sydney.
  SOFA, Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, Park Avenue
  Armory, New York USA.
  Wanganui Arts Review 1998, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
1997 Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin.
  'RFC Glass Prize', Sydney, Australia – travelling exhibition to Melbourne, Perth, Denver (Colorado), Brisbane.
  Norsewear Exhibition, Waipukurau.
  'Out of Fire', Auckland.
1996 Wanganui Arts Review 1996, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
  Art XPO, Auckland.
1995 The Glass National, Compendium Gallery, Auckland.
  Wanganui Arts Review, The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui.
1994 '1 and 100', Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany.
  One Man Exhibition', Zona D, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  Mid Art Annual Open Exhibition, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery,
  West Midlands, England. 'The Chair's Chair' - Distinction Award.
1993 British Artists in Glass Exhibition, Trelissick Gallery, Cornwall, England.
  ‘SI02’, Group Exhibition, The Italian Institute, London, England.
1992 'A Gather of Glass', Mid Pennine Arts Exhibition, Burnley, England.
  Third Annual Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London.
1991 'One Man Exhibition', Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany.
  'Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk '91', Museum fur Kunst und Gwerbe, Hamburg, Germany.
  'British Glass', Galleri Glas I, Stockholm, Sweden.
  Second Annual Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London.
  'Tactile Treasures II', Jeanette Hayhurst Gallery, London.
  'West Midlands Crafts Open' - travelling exhibition to seven museums in England; opened at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
1990 The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '90, Kanazawa, Japan.
  'British Glass', Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Birkenhead, England.
  Festival of Contemporary Glass, Opus #1, London.
  1989 'One Man Exhibition', Kunstgalerie, Munich, Germany.
1988 'Kleinskulpturen und Paperweights',First Glas Galerie, Munich, Germany.
  'Stourbridge Exhibition', Galerie L.,Hamburg, Germany.
  Group Exhibition, Studio Glass Gallery of Britain, Montclair, New Jersey.
1987 'Glass Decade', Pilkington Glass Museum, St Helens,Merseyside, England.
  'The Stourbridge Glass School', City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England.
1986 'Arte em Vidro', Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  'British Artists in Glass' Exhibition, Liberty's of London.
  ‘New Work’, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England.
1985 British Glass, Galerie de Beerenburght, Eck-en-Wiel, The Netherlands.
  British Glass, Galerie Nanke de Vreeze, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1981 Texas Glass Artists Association Group Exhibition, Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, Texas, U.S.A.
1980 'Edom - New Work', Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, Texas, U.S.A.
  T.G.A.A. Group Exhibition, Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
1979 'David Traub: Glassworks', The Art Center, Waco, Texas, U.S.A.
  'David Traub: Glassworks', Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.A.
  'Edom Works', Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, U.S.A.