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Klaus Moje

BORN
Hamburg, Germany, 1936
RESIDES
Wapengo, New South Wales, Australia
EDUCATION/TRAINING

• 1959: Master’s certificate, Glass Schools Rheinbach and Hadamar (1957–59)
• 1955: Journeyman’s certificate, training as glass cutter and grinder,Hamburg (1952–55)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2007: Artist in residence, Canberra Glassworks
Artist in residence, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon
• 2006: Lecture and demonstration, Glass Art Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia
• 2005: Master workshop, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland
Lecture, BECon conference, Portland, Oregon
• 2003: Artist in residence, Nagoya University of Arts, Japan
• 2001: Demonstration and lecture, Hsinchu Municipal Glass Museum, Taiwan
Lecture, Grand Crystal Museum, Taipei
Lecture and workshop, Nagoya University of Arts, Japan
• 2000: Demonstration of Niijima Roll-ups, Glass Art Society Conference, New York
Artist in residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
Lecture and workshop, Freie Akademie der Künste, Munich and Zwiesel; Staatliche Glasfachschule, Zwiesel, Germany
• 1999: First showing of Niijima Roll-ups in New York
Member, Art Advisory Committee, Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra (1997–99)
• 1998: Demonstration and lecture, Glass Art Society Conference, Seto, Japan
Continuation of Niijimas with gaffer Scott Chaseling
• 1997: Artist in residence (first rolled hot-worked forms: "Niijimas"), Niijima, Japan
• 1993: International Advisory Committee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Executive member, Ausglass, Australia (1992–93)
• 1990: International Advisory Committee, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark
• 1989: Exhibition coordinator, "Kilnformed Glass From Australia," touring exhibition, United States
• 1988: Convenor of "International Master Workshop In Kilnforming Glass Techniques," Canberra
• 1979: Guest lecturer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington; Arts and Crafts School, Copenhagen; Royal College of Art, London; Middlesex Polytechnic, London; California College of the Arts (California College of Arts and Crafts), Oakland;Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; UrbanGlass, Brooklyn; Ezra Glass Studio, Kanazu, Japan
• 1976: Founding member, Galerie Der Kunsthandwerker, a continuation of the Workshop Galerie, Hamburg
• 1975: First work in mosaic glass exhibited
• 1965: Commissions and restoration work for stained-glass windows in churches and public buildings (1961–65)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2008: Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
Klaus Moje, The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
• 2007: Klaus Moje, New Work 2007, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
• 2006: Klaus Moje: Glass—Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, Object Gallery, Sydney (touring exhibition)
• 2002: Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
• 2001: The Klaus Moje Art Glass Exhibition, Hsinchu Municipal Glass Museum, Taiwan (catalog)
• 2000: SOFA/New York, Bullseye Connection Gallery, New York
• 1998: Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
• 1997: Klaus Moje—Recent Work, Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra
• 1996: Seattle Art Fair, Ruth Summers Gallery
Klaus Moje—Glass, A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (1995–1996) (catalog)
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Canberra School of Art Gallery
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
American Craft Museum, New York
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
• 1994: Compositions Gallery, San Francisco
• 1993: CINAF Chicago, Habatat Galleries
• 1992: Gallery for Contemporary Art Niki, Tokyo
• 1991: Dale Chihuly—Klaus Moje, Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
• 1989: Sanske Galerie, Zürich (repeatedly)
• 1987: Devise Gallery, Melbourne
• 1987: Habatat Galleries, Miami/Boca Raton, Florida
• 1985: John Kuhn—Klaus Moje—Richard Ritter at the Glass Art Gallery, Toronto
Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles (repeatedly)
Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
• 1982: Galerie SM, Frankfurt
• 1981: Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, Habatat Galleries, Detroit (repeatedly)
Heller Gallery, New York (repeatedly) Galerie Lietzow, Berlin
• 1980: Retrospective, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
• 1979: Contemporary Art Glass Gallery, New York
• 1973: The British Crafts Centre, London
SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
• Auckland Museum, New Zealand
• Australian National Gallery, Canberra
• Australian National University Collection, Canberra
• Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein, Munich
• Canberra City Art Museum
• Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh
• The Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
• Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
• Cincinnati Art Museum
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York
• Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
• Detroit Institute of Art
• de Young Museum, San Francisco
• Ernsting Stiftung, Alter Hof, Herding, Germany
• Geelong Art Gallery, Australia
• Gemeentemuseum Den Hague, The Hague
• Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany
• Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
• Hamilton Art Gallery, Australia
• Hsinchu Cultural Center, Taiwan
• Kestnermuseum, Hanover, Germany
• Kunstgewerbemuseum Darmstadt, Germany
• Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
• Kunstgewerbemuseum, Cologne
• Kunstgewerbemuseum, Prague
• Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
• Kulturgeschichliches Museeum Heger-Tor-Wall 28, Osnabrück, Germany
• Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Germany
• La Trobe University Collection, Melbourne
• Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Germany
• Landesmuseum Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig, Germany
• Lobmeyr Museum, Vienna
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• Musée de Design d'Arts Appliqués Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Museum Bellerive, Zürich
• Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
• Museum of Arts and Design, New York (formerly American Craft Museum)
• Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
• New Parliament House Collection, Canberra
• Novy Bor Museum, Novy Bor, Czech Republic
• Palm Springs Art Museum, California
• Pilchuck Collection, Stanwood, Washington
• Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
• Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
• Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
• Schloss Cappenberg, Dortmund, Germany
• Seattle Art Museum
• Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Japan
• Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
• Städtisches Museum, Göttingen, Germany
• Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
• Toyama Glass Museum, Japan
• University of Wisconsin Art Collection, Madison
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Australia
• Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart
AWARDS, HONORS & GRANTS

• 2008: Lifetime Membership Award, Ausglass, Canberra
• 2006: Honorary Officer (AO), General Division of the Order of Australia
• 2005: Australia Council Fellowship
• 2004: Lifetime Achievement Award, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn
• 2001: “PeopleScape 2001,” presentation of 5,000 public figures who have shaped Australia, Parliament House, Canberra Australia Council Emeritus Award 2001
"Canberra Times 75,” selected as "One Who Has Changed the Life of the City"
• 2000: Lifetime Achievement Award, Glass Art Society, New York
• 1999: Bavarian State Award, Munich
Rakow Commission, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
• 1998: Canberra Times Artist of the Year Award, Australia
• 1997: UrbanGlass Award for Innovation in a Glassworking Technique, Brooklyn
• 1996: Honorary Life Membership of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft des Kunsthandwerks," Hamburg
• 1985: Dr. Maedebach Memorial Prize, "Preis für Moderne Glasgestaltung in Europa," Coburger Glass, Coburg, Germany
• 1984: Suntory Museum Prize, Glass '84 In Japan, Tokyo/Kobe
• 1976: Bavarian State Award, Gold Medal, joint with Isgard Moje-Wohlgemuth, Munich (1969–76)
• 1971: Hessen State Award for German Decorative Art, Germany
• 1956: First Prize, Competition of German Journeymen, Germany

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