Artist Talk: Louis Grant + Gautirya Muralietharan

The Glassworks Artist Talk series is an opportunity for artists in our Artistic Program to share their experiences and experimentations with the arts community in an informal presentation.
This public talk will be held in the Canberra Glassworks foyer with light refreshments available. Everyone is welcome and there are absolutely no silly questions. We are all here to learn. 

LOUIS GRANT

Louis Grant is an emerging glass artist and Glassworks Studio Tenant specialising in kiln formed and cold worked glass, with new work in neon. 

Louis graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) from ANU School of Art and Design. Focusing on glass as his primary medium, he was accepted into the renowned program at Pilchuck Glass School (USA) in (2016-18) through which he continued to extend his technical understanding of glass, forming the skill-base that allows him to complicate and subvert the discipline and medium to speak of a queer experience.

In 2020, Louis was awarded the National Emerging Art Glass Prize (Highly Commended) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and presented at the renowned Talente 2022 at Internationale Handwerkmesse, Munich. He presented his first solo exhibition; Breakable Heaven, in 2022 at Canberra Contemporary Art Space, supported by ArtsACT funding. This was followed by a solo show, awash, at UNSW Galleries as part of program celebrating the UN International year of glass, and inclusion in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. Gaining momentum, across 2023 his work is included in multiple group shows including Canberra Glassworks, Pari ARI, Sydenham International, and Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre and presenting his first commercial gallery solo; so I’ll say words I don’t believe, at Sabbia Gallery.

GAUTIRYA MURALIETHANRAN

Gautirya Muralietharan’s practice feeds from their context as a first-generation Tamil Sri Lankan immigrant and neurodivergent creator. Gautirya’s practice reflects an acute awareness of external perceptions and the desire to dissect liminality; intrigued with activating and responding to boundaries within material.