CURRICULUM VITAE.
NAME: David Wright
BORN: 1948, Melbourne, Australia.
BRIEF HISTORY:
Since graduating in Architecture in the early 1970s David Wright ,
has gained an international reputation for his unique style and glassworking techniques,
whereby the glass is layered and moulded in the kiln, giving a rich colour and texture to his
work. He has taught and lectured throughout Australia and overseas. Past commissions
include work for the New Parliament House, Canberra and one of Australia’s largest
ecclesiastical commissions, the Creation wall in the heritage St James, King St Sydney,
commissioned as a bi-centennial project and a combined Hindu-Christian Worship Centre
in Fiji. Major projects include 22 innovative windows for Temple Beth Israel Synagogue in
Melbourne and a commission for St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide celebrating women’s
ministry. Recent work for Caulfield Grammar School involves major windows for the
Wheelers Hill campus and 12 innovative panels for the chapel of St Paul in Caulfield.
QUALIFICATIONS: University of Melbourne, bachelor of
Architecture, 1966-1972
EXHIBITIONS:
1975- National Gallery of Victoria, Survey
Exhibition.
1976- Deutsher Galleries, Melbourne, Solo
Exhibition.
1976- Royal Australian Institute of Architects,
Melbourne, Group Exhibition.
1978- Travelling Exhibition Australia and New
Zealand.
1979- Mornington Penisula Arts
Centre, Group Exhibition.
1979 & 1983- Jam Factory, Adelaide Group
Exhibition.
1980- Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne Group
Exhibition
1981- International Travelling Exhibition, National
Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Tokyo, Japan.
1981 &1983- Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Group
Exhibition
1982- Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, Solo Exhibition
1982- University of Tasmania, Group Exhibition
1983- Govett Brewster Gallery, New Zealand, Group Exhibition.
1984- Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, Solo Exhibition.
1984 The Glass Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada, International
Exhibition.
1984 & 1985- Glass from Australia and New Zealand, Hessiches
Landmuseam and Darmstadt.
1987- Glass in Public Places, National Gallery of Victoria,
Westpac Gallery
1999- 101 Collins Art Gallery, Melbourne, Solo Exhibition.
COMMISIONS (selected):
1976- Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, State Reception
Centre.
1980- State Government Offices.
1979/81/85/89- St Eanswythe Anglican Church,
Altona, Victoria.
1983- St Columb’s Anglican Church,
Hawthorn, Victoria.
1984/90- Christchurch Anglican, South Yarra,
Victoria.
1984/86/88/90/91: St Oswald’s Anglican Church, Glen Iris,
Victoria.
1984- Dromana Estate Vineyards.
1984- Wattle Park Birthing Centre,
Wattle Park, Victoria.
1986- St Paul’s Anglican Church, Thomastown
Victoria
1987- Catholic Ladies College, Religious Education
Centre, Eltham, Victoria.
1987- Johnson and Johnson Head Office, North
Sydney, N.S.W.
1987/88- New Parliament House, Canberra,
A.C.T.
1989- St Stephen’s, Anglican Church, Kambah,
A.C.T.
1989- Australia Post, Queen Street Shootings
Memorial Window, G.P.O. Melbourne, Vic.
1987-90- St James Church, King St, Sydney
N.S.W. (90 square metres of glass)
1988- Melbourne Girls Grammar School, Chapel,
South Yarra, Victoria.
1991- Austin Hospital, Cardiac Unit, Offices.
Melbourne, Victoria.
1992- City of Doncaster & Templestowe, Aquatic
Leisure Centre, Victoria.
1992- Austin Hospital, Anaethetic Dept.,
Heidelberg, Victoria.
1993- Melbourne City Council, Bourke Street Mall,
Mosaic, Victoria.
1994- St Francis Xavier Cabrini Hospital,
New Chapel, Malvern, Victoria.
1994- Methodist Ladies College, Music Centre,
Kew Victoria.
1995-2006 Temple Beth Israel Synagogue,
Melbourne, Victoria. [22 panels]
1995- 2002 Ballarat Grammar School, Chapel,
Ballarat, Victoria [ 10 windows]
1995-96 Deakin University, Great Hall,
Woolstore Campus, Geelong, Victoria.
1996- Camberwell Grammar School, Performing
Arts Centre, Victoria.
1996- Knox Private Hospital, Mediatation Room,
Knox, Victoria.
1997- Methodist Ladies School, Chapel,
Kew, Victoria.
1997- Grimwade House, M.G.S., Chapel,
Caulfield, Victoria.
1998- St Mathews Anglican Church, Hepburn
Springs, Victoria.
1998-99 Combined Christian/ Hindu Worship
Centre, Fiji.
1998- Cabrini Palliative Care Hospital, Prahran,
Sculpture, window and Chapel Fittings
2000-01 St Peters Cathedral, Adelaide, S.A.
Mary Magdalene Window.
2001-06 Launceston Grammar School Chapel, South Wall
[8 windows]
2002
Melbourne Grammar, Grimwade House, Chapel.
2003-04 Caulfield Grammar School, Windows for Chapel,
Wheelers Hill Campus
2004-2005 Caulfield grammar School, Memorial Hall,
Wheelers Hill Campus
2006 Anglican Church of St Paul, Canterbury, Vic
Annunciation and Birth of Christ
2008 Christchurch St Lucia, Brisbane
Baptism
2008-09 Caulfield Grammar School, Chapel of St Paul,
2008 Font insert, St John’s Flinders
2009-10 Queen’s College, University of Melbourne
2012- Ballarat Grammar School [ in progress ]
2012- Melbourne Girls Grammar [ in progess]
2012- Melbourne grammar, Grimwade House [ in progress ]
COMMUNITY PROJECTS:
1997- Nunawading City Council Arts Centre.
1990-91- Grimwade House, M.G.S,
Sports Centre.
REPRESENTED:
Victorian Contemporary Craft Collection,
Meat Market Craft Centre, Victoria.
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T.
Powerhouse Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Sydney, N.S.W.
Wagga Wagga City Gallery, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
Pilkington A.C.I. Collection.
Numerous private collections in Australia and
Overseas.
POSITIONS HELD:
1979-1990 Founder and Director, Meat Market
Craft Centre.
1980-1981 President of Australian Association of
Glass Artists.
1983-1987 Member, Craft Board, Australia
Council.
1986-1998 Member, International Council, Pilchuck
Glass School, U.S.A.
VISITING LECTURSHIPS:
Monash University, Victoria.
Pilchuck Glass School, U.S.A.
MASTER CLASSES:
Tasmania; Craft Council
Darwin Community College
South Australian Craft Council
PUBLICATIONS:
1967 Lee, Seddon and Stephens, STAINED GLASS,
Mithell Beazley, London.
1979 Michen J. ARCHTECTURE IN AUSTRALIA.
1982 GLASS IN THE MODERN WORLD,
Tankosha Tokyo.
1984 ARCHITECTURE IN AUSTRALIA, Commissioned
Craftworks.
1987 Mendham D. THE REFINNING FIRE, Albatross
1985 Ioannou N. AUSTRALIAN STUDIO GLASS,
Craftsman House
1995 NATIONAL GLASS COLLECTION, Wagga Wagga
City Art Gallery
2005 OUR WINDOWS, Temple Beth Israel Synagogue
FILM PRODUCTIONS:
1985FIVE CRAFTSMEN, Victorian Ministry for the
Arts, Film.
1991 FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF LIGHT. Director, Catherine
Brown, Film and Television School.