Emily Siddell (b.1971) is one of New Zealand's most accomplished and innovative glass artists. Melding together the Polynesian influence founded in her urban Auckland upbringing, an interest in domestic handicrafts such as crochet, weaving, knitting, and sewing, and a passionate love of the glass medium, Siddell produces enchanting objects of delicate beauty.

Siddell comments, "Over the past ten years I have engaged with the liquid qualities of glass. I have focused on producing works that capture the seemingly spontaneous moment of movement in the glass working process. I am interested in the light refracting aspect of this luscious material. Parallel to this exploration of glass I have gathered an understanding of many different traditional handcrafts. I have woven these threads together in much of my work."

Having exhibited since 1990, Siddell features in prominent collections such as The Dowse, Auckland War Memorial Museum and Te Papa, as well as many private collections.

Education

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1998-99	Bachelor of Design (Sculpture)
1990-92	Craft & Design Diploma, Carrington Polytechnic

Solo Shows

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2003	G2 Gallery, Auckland
2002	Fall, G2 Gallery, Auckland
2001	Carry, Gallery VC, Sydney Pink, Avid, Wellington
2000	Semblances, FhE Galleries, Auckland
1994	The Washing of Ten Tides, The Glass Gallery, Auckland

Selected Group Shows

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2003	The Bullseye Project, NZ Glass Jewellery, The Royal Jewellery Studio, Auckland Kete, G2 FhE Galleries, Auckland Glass Invitational NZ, Milford Galleries, Dunedin; Pataka, Porirua; Rotorua Musuem Fibre and Fairy Lights, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
2002	O'Lei, Pataka, Porirua, Te Tuhi, Pakuranga; Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi Southern Lights, Avid, Wellington
2001	The Cast, Lopdell House Gallery, Titirangi; Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui Pacific Rim - Te Pae o Te Moananui a kiwi, Medallion Group Show, Mcpherson Gallery Kete, G2 FhE Galleries, Auckland Autumn Exhibition, FhE Galleries, Auckland
2000	Autumn Exhibition, FhE Galleries, Auckland Kiln Glass 2000, Avid, Wellington Risk; Transformative Practices, Suter Gallery, Nelson; Dunedin Public Art Gallery
1999	Taonga Mauri, Artstation, Auckland Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer Exhibitions, FHE Galleries, Auckland
1998	New NZ Glass, Glass Artists' Gallery, Sydney Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer Exhibitions, FHE Galleries, Auckland
1997	Woven Path, Bathhouse Musuem, Rotorua; Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt; Gisborne Museum New Auckland Glass, Avid, Wellington Summer Exhibition, FHE Galleries, Auckland
1996	Woven Path, Nijmeegs Volkenkundig Museum, Netherlands; Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill NZ Kiln Glass, Avid, Wellington Festival Jewels, Festival of the Arts, Wellington
1995	H2O, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt Other Shoes to Try, Masterworks, Auckland Glass Arts, Masterworks, Auckland
1994	Kiln Glass, Masterworks, Auckland
1993	From Liquid Darkness, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Kiln Glass, Masterworks, Auckland
1992	Christmas Show, Chiaroscuro, Auckland
1991	Ceramic & Glass, Pumphouse, Auckland
1990	Cover to Cover, Outreach, Auckland

Publications

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2001	Pacific Rim - Te Pae o Te Moananui A Kiwi catalogue, curated by Fatu Feu'u The Cast catalogue
2000	Risk Transformative Practices catalogue, Kelly Thompson, Leoni Schmidt & Bridie Lonie
1998	100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth, Godwit press Artistic Genius, Emily Simpson, NZ House and Garden Magazine, October
1992	Glass of '92, Karen Nimmo, More Magazine, May