Brian Corr is an American-born, Canberra-based artist. He creates sculpture and large-scale installations primarily using glass which investigate perceptual liminality as a means of facilitating contemplative experience. By activating light and shadow through the ordering of volume and void, his work embodies a sense of the profound and the transcendent. He is currently a PhD candidate in Sculpture at the Australian National University, where he is researching the aesthetic and philosophical elements of contemplative space in Japanese architecture.

Brian’s work has been included in numerous public and private collections throughout the world, including the National Gallery of Australia and the Toledo Museum of Art. He has exhibited at Lesley Kehoe Galleries in Melbourne, has had a solo exhibition at the Canberra Glassworks, and had a two-person exhibition at the National Glass Collection in Wagga Wagga. Brian was awarded the prestigious Tom Malone Prize by the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2012. On four occasions, his work has been included in New Glass Review, an annual publication featuring the 100 most innovative international works in glass. He was awarded a Distinguished Talent visa by the Australian Government in 2008. He has been awarded New Work Grants by both the Australia Council and Arts ACT, and was a recipient of the Thomas Foundation Residency at the Canberra Glassworks. He has been an instructor at the JamFactory, the Pilchuck Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts, and is currently a PhD candidate in Sculpture at the ANU.

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