Exhibitions
2021 Future Heritage @ Decorex International, Olympia, London
I was selected by Corinne Julius to take part in this years Future Heritage stand at Decorex. I made large scale vessels focusing on the Australian native botanical Banksia.
The Scottish Gallery, Two Hemispheres
Amanda Simmons presents a new collection of glass vessels and wall pieces inspired by the patterns and colours of the land and sky observed during a series of residencies in Australia.
2020 Residency at Pittsburgh Glass Center, USA
Modern Makers, Project Lead Artist, Upland CIC, D&G
2019 British Glass Biennale, International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge
COLLECT with Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Residency at Blue Dog Glass, Melbourne, Australia
New British Glass, Vessel Gallery, London
2018 COLLECT with Craft Scotland, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017 The Scottish Gallery, Outer Spaces, Solo Show Edinburgh, July
Bullseye Gallery Bay Area Material Language, USA, May
Visual Arts & Craft Awards, Scotland, Selection Panel Member
2016 Bullseye Gallery, New York Accumulations, with Catherine Newell
Modern Masters International Trade Fair, Munich
The Scottish Gallery, Connections Contemporary Glass Society
Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, Holland
Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Ernsting-Stiftung New Acquisitions
Open Project Funding Grant from Creative Scotland for solo show
Powderhall Bronze Foundry Award for Sculpture, VAS
2015
British Glass Biennale at the International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge
Touring exhibition in Canada Naked Craft –showing at Art Gallery of Burlington, Centre Materia, Quebec and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Glass Weekend '15 with Morgan Glass Gallery, Wheaton Arts New Jersey, USA
Lyth Arts Centre Residency with the Environmental Research Institute
2014
COLLECT, Contemporary Applied Arts, Crafts Council, London
London Glassblowing Gallery, Gravity, Focus show
Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA Synthesis II
Bullseye Gallery USA Evolve Touring to San Francisco, Pittsburgh Glass Centre and Bellevue Arts Museum
SOFA Chicago 2014 with Craft Scotland
Collect 2014, Booth Talk at Contemporary Applied Arts with Alice Kettle
Speaker at the Lecture series with Jeff Zimmer and Keeryong Choi, SOFA Chicago
2013
London Glassblowing Gallery Coalesce, Duo show
Contemporary Applied Arts Focus Show, London
SOFA Chicago 2013 with Craft Scotland, USASOFA Chicago 2013 Panel discussion for Lecture Series ‘Scotland: Crafting a renaissance
Previous years 2012 to 2007:
Emerge 2012, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, USA
Open Eye Gallery, Glass focus show, Edinburgh 2012
COLLECT, Crafts Council, Saatchi Gallery, London 2011
Origin: The London Craft Fair 2009 and 2010
Spotlight Show at Blackwell Arts & Crafts House Six of One, 2008
Spring Fling Open Studios, Dumfries & Galloway 2007- 2019