Nicholas Bastin

 

Born:

1968 Melbourne, Australlia

Training / Education:

  • 2004 Master Arts, Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University
  • 1992 Bachelor of Fine Art, Gold & Silversmithing (First Class Honours)
    RMIT University Australia
  • 1989 Bachelor of Fine Art, Gold & Silversmithing, RMIT University Australia

Teaching Experience:

  • 2006 Lecturer, Jewellery & Object Design, Sydney College of the Arts University of Sydney Australia
  • 2002 - 2005 Lecturer, Jewellery & Object Design, Sydney College of the Arts, 1996-2001 Lecturer, Gold & Silversmithing, School of Art & Culture, RMIT.
  • 2001 Lecturer, Jewellery & Metal, Monash University, Caulfield.Australia
  • 1993-1996 Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Monash University, Frankston. Australia

Professional Experience:

  • 2003 Participant: Otto Künsli Master Class, "A Life in a Day of…", Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
  • 2000 Selector for "Fresh", Craft Victoria.
  • 1997-98 Gallery Assistant, Craft Victoria, Melbourne.
  • 1997 Public Floor talk for exhibition, "Precious", RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall.
  • 1997 Public Floor talk for exhibition, "A Group of Juicy Green Protrusions", Craft Victoria, Melbourne.
  • 1995 Participant: Kazuhiro Itoh Workshop, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Conference, RMIT, Melbourne.
  • 1993 Participant: Frans Josef Bette Workshop, RMIT, Melbourne.
  • 1990 Assistant to Gold & Silversmith, Robert Baines

Exhibitions:

International

  • 2006 SOFA Chicago, repesented by Charon Kransen Arts NY USA
  • 2005 'Graduate Exhibition', Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2000 "Australian Jewellers", Lesley Craze Gallery, London.UK
  • 1999 "Trace", Museum of Arts Crafts, Itami, Japan.
  • 1998 "RMIT Fine Art at the Hong Kong Arts Centre", Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.
  • 1993 "Talenteborse Handwerk", Munich, Germany.
  • 1992 "Fine Objects", Australian High Commission, Singapore.

Solo

  • 2006 "Asakusa Window", Object Gallery, Sydney.
  • 2002 "Battle of the Drones", Mezzanine Gallery, Ivy Hopes, Melbourne.
  • 1997 "A Group of Juicy Green Protrusions" (with Sally Marsland) Craft Victoria, Melbourne.

Selected Group Shows

  • 2005 "Cicely & Colin Rigg Award" Contemporary Design Award,
    Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
  • 2004 "Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Awards", Storey Hall RMIT Gallery
  • 2004 "Souvenir" ( e.g.etal ) Zambesi, Melbourne, Victoria.
  • 2004 "A Life in a Day of…" Master Class with Otto Künsli, LaTrobe St Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
  • 2003 "A Life in a Day of…" Master Class with Otto Künsli, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, NSW
  • 2003 "Metal Element", Quadrivium, Sydney.
  • 2002 "Charmed", Maroondah Regional Art Gallery, Victoria.
  • 2001 - 2003 (touring) "Double –Take", Craft Queensland, Brisbane, Object Galleries, Sydney, Craft West, Perth
  • 2001 "String of Pearls", e.g.etal, Melbourne, Victoria
  • 2001 "Mysterioso", Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Victoria.
  • 1999 "Carried by the Body", Sherman Galleries, Sydney.
  • 1998 "Emerging Craft", Craft Victoria, Fitzroy, Victoria.
  • 1997 "Precious", RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne.
  • 1996 "Kazuhiro Itoh Melbourne Workshop 1995", Gallery Funaki, Melbourne.
  • 1995 "Australia-Germany-New Zealand", Gallery Funaki, Melbourne.
  • 1992 "Icons and Vessels", Craft Victoria, Fitzroy, Victoria.
  • 1992 "Worn to be Wild", Linden Art Gallery, St Kilda, Victoria.

Awards / Grants:

  • 2004 Australia Council for the Arts, Skills and Arts Development Grant – Tokyo Studio Residency (Nov 2004 – Feb 2005)
  • 2004 Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Scholarship, RMIT
  • 2004 Diana Morgan Postgraduate Gold & Silversmithing Prize, RMIT
  • 2004 Sapphex/Affiliated Award for Souvenir exhibition
  • 1995 Australia Council for the Arts grant, Traineeship with Metalsmith Mark Edgoose.
  • 1993 Emily Hope Figurative Award, RMIT.
  • 1989 Student Award Mornington Peninsula Craft Event.

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • 1996 Trophy Commission, Victorian State Government, Regional Art Programs Awards.