FUSE Glass Artist Residency 2021
Alex Valero, Red Noise, 2021, cast and kiln-fired glass. Photo: Grant Hancock.
2021 Recipient
South Australian artist Alex Valero was the inaugural recipient of the FUSE Glass Artist Residency.
Valero has spent the last 10 years working with glass. He graduated from the University of South Australia in 2012, completed the Associate Program at JamFactory in 2014 and was the inaugural winner of the emerging artist category of the FUSE Glass Prize in 2016. He currently works from an independent studio in the Adelaide CBD.
Valero was chosen from a competitive field of applicants by a panel of three judges – the venerated South Australian glass artist Nick Mount, the current Head of JamFactory’s Glass Studio Kristel Britcher and the Director of Carrick Hill Tony Kanellos.
The judges were impressed with Valero’s innovative and experimental approach to working with hot glass and his exploration of ideas drawn from philosophy, science and science fiction. As an early mid-career artist, the judges believed he was ideally placed to benefit substantially from the opportunities afforded by this important new residency.