Robert Wynne.

Robert was born in Yarram, a rural town in Victoria in Australia’s south. He commenced his artistic career studying ceramics. Whilst studying for his final year he met visiting glass artist, Nick Mount, who had recently established a studio within Monash University. The dynamic process of glass blowing immediately captivated Robert. Not only was the visual splendour deeply pleasing, he relished the choreography in glass blowing, and particularly the immediacy and risk that the material demanded. Wynne was awarded an Australia Council Grant to study for his Master’s Degree in Glass at the California State University and gained invaluable experience exhibiting, visiting private glass studios and learning from the burgeoning studio glass movement in the USA. The artist's work is featured in galleries around Australia and the world; in prominent public and private collections including the new Parliament House in Canberra, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney and the private collections of President Bill Clinton and Sir Elton John among others. In the ‘90s, Wynne had established the Denizen Glass Design Studio in Manly, Australia, his own business, renowned today for its professionalism and highly individual work. Forever working to expand opportunities for emerging glass artists, Denizen Glass Design Studio has also provided a professional workplace which has allowed many glass artists to nurture their careers – Matthew Curtis, Richard Whiteley, Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott, and Bettina Visentin, all of whom are now successful in their own right.