Andrew Potocnik: EXHIBITIONS
1997
Expressions in Wood – Masterworks from the Wornick Collection
Oakland Museum of California, California, USA
Wood Dreaming in America
Creations Gallery, Delaware, USA
McAlen International Museum
Texas, USA
1998
American Craft Museum
New York City, USA
Turned Wood – Small Treasures
Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Turned Wood ‘98
Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1999
Selected Works
Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2000
Turned Wood: Small Treasures
Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
RARE
Freemantle Arts Centre, W.A. Australia
Contemporary Australian wood turning and carving
Beaver Galleries, A.C.T. Australia
2001
Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize finalist,
Melbourne
2002
Colour and Form
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
2003
Living with Wood
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize finalist
Melbourne
AWARDS
1992
Go with the Grain Exhibition, Warburton, Victoria
Best Piece of Show
Victorian Woodworkers’ Association Annual Exhibition
Award for Woodturning
National Woodwork Competition, Melbourne
Third Prize, Woodturning Section
1993
National Woodturning Competition, Nunawading, Victoria
Third Best in Show
National Woodwork Competition, Melbourne
First Prize, Woodturning Section
Go with the Grain Exhibition, Warburton, Victoria
Award for Sculpture/Woodturning
National Wood Design Competition, Orbost, Victoria
Third Prize, Woodturning Section
NSW Forestry Commission Awards, Bega NSW
Third Prize, Woodturning Section
1994
National Woodwork Competition, Melbourne
Second Prize, Woodturning Section
NSW Forestry Commission Awards, Bega NSW
Third Prize, Open Section
1995
National Woodturning Competition, Nunawading, Victoria
First Prize, Turned Platter Section
1996
National Woodturning Competition, Nunawading, Victoria
Third Best in Show
Winterfest, Warburton, Victoria
Woodturning Award
Oberon Woodcraft Exhibition, NSW
Second Prize, Turned Platter Section
1997
Mornington Peninsula Craft Awards, Victoria
Award for Wood
National Woodwork Competition, Melbourne
Second Prize, Woodturning Section
Oberon Woodcraft Exhibition, NSW, Australia
Second Prize, Woodturning Section
COMMISSIONS
1998
Local Government & the Arts Leadership Awards
for Arts Victoria and the City of Melbourne
Designing and making nine trophies which were presented
To the winners
1999
Banyule City Council, “Young Artist Awards” trophies
Luther College, Croydon,
design and creation of outdoor sculpture
Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School,
crucifix and candle holders for altar
2000
Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School,
crucifix for reception area
Banyule City Council, “Young Artists Awards” trophies
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Contemporary Museum of Hawaii
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Wisconsin, USA
David Ellesworth, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Irving Lipton, Van Nuys, California, USA
Ronald C. Wornick, Burlingame, California, USA
Glen E. Roney, C.E.O. Texas State Bank, Texas, USA
Lorraine Elliott, M.L.A., Melbourne, Australia
Susan Feiner, New York, New York, USA
Ruth Greenberg, California, USA
Prof. Vid Pecjak, Bled, Slovenia
Slovenska Izseljenska Matica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
And various other collectors both in Australia and abroad
Andrew Potocnik is a regular writer for Australian Wood Review, contributing product reviews, exhibition reviews and instructional articles in every edition for the past five years. His work is included in the following publications:
Sacred Vessels, The National Jewish Centre for Learning and Leadership, New York 2003
Woodturning Design, Mike Darlow, The Meleluka Press, Australia, 2003
Australian Woodturning, The best of Australian Wood Review, Interwood Holdings P/L 2002
Contemprary Turned Wood. New perspectives in a rich tradition. Leier, Peters, Wallace, Handbooks Press, 1999
Woodturning Magazine (U.K.), Issue No.74, April, 1997
Expressions in Wood. Masterworksfrom the Wornick Collection., University of Washington Press, 1997
Fine Woodworking Design Book 7, Taunton Press, Conn., USA, 1996
Wood Dreaming, Martin, Terry, Harper Collins Publishers, Australia, 1996
Woodturning Magazine (U.K.), Issue No.12, Jan/Feb, 1993
Australian Wood Review, Issue No.2, May, 1993
Woodturning Magazine (U.K.), Issue No.34, July/August, 1995
Australian Wood Review, Issue No.10, March, 1996
More information on Andrew Potocnik and his Art of Turning at his homepage.
