Brenda Page

Brenda's work explores our relationship with existence, beckoning contemplation of life's ephemeral nature. Inspired by Victorian memento mori aesthetic, Brenda's imagery navigates themes of loss and mourning.

Brenda works across a variety of mediums with a focus on glass as a vehicle for her storytelling. She works with cast, fused, and blown glass forms, using them as a substrate for her painting and screen-printed elements. Incorporating elements like hand-sewn components and sculpted waxes for lost wax casting underscore her methodical approach. She occasionally uses unconventional materials such as found objects and human hair to enhance the narrative.

Brenda graduated from Monash University in 1992 with a BA in Ceramic Design majoring in Glass. Initially she was drawn to the hot glass studio, its immediate and dynamically interactive nature appealed to her, however she soon realised that for her the hand of the maker need to be much more evident on her work. So, she focused on kiln formed glass, print making and mark making.


Her professional practice has included numerous workshops with local and international artists, acting as a studio assistant and running a dedicated community access studio. Her work is represented i...

BA Ceramic Design Glass major Monash University

Solo Exhibitions
2024 My Mother’s Mother. Sol Gallery
2018 Nevermore. Yering Station
2015 Forget me not. National Glass Centre, Wagga
2008 Once Upon… Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2002 Fragmented Memories . Gabriel Gallery
2001 Settle. Chapel off Chapel

Group Exhibitions
2024 Ranging Reflections
2024 Tom Malone finalist Linton and Kay Gallery
2024 Superimposed print exchange.Cardinia Cultural Centre
2023 Experimental print prize finalist. Castlemaine Art Museum
2023 Gippsland Print Award. Gippsland Art Gallery
2023 Yering Station Sculpture finalist. Yering Gallery
2023 Winter Salon.Up Gallery, Sassafras
2023 Hidden in the Hills. Up Gallery, Sassafras
2021 Wyndham Art Prize. Werribee
2019 Woollahra Small Sculpture finalist. Woollahra, Sydney
2018 Deakin Small Sculpture Prize finalist, Deakin University
2014 Yering Station Sculpture. Yering Station, Yarra Glen
exhibition (finalist)
2014 Hobart Art Prize (finalist). Hobart Gallery
2013 Wyndham Art Prize. Werribee
2013 Taught. Glass Plus Gallery
2012 Pilchuck Auction.Seattle, live section of auction
2011 Memories and Mementos. Kirra Gallery Melbourne
2010 Monash Masters. Kirra Gallery Melbourne
2010 Architectural glass. Federation Square
2009 Monas...