Work rom the exposition Collaborative Endeavour, Contemporary Glass from Canberra + Berlin at the Kunst Palast Glass Museum Hentrich in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Klaus Moje: Vertical over horizontal (one of two panels), 2015
Fused Glass
70 x 70 x 2,5 cm
Photo: Klaus Moje

IN MEMORIAM KLAUS MOJE (1936-2016)

A great talent and wonderful person has just passed from our midst. Klaus Moje has died at the age of 79.

Doug, Michael & Katya Heller from the Heller Gallery wrote: “With an illustrious career spanning more than a half-century, Klaus Moje was one of the most influential artists on the international glass scene. He was an inspiring teacher and maintained a successful studio practice, winning numerous honors including Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Glass Art Society and UrbanGlass. German born, he traveled to Australia in 1982 to set up the glass program at Australian National University. In his adopted homeland he taught several generations of students and was designated a Living Treasure. Moje’s work is held in more than 60 international museum collections ranging from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The world is a richer place because of his contributions. His legacy lives on in the large body of works that he produced during an illustrious career as well as with the many students and artists he inspired. Heller Gallery had the privilege of representing his work since 1979.
Klaus was widely loved and shall be deeply missed. Our condolences go out to his family, especially his loving wife Brigitte.”

Posted 25 September 2016

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Sally Pryor wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald : “He introduced the world of glass to Canberra and, in the process, introduced Canberra to the world.
Artist Klaus Moje, who founded the Glass Workshop at the Australian National University School of Art, has died at the age of 79 after a few months of ill health.
Considered a giant in the world glass art scene and the "grandfather" of Australian studio glass, Moje pioneered a fused glass technique using specially developed glass rods.”

“Moje was also instrumental in setting up the Canberra Glassworks in the former Kingston Powerhouse in 2007, following a concerted campaign for a workshop and gallery for the capital's emerging glass artists. He retired from teaching more than two decades ago, and had been living and working on the south coast until his illness.
He was appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of Australia in 2006 for his service to visual arts. “

Arts curator Nola Anderson said Moje would remain in the memories of countless Canberrans who had learned from him. "There are so many students who would remember his mentoring," she said. "You only have to look at how many people were exhibited in the Glassworks from ANU to see how many Canberra connections he had."

Born in Germany in 1936 to a family of glass workers, he studied glass art Rheinbach and Hadamr, and began his artistic career creating carved and polished glass sculptures, before discovering fused glass techniques that would come to define his work. His works are held in hundreds of private collections, and in more than 60 public collections both in Australia and internationally, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Read more in The Canberra Times>

See the website of Bullseye Projects for cv and works of Klaus Moje>
http://www.bullseyeprojects.com/artists/289-klaus-moje/overview/