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Nov 2008 Sofa Chicago:
SOFA CHICAGO 2008, the critically acclaimed international exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, returns to Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Nov. 7–9, 2008 to present masterworks bridging design and fine art from international galleries.

August 2008 The British Glass Biennale Exhibition Ruskin Glass Centre Stourbridge:
The Biennale is a highlight of the International Festival of Glass, a four-day public festival celebrating the rich and dynamic world of glass, taking place August 22 to 25 at locations across the Stourbridge Glass Quarter. www.ifg.org.uk

June 2008 Sofa New York:
The 11th annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art fair, best known as SOFA NEW YORK returns May 29-June 1, 2008 to the Park Avenue Armory, Opening Night Wednesday, May 28. 67 leading international galleries will offer masterworks in ceramics, glass, metal, wood and fiber by major artists. www.sofaexpo.com

Jan 2008 Hunt Museum:

The Hunt Museum in Limerick exhibits one of Ireland's greatest private collections of art and antiquities. Dating from the Neolithic to the 20th Century, it includes works by Renoir, Picasso and Yeats. For the past two years, the Crafts Council of Ireland's Collectors Events have been held in the Hunt Museum's temporary exhibition space. They are now moving the work into the Museum's main exhibition cases. Karl Harrons’ pieces will be exhibited in the same cases as glass artefacts created over 4000 years ago.
www.huntmuseum.com
www.ccoi.ie

NOV 2007 SOFA CHICAGO:
Karl Harron has been participating in SOFA CHICAGO 2007 -

SOFA CHICAGO 2007 Opening Night Preview CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 12. The 14th Annual International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art exposition in Chicago opened Thursday, Nov. 1, with the largest buying crowd on record. An estimated 3,200 people jammed the aisles of Navy Pier's Festival Hall during opening night's Mise en Scène and public preview, which kept the 100 participating art dealers from 20 countries busy with on-the-spot achieved sales. A record 2845 persons attended 29 Lecture Series presentations and visitors enjoyed 7 special exhibits The three-day show drew an estimated 34,000.
Mark Lyman, Founder/Director of SOFA CHICAGO and its sister fair SOFA NEW YORK said, "An excellent, qualified crowd. The aisles were always busy and happily, gallery sales and attendance were up, with a growing presence of younger collectors. A record number of visitors attended the Lecture Series and enjoyed new events both at the show and at Chicago's world-class art institutions. It was a great weekend."
Following on from his phenomenal sales which were achieved through The National Craft Gallery Ireland, Karl Harron is pleased to announce that his work will now be represented by William Zimmer Gallery California and Habatat Gallery Florida USA.

View some of the pieces that Karl Harron exhibited at SOFA CHICAGO.




The glass Piece exhibited at The British Glass Biennale Exhibition Ruskin Glass Centre Stourbridge

The Piece above will be exhibited at The British Glass Biennale Exhibition Ruskin Glass Centre Stourbridge - Aug 2008
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SOFA CHICAGO 2007
SOFA CHICAGO 2007 SMASH HIT
“ MASSIVE CROWDS,”
“TRUE CONNOISSUERSHIP,”
“ YOUNGER COLLECTORS,”
“NEW CLIENTS”
Jul 2007 Smithsonian:
As part of The Northern Ireland Folklife Festival taking place in Washington DC this current exhibition “Sublime Design” aims to celebrate and represent the highest standards of contemporary craftsmanship. Several Ministers from the N.I. Assembly along with Joe Kelly Director CRAFT NI attended the exhibition saying “the thousands of visitors were very complimentary and suitably impressed with the quality of our craft and applied arts.” Karl Harrons’ work was also featured on the front cover of The Smithsonian Associate magazine, a publication of The Smithsonian Resident Associate Program .
www.smithsonianmagazine.com

 

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