Arts
In conjunction with the exhibition Klaus Moje: Painting with Glass, Klaus Moje joins MAD Chief Curator David Revere McFadden for a dialogue about his expansive career and his role in the innovation of the fused-glass technique. A major force in the international studio glass movement, Klaus Moje has pushed the expressive and technical possibilities of glass for more than five decades. Born in Germany, Moje first began his life-long exploration of the material in the early 1950s as a glass cutter and grinder at the Moje family workshop in Hamburg. During the 1960s and 1970s, Moje explored the expressive potential of glass as an art form in its own right and began exhibiting internationally. In 1982 Moje emigrated to Australia to become the founding Head of the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of Art. Moje has taught regularly at the annual Pilchuck Glass School in the United States since 1979 and has conducted innumerable workshops around the world. His work is held in more than 50 public collections in Australia and abroad and he has been the recipient of many significant awards in Australia, Europe and the United States.