Historical information

Tony HANNING (1950- )

Dr Tony Hanning is an internationally recognised glass artist whose work is represented in all major collections in Australia and many overseas collections including the V&A Museum in London and the Tacoma Art Museum in the USA. He pioneered the ‘cased’ glass technique that involves two layers of different coloured glass carved in a cameo-like fashion.

The imagery in Tony Hanning's work often is representitive of the Gippsland landscape.

He has a PhD from Monash Univversity (2008); Master of Arts from Monash University (1998); and a Diploma, Visual Arts, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Monash University, Melbourne (1971). From 1971-1980 Tony Hanning was the Director of Latrobe Valley Arts centre (later Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell)

Physical description

Glass plate