13/03/2026
How good is this glass art astronomical body! You can see it yourself at the current Tom Malone Glass Art prize 2025 exhibition now on at It was an honor to again be a juror on the shortlist panel for the 2025 Tom Malone Glass Art Prize. Such a pleasure to debate the merits of the shortlisted works with fellow shortlist jurors DR Caterina Tognon, Tom Rowney, Gabriella Bisetto and Marc Leib. Then it was over to the finalist jurors Dante Marioni, Dr Stefano Carboni & Dr Robert Cook to select this deserving winner by glass artist Peter Bowles. Repost from
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I’m beyond delighted to announce that my piece Quiescent Object : Kepler 186f has been selected as the winning work of the Tom Malone Prize 2025.
My sincere appreciation and gratitude to the judges, Stefano Carboni, Robert Cook and Dante Marioni for making what would have been a challenging task given the extraordinary work in this year’s shortlist.
Heartfelt thanks to Catarina Tognon, Neil Cownie, Gabriella Bisetto, Tom Rowney and Marc Leib for selecting the shortlist. It’s an extraordinary collection of works, complex, diverse and refreshing to see so many independent artists included. 🙏 Thankyou.
To Elizabeth Malone, thankyou for your vision, enduring support and passion for seeing contemporary glass flourish across all of Australia.
To Sheryl Grimwood, thankyou for your ongoing dedication, commitment and engagement in making our work visible nationally and internationally. Your tireless work is most appreciated by so many of us. Thankyou.
To all at Linton and Kay for presenting the work with so much care and thought. The show looks amazing!
I’m honoured to be amongst such an extraordinary community of makers, and honoured to now have a piece acquired into the AGWA collection.
Thankyou Anne, for all your support, insight and unwavering commitment to both yours and my work. Couldn’t be doing this without you.
I’m most deeply honoured and humbled.
Peter