VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS

200 RINGS -- Rings from 200 International Artists

Flip Side -- Work from JamFactory, South Australia

The Plastic Show -- Celebrating 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs by Lark Books

unnatural Acts -- a contemporary jewelry project from Australia

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

Australia

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Applied Arts, Jewellery and Metalsmithing; South Australian School of Art, UNISA 2000

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Cut, Pablo Fanque, Sydney, Australia, 2009

Place Setting, Territory Craft Bullocky Point Gallery, Darwin, Australia, 2004

FREENE + INGLIS: Purple Space, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia, 2004

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia, 2009

Southern Stars Northern Lights, Bluecoat Exhibition Centre, Liverpool, UK, 2009

It's simple they match, ZuDesign, Adelaide, Australia, 2009

Flipside, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australia traveling to Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, USA, 2008

Fresh, Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia, 2008

Exploding Inevitable, Pablo Fanque, Sydney, Australia, 2007

Catchon, COEX Convention and Exhibition Centre, Korea, 2007

Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia, 2007

50 Brooches, Craft Queensland Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 2007

City sisters 2, Inform, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007

30th Alice Springs Craft Acquisition, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia, 2007

Annual, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2006

Heart of Australia, Artspace Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 2006

Information, Inform, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2005

New, ZuDesign, Adelaide, Australia, 2005

Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia, 2005

Annual, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005

Soda and Rhyme, Atrium, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, Australia, 2005

29th Alice Springs Craft Acquisition, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia, 2005

200 Rings, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, USA, 2004

Two Degrees South, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2004

Australian Jewellery Showcase, Shanghai + Beijing, China, 2004

Chromophobia, Studio Ingot, Melbourne, Australia, 2004

Design Down Under, South Shore Art Centre, Boston, touring to Australian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA, 2004

JamFactory Biennial, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, Australia, 2003

Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, touring to Shepparton Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia Australia, 2003

Applied Ideas, Craftsouth Showcase, Furnitex 03, Melbourne, Australia, 2003

Cities of Gold + Silver, CraftACT, Canberra, Australia, 2003

Dame Nancy Buttfield Award for Decorative Arts, Ayres House, Adelaide, Australia, 2003

28th Craft Acquisition, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia, 2003

40 Watt, Purple Space, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, Australia, 2003

Gwaizdka Star Etoile, ZuDesign, Adelaide, Australia, 2002

Shimmer, Object Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2002

Metal Element V, Quadrivium, Sydney, Australia, 2002

27th Alice Springs Craft Acquisition, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia, 2001

BULK, SA Youth Arts Board artist-in-studios exhibition, Adelaide, Australia, 2001

Hyphen, South Australian School of Art graduate exhibition, Adelaide, Australia, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RESIDENCIES

Territory Craft Darwin Studios, Artist in Residence, 2004

JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, 6 month Access Tenant, 2004

Design Associate, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, 2002

Gray Street Workshop, Adelaide Access Tenant, 2001

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lark Books, 500 Plastic Jewelry, 2009

The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008, Darling Publications, p. 939-940, 2008

C. Clifton, Adelaide Matters, Gem of an idea, issue 92, p.23, Dec 2007

Antiques & Art in Queensland, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery has designs on wearable art, p. 64, 2007

Pulp Magazine, New Zealand, issue 48, Jan 2006, Front Cover Image (garden of shadows pendant)

P. McDonald, Adelaide Advertiser, Funky jewellery on the Fringe, 17th Feb, p.56, 2006

J. Smit, Monument: Architecture & Design, Design Atlas, issue 68, p.84, 2005

C. Clifton, Adelaide Matters, Rhyme and Reason, issue 62, p.10, Sept 2005

Lark Books, 1000 Rings, p. 182 and 204, 2004

F. Liveris, NT News, Thar She Bowls, Aug 13 2004, p.26

K. Fitzpatrick, Craftarts International, Contemporary Wearables, issue 60, p.111, 2004

R. Vagnarelli, Adelaide Matters, Light Fantastic, issue 42, p.52, Nov 2003

K. Conlon, Directions, Channel Nine Adelaide, April 2003

Artichoke Magazine, Scan Awards, issue 1, volume 2, p.54-55, Jan 2003

R. Delahaye, Black + White Magazine, tough cuffs, issue 55, p. 20, Sept 2001

C. Clifton, Adelaide Matters, Made to Touch, issue 20, p. 31, Nov 2001

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Arts SA, Project and Development Grant, 2008

Australia Council, Established Artist New Work Grant, 2005

Arts SA, Project and Development Grant, 2004

Craftsouth, Mentorship with Catherine Truman, 2003

Design Institute of Australia, Merit Award, Jewellery 'Skin Deep Bangles', 2002

Pat Corrigan, Exhibition Grant, 2001

Carclew Youth Arts, Project and Development Grant, 2001

SA Youth Arts Board, Artists-in-Studios Grant, 2001

Design Institute of Australia, Student Award, 2000

COLLECTIONS

Territory Craft, Alice Springs Craft Acquisition Awards

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Flightpath Architects, Adelaide Botanic Gardens at the Amazon Waterlily Pavilion, with Naomi Schwartz

Lyell McEwin Hospital, Hospital Entrancem, in collaboration with K. Freene and S. Luttin

Western Gateway, Commissioned by the West Torrens Council and the Passenger Transport, in collaboration with K. Freene, A.C. Petre, A. Twyford K.A. Cappuano, D. Osborne and M. Searle.

Hallet Street, Commissioned by South Australian Housing Trust, in collaboration with K. Freene, MJ Ryan-Bennett and R. Roberts.

Ross Sands, Ross Sands Architects, residential fence in Stirling, South Australia, in collaboration with K. Freene, MJ Ryan-Bennett and R. Roberts