Education and Qualifications

  • 2009 Master of Fine Arts: Jewellery and Metals, Monash University, Victoria
  • 2006 Postgraduate Diploma of Jewellery Production, Curtin University, Western Australia
  • 2001 Bachelor of Arts (Interior Architecture) with honours, Curtin University, Western Australia

Exhibitions

2011

  • 2011 Itami International Craft Exhibition, Itami Museum of Arts and Crafts, Japan
  • Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2011, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor: 100 Women 100 Brooches 100 Stories, Gallery Artisan, Brisbane
  • Cheongju International Craft Competition, Old Tobacco Factory, Cheongju, Korea.
  • BKV Prize for Young Applied Artists 2011, Bavarian Crafts Council, Munich.
  • Measuring the Space Between: collaborative exhibition, Studio 20/17, Waterloo NSW.
  • Love Lace, International Lace Award, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
  • Buda 2011: Contemporary Australian Silver and Metalworking Exhibition, Buda Castlemaine.
  • Winter Neckpieces, Studio 20/17, Waterloo, NSW.
  • A Couple of Mugs: Commemorative Collectibles, Studio Fusion Gallery, London.
  • The Butterfly Effect, Toyota Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Recontextualizing the Found Object, Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Lend Me Your Ears, Curated by Dianne Beevers + Part B. Mailbox 141, Melbourne.
  • The Art of Engagement, Curated by Kristin D’Agostino + Raewyn Walsh, Objectspace, Auckland.

2010

  • Measuring The Space Between: Collaboration with Chloe Vallance, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne.
  • Wrapped 2010, Studio 2017, Waterloo NSW.
  • The Box Project, Curated by Jasmine Matus. Keeper Gallery @ gaffa, Sydney, NSW.
  • Everyday Objects, Curated by Rebecca Hannah, Loft Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria.
  • National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery and touring exhibition
  • Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Art Gallery
  • First and Last, Keeper Gallery @ Gaffa
  • Snip Slice Saw, Hand Held Gallery
  • Re:Production, Keeper Gallery @ Gaffa
  • Preziosa Young, Leopoldine Cloister, Torquato Tasso Square, Firenze and toured Inhorgenta Fair: Munich and Poland
  • Return, Showcase Gallery, Central Institute of Technology
  • One Cup, Hand Held Gallery
  • Recycle Synergy Gallery
  • REFINED VI: Back to Basics, Reavely Gallery, Cole Arts Centre, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas.

2009

  • Feast, Depot Gallery
  • Iteration (solo exhibition), Metalab Gallery
  • Explorations ‘09, Gaffa Gallery and Guildford Lane Gallery
  • Contemporary Wearables ‘09, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.
  • Winter Brooches 2009, Studio 2017
  • Buda 2009 Contemporary Australian Silver and Metalworking Exhibition,
  • Buda Homestead Castlemaine and touring exhibition.
  • Linden Postcard Show 2009, Linden Gallery

2008

  • 30 x 30 x 30, Monash University Faculty Gallery
  • Made in Italy, Area Contemporary Art Space
  • In the Making, Craft Victoria

2007

  • New Traditional Jewellery at Sieraad: International Jewellery and Silver Design Fair, Amsterdam and in touring exhibition.
  • Expeditions ‘07, Gaffa Gallery

2006

  • Graduate Exhibition, Department of Art, Curtin University
  • Expeditions ‘06, Metalab Gallery.
  • MatterReality, Moores Building Contemporary Gallery.

Exhibitions Curated

  • Return: Five artisans return to their training-ground. (Curated to coincide with the 2010 JMGA conference.) Showcase Gallery, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, 2010.

Awards + Grants

  • Gold Prize, Cheonju International Craft Competition 2011, Cheongju, Korea
  • Finalist, BKV Prize for Young Applied Artists 2011, Bavarian Crafts Council, Munich
  • Melbourne Arts Centre Prize, Buda Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, 2011
  • Australia Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Board grant for a residency at the UWE Bristol 2011
  • Australia Council for the Arts, ArtStart Grant awarded December 2009
  • Special mention, Lucca Preziosa Young Contemporary Jewellery Award 2009
  • Monash University Travel Grant, for study at the Monash Prato Campus, Italy, 2008## Papers
  • Examining the connections between architecture and jewellery,
  • presented at the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Biennial Conference 2010

Papers

  • Examining the connections between architecture and jewellery,
  • presented at the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Biennial Conference 2010

Publications

  • Art Jewlry Today 3, Schiffer Publications, Atglen, 2011
  • 500 Silver Jewelry Designs Lark Crafts, Sterling Publications, New York, 2011
  • Contemporary Wearables 09 by Dr Cassandra Fusco, Craft Arts International #79, Sydney, p.94 + 95, 2010
  • Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Gallery (Exhib. Cat.) 2010
  • Preziosa Young: Contemporary Jewellery, Le Arte Orafe, Firenze (Exhib. Cat.) 2010
  • Conference paper Examining the connections between architecture and jewellery published online, 2010
  • Wearable Art, Insite Autumn 2010, Perth p.200, 2010
  • Handmade in Melbourne, Slattery Media Group, Melbourne, 2009

Collections

  • Cheongju City Collection, Cheongju, Korea
  • Arts Centre, Melbourne
  • Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

Residencies

  • One month residency in the Enamel Research studio at the Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West Of England, March 2011

Workshops

  • I_workshops! with Benjamin Lignel, RMIT University, 2011
  • Weaving Fabric with Maryann Talia Pau, Harvest Workroom, East Brunswick, 2011
  • Rapid Prototyping with Dr Nicole Jaquard, RMIT University. 2010
  • Reinterpreting Enamels with Elizabeth Turrell, Manifesto Glass, Perth. 2010
  • Where Do I Come From? Masterclass with Helen Britton, RMIT University. 2010
  • Black and Night. Masterclass with Bettina Speckner, RMIT University. 2009
  • Surface in Depth - Jewellery Design with Colored Metals with Stefano Marchetti, at the Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern. 2008

Memberships

  • Part B: Research Jewellery Cluster, Melbourne, Australia
  • Craft Victoria: Design and Craft association, Melbourne, Australia
  • National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Australia
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