Biography
Awards
2022 Finalist - Richard T Nelson Sculpture Awards, Wellington, NZ
2020 Finalist - Miles Art Awards, Tauranga Art Gallery, NZ.
2019 Finalist - Rotorua Art Awards, Rotorua Museum, NZ.
Group Exhibitions
2023. Bay of Plenty Arts Exhibition, Lockwood Showhome Village, Rotorua, NZ.
2023 Arts Centre Sculpture Festival, Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre, NZ
2022 “Grow: Festival of Art Glass” Rotorua Arts Village, Rotorua, NZ
2022 “Focus on Glass”, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa, NZ
2022 “Curious: Looking Through Glass”, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa, NZ
2022 New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass, Membeship Exhibition,
Sargeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
2022 Richard T Nelson Awards, Wellington, NZ
2020 Miles Art Awards, Tauranga, NZ
2019 Rotorua Musem Art Awards, Rotorua, NZ
2019 Royal Easter Art Show, Auckland, NZ.
2016 Franklin Arts Festival, Pukekohe, NZ.
2016 'World Inspired', Creative Tauranga Art Gallery, NZ.
2016 'Daily Life', Lysaght Watt Trust Art Award, Hawera, New Zealand.
2016 Royal Easter Art Show, Auckland, NZ.
2015 NZ Glass Society members exhibition, TSB Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
2014 Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa, NZ
2014 NZ Glass Society members exhibition, TSB Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
2014 Lockwood Art Exhibition, Papamoa, NZ.
2014 Royal Easter Art Show, Auckland, NZ.
2013 'A Square Foot,' Tauranga, NZ.
Workshops
2022 Non-traditional Pate de Verre, Evelyn-Gotchall Baker, Colarado, USA
2019 Elaborate on Casting, Evelyn Dunstan (NZ), Auckland, NZ
2018 Masterclass: Paper-Thin Pate de verre, Saman Kalantari (Italy/Iran), Whanganui, NZ.
2017 Masterclass: Thinking in Glass: Working Installations, Silvia Levenson, (Argentina/Italy), Whanganui, NZ.
2016 Masterclass: Colour and Gravity, Claudia Borella (NZ), Whanganui, NZ.
2015 Rubber Mold Making, Di Tocker (NZ), Ohaupo, NZ.
2014 Masterclass: Tapestry in Glass, Richard M Parrish (USA), Whanganui
2014 Glass Engraving, April Surgent (USA), Art Station, Auckland.
2014 Beginners Metal Jewelery, Stephen Rose (NZ), Auckland.
2013 Masterclass: Spirit of the Place, Richard M Parrish (USA), Whanganui
2012 Reduction Glasses: Private lesson, Lisa Jane Harvey (NZ), Auckland
2011 Masterclass: Photo Resist, Lawrence Morrell (USA), Whanganu2011 Masterclass: Why Glass?,
Gerry King (AUS), Whanganui
2010 Encasing, Stripes and troubleshooting, Private lesson, Lisa Jane Harvey (NZ), Auckland.
2010 Masterclass: Sandblasting and Slumping, Claudia Borella (NZ), Whanganui
2009 Glass Casting for Beginners; Di Tocker (NZ), Hamilton.
2008 Masterclass: Decals, Fusing and Slumping, Jonathan Baskett (AUS), Whanganui
2008 Beginners Beadmaking with Bullseye, Lisa Jane Harvey (NZ), Annie Rose Studio Whangarei
Education
2010 Certificate of Graphic Design, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Tauranga
2000 English as A Second Language Teaching Certificate, Edenz College, Auckland
1999 Bachelor of Arts - English & Linguistics, Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland
1992 Apprenticeship in Medical Laboratory Technology - Cytology, National Womens Hospital, Auckland
1988 Apprenticeship in Medical Laboratory Technology - Haematology, Medlab Ltd, Auckland
Publications
2021 April/May 2021, The Creatives, Focus Magazine, Issue 27
2019 March 2019, Glass Half Full for this Artist, SunLive,
2018 December/January 2018, Creativity in the Bay of Plenty, Focus Magazine, Issue 6
2017 May 2017, A Growing City so close to Anywhere, Lifestyles in the Bay, p.17,
2015 ISGB, Encore, Glass Bead Evolution, volume 3-Issue 1-2015
2014 Keber.R, (June 2014), Our Place: Where Art and Science Collide, BOP Times Indulge p. 11
2012 Rolls.M, (November 2012), It's Not Just Glass, Creative Beat, p 6 - 7.
2007 Mosaic Art Yearbook