Education
2002-2004 Master of Fine Arts (by research-glass), Monash University, Melbourne
2000-2001 Graduate Diploma (glass), Monash University, Melbourne
1991-1993 Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design), Monash University, Melbourne
Professional Experience
2021, 2022 Artist in residence, Aerie Studios, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey, Melbourne
2020 Studio assistant, Blue Dog Glass, Melbourne
2019 Technical assistant for Kari Minnick (USA) glass workshop, Blue Dog Glass, Melbourne
2014-2020 Volunteer at Wyreena Arts Centre – Ceramics class for special needs students
2017 Encaustic Workshop with Marieke Dench, Chapman & Bailey Studio, Melbourne
2016 Cultural Threads project with Community of Dandenong for installation at Drum Theatre, Melbourne
2015 Carrie Iverson images in glass masterclass, Blue Dog Glass, Melbourne
2014 Charlie Cohan print and glass workshop, Canberra Glassworks and Megalo Print Studio, Canberra
2013 3D typography and glass lecture, Ausglass Conference, Wagga Wagga
2013 Screen printing demonstration, Ausglass Conference, Wagga Wagga
2012 Lec-mo on 3D typography and glass, GAS Conference, Toledo, Ohio, USA
2009-2011 Commissioned to create artworks for Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan (including ‘Ahel Al Himmeh’ Awards)
2005-2014 Commissioned to create National and State trophies for The Australian of the Year Awards
2011-2012 Studio Arts Assistant, Aitken College, Melbourne
2008 Jeremy Lepisto and Mel George workshop, Canberra Glassworks
2006 Commissioned installation for Monash University Berwick campus
2006 Catharine Newell Frit workshop, Melbourne
2005 Commissioned installation for Royal Melbourne Hospital 3 West Day Procedure area
2004-2005 Research Associate (Glass) Department of Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
2003 Presented paper at GAS 33rd Conference Seattle, USA on the Warlayirti Artists workshops
2002 Assisted artist Janet Laurence with glass tests for “Ferment”, Monash University, Melbourne
2001/2002 Coordinator of glass workshop for the Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, Western Australia
1993-1994 Graphic design internship with David Carson Design and Ray Gun Magazine, Del Mar, California, USA
1994-2002 Worked as professional graphic designer
Awards/Grants
2022 Finalist – 2022 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Museum of South Australia, Adelaide
2021 Winner – People’s Choice Award – Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Wabi Sabi exhibition, Burrinja Gallery
2013 Finalist – Ranamok Glass Prize
2012 Winner – Studio Glass Prize – ArtVision 2012, Mansfield
2012 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant to present Lec-Mo at GAS conference, Toledo, USA
2012 Finalist – Ranamok Glass Prize
2011 Finalist – Ranamok Glass Prize
2010 Finalist – Ranamok Glass Prize
2010 Finalist – CraftForms 2010, Wayne Art Centre, Pennsylvania,USA
2010 Shortlisted for 2010 Libris Awards (National Artists’ Book prize), Artspace Mackay, QLD
2009 Curator’s choice’ (Susan Taylor Glasgow) for Short Stories – Narratives from the Kiln, Columbia, USA
2008 Australia Council For the Arts – New Work Grant (emerging)
2007 Selected entry – 2007 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award
2006 Finalist – Bullseye E-merge competition
2004 Finalist – Ranamok Glass Prize
2004 Craft Victoria 'Craft-in-Site' funding for 'Capturing Memory'
2003 Winner – Ausglass Student Exhibition Award
2003 Monash University Postgraduate Travel Grant to attend GAS conference
2001 Westin Workmanship Award Winner Bombay Sapphire Martini Art, Student Collection
Solo / 2 person Exhibitions
2015 Forget Me Not (With Brenda Page), National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
2011 Typecast – Impact7 Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne
2006 The Lost Art of Letter Writing – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Capturing Memory – 4 Cats Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2022 2022 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Museum of South Australia, Adelaide
Ranges of Glass – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Dandenong Ranges Open Studio’s exhibition – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne (People’s Choice winner)
Illuminance , a vision for the future through glass. Australian centre for glass design, Melbourne
2017 The Cancer Puzzle: Patterns, Paradoxes and Personalities – The University of Melbourne
Herstory – Be Bold For Change, Federation Estate, Melbourne
Life’s a Beach – Wyreena Arts Centre, Melbourne
2016 Cultural Threads project with Community of Dandenong for installation at Drum Theatre, Melbourne
2015 Desire – Glass Sculpture and Wearable Art – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
Contemporary Glass: Refracting a History, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Narrative in Glass – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
ArtVision 2014 Mansfield, VIC
2013 Ranamok Glass Prize, touring nationally
Light in Winter Exhibition – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
Taught: An exhibition of work by studio teachers at Blue Dog Glass, Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne
Collective Vision: Ausglass Members’ Exhibition, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
2012 Ranamok Glass Prize, touring nationally
ArtVision 2012 Mansfield, VIC
Juxtapositions: New Glass For Architecture – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
Encore – Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney
Contemporary Glass Society UK’s International Artist Exhibition
2011 Ranamok Glass Prize, touring nationally
Encore – Glass Artists’ Gallery, Sydney
Memories and Mementos – Kirra Galleries, Melbourne
Reframed, Selected Works from the Moreland Art Collection, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
Refraction – Mapping a Change in the Direction of Contemporary Glass, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney
Peripheral Vision – Ausglass Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
2010 Craft Forms 2010, Wayne Art Centre, USA
MM10 Monash Momentum, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne
Ranamok Glass Prize, touring nationally
2010 Libris Awards, Artspace Mackay, QLD
powerHOUSE, Canberra Glassworks, ACT
2009 Furnace – Contemporary Australian Art Glass, Tasmanian Craft Fair
The Counihan Connection, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
For Arts Sake Bushfire Relief Auction, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
Ken Field Memorial Exhibition, Scotch College, Melbourne
MM09 Monash Momentum, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne
Short Stories, Narratives From The Kiln, Columbia Art League, Missouri, USA
Glass Roots – 30th Ausglass Conference, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart
2008 Wearable Art – Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne
Some Like it Hot – Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne
GAS Auction, Portland, USA
Open Slather – Ausglass Members Exhibition, ANU Canberra
2007 Generation M – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne
PalmBeach3 Florida – Represented by Chappell Gallery, New York
Sculptural Abstractions – Glass Plus Gallery, Melbourne
2006 SOFA (represented by Kirra Australia) – Chicago, USA
Bullseye E-Merge Competition (selected finalist) – Portland, OR, USA
The Roaring 40's – Chappell Gallery, New York, USA
Worn – Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2005 Novizio – Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
All that Glitters – Jam Factory, Adelaide
Mind Maps – Craft Victoria, Melbourne
25 Years Monash Glass – Monash University, Melbourne
Journey Through the Flame – Kirra Gallery, Melbourne
Southern Lights – Ausglass Members exhibition, Adelaide
Continental Drift – Ausglass Members exhibition, Melbourne
Affordable Art Show – Exhibition Buildings Melbourne
The Time Image – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Ranamok Glass Prize. Touring nationally
New View – Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
Practice in Process – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
To Be or Not To Be...Jewelled – Australian Network of Clay and Glass Artists, Brisbane
Women's Salon '04 Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Harvest, The Newest Talents in Glass and Ceramics – Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
Ausglass Student Exhibition (Winner) Ausglass Conference – Western Australia
2002 Showstoppers, The Best of Monash Art & Design – Melbourne
Bombay Sapphire Blue Room UK/Europe: National Glass Centre, Sunderland; Salone del Mobile, Milan
Bombay Sapphire Martini Art – Westin Hotel, Sydney
2001 Bombay Sapphire Martini Art, the Student Collection 2001 – Westin Hotel, Melbourne
Student Exhibition Auglass 12th Biennial Conference – Melbourne
Collections
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan Australian National Glass Collection
City of Moreland Monash University
Bombay Sapphire Foundation, UK The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Bacardi Limited Australia Private collections in USA, UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia
City of Dandenong
Media/Documentaries
2010 Counihan Connection – Directed by Catherine Gough-Brady
2006 Sunday Arts Program, ABC TV, 6th August, 2006
Publications
Uppercase Magazine Issue 53Fragile Strength, page 66
‘The Ranamok Glass Prize 2013’. Craft Arts International No. 90, 2014. Pg 105 + 106
‘Australian Signatures’: The National Art Glass Collection. Wagga Wagga Art Gallery pg 92
McFarlane, Kristin. ‘Typecasting: Typography Within Glass’. The Glass Art Society 2012 Journal. Pg 82-84. Toledo, USA
‘The Ranamok Glass Prize 2012’. Craft Arts International No. 87, 2013. Pg 92 + 93
‘The Ranamok Glass Prize 2011’. Craft Arts International No. 84, 2012. Pg 92
King, Dr Gerry. ‘The Imbuing of Meaning’. Craft Arts International No 83, 2011. pp 107-109
Oldknow, Tina. Ranamok Glass Prize 2011 catalogue essay, page 5
‘The Ranamok Glass Prize 2010’. Craft Arts International No. 81, 2011. Pg 100
Dresser, Glen.‘Typecast.’ Uppercase Magazine, issue 8, Feb 2011. pg 74-77
Best of Worldwide Glass Artists Volume 1. Kennedy Publishing. Pg 99-100 (including cover)
Fedele, Robert. ‘Art and Soul’. Moonee Valley Weekly (including cover), 14/12/10
Cousins, Kerry-Anne. ‘Uniting Past and Present’. The Canberra Times, 27/3/10
Howald, Lindsey. ‘Through the Looking Glass’. Columbia Daily Tribune. USA. 21/06/09
2009-2011 Melbourne Design Guide (Ruby Studio) pg 75
Go Boldly, Monash University 50th Anniversary commemorative book, 2008. pg 18-19
Jutta Cuny-Franz Award/Selected Entry. Neues Glas, issue 3/2007. pg 90
Petrie, Dr Kevin. Glass and Print Part 1. Neues Glas, issue 4/2006. pg 28-30
Rolf, Harry. Interview in Typotastic issue two (Labyrinths & Facades). 2006. Pg 25-30
Rule, Dan. 'To The Letter'. The Age pg 17, 14/9/06
Madigan, Fran. 'Loud and Clear'. Victorian Lifestyle Magazine July 2006. pp 48-49
Heaney, Claire. 'Hothouse Flowers in Full Bloom'. The Herald Sun, 26/01/2006, Brisbane Courier Mail, 26/01/2006
Bartlem, Edwina. 'The Time Image'. Un Magazine #4, pg 32. 2005
Crafti, Stephen. 'Makers Take Rough With the Smooth'. The Age Metro pg 10, 16/05/2005
Crafti, Stephen. 'Map of the Human Heart (and brain)'. The Age Metro pg 10, 2/05/2005
Geissler, Marie. 'Ranamok Finalists Exhibition 2004'. Craft Arts International Issue 63. 2005. pg 77
Crafti, Stephen. 'Glass Works to Remember'. The Age A3 pg 10. 6/09/2004
'A Snapshot of Visual Arts in Regional Victoria'. Craft Arts International Issue 61. pg 74 (image). Craft Arts International, 2004
McFarlane, Kristin. 'The Balgo Community of Aboriginal Artists'. The Glass Art Society 2003 Journal. pp 56-58. Seattle, USA
McFarlane, Kristin. 'Balgo Glass'. This Side Up Magazine no. 20. Winter 2002 pp 2-5. The Netherlands/FUGA 2003
McFarlane, Kristin. 'Desert Glass, The Introduction of Glass to the Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills Western Australia'
Craft Culture pp 24-28. Craft Victoria Publication Volume 3 no. 245 Summer 3/2002
Layton, Ros. 'Martini Art/The Student Collection'. Vogue Entertaining and Travel Autumn 2001, pp 58+59
Schulz, Dennis. 'Art of the Outback'. Qantas-The Australian Way no 100. October 2001. pp 58-63 ACP Publishing. NSW
The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room. Blueprint Magazine no. 188 pp. 88. October 2001. ETP Ltd. Chelmsford, UK
Clark, John. 'Monash Student Takes Glass Art to Australia's Heart'. Monash News Volume 4, No 8. pg 6. Sept 2001