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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-current    Artist in residence, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey, Melbourne

2021-2026       Gallery assistant, Kapi Gallery, Kalorama

2020-2022       Studio assistant, Blue Dog Glass, Melbourne

2014-2020       Volunteer at Wyreena Arts Centre, Special needs ceramics assistant

2011-2012       Studio Arts Assistant, Aitken College, Melbourne

2004-2005       Research Associate (Glass) Dept of Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne

1993-1994       Graphic design intern at David Carson Design / Ray Gun, California, USA

1994-2002       Worked as professional graphic designer

 

Awards/Grants

2025                Tom Malone Prize finalist
2024                3rd Place Natio Botanical Moments, International Flower & Garden Show, Melb

2022                Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize finalist, Museum of South Australia

2021                People’s Choice Award Dandenong Ranges Open Studios, Burrinja Gallery

2013                Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist

2012                Artvision Studio Glass Prize winner, Mansfield

2012                Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant to present at GAS conference, Toledo, USA

2012                Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist

2011                Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist

2010                Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist

2010                CraftForms 2010 finalist, Wayne Art Centre, Pennsylvania,USA

2009                Curator’s choice (Susan Taylor Glasgow) Short Stories, USA

2008                Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant (emerging)

2007                Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award finalist

2006                Bullseye E-merge competition finalist

2004                Ranamok Glass Prize Finalist

2004                Craft Victoria 'Craft-in-Site' funding for 'Capturing Memory'

2003                Ausglass Student Exhibition winner

2003                Monash University Postgraduate Travel Grant for GAS conference

2001                Westin Workmanship Award, Bombay Sapphire Martini Art 

 

 

Commissions and Special Projects

2016                Cultural Threads project and installation, Greater Dandenong

2009-2011      Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan Ahel Al Himmeh Awards

2005-2014      National and State trophies for The Australian of the Year Awards

2006                Monash University Berwick campus installation

2005                Royal Melbourne Hospital 3 West Day Procedure installation

2002                Art assistant for Janet Laurence, Monash Uni, Melbourne

2001/2002      3 glass workshops for the Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia

 

Lectures and Presentations

 

2013                3D typography and glass lecture, Ausglass Conference, Wagga Wagga

2013                Screen printing demonstration, Ausglass Conference, Wagga Wagga

2012                3D typography and glass Lec-Mo, GAS Conference Toledo, Ohio, USA

2003                Warlayirti Artists workshops lecture, GAS Conference Seattle, USA

 

Workshops

2023                Silvia Levenson printing/glass workshop, Lesa, Italy

2019                T/A for Kari Minnick (USA) glass workshop, Melbourne

2015                Carrie Iverson images in glass masterclass, Melbourne

2014                Charlie Cohan print workshop, Canberra Glassworks / Megalo Print Studio

2008                Jeremy Lepisto and Mel George workshop, Canberra Glassworks

2006                Catharine Newell Frit workshop, Melbourne

 

 

Solo / 2 person Exhibitions

2025                Portraits of Her Time, Wyreena, Croydon, Vic

2024                Meticulous Harmony (with Heather Bradbury) Yering Station, Vic

2015                Forget Me Not (With Brenda Page), National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga

2011                Typecast – Impact7 Printmaking Conference, Monash Uni, Melbourne

2006                The Lost Art of Letter Writing – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne

2004                Capturing Memory – 4 Cats Gallery, Melbourne

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2026                Tom Malone Prize – Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth

2026                Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Exhibition – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

2025                Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Exhibition – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

2024                Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Melbourne

2024                Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Exhibition – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

2023                Yering Station Sculpture Prize, Yering Station Winery, Victoria

                        Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Exhibition – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

                        Ausglass Members Exhibition – Australian Catholic University, Melbourne

2022                Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Museum of South Australia, Adelaide

                        Ranges of Glass – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

                        Still Standing – Kapi Gallery, Melbourne

                        Dandenong Ranges Open Studios – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

2021                Dandenong Ranges Open Studios – Burrinja Gallery, Melbourne

                        A vision for the future through glass. Aust Centre of Glass Design, Melbourne

2017                The Cancer Puzzle: Patterns, Paradoxes and Personalities – Melbourne Uni

                        Herstory – Be Bold For Change, Federation Estate, Melbourne

                        Life’s a Beach – Wyreena Arts Centre, Melbourne

2016                Cultural Threads / Community of Dandenong installation at Drum Theatre

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

                        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, Works from the Moreland Art Collection, Counihan Gallery

                        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, US

                        Open Slather – Ausglass Members Exhibition 

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 – GlassArtists Gallery, Sydney

                        Practice in Process – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne

                        To Be or Not To Be...Jewelled – Network of Clay and Glass Artists, Brisbane

                        Women's Salon '04 Counihan Gallery, Melbourne

2003                Harvest, The Newest Talents in Glass and Ceramics – Quadrivium, Sydney

                        Ausglass Student Exhibition Ausglass Conference – Western Australia

2002                Showstoppers, The Best of Monash Art & Design – Melbourne

                        Bombay Sapphire Blue Room UK/Europe: Sunderland and Milan

                        Bombay Sapphire Martini Art – Westin Hotel, Sydney

2001                Bombay Sapphire Martini Art, the Student Collection – Westin Hotel, Melbourne

                        Student Exhibition Auglass 12th Biennial Conference – Melbourne

 

Collections

     

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan

Australian National Glass Collection

Bombay Sapphire Foundation, UK

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

City of Moreland            

Monash University

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

 

Christians, Jacqueline. Hidden in the Hills, pg 126-129

Uppercase Magazine Issue 53, April 2022. ‘Fragile Strength’, pg 66

‘The Cancer Puzzle’. Melbourne Uni exhibition catalogue, ed Dr Jacqueline Healy pg138-141

‘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’. GAS 2012 Journal. Pg 82-84, 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
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,
Heaney, Claire. 'Hothouse Flowers in Full Bloom'. 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 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, Intro of Glass to the Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills WA'

Craft Culture pp 24-28. Craft Victoria Publication Volume 3 no. 245 Summer 3/2002

Layton, Ros. 'Martini Art/The Student Collection'. Vogue Entertaining Autumn 2001, pp 58+59

Schulz, Dennis. 'Art of the Outback'. Qantas-The Australian Way no 100. Oct 2001. pp 58-63 

The Bombay Sapphire Blue Room. Blueprint Magazine 188 pp. 88. Oct 2001. ETP Ltd. UK

Clark, John. 'Student Takes Glass to Australia's Heart'. Monash News 4/8. pg 6. Sept 2001

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