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