Story
My work is an aesthetic form of biomimicry. Each creature evolved to inhabit the personal, intimate space that is reserved for jewellery. With details that are only revealed through mechanical transformation, I aim to unlock the childlike wonder I associate with the natural world.
Education
2012 Exchange Placement, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Shibuya, Tokyo
2011-12 Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design, Design Centre Enmore, Sydney
2010 Introduction to Jewellery Making I, Design Centre Enmore, Sydney
2010 Certificate III in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft, Illawarra Institute, Nowra
Awards
2017 Winner of Contemporary Wearables 17
2014 Finalist in Emerging Artist Craft Award Exhibition
2013 Finalist in Contemporary Wearables 13
2012 Scholarship to Study at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, awarded by the Jewellery and Object Design Department, DCE, Sydney
2010 Commendation Award, Illawarra Institute Annual Student Exhibition, Nowra
Professional Development
2013-14 Member, JMGA. Member, JMGQ
2013 Attendee, Gerhard Herbst, Forging Workshop
2013-14 Member, Hammer and Hand Metal Collective, Byron Bay, NSW
2011-12 Internship, Metalab, Surry Hills, Sydney
2012 Co-organiser, Under the Hammer, Fundraising Jewellery Auction
2012 Participant, Jamie Fergus Jade Carving Workshop
2011 Attendee, Enmore Talks, speakers included; Margret West, Mark Vaarwerk, Claire McAlister, Felicity Peters, Sheridan Kennedy, Patricia Anderson
Selected Employment
2016 CAD for Jewellery Teacher, Design Centre Enmore, TAFE NSW
2015/18 CAD Specialist/ 3D Print Crew, Rapid Casting, St. Peters, NSW
2013/14 Art Technician, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, NSW
2011/12 Gallery Attendant, Flying Pig Precinct Gallery, Berry, NSW
Exhibitions
2018 Wunderlust, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018 I Hate Contemporary Jewellery, Temp Contemp, Melbourne, Vic
2017 Contemporary Wearables 17, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD
2017 You’re as Cold as Ice, Kin Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2017 Mesozoic, The Goldsmiths Gallery, San Remo, Vic
2016-18 About Face, Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney, NSW
2015 Flourish, Courtesy of the Artist, Sydney, NSW
2014 A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
2014 Emerging Artist Craft Award Exhibition, Craft NSW, Sydney, NSW
2014 Emerging Contemporaries, Craft ACT, Canberra, ACT
2014 Exhibit A, Hammer And Hand, Byron Bay, NSW
2013 Contemporary Wearables 13, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD
2013 Graduate Metal 13, The Webb Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2013 My Australia, Seven Spirit Bay Resort, Winnellie, NT
2013 RAW Elevation, Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
2012 Henka/Change, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Mine, Depot Galleries I & II, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW
2012 Instore, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Benchmark, Depot Galleries I & II, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW
2010 Annual Student Exhibition, Illawarra Institute, Nowra, NSW
Publications
2013 Eggs and Elephants, Filings, Oct 2013, JMGA, Sydney
2013 Contemporary Wearables 13, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba
2013 Graduate Metal 13, Department of Jewellery and Objects, QLD College of Art, Brisbane
2012 Mine, Department of Jewellery and Object Design, Design Centre Enmore, Sydney
2011 Benchmark, Department of Jewellery and Object Design, Design Centre Enmore, Sydney