Artist and fabricator specialising in cast glass, making art about folklore, fairytales and mythology. Casting your ideas into glass
Artist C.V.
Education and training
2013 Masahiro Asaka, Joy and logic in cold working, Canberra Glass works.
2012 BVA Honours, Sydney College of the Arts
2009-2011 BVA (Studio Glass), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
2010 Claude Jones, Printmaking elective, SCA.
2010 Alasdair Gordon, Masters Class, Copper Wheel engraving.
2006 Peter Minson, Glass Bead advanced class.
1996 Post Technician Certificate, Theatre Costume, East Sydney TAFE
Professional engagement
2016- Australian Fairy Tale Association ezine graphics editor
2016-2019 Ausglass Instagram editor
2014- Australian Fairytale Society founding member
2014- Megalo Print Studio member
2013- Tutor for 'Beginners glass casting day workshop' Canberra Glassworks
2013- NAVA professional member
2007- Ausglass Member
2010 Committee Member, Ausglass Peripheral Vision 2011 Conference Committee
2010 Technical assistant to Mark Elliot’s / Australian Museum flame-working course
Conferences
Technical assistant to Mark Elliot’s ‘Animation Station’ at Ausglass ‘Revolve’ 2017
Speaker at the 2015 Australian Fairytale Society Conference, Transformation: Spinning Straw into Green and Gold.
Exhibitions
2015 Selkie Story, M16 Artspace, Griffith, ACT
2012 Emerging artist space, Stills Gallery, Paddington, NSW.
Group Exhibitions
2019 Long held customs, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston, ACT.
2018 Blue, Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW.
2017 Animal Tales, Tuggeranong Arts Center, ACT.
2016 Welcoming the Light, Form Studio and Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW. *Nov 23-Dec13
2015 Glass & Graphics, Glass Artists' Gallery, Glebe, NSW.
2015 Illuminations, Worth Gallery, Adelaide, SA.
2015 Imaginarium, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen, ACT.
2014 Silhouette, Red Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2014 Depths & Shallows, M16 Artspace, Griffith, ACT.
2014 MAGE 2014, Mansfield, VIC
2014 KIGA, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne.
2014 The Tree, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston, ACT.
2013 Hollydays, Bilk Gallery, Manuka, ACT.
2013 MAGE 2013, Mansfield, VIC.
2013 "Comments in glass", Glass Artists' Pop-up Gallery, The Rocks, NSW.
2013 Winter Lights, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne.
2013 Ensemble, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW.
2012 Launch, Glass Artist's Gallery, Glebe, NSW.
2012 Tool of Choice, Gaffa, Sydney.
2012 Winter lights, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne.
2012 Finalist: Wagga Wagga National Student Art Glass Prize 2012. National Art Glass Collection.
2012 Finalist: Hatched 2012 (National Graduate show), Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
2011 Adjunct, Glass Artists Gallery, Glebe, NSW.
2011 Our house, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Rozelle, NSW.
2011 Seesaw, Gaffa, Sydney.
2011 Marrickville X, ESP Gallery, Marrickville, NSW.
2011 Objectify/Objectdeny, GIG, Glebe, NSW.
2011 Kaleidoscope: Ausglass members show, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Glebe NSW.
2010 Finalist: Untold, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Rozelle, NSW.
2009 Undercast, GIG, Glebe, NSW.
2008 Explorations, Gaffa, Surry Hills, NSW.
2008 30th Anniversary Ausglass exhibition, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
Media
'Working with Shapeshifters' Australian Fairy Tale Society E-Zine Issue 02 October 2016.
Awards, Residencies & Commissions
2016 Kids Design Competition: Canberra Glassworks
2014 Private commission: designed to celebrate the client's first family home.
2014 Private commission: through BILK gallery, designed for a biologist's retirement gift.
2014 Snap 100 (part of Canberra 100)
2013 Graduates in Residence at Canberra Glassworks
2011 Annual SCA Utility Exhibition Award