I develop pieces driven by both serious and silly considerations of our relationships, consumer experiences and everyday identity issues. From neckpieces and rings to vessels and sculptural objects, often I start by exploring traditional jewellery and silversmithing forms while always looking for an opportunity to turn them on their head.
2017
Urban A-Wear-Ness, Francis Ormond statue, RMIT University, Melbourne VIC
2016
Happy Chance – The Wilton Way Café, London
PUT IT ON – & Gallery, Melbourne
2015
Figurative Impressions – School of Art Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC
Fresh! – Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Re:Make – First Site Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Waiting to be Noticed – Gingerboy, Melbourne, VIC
2014
Hey Handsome. RMIT School of Art Honours Graduating
Exhibition – First Site Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Craft Forms 2014 – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2013
Marzee Annual International Graduation Show 2013 – Graduate exhibition, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The Melbourne Cufflink – Lord Coconut, Melbourne, VIC
2012
As Above, So Below – Graduate Exhibition, RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Department, Victoria Artists’ Society, Melbourne, VIC
2011
Work Hardened – Annual First- and Second-Year Student Exhibition, RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Department, Boscia Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
BUDA 2011 – Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Exhibition, Castlemaine, VIC
BUDA 2011 – Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Exhibition, (Selected finalist) for traveling exhibition at Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2010 – Finalists’ traveling exhibition
Sturt Gallery Mittagong NSW
2010
National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2010 – Finalist, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, NSW
2009
Got A Nice Ring To It, Annual First- and Second-Year Student Exhibition, RMIT Gold & Silversmithing Department, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2008
MINT – Graduate Exhibition, NMIT, Jewellery and Silversmithing Department, Northcote Town Hall, Northcote, VIC
2016–2018
MA, Jewellery & Metal, Royal College of Art, London, England
2010–2014
BA (First Class Honours), Fine Arts – Gold & Silversmithing RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
2008–2009
Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology (Jewellery), NMIT, Melbourne, Australia
1998–2000
MBA, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
1989–1993
BA, University of Southern Califonia, Los Angeles, California
2014
Emily Hope Prize for figurative work, Jewellery (Acquisitive)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
2008
John Lazos & Associates - Best Design Award
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Fairfield, VIC
2014
W.E. McMillan Collection – RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC
2013
Galerie Marzee (ed.), International Graduation Show 2013, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NLD.