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Education

2010          Bachelor of Fine Art - University of Tasmania (UTAS)                       

2006         Diploma of Art Craft & Design - TAFE Tasmania      


Exhibitions

Selected Group:

2024         Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert - Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW

2023         Sydney Contemporary Art Fair , Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert - Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW

2022         Objects of Desire - Sturt Gallery - Sturt Gallery & Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW

2022         In Nature - Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert, Sydney, NSW

2022         Sydney Contemporary Art Fair , Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert, Collaborative work with Sarah Rayner - Carriageworks Sydney NSW

2022        20 Years - FIND Contemporary Jewellery Collective, Hobart, TAS

2021         Sydney Contemporary Art Fair , Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert, Collaborative work with Sarah Rayner - Carriageworks Sydney NSW

2021         Small Wonders - The Centre, Scenic Rim, QLD

2021         Contemporary Wearables Biennial Award - Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD

2021         CERAMIX, joint exhibition with Sarah Rayner for Australian Ceramics - Manly Museum & Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW    

2020        Anthologia, joint exhibition with Sarah Rayner - Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert - Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, NSW    

2020        Nature Nurturing Art - WAMA Where Art Meets Nature - online www.wama.net.au

2019         Vanishing Point - Unseen - an arts/science collaboration - Makers’ Workshop, Burnie,  TAS

2019         Art Meets Nature - Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne, VIC

2019         What’s in the Drawer? (as part of Radiant Pavilion) - Small Space Gallery Hobart, Fitzroy,  VIC

2018         Gilded Encounters - Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart, TAS

2018         Cultivate - Sturt Gallery - Sturt Gallery & Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW

2018         Sustainable Bling - Wild Island Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2017         Inscription & Place - Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2017         Vanishing Point - Unseen - an arts/science collaboration - Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, TAS

2016         Vanishing Point - an arts/science collaboration - Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, TAS

Solo:

2023        Silent Sentinels - Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart,  TAS

2021         Gather - King Island Cultural Centre - King Island, TAS

2011           Slender Threads - Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS

2011           Microcosm - Art at the Point, Dennes Point, Bruny Island, TAS  

2009        Transient - Entrepôt Gallery, UTAS, Hunter Street, Hobart, TAS   

 

Residencies

2025         One month residency Inis Oírr, Co. Galway, Ireland.

2025         Two week residency Cil Rialaig, Co. Kerry Southern Ireland.

2025         Two week residency The Booth, Shetland, Scotland.

2022         Two week residency Bundanon, NSW. Collaboration with Sarah Rayner

2021          Five week Arts Tasmania/King Island Council residency - King Island Cultural Centre, King Island , TAS


Awards/Prizes/Grants

2024         Finalist - Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize - South Australian Museum, SA

2021          First prize: Contemporary Wearables Biennial Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland. (work acquired by TRAG)

2021         Sir William Dobell Bundanon Artist in Residence Scholarship    

2021         Finalist - York Botanic Art Prize - Gallery 152, York, WA

2021         Finalist - Design Files Award - www.designfiles.net

2020        Arts Tasmania Residency Grant 

2018         Finalist & Highly Commended - Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize - South Australian Museum, SA

2018         Finalist - Stanthorpe Art Prize - Stanthorpe, QLD

2016         Finalist- Contemporary Wearables - Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD. (work acquired by TRAG)

2015         Finalist - Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize - Double Bay, NSW

2014         Finalist & Highly Commended - Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize - South Australian Museum, SA

 

Selected publications

 

The Everyday artefacts of World Politics, Caitlin Hamilton - 2022. Routledge Focus

Garland, December 2020 - December Laurel, Kevin Murray

Art Collector #94, October 2020 - Mother Nature, Sophia Cai

Journal of Australian Ceramics #59,  April 2020 - Ceramix - catalogue essay, Sophia Cai. 

Island Magazine #156, March 2019  - Wearing the Past, Ruth Quibell. 

Garland, June 2018 - Lost Histories: Inscription & Place, Peter Hughes

Narrative Jewellery - Tales from the Toolbox, Mark Fenn - 2017. Schiffer Publishing.

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