Education
2000 Master of Arts (Visual Art),Curtin University, Western Australia
1999 Postgraduate Diploma in VisualArts, Curtin University, Western Australia.
1987-89 Studied Glass Design at StourbridgeCollege of Technology and Art, UK.
Exhibitions (Solo)
2019 'Lines of Inquiry', Glass Manifesto, Tasmania
2014 ‘Glass Manifesto – A Focus On Glass’, Design Tasmania, Launceston
2011 ‘New works in Glass’, Gunyulgup Galleries, Western Australia
2010 ‘Kunst Australie’, Glas Galerie Broft, The Netherlands
2006 ‘Reticello’, Glass Manifesto WA
2001 ‘Recent Works’, Perth Galleries,WA
2000 ‘New Works in Glass’, New Collectables Gallery, WA
Exhibitions (Group)
2020 'Tom Malone Prize', finalist, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2020 'Glass Utopia', curated by Annalisa Rosso and Francesco Mainardi, Craft ACT, Design Tasmania, Milan Design Week, Venice Glass Week
2019 'Creative Diversity', Majlis Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2108 'Festival of Glass', Paragon Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2014 ‘City of Hobart Glass and Photography Exhibition’ Finalist
2013 ‘Terra Incognita’, DaDe Art and Design Lab, Calgary, Canada
2010 ‘Tom Malone Prize’ finalist, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
2007 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award selected entry
‘City Of Hobart Glass and Photography Exhibition’ finalist Kirra Galleries
2006 ‘Tom Malone Prize’ finalist, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
2005 ‘Tom Malone Prize’ finalist, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
2004 ‘Ranamok Glass Prize’ finalist, touring Australia
2003 ‘City Of Hobart Glass and Photography Exhibition’ finalist
2002 ‘Mitsukoshi International Glass Arts Festival’, Taiwan, (curated by Dr Gerry King)
‘Australia Korea Foundation 10th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition’ -Seoul Korea
2002 ‘Flair’ Ausglass members’exhibition, City of Perth, WA
2000 ‘Licensed’, John Curtin Gallery,WA
1999 ‘Minimum Collateral Damage’ John Curtin Gallery, WA
1992 ‘British Studio Glass’, Gallerie Glasswerk, Germany
‘Flacons’, Gallerie D’Amon, France
1989 ‘Unblown Glass’, Monica Borgward Gallery, Germany
Commissions and Projects (selected)
2007-10 Commissioned artist for the glass artwork for the Completion of St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth
2007-08 Percent for Art project for Rockingham and Kwinana District Hospital
2005 Series of cast glass panels working with the Winjan Aboriginal Community
2004 ‘In The Community’, Series of architectural cast glass panels for Fremantle Arts Centre
Employment and Experience (selected)
2019 Invited International artist for the 21th Namseoul International Glass Festival, Seoul, Korea
Invited International artist for the Dogye Glass World Modern Glass Arts Exhibition and Demonstration, Seoul, Korea
Guest Lecturer, Tsinghau University, Beijing, China
2018 Master in Residence, BG Glass Studio in association with Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2017 and 19 International Lecturer in Glass, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2013 Lecturer in Glass, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada
2003-19 Co-founder and director of ‘Glass Manifesto’
2002 Research Fellow, Curtin University, Western Australia
2001 Lecturer in Glass, Curtin University, Western Australia
Adjunct Research Fellow,Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
1999-2000 Glass tutor and technician, Curtin University, Western Australia
1998 Artist in Residence at the WestAustralian Academy of Visual Arts
1997 Adjunct Research Fellow and Glass tutor at Curtin University, WA
1996-97 Designer and glassmaker for Bristol Blue Glass, UK
1996 Traveled to India to research methods of glass bead making
1994 Production glassmaker at Dam and KarslundGlas Studio, Denmark
1993 Glassmaker for glass artists FynnLynngaard and Tchai Munch, Denmark
1992-94 Resident glassmaker at Ebeltoft Glasmuseum,Denmark
Production glassmaker at Osiris Glass, UK
Demonstrations and Workshops (selected)
2011 Master Class with Maestro Livio Serena at Abate Zanetti, Murano, Italy
2009 Furnace recuperation workshop with Hugh Jenkins, Tasmania, Australia
2009 Grant writing workshop presented in association with Artsource, Perth, Australia
2008 Ausglass International Conference demonstration, Canberra, Australia
2007 Lino Tagliapietra workshop, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
2003 Ausglass International Conference demonstration, Perth, Australia
Awards, Grants and Scholarships
2017 Premiers Award for Excellence, Tasmania Craft Fair
2017 Artist Investment funding through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts
2015 CraftArts International Award, Tasmanian Craft Fair
2003 Arts development grant-ArtsWA
2000 Curtin International Student Scholarship- Curtin University
1999 Curtin International Student Scholarship- Curtin University
Other Commitments
2019 Design Tasmania Program Sub Committee
2017 -18 Organisations Investment Panel Member for Arts Tasmania
2015-16 Peer Review Panel for Arts Tasmania
2013 Coordinator of ‘abrACADabra – a glass symposium’, ACAD, Calgary, Canada
2005-08 Member of the Australia Council- Visual Arts Board
Program Committee member for the Glass Art Society (GAS) Conference 2005 Adelaide
2004-05 Vice President, WAAGG (West Australian Art Glass Guild)
Peer Assessment Panel for ArtsWA (Department of Culture and the Arts)
2001-03 Program Facilitator for the Ausglass International Biennial Conference 2003
Member of the Board of Directors, Ausglass (The Australian Association of Glass Artists Ltd)