education

1999, Bachelor of Applied Arts (Honours: Class 1)
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Awards

2008 Canterbury Potters Association, Premier Award
2008 Portage Ceramic Award, Merit Award
2007 New Zealand Society of Potters, Premier Award
2007 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Honourable Mention
2006 Canterbury Potters Association, Merit Award
2005 Canterbury Potters Association, Premier Award
2005 New Zealand Society of Potters, Premier Award
2004 Canterbury Potters Association, Merit Award
2000 Australian Post-graduate Award
1999 University of New South Wales, Award for Excellence in Ceramics
1999 Ceramic Art and Perception Award
1996 Willoughby City Art Awards, 1st Prize Sculpture
1996 Fairfield City Festival of the Arts, Sculpture Prize
1996 University of New South Wales Art Competition, Sculpture Prize

teaching

2003 – present Tutor, Ceramics
Canterbury Potters Association, Christchurch
2000 – 2002 Associate Lecturer Ceramics
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

exhibitions

November 2008: Canterbury Potters Association annual exhibition Canterbury Museum
October 2008: Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House Gallery
May 2008: Form Gallery, Joint show with Amy Michaels, Christchurch
April 2008: Natural Selection III, Waiheke Community Art Gallery
March 2008: Two Rivers Gallery, Cheviot, Group show
March 2008: Form and Fire, Christchurch Art Gallery, NZ Potters, 49th National Exhibition
March 2008: Canterbury Fired Up, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch,
December 2007: Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton, Group show
November 2007: Sculpture on the Penintular, Governors Bay
November 2007: Canterbury Potters Association annual exhibition Canterbury Museum
October 2007: Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House Gallery
September 2007: The Art Event, Christchurch Art Gallery
April – June 2007 4th World Ceramic Biennale Korea
April 2007 New Zealand Society of Potters, 48th National Exhibition, Gisborne
December 2006: Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch Group show
November 2006: Canterbury Potters Association annual exhibition, Canterbury Museum
October 2006: Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House Gallery
September 2006: ‘Head of a Figure’ Solo Exhibition, Waimakariri Arts Council, Chamber Gallery.
May 2006: South Canterbury Potters Assoc, Guest exhibitor and selector, Aigentie Museum, Timaru.
April 2006: NZ Society of Potters, 47th National Exhibition Taupo
April 2006: WaiClay 2006. Hamilton City Art Gallery
December 2005: Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch Group show
November 2005: Sculpture in the Garden, Governors Bay
November 2005: Canterbury Potters Association annual exhibition Canterbury Museum
October 2005: Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House Gallery
September 2005: Mt Pleasant Potters Group, Guest selector and exhibitor
May 2005: Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch Group show
March 2005: Artex, Christchurch Group show
April 2005: NZ Society of Potters, 46th National Exhibition Invercargill
November 2004: Canterbury Potters Association annual exhibition Canterbury Museum
November 2003: Sculpture in the Garden, Governors Bay
June 2003: Joint Exhibition with Margaret Ryley, Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch
1998-2002: Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
June 2002: ‘Symbiosis' COFA Gallery, Sydney
March 2000: ‘An Appointment With Reality’ Sir Herman Black Gallery
February 2000: ‘Orientation Week Sculpture Walk’ University of Sydney
December 1999: COFA Graduand Exhibition
November 1999: ‘Close at Hand’ Open Studio Exhibition, COFA
December 1998: ‘The Point’ COFA Graduand Exhibition
April 1998: Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Group Exhibition
March 1998: Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney, Solo Exhibition
Dec-Jan 1997-98: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, 18th Biennial Craft Event
March 1996: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand Society of Potters, 37th National Exhibition

Public Collections and Commissions

Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea
Kaiapoi River Project, Waimakariri Community Arts Trust
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
Waimakariri Community Arts Trust Collection