Education:
2002 Master of Fine Arts RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts Canterbury University, Christchurch, NZ.
Awards/Residencies/Public Commissions:
2016 Auckland Council Anniversary. Commission to create work in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Auckland’s Regional Parks. Installed at Wenderholm Regional Park.
2015 Auckland International Airport Sculptural Installation. Commission.
2012 – 2014 Auckland Council – Ranui Library Public Art Commission. Sculptural installation and collaboration with Jasmax architects.
2013 Auckland Council – Sculpture. Commission for Alison Park, Waiheke Island.
2009 – 2010 William Hodges Fellowship Artist in Residence, Southland, NZ.
2008 Auckland Regional Council Artist In Residence. Wenderholm Regional Park.
Publications:
2012 Survival Within Nature World Sculpture News. Summer 2012. Written by Dr Robin Woodward.
2010 In the wake of the Resolution Art News, New Zealand. Winter 2010.
2008 Transformations. Exhibition Catalog
2007 The Artist Seeks Sanctuary. Art New Zealand. Autumn 2007. Written by Kathryn Mitchell
Selected Exhibitions/Projects:
2016 Tributary. PG Gallery 192, Christchurch, NZ.
2015 The Cocoon – Whole House Reuse. Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, NZ.
2014 Tissue Memory. Solo Exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland, NZ.
2013 Breath. Headland Sculpture on the Gulf. Waiheke, Auckland, NZ.
2012 The Silence. Solo Exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland, NZ.
Cow Dung Forest. An Artweek Installation/Event. Auckland, NZ.
2011 Current – Contemporary Oceanic Art, City of London Festival. October Gallery, London, UK. Curated by Deborah White.
South – Solo Exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland NZ
The Dream. Arthouse Temporary Installation Project, Nelson, NZ.
2010 Jewel in the Crown – Solo Exhibition. Southland Museum & Art Gallery, Invercargill NZ
Putiputi The Flower in Contemporary NZ Art. Hastings City Art Gallery, NZ.
2009 Acclimatising – Solo exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland, NZ.
Monument. Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ.
Chorus. Group show. Whitespace, Auckland NZ
2008 Transformations. Solo exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland, NZ.
Settlement. Installation. Nelson Arts Festival & Manifest Lecture Series.
Regeneration. Installation. NZ Sculpture OnShore. Devonport, Auckland, NZ.
Amazing Lace. Group show. Pataka, Porirua, NZ.
Political World. Group sculpture exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland, NZ.
2007 If This Land Could Speak. Solo exhibition. The Suter Gallery, Nelson, NZ.
Out of the Ashes. Installation. Connells Bay, Waiheke Island, NZ.
Looks So Fine. Group sculpture exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland, NZ.
2006 Verge: Brink. Photographic residency.Suter Gallery, Nelson, NZ.
2004-5 The New Alchemists. National Art Award. Finalist’s Touring Exhibition. Artworks in Reclaimed Materials. Various NZ & Australian galleries
2004 Light Pools. Installation of interactive light works. Nelson Arts Festival, NZ.
2002 An Enchanted Place. MFA Exhibition. RMIT University, Melbourne, Aus.
Re-enchanting the Shadow. Installation. MFA Exhibition, Melbourne, Aus.
1997 – 2006 Nine solo exhibitions (annually) The Lane Gallery, Auckland, NZ.
1996 New Zealand Women Artists. Suter Gallery, Nelson, NZ.
Collections:
Auckland Council, NZ
Auckland International Airport
Auckland Regional Council, NZ
Southland Museum and Art Gallery, NZ
The James Wallace Arts Trust, NZ
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, NZ
Work held in numerous private & corporate collections in New Zealand & internationally.