Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Fine Art RMIT University 2013
Master of Arts – Fine Art RMIT University 2002
Cert IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116) RMIT University 2021
Teacher Practicum TAE50111(part) Goulburn Ovens Institute 2015
Cert IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) Goulburn Ovens Institute 2013
Small Business Management Goulburn Ovens Institute 1993
Diploma of Fine Arts in Gold and Silversmithing RMIT University 1979
Awarded Research Residency Institute International de la Marionnette, Charleville-Mezieres, France 2015
Mirek Trejtnar Studio – Prague Marionette Theatre Workshops, Festival & Conference Prague, Czech Republic 2015
Estonian Academy of Arts – Department of Jewellery and Blacksmithing, Tallinn, Estonia 2013
Yarra Valley Grammar School, Sculpture and Installation Ringwood East, Melbourne 2013
‘Puppets in Prague’ Mirek Trejtnar Studio – Marionette Construction and Theatre Prague, Czech Republic 2010
Guthrie Street Primary School, Sculpture and Installation Shepparton, Victoria 2007
Cobram Secondary College, Sculpture and Installation Cobram, Victoria 2004
Shepparton High School, Sculpture and Installation Shepparton, Victoria 2003
Awarded Research Residency Institute International de la Marionette 2017
Featured Artist for NOBEL PRIZE in Economic Sciences for Jewellery in ‘The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange’ 2015
Awarded Research Residency Estonian Academy of Arts – Department of Jewellery and Blacksmithing 2013
“20 -10” JMGA Members and Delegates National Award Exhibition, Perth ‘Outstanding Work Award’ 2010
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Victoria – Members Exhibition “Water” ‘Certificate of Excellence’ 2008
National Contemporary Jewellery Award (NCJA), Griffith Regional Art Gallery, ‘Best Innovative Contemporary Jewellery Design’ 2008
Jhead Art Award, Shepparton Arts Festival 2003
Honourable Certificate ‘International Jewellery Design Competition’ Tokyo 1999
Melbourne Fringe Fashion Award 1996
JMGA (Vic) Highly Commended Award 1994
L. Puzar Award RMIT for best student in Jewellery 1978
Radiant Pavilion Event – TEMPCONTEMT – ‘Body Positive’ 2021
(SOLO Exhibition) 2019 – ‘Uncanny Life; Objects of Being’, Radiant Pavilion Event, Alternating Current Art Space, Melbourne 2019
Radiant Pavilion Event – In the Drawer, Small Space Jewellery Gallery, Fitzroy; 2019
SMALL fortyfivedownstairs exhibition event Flinders Lane Melbourne 2018
(SOLO Exhibition) ‘Uncanny Life – artifact and identity’, gallery fortyfivedownstairs, Flinders Lane Melbourne 2018
‘Where the Rivers Meet’ Wangaratta Art Gallery 2017
‘Detained’ Bainz Gallery Wangaratta 2017
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange 2016’ Worldwide 2016
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange 2015’ Worldwide 2015
‘Puppets in Prague’ Festival and Conference Anniversary Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic 2015
‘Retrospect’, Chapel off Chapel 20th Anniversary Exhibition… Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Prahran 2015
(SOLO Exhibition) ‘For the Love of Dolls: artifact and identity, Wangaratta Art Gallery 2014
‘Change’, Goulburn North East Arts Alliance (GANEA) Bainz Gallery Wangaratta 2014
‘Recover, Recycle, Restore’ GNE Arts Alliance (GANEAA) Wangaratta Art Gallery 2013
(SOLO Exhibition) ‘For the Love of Dolls: artifact and identity, PhD Project Exhibition, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne 2012
‘Silver’, Wangaratta Art Gallery 2012
‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor’, Artisan Gallery, Brisbane & National Tour 2011
‘Iberjoya, International Jewellery Showcase’ In conjunction with the publication of The Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook, Groupo Duplex, Duplex Creativos, Barcelona Spain IFEMA, Madrid, Spain 2011
‘Close to Hand’, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne 2011
(SOLO Exhibition) ‘Articulate Objects’ Aldas Gallery and Project Space, Perth WA 2010
“20-10” JMGA Members and Delegates National Award Exhibition, Perth Galleries 2010
‘It’s Got Legs’ RMIT Gold and Silversmithing, Postgraduate and Alumni Award Exhibition 2009, 2007/8
‘Contemporary Wearables 09’, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & National Tour 2009
‘Adorned 09’ Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery 2009
‘Fragile Nature’, JMGQ Group Exhibition Brisbane Square, Brisbane 2009
School of Cultural Arts – Staff and Students Exhibition – Shepparton Art Gallery 2008
‘Water’, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Victoria – Annual Members Exhibition 2008
National Contemporary Jewellery Award Exhibition – Griffith regional Art Gallery 2008
‘Adorned’ Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery 2008
(SOLO Exhibition) ‘Artifacts and Identity’, Liverpool Street Gallery, 2008
South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
Anti – War Medals Exhibition (2nd edition) 2007 – 2008
Thomas Mann Gallery 1/0, New Orleans, USA 2005
Exhibition Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, USA and Kikness, Norway 2004
Alternatives Gallery Rome, Festpillane I Nord-Norge, Norway, Electrum Gallery, London
Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco USA 2003
‘Contemporary Wearables 07’, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & National Tour 2007 – 2008
Passage, JMGQ Group Exhibition Marks & Gardner Contemporary Gallery Mt Tamborine, Qld 2007
‘Adorned’ Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery 2007
‘Rediscover’ JMGV Exhibition, City Library, Melbourne 2006
‘ExSiting, ExSighting, ExCiting! Exhibition, A-SAPCE on Cleveland, Sydney 2006
‘Victorian Stories’ JMGA Touring Exhibition Brenda May Gallery, Sydney and Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne 2006
‘Contemporary Wearables ‘05’ Exhibition Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and National Tour 2005
‘Profile’ JMGV Exhibition Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne 2004
(SOLO Exhibition) ‘Investigate the Gate’ Installation Grattan Gardens, Greville Street, Prahran 2004
Jhead Award Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery 2004, 2003
‘Raising Technologies’ RMIT Gallery, Melbourne and JMGA Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery 2004
‘Contemporary Wearables 03’ Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & National Tour 2003
‘The Art of Birthing’, Glen Eira City Gallery, Caulfield 2003
(SOLO Exhibition) “ROOM: memory ‘at the still point of the turning world’ Shepparton Art Gallery and Chapel off Chapel Gallery Prahran Melbourne 2002-2003
‘Refined’, RMIT Postgraduate Gold & Silversmithing, Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne 2002
‘Seen/Unseen’ JMGA Exhibition Victorian Artist Society Galleries, East Melbourne 2001
Various local, National and International exhibitions (Approx. 30 exhibitions including 5 Solo) More information available on request 1979 – 2001
‘Narrative Jewellery :Tales from the Toolbox’, Mark Fenn, Schiffer Books, ISBN: 978-0-764-35414-4 2017
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange’ Olga Raben, Copenhagen, Denmark 2017
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook’ Ed. Groupo Duplex, Duplex Creativos,Barcelona Spain, p.44 2016
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange’ Olga Raben, Copenhagen, Denmark 2015
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook’ Ed. Groupo Duplex, Duplex Creativos,Barcelona Spain, p.38 2015
‘Arteyjoya’ Magazine/ Fifth Edition Duplex Creativos, SA, Barcelona Spain. 2015
‘Artifact and Identity’ Jan (Janet) Donaldson, Introduction by Prof. Robert Baines, Ed. Jessica Zimbalatti, ISBN: 978-0-646-92073-3 2014
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook’ Ed. Groupo Duplex, Duplex Creativos,Barcelona Spain, p. 49 2014
‘Arteyjoya’ Duplex Creativos, SA, Barcelona Spain. 2014
‘Jewel Book’: International Annual of Contemporary Jewel Art’ 2012/13 Nika Leys Stichting Kunstboek, Belgium, pp. 180-181 2012
Craft Arts International (Aust) Issue 84, p.109 2012
‘The Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook’ Ed. Groupo Duplex, Duplex Creativos,Barcelona Spain, p. 58 2012, 2011
‘Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Sailor’ 100 Women, 100 Brooches, 100 Stories Ed. Kirsten Fitzpatrick Artisan, Brisbane, p. 93 2011
A Rivers Tale: Land Dividing Stories Connecting’ Sculpture Project Ed. Angie Russsi, Mooroopna Education and Activity Centre Inc. Arts Victoria 2009
‘Your Home’ Magazine Issue 3: Spring/Summer, pp. 32-33 2009
Ground work, ‘Common Ground’ Issue 5: Lindy Allen, Regional Arts Victoria, pp. 2-7 2007
Craft Arts International (Aust) Issue 67, p.103 2006
LEMEL Magazine Spring Edition, Back cover 2003
LEMEL Magazine Summer Edition, p. 9 2002
LEMEL Magazine Winter Edition, Cover 2001
Craft Arts International (Aust) Issue 48, p.106 2000
LEMEL Magazine Spring Edition, pp. 4,5,18 1996
‘Jewellery Philosophies – Contexts of Working 1999’ Ed. Robert Baines pp.10-12 1999
Periphery Magazine Summer Edition, pp. 33-34 1998
Juice Magazine Issue 44, p. 35 1996
Rebel Razor (Aust.) Magazine Issue 23, Cover 1996
International Craft Arts (JAPAN) Volume 5, p. 3-8 1995
Craft Arts International (Aust.) Issue 35, p.117 1995
Craft Arts International (Aust.) Issue 34, p.115 1995
Craft Arts International (Aust.) Issue 32, p.116 1995
Craft Arts International (Aust.)
Also various articles in popular press such as ‘The Age’, Melbourne, and regional news.
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