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Born U.K. 1956

Education
2008 AUT, Auckland, New Zealand; Master         of Art and Design
1998 UNITEC, Auckland, New Zealand;               Batchelor of Design
1981-84 Middlesex School of Physiotherapy, London, UK, Diploma in Physiotherapy
1975-78 Reading University,UK, BSc (hons)             Botany

Work Experience
2023 Arist Residency
        Driving Creek Railway, Coromandel

2007-09 Auckland War Memorial Museum            Volunteer (cataloguing the Glass                Collection)
2005  Tutor Wanganui Summer School,        UCOL Wanganui
2002-4 Tutor, Artstation
1996-7 Colin Reid Glass, Stroud,                          Gloucestershire, UK, Assistant

Solo Exhibitions
2022 Encrusted, Makers Gallery, Auckland
2019  Wild Things​.The Vivian Gallery                  Matakana
2011  ThinkSpace, Masterworks
2007 AUT Postgraduate Exhibition, Auckland
2003 AVID, Wellington (untitled) Target
2002 Masterworks, Auckland, Pretty
2001 Lopdell House, Auckland, X12
2000 AVID, Wellington, New Work
1994 The Glass Gallery, Auckland, Fire and        Light

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 The Molly Morpeth Canady Award
        Fire and Clay, Pah Homestead,Akl
        UKU Hasting,Hawkes Bay
        Pushing Clay, Nelson

2023 Waiheke Small Sculpture Award 
        (Peoples Choice Award)
       Portage Ceramic Awards, 
finalist
2022 The MollyMorpeth Canady Award,            finalist
        Pushing Clay Uphill, Nelson
2021  Portage Ceramics Award, finalist

2020 The Molly Morpeth Canady Award              Finalist, Whakatane
2019 Waiclay, Waikato Museum and Art             Gallery
2019 The Vivian Gallery, Into the Forest
​2018 The Vivian Gallery, Matakana.                   Summer Show
2017 The Vivian Gallery, Matakana.
       ​​Not just Flowers
       The Portage Ceramic Awards
​       The Vivian Gallery, The Small Show
​2016 Shapeshifter, Lower Hutt, Wellington
​       Waiheke Small Sculpture Prize                  ,Waiheke, Auckland
​       Waiclay, Waikato Museum, Hamilton
       The Portage Ceramic Awards
​       The Vivian, Matakana, Small Works
2015 Waiclay, Waikato Museum and Art               Gallery​
       The Vivian, Matakana, Potters and              Painters
2011 Koru Contemporary Arts, Hong Kong.           Laisee  (10th Anniversary exhibition)
       Auckland Art Fair, Masterworks,                Auckland
       Masterworks,Auckland, All Creatures          Great and Small
2010 Masterworks, Auckland, Pop Culture
       ShapeShifter, Civic Gardens, Lower            Hutt, Wellington,
       The Sculpture Park, Waitakaruru,                Hamilton, Re- Fraction
       Patika Museum and Art Gallery,                  Poriroa, Looking Glass:reflecting               ideas
       Garden and Art Fest, Tauranga
2009 Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Looking         Glass:reflecting Ideas
2005 Kensington Galley, Norwood,                   Adelaide, Australia, NZSAG @GAS      
       GAV, Hyatt Hotel, Adeliade, Australia.
       New Zealand and Australian Glass
       Milford Galleries, Dunedin, Glass              Invitational 2005
       Mostly Glass, Englewood, New Jersey,        USA.The ABC of Glass
2004 Glassmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark,               Southern Exposure
       GAV, Seattle, USA. Australian and New        Zealand glass;the next generation
       Object Space, Auckland, Southern              Exposure
       Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Southern         Exposure
       Number One Book Store. Taipei, New          Zealand Glass
2003 Regent Hotel, Singapore. Seaview
       Chappell gallery, New York USA New           Zealand Glass
       Te Papa, Wellington. Wild Design
       Masterworks, Auckland, Survey of New        Zealand Glass
2002/3 Milford Galleries, Dunedin. Glass           Invitational
2002 Masterworks, Auckland. Survey of             New Zealand Glass
       Lopdell House Galley, Titirangi. The           Cast
2001 Masterworks, Survey of New Zealand         glass
       EON. Glass for DOT
2000 Masterworks, Auckland. A Survey of           New Zealand Glass
       AVID, Wellington.Millenium Exhibition
       Plumbline Gallery St Ives, UK.                   Members Exhibiion CGS


1999 Axia Modern Art, Armadale, Victoria,        Australia. The Best of New Zealand            Glass
      Auckland Maritine Museum. Auckland.         Maritine":Marine
      Parlament Building, Wellington.Glass        in the House
1998 Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney,                  Australia.New, New Zealand Glass
      RFC Prize, Australia touring Sydney,          Perth,Melbourne, Brisbane
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Awards
2023 People's Choice Award,
       Waiheke Small Sculpture Awards

2019 Merit Waiclay, Waikato Museum
​2016 Waiheke Small Sculpture Prize Winner
1999 NZSAG Royal Easter Show, Auckland,         Glass Award Winner
1998 RFC Glass Prize Sydney, Australian            Finalist
       Norsewear, Waipukarau, Merit
1995 NZSAG Royal Easter Show, Auckland,         Glass Award, Merit

Public and Private Collections
Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland
Te Papa, National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington
Telecom New Zealand, Wellington
Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark
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Bibliography
2011 Glass Network The CGS Quarterly           Issue 40/June pg9 illust.
2009Looking Glass:reflecting ideas.               Catalogue illust.
2005 Crafted by Design: Inside New                Zealand's Craft Artists Studios.
     Jeanette Cook and Stephen Robinson          illust.(Random House)
2005 Craft Arts International#62 Pg2-4            illust.
2004 Global Art Venue, USA, Australian and      New Zealand Glass: The Next                    Generation illust.
     Glassmuseet, Ebeltoft. Southern                Exposure catalogue. illust.
2004 Neusglas Fall (3/40) Cochran.G              Southern Exposure. illust.
2002 Neusglas Spring Elliot. M. New              Zealand Glass
2001 NZSAG The Cast Catalogue. Illust.
2001 UK Crafts #168 Jan/Feb
2000 Neusglas review June. illust
1998 Te Papa Publications. New Glass-New        Zealand Glass Reflections: Glass in          Art and Architecture

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