CV
Education |
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| 2004-2010 | Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics) 1st Class Honours, RMIT |
| 1997 |
Postgraduate Diploma of Fine Art (Art Curatorship and Museum Management), University of Melbourne |
| 1983-1987 |
Bachelor of Education (Arts and Crafts), Melbourne College of Advanced Education |
Exhibitions |
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| 2012 |
Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Milestones for Two Centuries of Women Climbers, Mailbox 141 Flinders Lane, Melbourne |
Selected Group Exhibition |
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2018 |
Material Memories, Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery |
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Finalist, Kyltie Pate Award |
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2017 |
Finalist, Craft Award, Craft, Melbourne Finalist, Klytie Pate Award |
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2016 |
Wonky, Curated by Sophia Cai & Caitlin Shearer, Tinning Street Presents, Brunswick. |
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2015 |
Storm in a Teacup, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, curated by Wendy Garden |
| Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria | |
| Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award, MC3 Art Gallery, judges by Robert Reason, Curator of European & Australian Decorative Arts, Art Gallery f South Australia | |
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2014 |
the course of objects: the fine line of inquiry at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum, an Australian Ceramics Association Biennial Exhibition |
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2012 |
28th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award |
| Tooth and Nail: Cross Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ceramics, a RMIT, NETS (Victoria) and Chinese Museum (Melbourne) International and National Touring Exhibition | |
| 2011 | Narrative Knot, Manly Art Gallery and Museum |
| RMIT Student Representative, Affordable Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings | |
| 2010 | Ceramics RMIT Student Exhibition, Carbon Black |
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Resonate, First Site Gallery |
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| 2009 |
Bottled, Pan Gallery |
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Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Exhibition, RMIT Gallery |
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Unearth, RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Skepsi on Swanston |
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| Stirring, Skepsi on Swanston | |
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Perspective, selected members exhibition, Craft Victoria |
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Ceramics Victoria 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Manningham Art Gallery |
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Pat Emery Award & Exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Gallery |
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| 2007 |
Mary and Lou Senini Student Art Award for Ceramics, McClelland Gallery |
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Pat Emery Award & Members Exhibition, Paynter Gallery, Bendigo Pottery |
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Ceramics Faculty Exhibition, RMIT School of Art Gallery |
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| 2006 |
Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Exhibition, RMIT Gallery |
Awards & Grants |
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| 2012 |
Australia Council ArtStart Grant |
| 2011 |
Scholarship Recipient, RMIT Honours Endowment Travelling Scholarship |
| RMIT University Ceramics Honours Award for Excellence | |
| 2010 |
RMIT Ceramics Honours Student Award |
| 2009 |
Ge & Ge Sponsors Award, Ceramics Victoria 40th Anniversary Exhibition, |
| 2007 |
Mary and Lou Senini Student Art Award, McClelland Art Gallery |
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Clayworks Ceramics Award for Excellence, RMIT |
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| Pat Emery Encouragement Award | |
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George Alexander Foundation Grant, RMIT |
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| 2006 |
Siemens RMIT Fine Arts Scholarships |
Professional Activity |
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| 2018 |
Lecturer in Ceramics - RMIT |
| 2017 |
Lecturer in Objective Based Design - Ceramics, RMIT |
| 2014-ongoing |
Victoria Wide Writer for the Journal of Australian Ceramics Blog on contemporary ceramics lookingwithsofteyes.blogspot.com Treasurer of Bluestone Committee |
| 2012-ongoing |
Studio at Elm Place Studios, North Melbourne |
| 2011 |
Guest Editor, Journal of Australian Ceramics, Issue 550/1 |
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Masterclasses Anton Reijnders, RMIT |
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| 2010 |
Bluestone Collection, Treasurer ongoing |
| 2009 |
Lecture 15 Days In Jingdezhen, Australian Ceramic Triennale, Sydney |
| 2003 |
Project Manager, Craft Victoria Including creation of ingural Scarf Festival 2003 |
| 2002 |
Curator of Fold, group exhibition at Craft Victoria |
| 2000-2001 |
Program Manager, Craft Victoria |
| 1999 |
Touring Services Project Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria) |
| 1997-2000 |
West Space Committee Committee Member (Footscray to CBD) |
| 1996 – 1998 |
Assistant Registrar, National Gallery of Victoria |
| 1988 – 1994 |
Art and craft teacher, Kurunjang Secondary College, Victoria |
Residencies &Workshops |
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| 2016 | Artist in Residency Northcote Pottery |
| 2013 | Penny Byrne 3D Collage Workshop. Slow Clay Centre |
| 2010 | Anton Reinjers Workshop, RMIT |
| 2008 |
Residency Jingdezhen Pottery Workshop and Experimental Sculpture Factory, China |
Industry Membership |
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Craft |
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Australian Ceramics Association |
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| Victorian Institute of Teaching |