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Education
2020 MFA in Metals, Craft/Material Studies Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
2014 Diploma of Graphic Design, Communication and Technology College, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2011 BFA in Jewellery & Small Objects, Fine Art Department, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Solo & Two-person Exhibitions
2022 Fulfillment, Fellowship Exhibition, Baltimore Jewelry Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2022 A Long Time, with Robert Thomas Mullen, Iridian Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022 Unravelling, with Jolynn Santiago, Baltimore Jewelry Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2022 Promise & Ruin, Fried Fruit Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2016 Sentinels & Spectres, Artisan, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2014 Temporal:Portal, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2023
Rejewelry Competition, Radical Jewelry Makeover hosted by Bario Neal, NYC, NY
We are here: LGBTQIA+ Voices in the Contemporary Metals Community, National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
2022
Tender Presence, Gallery 2052, Chicago, IL, Alma’s, Richmond, VA & Penland Gallery, Bakersville, NC (curated by Adam Atkinson & Everett Hoffman)
Dream Machine, Industry City, New York City Jewelry Week, Brooklyn, NY
Collective Origins 15, Grey Street Gallery, QCA, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2021
Hearts + Flowers, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
Outside the Lines, Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery, Waltham, MA
2020
Polemos_War, Galerie Weltraum, Munich, Germany (curated by Loukia Richards & Christoph Ziegler)
Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition, Kunming, China (curated by Herman Sun with selection by Jury)
INSERT self, Main Street Station Gallery, Richmond, VA
Slippery and Subversive, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2019
Anonymous Brooklyn, Brooklyn Metal Works, New York City Jewelry Week, Brooklyn, NY
Brooching: Identity and Gender, Ton Pottery, Pittsburgh, PA
Because Of, MFA Candidacy Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA
SAMPLE, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
2018
Triple Parade - 4th International Contemporary Jewelry Biennial, Shanghai, China
Mark Making, Craft ACT, Canberra Australia, (catalog)
7 artists for 7 days, myday-byday Gallery, Rome, Italy (curated by Laura Helena Aureli)
Uncharted, Unbound, Unexpected, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA (curated by Madeline Courtney and Nancy Megan Corwin)
Use, POP Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (curated by Lisa Bryan-Brown) - subsequently toured to 10 Regional Galleries around Australia from 2018-2021
2017
Nature and Neon, Sandra J Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN (juried by Garth Johnson)
Beijing International Art Jewelry Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, Juried by Kevin Murray and Sabine Pagan
Loop, JMGQ, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Mark Making, Adorned Spaces at the SNAG Conference, New Orleans, LA
2016
Unexpected, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (curated by Lexie Owens)
Forget Them, Brooklyn Metal Works, New York, NY (juried by Steven Gordon Holman, Erin S. Daily and Brian Weissman)
Worn & Weathered, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2015
Beijing International Art Jewelry Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China
Pendulum, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, AUS
Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Precious: The Lure of Skill, Bosz Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Young Collectors, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lux Lumens, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Extended Jewellery, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (curated by Beau Allen)
2013
Bench: Works from a Collective Studio, Artisan, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (catalog)
2011
The Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Seduction of Surface, Logan Art Gallery, Logan, QLD, Australia
2010
Radical Jewellery Makeover, Artisan, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Revisiting the Australian Landscape, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD, Australia (curated by Dr. Elizabeth Shaw)
Graduate Metal XII, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
Awards, Grants, Residencies & Internships
2023
Creativity Grant, project funding, Maryland State Arts Council, MD
2022
Pentaculum, 1-week invitational residency, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2020-2023
Teaching Fellow August 2020- August 2023, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2019
Graduate Travel Grant, Awarded for three separate projects, VCUarts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Space Grant, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Fall semester, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2018
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Full academic year, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Featured Artist Award, 7 artists for 7 days, myday-byday Gallery, Rome, Italy (juried by Bella Neyman)
2017
Educational Endowment Scholarship (Emerging/Mid-Career), Society of North American Goldsmiths, Eugene, OR
2016
First Place Honours, Annual Juried Exhibition, Forget Them, Brooklyn Metal Works, New York, NY
Artists Assistant Internship, March-May, Tanel Veenre, Tallinn, Estonia
2011
Award for Academic Excellence, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2009
Highly Recommended, Jewellery & Small Objects Graduate Award, Australian Decorative and Fine Art Society, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2008
Arts, Law & Education Faculty Award, Griffith Innovation Challenge, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Teaching Experience
2023-Present, Adjunct Faculty, Jewelry, Department of Art, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2023-Present, Adjunct Faculty, Jewelry, Center for Visual Arts, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2022-Present, Adjunct Faculty, Jewelry, Department of Art + Design, Towson University, Towson MD
2020-Present Instructor, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2019 Teaching Assistant to Emily Culver, Virginia Commonwealth University, (Advanced Metal Fabrication – Forming, Fall 2019; Advanced Metal Fabrication – Casting and Stone Setting, Spring 2019)
2018 Teaching Assistant to Kathleen Kennedy, Virginia Commonwealth University, (Advanced Metal Fabrication – Mechanisms, Fall 2018)
2014-15 Studio Technician, Jewellery & Small Objects Studio, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Lectures & Presentations
2024
Creative Careers, Artist presentation for Professional Practices in the Visual Arts students, Queensland College of Art & Design, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
2023
Creative Careers, Artist presentation for Professional Practices in the Visual Arts students, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
2022
Fellowship presentation, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Balitmore, MD, August 25, with sound performance by Jason Charney & Andy Lowrie
2019
Artist talk, Craft/Material Studies Graduate Artist Talks, Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, December 10
Invitational talk, Ethical Metalsmiths Students: So Fresh + So Clean, Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference, Chicago, IL, October 25.
Pecha Kucha, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, August 8.
2016-17
Invitational talk, Interning in Estonia, Jewellery and Small Objects Professional Practices, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (May 2016, August 2016, May 2017, August 2017)