Bio

Media

Winner of second TV series of ‘Design Junkies’ TVNZ, July-August 2019

Art Awards

Winner 3D award – Kaipara Art Awards 2021
Finalist – Tiger Translate Auckland 2012
Finalist – Wallace Trust Art Awards 2011
Finalist – Bold Horizon National Art Awards 2011
Winner Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Awards 2009
Premier Award Manukau Vessel and Sculpture Awards 2005
Third Place Manukau Vessel and Sculpture Awards 2004
Finalist Iris Fisher Arts Awards 2004
Winner of Jurors Prize; North Dakota Museum of Art, Student Show 2001
Semi Finalist Nokia Art Awards 2000
Finalist Manukau Youth Art Awards 2000
Winner of North Shore Youth Art Awards 1999

Scholastic Achievements

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design
DJ Robertson Award – University of North Dakota (4.0 GPA – for first semester)
National Deans List – University of North Dakota (national award)
Ruth K Friedman Scholarship – University of North Dakota (Fine Arts)

Collections

Claim The City (2016), Auckland Council
Flippers (2013), Auckland International Airport
Let Them (2011), Wallace Arts Trust
Untitled (2004), Auckland Council

Commissions

Claim the Streets, Auckland, New Zealand, March 2016 for Auckland Council
Untitled (light sculpture)(2005), Auckland, for 76 Design

Presentations

Pecha Kucha Vol 37 – Auckland, New Zealand, 21st August 2013
Pecha Kucha Vol 28 as part of the South Side Arts Festival – Fresh Gallery, Otara, Auckland, 27th October 2011

Exhibitions

Solo

670 – QEII Square, Auckland, NZ, 8am-8pm 26th November 2011
The World Around – Durham Street East, Auckland, NZ, 8am-8pm 26th February 2011
The continuous work of (a) giant(s) – Highbrook Drive, East Tamaki, Manukau 17 Oct 2009 – 09 Jan 2010
Domesticality – te tuhi centre for the arts, Manukau, NZ, 2nd -24th November 2002
Innocent Ramblings – Grand Forks, ND, USA December 2001

Group

Kaipara Art Awards, Mangawhai and Dargaville, New Zealand, October-December 2021
Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens 2020 Exhibition, New Zealand, December 2019-November 2020
Point Blank, Studio One Toi Tu/Seed, New Zealand, November 2019
Kaipara Art Awards, Mangawhai and Dargaville, New Zealand, October-December 2019
Owhango Summer Sculpture Show, National Park, New Zealand, January 2019
NZ Sculpture Onshore, Fort Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2018
Kaipara Sculpture Gardens, SH16, New Zealand, November 2017-November 2018
A4 – The Grey Place, Auckland, New Zealand, October 2017
NZ Sculpture Onshore, Fort Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2016
Open Streets Art District, Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand, May 2016
Auckland City Limits Arts Festival, Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand, April 2016
SPLORE 2016, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2016
Designer Dog Houses for the SPCA, Urbis Design Day, March 2015
The Big Egg Hunt, New Zealand, March 2015
SPLORE 2015, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand, February 2015
Cameo, Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2014
NZ Sculpture Onshore, Fort Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2014
Metamorphosis, SEED Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 16 April – 10 May 2014
Harbourview Sculpture Trail, Te Atatu, Auckland, New Zealand, 8 – 30 March 2014
SPLORE 2014, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand, 14-16 February 2014
[IN]Box, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21 November – 15 December 2013
Diamonds in the Rough, Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 22 November – 7 December 2013
Kings Art Sale, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand, 8 -10 November 2013
Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 January – 17 February 2013
Cross Purposes, Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 23 November – 8 December 2012
NZ Sculpture Onshore, Fort Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand, 8 – 18 November 2012
Kings Art Sale, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand, 9 – 11 November 2012
1,2,3 – Uxbridge Center for the Arts, Auckland, New Zealand, 26 October – 13 November 2012
Decimate Series – Seed Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-30 June 2012
ERUPT Festival 2012 – Art of Assemblage – Taupo Museum, Taupo, New Zealand, 10 May – 10 June 2012
Estuary Art Awards – Uxbridge Center for the Arts, Auckland, New Zealand, 17 February – 9 March 2012
SPLORE 2012, Tapapakanga Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand, 17-19 February 2012
Brick Bay Sculpture Park, Matakana, New Zealand, 19 December 2011 onwards
Earth Below Sky Above, Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Hamilton, NZ, 14 November 2011 – March 2012
Alter Piece – Seed Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland, 25 November – 10 December 2011
Kings Art Sale – Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-5 November 2011
Wallace Trust Art Awards – Winners and selected finalists traveling exhibition, TSB Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland NZ, 6th September – 14th October 2011
Wallace Trust Art Awards – Winners and selected finalists traveling exhibition, The Dowse, Wellington NZ, 29th October – 4th December 2011
Bold Horizon National Art Awards, Waikato Museum, Hamilton NZ, 6 August – 6 November 2011
Taking Space, Seed Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland NZ, 6-23 July 2011
Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Awards, ArtsPost, Hamilton June-July 2011
E-Scape, Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Hamilton, NZ, 19 March – November 2011
Eastern Artscape, Uxbridge Arts Centre, Manukau, 17 March  6 April 2011
Size Up, Seed Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland NZ 2-19 March 2011
Sculpture Onshore, Fort Takapuna, Devonport, Auckland 4-14 November 2010
Original Art Sale (Featured Artist) Telstra Clear Pacific Event Centre, Manukau 15-17 June 2010
Eastern Artscape, Village Green, Howick, Manukau 19 – 25 February  2010
Estuary Artworks 2010, Uxbridge Arts Centre, Manukau, 12 Feb – 10 March 2010
FreeArt.org.nz, Edition of Urban Detritus , beginning December 2009
Variety Art Auction Extravaganza, Webbs Auction House, 9th December 2009
Sculpture in the Park 2009, Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Hamilton, 22 Nov 2009 – 28 Feb 2010
Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Awards, ArtsPost, Hamilton June 2009
Transmissions from a Metallic Heart, Khuja Lounge May 2007
National Drawing Awards, Artspace, December 2006
2006 Manukau Sculpture and Vessel Awards, Manurewa, November 2006
Iris Fisher Arts Awards, te tuhi–the mark, Pakuranga, November 2005
2005 Manukau Sculpture and Vessel Awards, Manurewa, November 2005
Iris Fisher Arts Awards, te tuhi–the mark, Pakuranga, November 2004
Manukau Sculpture and Vessel Awards, Manurewa, November 2004
National Drawing Awards, Artspace, November 2004
Iris Fisher Arts Awards, te tuhi–the mark, Pakuranga, December 2002, 2003
Pumphouse Art Awards, Pumphouse Gallery, Takapuna, July 2002
Twisted Eh? – ASA Gallery, Auckland, March 2002
North Dakota Museum of Art, Student Show Grand Forks, USA 2001
Manukau Youth Art Awards – Fisher Gallery, 2000
North Shore Youth Art Awards – Devonport, 1999

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