Education & Related Activity

2004–10 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich - Contemporary Jewellery, Prof. Otto Künzli
2003 Honours Degree - Fine Arts, Monash University, Prof. Marian Hosking
2002 South Korea/ Australia exchange - Kookmin University, Seoul
2000-02 Bachelor of Applied Arts - Metals & Jewellery, Monash University, Prof. Marian Hosking
1998-99 Diploma of Visual Arts -Photography & Sculpture, RMIT Tafe

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

Bavarian State Prize for Emerging Designers, New Muesum for Art and Design, Nuremberg, Germany
Perlen (Pearls), Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
The New Danner Rotunda, Museum of Modern Art & Design, Munich, Germany
Treasure room Australia, Gallery Handwerk, Munich, Germany
By Example, Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami, Japan
Servus, Diploma Exhibition, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
2009 Schmuck 2009, Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM), Munich, Germany
2008 The Fat Booty of Madness, Museum of Modern Art, Munich, Germany
12th Erfurt Jewellery Symposium, Erfurt, Germany
Emu twist again. New from the Inback, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne
Now & Then, Kath Libbert Gallery, Bradford, U.K.
Transformation, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
2007 BKV Prize for Young Craftspeople, Bavarian Arts Organisation, Munich
Contemporary Wearables ’07, Toowoomba Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Ich Weiss Wo Du Wohnst, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
Tatort 5 - Bloody Mary, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2006 Connect, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia
Tatort 4 - Mark your Territory, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Lass’ den Sonnenschein Herin, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
2005 Tatort 3 - Tatort-Tatwort, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Silver Schools, Legnica Art Gallery, Legnica, Poland
Aufgebockt, Akademie Gallery, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany
2004 Talente 2004, Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM), Munich, Germany
Graduate Metals 9, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003 Fresh! 2003, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
A life in the day of…, Otto Künzli Workshop, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
Contemporary Wearables ’03, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
Drawing - Marking the Terrain, Monash Faculty Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2002 Fresh! 2002, Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1999 Nocturnes, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Awards & Grants Received

2010 1st Prize - Bavarian State Prize for Emerging Designers - Applied Art and Design
2010 Studio Grant - Bavarian Arts Council
2007 BKV Prize for Young Craftspeople
Australia Council - New & Emerging Artist Grant
2004 Arts Victoria - Export & Touring Grant
Australia Council - New & Emerging Artist Grant

Collections

  Pinakothek der Moderne (Museum of Modern Art), Munich
Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Languages

  English and German