Education
2008 Currently undertaking a PhD at Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University.
1987 Bachelor of Arts, Jewellery major, Queensland College of Art
Individual Exhibitions and events
2005-6 The Specious Voyages, Jam factory Craft & Design Centre, Adelaide; Museum of Brisbane
2001 Specious-a collection of curios, Object Galleries, Sydney
1999 qualia, Deseran Gallery, Sydney
1995 Syzygy, Linden gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2008 Madonna del Rosario, Artisan Gallery, Brisbane.
2007 Spinning Straw, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2006-8 Freestyle – new Australian Design for Living, Melbourne Museum and touring 2007
2006 Baubles, Bangles & Beads, Bathurst Regional Gallery and touring into 2007
2003-5 Here And There Jewellery Exchange touring UK & Australia
2004 Sydney Style, Object for the Sydney Festival at Sydney Opera House
2002 Future Factor, Craft Queensland, and touring Australia until 2003
2001 Tactile Art Award, Object Gallery, Sydney
2001 Australian Fashion Week Opening event with Justine Taylor & Autore South Sea Pearls
2000 Lustre, New Australian Jewellery from the collection, Queensland Art Gallery
1998 Romanticism and Reason- Australian Jewellery 1957-1997, touring Western Australia
1998 Undercurrents Itami City Craft Centre, Itami & Ueno No Mori Museum,Tokyo, Japan
1997 Contemporary Vessels and Jewels –Shanghai Museum,& Queensland Art Gallery
1995 Sacred Archetypes, Archetype Gallery, New York
1994 Upfront-Jewellery for the Torso, The Door Exhibition Space, Fremantle, WA
1993-1992 …but never by chance…,: EAF Adelaide, IMA Brisbane, MCA Sydney,
Ian Potter Gallery Melbourne, School of Art Gallery Canberra.
1991-1992 Australian Jewellery Biennial. touring show Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra
Design Commissions
2002 Autore South Sea Pearl jewellery for Akira, Australian Fashion Week
2001 Autore South Sea Pearl Jewellery for Michelle Jank “Deceiving Ladies” collection & Justine Taylor “Alchemy”, Mercedes Australian Fashion Week
2000 Optogemel interactive sculpture, Brisbane Powerhouse Live Arts Complex
1998 Jewellery for Akira Isogawa’s Botanica collection, Australian Fashion Week
Grants & Residencies
2004 New work grant to develop the Specious Project, VACB
2003 New York Studio residency, VACB, Australia Council
2003 Residency-University of Central England, Here And There project.
2000 Object Jewellery Studios Residency
Publications Bibliography
2004 James, Crystal, Dazzling Pretenders, Poster issue 4, pg 12.
2002 Reich, Isabella: All That Glitters. Object magazine no 40.
2000 Quickenden, Kenneth, Virtual Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery CDRom,
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, UK
1992 Adams.J., Something Borrowed Nothing Blue…Artlink, vol 12/ no 2
1992 Jackson,B., Essences and Difference. Eyeline #20
1992 Wark.M., Elvis Sightings. Reviews, Eyeline #20
1989 Burch.A., New Icons, Jewellery Australia Now
1988 Szulakowska.U., Jewellery-Sculpture as Kinetic Performance,Eyeline#5
1987 Ramsay.L., New Icons, Eyeline #3
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Art gallery of Western Australia
Queensland Art gallery
Art Gallery of South Australia