Born: 1963 in Son en Breugel, the Netherlands. Arrived in Western Australia in 1981.

Since 1998 own jewellery workshop

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1998 Diploma of Art & Design/Jewellery, West Coast College, Carine, Perth, Australia

1988 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Parts of the Story, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney Australia

2006 Price-less, Katherine Kalaf Gallery, Perth, Australia

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS

2014 A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

2013 Bodywork: Australian Jewellery 1970 – 2012,  National Gallery of Australia (touring )

 Red To Wear Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney

2012 Intergalactic, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Florida, USA. Represented by Charon Kransen Arts
Design = Wzornictwo, Design Centrum Kielce, Kielce, Poland

Collect 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London, Galerie Louise Smit

20 Years: Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection of Contemporary Australian Jewellery, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

International Jewellery based on Ready-mades, Skien, Norway

OBJECT Rotterdam 2012 Galerie Louise Smit, the Netherlands

2011 17 Curators, 17 Nominees, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Laget I Verden: From the World, National Museum of Art Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway (touring)

Cinderella's Stories: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor: 100 Years 100 Women 100 Stories 100 Brooches, Artisan, Brisbane, Australia (touring)

2010 SOFA New York, SOFA Santa Fe, SOFA Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts

2010, Perth Galleries, Perth, Western Australia

2009 SOFA Chicago, USA, represented by Charon Kransen Arts

Evoking Mystery: 20 International Jewellers, de Novo, Palo Alto, USA

SOFA New York, USA represented by Charon Kransen Arts

Evoking Mystery: in front of the existing title: 20 International Jewellers, de Novo, Palo Alto, USA

2008 SOFA Chicago, USA represented by Charon Kransen Arts

SOFA New York, USA represented by Charon Kransen Arts

Within Without: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia, Zu design, Adelaide, Australia

2007 Explorations 2007, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Itami International Craft Exhibition - Jewellery, Itami, Japan

30th Alice Craft Acquisition, Territory Craft Alice Springs, Australia

50 Brooches, CQ Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2006 The Necklace Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA

National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia

Parameters of Preciousness, Gahlberg Gallery, Chicago, USA

2005 Contemporary Wearables 2005, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia (touring)

100 Brooches, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA

29th Alice Craft Acquisition, Territory Craft, Alice Springs, Australia

2004 200 Rings, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA

National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia.

Odyssey, Gallows Gallery, Perth, Australia

2003 Contemporary Wearables 2003, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia (touring)

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Switzerland

Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2011 New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts

Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, Western Australia

2010 Open Award: 2010 Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group WA Inc

2006 Open Prize: National Contemporary Jewellery Award, Griffith Regional Art Gallery Griffith, Australia

2006 Craft-In-Site Grant (FORM and the Australia Council)

2004 Precious Metal Prize: National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith Australia

1995 Two Highly Commended Designs: Western Mining Gold Jewellery Design Awards

1994 Highly Commended Design: Western Mining Gold Jewellery Design Awards