Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) TSIT, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 1987

Certificate IV Training & Assessment, TasTAFE 2019


Selected Group Exhibitions

2018 Masters: Art of the Precious Metal Object, National Wool Museum, Geelong, Victoria

2017 Blooming Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2016 Ghosts, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2014 Material Girl, Hobart, Burnie, TAS

2013 Fabricate – Contemporary Jewellery, Design Centre, Launceston, TAS

2013 Pickled, Brave Gallery, Longford, TAS

2010 Chased & Repoussé, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, USA

2009 Best Friends, Academy Gallery, UTAS, Launceston

2008 Island of Inspiration, Metalab Gallery, Sydney

2007 Singular and Multiple, Hobart, Melbourne, Singapore

2006 50 Trees of Launceston, Design Centre, Launceston, TAS

2005 Shades of Gray, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA

2002 Goldfields Ozgold, Curtin University WA and various venues nationally

2001, 2002 Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland,

1997 Touch, 2-person show, Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide SA

1991-95 National Craft Acquisition Award (11th–15th), MAGNT, Darwin, NT

1994 Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT

1994 Pins and Needles, University Gallery, University of Tasmania, toured to Thailand

1992 Talentborse Handverk, International Design Competition, Munich, Germany

1991 First Australian Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA


 Public Collections

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT


 Media

Successful Jewellery Maker, Frieda Munro, Search Press, 2016

Lapidary Jewelry Artist Journal, feature article, 2015

Making Metal Jewelry, special edition of US magazine Art Jewelry 2014

Handmade in Tasmania, Steven French, Stevens Publishing, 2010

Chasing and Repoussé, Nancy Megan Corwin, Brynmorgen Press, 2009


Awards and Grants

  • 2014 Highly Commended, Material Girl Exhibition, TAS

  • 1992 Australia Council, Professional Development Grant

  • 1988 Makers Mark Award, Student Prize