Artist Statement:
'My work has always been about the world around me, I use found objects as a starting point for making.
A portion of what I find is directly recycled into adornment, other objects are kept, filed away and preserved, for a later date to be used as a reference for carving.'
Education
1998 - 2000
Whitirea Polytechnic.
National Diploma in Visual Arts.
Selected Exhibitions
2005
Make, AVID, Wellington.
Home Work, AVID, Wellington.
2004
Seibu Netsuke exhibition 2004, Tokyo, Japan
Take a Bead, AVID Jewellery, Wellington
2003
Seibu Netsuke Exhibition 2003, Tokyo, Japan
Neckware IV, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
New Work Exhibition, AVID Jewellery, Wellington.
Precious, Seven Wellington Jewellers, Michael Hirschfield Gallery, City Gallery Wellington
2002
Sweet, Dowse Art Museum
Seibu Netsuke Exhibition 2002, Tokyo, Japan
Neckware 3, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland
New Work Exhibition, AVID Jewellery, Wellington
2001
Seibu Netsuke Exhitition 2001, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Seibu Netsuke Exhibition 2000, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Contemporary New Zealand Carvers, Touring Exhibition in Czech Republic.
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