2024
June
Project management, curatorial essay and curation for Multiplicities, group exhibition at the Shutter Room Gallery, Whangārei. Delivered by Creative Practice and funded by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
2023
September
Project management, curatorial essay and curation for Figure and Ground, group exhibition of contemporary photomontage at the Shutter Room Gallery, Whangārei. Delivered by Creative Practice and funded by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
August – September
Louise B and Self Portrait in Stitch finalists in the Edinburgh Art Awards, 2023.
June
Selfie with teacup and selected works from the Stitched selfies project in Object, a group exhibition sharing work that connects with the photographic object, at the Shutter Room Gallery, Whangarei. Funded by Creative Communities Scheme Whangārei grant.
Project management, curatorial essay and curation for Wish you were here, group exhibition by Collective Practise, of works that connect with the idea or object of the postcard, at Yvonne Rust Gallery in Whangārei.
May
Recipient of Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Regeneration Funding towards 12 months mentoring, workshops and support for artists in Te Tai Tokerau.
April – May
Fantasy Cheerleader exhibited as part of 21 years of the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand‘s celebrations at Waitaki Museum & Archive, Oamaru.
February – March
Selfie with teacup finalist in the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award for Painting and Drawing 2023., Whakatāne.
January
Golden Oyster (On the smallness of things) winner of ‘Best Round’ in the Craig’s Aspiring Art Prize 2023.
2022
October – November
Piecework and Keep Care in the finals of the Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award 2022, Waiheke Island, Auckland.
June
Project management, curatorial essay and curation for Cut with the kitchen knife, at Reyburn House Gallery, Whangārei, a group exhibition featuring new works by members of the art group Collective Practise. Funded by Creative Communities Scheme Whangārei grant.
April
Five photographic works from the series, Other Worlds, as part of The Shutter Room Collective group exhibition, March Mashup, Whangārei.
Fantasy Cheerleader, finalist in Changing Threads, Contemporary Textile Art Awards 2022, Refinery Art Space, Nelson.
2021
February – March
Exercise 45, finalist in Changing Threads, Contemporary Textile Art Awards 2021, Refinery Art Space, Nelson.
2020
September
Selfies stitched in Lockdown 2020, finalist in the Wallace Awards 2020, Pah Homestead, Auckland.
August
I used to find dead insects in your pockets, installation and performance for Geoff Wilson Gallery, Toi Te Pito Arts Precinct, NorthTec, Whangarei.
February
I used to find dead insects in your pockets, MFA Graduate exhibition, Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Grafton, Auckland.
2019
November
Keep care, in Semi Final at DEMO project space, Auckland.
June
I say a little prayer for you; gathering material, cloth books and quilt hung in what remains, a group exhibition at DEMO, Auckland.
February
Series of drawings from the installation and performance, Everyone’s a stranger to me now, finalist in the Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award for Drawing and Painting.
January
Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Graduate Scholarship, merit based contribution to postgraduate study consisting of half study fees for 2019.
2018
November
Everyone’s a stranger to me now, performance and installation in ‘I can’t put my finger on it’, a group exhibition at DEMO, 1 – 4 November 2018
September
Recipient of a Creative NZ Quick Response Grant, towards the two Suffrage 125 projects below, one in Dunedin and one in Whangarei.
To commemorate Suffrage 125, Unbound: Gathering Material, a relational and performance project for the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand‘s symposium, Unbound; Liberating Women held in Dunedin at Otago Polytechnic. Press release here, and more images here.
Into the Sunshine, Are we there yet? a relational and performance project for Into the Sunshine, an exhibition to mark and celebrate 125 of women’s suffrage held at Yvonne Rust Gallery, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei.
April
Exercise 45, hand embroideries; a sampler in shorthand in FREE SPEECH, a group exhibition at DEMO project and exhibition space.
Social Bodies; Ocean of Air, in Water, a group exhibition at Geoff Wilson Gallery, Northtec, Toi Te Pito Arts Precinct NorthTec.
January
Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Graduate Scholarship, merit based contribution to postgraduate study consisting of half study fees for 2018. Awarded for achievement in BFA 2005.
2017
October – December
Embroidery, On the Smallness of Things, in group exhibition; Here and There, Translating the Landscape, at Megan Dickinson Gallery, Rust Ave, Whangarei.
September – October.
Drawing, Where I Wander in the Night, in group exhibition; Works on Paper, at Megan Dickinson Gallery, Rust Ave, Whangarei.
August – September
Mycelia:Mycelium in the Window Space at the Geoff Wilson Gallery, Toi Te Pito Arts Precinct, NorthTec, Whangarei. The installation included a children’s workshop and and artist talk.
April
Crustacea, a collection entered in Woolon 2017, Alexandra, Aotearoa.
2016
Award
Award – Vintage Sewing Pledge, international sewing blogger project, winner of the ‘Showstopper’ garment category for a 1940s Noir gown.
2015
Recipient of a Creative NZ Quick Response Grant, to travel and present a paper at the Costume and Textile Association of New Zealand 2015 Symposium, Materiality and the Body held in Dunedin.
2014
Award
Vintage Sewing Pattern Pledge, international sewing blogger project, Prize winner.
Media: Article about Urbanesia, featuring Hydra, 2013, winner of the Recycled Revolution Category Cult Couture 2013.
Media: Hydra featured in Good Magazine.
2013
August
Indecent Exposure: Breastfeeding and Porn, facilitated group discussion as part of the fringe Arts Festival, The Porn Project, Auckland.
November
Award
Hydra and Coralline in Cult Couture, Fashion Show, part of Southside Arts Festival 2013. Vodafone Events Center. Hydra wins ‘Recycled Revolution’ category.
Media: Article on Stuff.co.nz about Hyrda and Coralline.
2010
April
Crochet Coral Reef at Auckland Museum, crochet installation.
July – August
Toxic, Desire Lines, group exhibition, At Artstation, Auckland.
2009
May
The View from Here at Reclaim to Fame at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery.
2008
October
Lost, Piha. Installation.
2007
October 2006 – March 2007
Internship with the Visual Arts team for AK07, subediting the Visual Arts Guide.
April – May
Art Direction of Caustic, a dystopian future in a play by Thomas Sainsbury.
Confluentia, group exhibition at Marco Gallery, Eden Terrace, Auckland.
2006
November
Forget me Knot, Installation for group exhibition; New Zealand Sculpture Onshore, Narrowneck, Auckland.
March
Untitled, Group exhibition at The Opera Factory, Eden Street, Newmarket, Auckland.
January
Oxygene ii, Group exhibition; EA Gallery, High Street, Auckland.
2005
December
Untitled, Finalist in the Canary Gallery James Wallace Art Awards 2005; Canary Gallery, Karangahape Road, Auckland.
November
A Galaxy of Polymorphous Organisms, Graduate group exhibition; Randolph Street Gallery,
Nov – Dec
Untitled, Finalist, Iris Fisher Art Award 2005 at Te Tuhi – The Mark, Pakuranga, Auckland.
August
If I only had time ii Auckland Art Gallery Student Art Exhibition.
June – July
If I only had time Finalist, Pumphouse Art Awards, Takapuna, Auckland.
May
Computer Games, Group exhibition; Subject/object at Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland.
2004
November
Painting in Red and The View from Here, Group exhibition; Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland
November
Untitled (gift) and Hand Basket, Group exhibition; New Zealand Sculpture Onshore, Narrowneck, Auckland.
October
And where does that get you? Collaborative Sculpture; Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland.
July
About a Girl, Group exhibition; Am I who I am still..? The GullyLounge, St Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland.
June
Works in Plastic, Group exhibition; Randolph Street Gallery, Auckland.
2003
October
Consumer Paradise, Trash to Fashion; Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson, Auckland.
October
Woven Mat and Hanging Basket, in Group exhibition; Moonlighting The Gully Lounge, St Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland.
August
Untitled (Mat) Auckland Art Gallery Student Art Exhibition.
July
Untitled (Cranes) Short Film; Screened in The Belladonna Film Festival in Christchurch, and in Shortfuse37 in Auckland.
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