Curriculum Vitae

NDD/BA Hons. Painting and Ceramics.
Short-term study (ceramics) Antibes France, Royal College of Art.
NZIManagement units
MA Fine Art
Graduate Dip. Art History

Presently working on a research project for a Doctorate in Visual Arts through CSU Australia
(on hold)

Selection of Exhibitions

1987 Art Forum, Singapore

1988 Biennale Internationale de Ceramique D’Art, Vallauris, France.

Villas Gallery, Wellington.

Craftsperson of the month, Crafts CouncilGallery.

'L'Art Contemporain' Gallery Hautfeulle, Paris

Fletcher Challenge, Auckland Museum.

‘Human Touch’ Rotorua Museum.

1990 Villas Gallery, Wellington.

Edinburgh University.

JR Fryer Gallery, SoHo, New York.

N.Z. Exhibition, Opus Gallery, London.

1991 International Exhibition, Faenza, Italy.

Pacific Rim Gallery, California.

Contemporary Applied Arts, London, Summer Exhibition.

Jewell and Roberts Gallery, London.

British Airways ‘Outstanding Talent’, London.

1992 International Ceramics Exhibition, Lousanne, Switzerland.

Egyptian Triennial, Cairo, Egypt.

Merilyn Savill Gallery, Wellington.

1993 Milford Galleries, Dunedin.

Merilyn Savill Gallery, Wellington.

1994 Milford Gallery, Dunedin.

Whakatane Museum.

1997 - 2004 Returned to full-time study and research. Based in Wellington with work selling through selected galleries including
Sydney Art Fair Australia (with Whitespace - Auckland NZ)
Orfali Gallery - Amman, Jordan

2006 Returning to England

2008 Invited to exhibit at Florence Biennale

Photo-Albums of recent exhibitions and retrospective collections of Painting and Ceramics can be seen at EXHIBTIONS

 

Commissions/Collections

National Bank
Andrew Grima, London.
Green Gallery, Tokyo.
Lotteries Commission.
Otago University.
Hotel Central, Christchurch.
Petrocorp.
CDL Systems Ltd.
Trustbank.
Taylor Investments Ltd.
Inscape Design.
‘Taylormade’ TV Productions.
Millennium Hotel Queenstown.
ANZ Bank.
Mico Wakefield Ltd.
Nabisco NZ.
NZ Insurance.
Southern Cross.
Govt. gifts for overseas dignitaries.
Fletcher Challenge, presentation pieces, Japan.
Castelli Museum and Art Institute, Italy.

Designed and made props for TV productions.
Designed clothes and logo for Bibi-Sport, Italy.
Designed and made ware for restaurants in London.
Worked extensively with interior designers.

Held membership of Contemporary Applied Art. London.
Member of Advisory Committee setting up Certificate in Craft Design, Nelson Polytechnic.
Co-ordinator and tutor, Nelson polytechnic.
Work held in private collections throughout theworld.

Many of the works are on loose, unstretched canvas and are designed to respond to atmospheric changes.