About me
My work is about finding a sense of place within the urban landscape. The main idea I guess is to capture the audience. To hold them for a moment in wonderment, especially in today’s technological age.
I try to make furniture that has a “soul” or a life of its own that tells a story or a t least allows the viewer to imagine one. This gives the space to look beyond the practical object.
"Art is like a green space in a city filling with concrete. It is a space to breathe, to walk slowly, to meditate on life and its meaning, to find new understanding about oneself and others, to be surprised by beauty, to be made aware of the subtle vibrations and graduations of life that so often pass in a blur. Art is a place to think. Above all, art is a place to feel." Jeanette Winterson
History
Education
1991-96 Associate Diploma Architecture
2000-2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts (major in furniture design) UTAS
Awards
2002 Winner - Plantation Design Tasmanian Wood Design Biennial
2002 Emerging Designer Award Furniture Design Association Tasmania
2006 Runner Up - Concept Design IDEA Awards (Helix Light)
2006 Runner Up - The Edge Awards (Helix Light)
2007 Runner Up - Concept Design IDEA Awards (Firefly)
2007 Short-listed LaunchPad (Balga & Firefly)
2007 People’s Choice Award Workshopped (Balga Light)
2008 Finalist Launch Pad (Light 67)
2008 Finalist Workshopped (Glass Pods and Floor Pods)
2009 Emerging Artist Award Clarence Prize for Excellence
2009 Short-listed Tasmanian Design Award
Publications
2001 Australian Woodworking Review
2002 Inside Australian Design Review Tasmanian design Profile
2002 University of Tasmania Prospectus
2004 Object Magazine
2004 Inside out Magazine
2005 The Age newspaper, A2 section
2006 Inside Out Magazine February-March
2006 Inside Australian design review Artist profile
2006 West Australian newspaper
2007 Sunday Times, Western Australia
2007 Australian Woodworking Review
2007 DQ (Design Quarterly)
2007 Habitat The West Australian
2008 DQ (Design Quarterly)
2008 (Inside) australian design review (NEXT)
2008 Inside Out
2008 Monument
2010 The Mercury newspaper Tasmania
2010 The Age newspaper, A2 section
Commissions
2000 Eat the Peach Restaurant (stools) Hobart
2001 Annapurna Restaurant (lighting) Hobart
2002 Forestry Tasmania (day bed for public display)
2002 State Library of Tasmania (reading tables)
2003 Baker D. Chirico Bakery, St Kilda (outdoor seating and tables)
2003 C.R.P. Hospital Bangladesh (reception Desks)
2004 Henry Jones Art Hotel (bar stools)
2008 Lansdowne Crescent Primary School public art project (with Forrest Whitten)
2009 Snug Primary School public art project (with Forrest Whitten)
2010 Snug primary school seating
2010 Rosebery High School public art project (with Jonathon Partridge)
Exhibitions
2001 One Tree Project, Bond Store Hobart
2002 Design = function + Fibre, Salamanca Arts Centre
2002 Wood Design Biennial, Hobart City Town Hall
2002 Furnitex, Melbourne (University of Tasmania)
2003 F.D.A. Show and Tell, Constitution Dock
2004 Counter Productive, Craft Victoria
2005 Touching Space, Craft Victoria
2005 Blue Christmas, Craft Victoria
2006 Salone Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair, Italy
2006 Made in Midland, FORM Gallery Perth
2006 Yellow Christmas, Craft Victoria
2007 Touching Space, solo exhibition, Breadbox gallery Perth WA
2007 Handmark Gallery Group show
2008 In the field of everlastings, Handmark Gallery, with Mandy Renard
2008 Pods In Situ, Design Island, Salamanca Hobart
2008 New Work 08, FDA group show Design Island, Hobart
2009 Urban Enlightenment, Design Island, Hobart
2009 Clarence Prize for Excellence in Furniture Design, Tasmania
2009 DOT: Port of Departure Biennial Exhibition, Hobart
2009 Tasmanian Design Award, The Design Centre, Tasmania
2009 White Christmas, Craft Victoria
2010 Handmark Gallery group show, Hobart
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
2003-2008 Self employed as designer/craft practitioner
2004 Aid work in Bangladesh (design and Project Management of reception CRP Hospital Dakha)
2005 Teaching furniture design, Curtin University, WA