EDUCATION

2008 – 2013

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

 

EXHIBITIONS

2017

UPCOMING SOLO SHOW – , TBA, Katami Designs Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

2015

THE ART OF CRAFT,  Group Exhibition, Katami Designs Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

2014

THE GARDENS WE CARRY • SOLO Exhibition, L.A Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

The International Jewellery Exchange, Online Exhibition.

 

2013

10th ANNUAL NATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION  • Group Exhibition, L.A Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

THE PIN BALL: TIJF Launch Party • The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Toronto, ON, Canada.

FIRE AND FUSION : Enamelling Exhibition • Rainbow Gallery, St Lawrence Market, Toronto, Canada.

2012 NSCAD GRAD SHOW • Group Exhibition, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.

NICHE AWARDS EXHIBITION • Buyers Market of American Craft, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

 

2012 

ADORNICATION • Group Exhibition, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.

OSMIA AVOSETTA • Solo Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.
BEYOND BORDERS • Juried Enamel Group Exhibition, Richmond, CA, USA.

 

2011  

YOU WISH • Group Exhibition, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.

ALCHEMY • The Enamelist Society Conference Juried Traveling Exhibition 2011 – 2012 Arrowmont School of Art & Craft, Gatlinburg, TN, USA. Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, USA. Metals Museum, Memphis, TN, USA.

 

2010  

FLUX • Group Exhibition, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.

FUSE • Enamel Group exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.

 

 

AWARDS

2015

Recipient of the Juried Art of Craft Grand Prize,  at Katami Designs, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

 

2014  

Recipient of the Craft Alliance SOFA Chicago Educational Mission, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Recipient of Arts Nova Scotia Presentations Grant,  Halifax, NS, Canada.

Recipient of Arts Nova Scotia Creation Grant,  Halifax, NS, Canada.

 

2013    Winner of 10th Annual National Student Jewellery Competition, Presented by L.A Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

2013    Winner of Phanta Award, Presented by Kohoot Media, Halifax, NS, Canada.

2010    David Murphy Bursary, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

2008    Millennium Bursary, Canada Council, BC, Canada.

2007     Trades Scholarship, Salmon Arm, BC, Canada.

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013 – 2014   

Assisted Goldsmith  James Bradshaw •  Halifax, NS, Canada.

http://jamesbradshawgoldsmith.com/

 

2013 – 2015

Assisted Rebecca Hannon • Studio Art Jewellery, production work, Halifax, NS, Canada.

http://rebeccahannon.com/

 

2011-2014

Assisted TORI XO • Tori Poynton, studio jeweler, production work, Halifax, NS, Canada.

http://torixo.com/

 

2011-Present 

Various commissions and private repair work.

 

CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS

VMMA – Vancouver Metal Arts Association

CCBC – Craft Council of British Columbia

MAG – Metal Arts Guild of Canada

SNAG – Society of North American Goldsmiths

 

 

 

PUBLISHED CONTRIBUTIONS

2014

Metal Arts Guild of Canada Exhibition in Print: Conceal/Reveal, MAGazine,   Volume 29, No 2. 2014, pgs.12, 26, 30.

“The Contemporary Jewelry Exchange 2014”, Olga Raben

 

2012

Free Coffee 2012 edition, p. 12, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS.

2012 Graduation Catalogue, p. 27, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS.

2011-2012 Jewellery Studio Projects 1-4, p. 6,7, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS.

 

2011

ALCHEMY • The Enamelist Society Conference Juried Catalogue 2011, p. 58,