Born:
1946, Melbourne, Australia
Training / Education:
- 1963-5 National Gallery Art School, Melbourne – now called College Of The Arts, Melbourne Australia.
- 1968-70 Collingwoood Technical School, Melbourne Australia
- 1993 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Australia.
Work Experience:
- 1998-2002 Lecturer Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology1998 – 2002 inclusive.
- 2000 Began a private school for enamelling.
- 2001-2004 Set up enamel department / teaching/ consulting for "Myer Jewelry Company" Shenzen China,
- 2004 Conducted an 8 week course for enamel for The Gold & Silversmiths Guild of Australia.
- 2007-2010 Appointed Secretary of the Gold & Silversmiths Guild of Australia.
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
Solo
- 1970 Strines Gallery, Carlton, Victoria.
- 1973 Munster Arms Gallery, Melbourne.
- 1976 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria.
- 1978 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria.
- 1980 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria.
- 1982 The Craft Centre, South Yarra, Melbourne.
- 1982 Distelfink Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourne.
- 1984 Gallery Art Naïve, South Yarra, Melbourne.
- 1989 Etherlings Fine Craft Centre, Malmsbury, Victoria.
- 2002 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne & Sydney "Mappings of my Heart" Melbourne.
- 2005 Makers Mark Gallery, "Midsummer Night's Dream", Melbourne.
- 2008 Katherine Kalaf Gallery, Perth. "Stories of the Stone". Perth.
Selected Group Shows
- 1986 First International Biennial of Enamel, Laval, Canada.
- 1986 Craft Council of New South Wales. Australia
- 1990 Australian Enamelled Juried Exhibition , Adelaide Australia
- 1997 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne. Group show. Australia
- 1996 Jewish Museum, Melbourne. Australia
- 1996 Metro Gallery, Brisbane. Group show Australia
- 1997 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne. Group show. Australia
- 1997 Craftspace, Centre for Cont. Craft, New South Wales. Group show,"Fire in the Heart". Australia
- 1998 Michel Sourgnes Gallery, Brisbane. Australia
- 1998 Catanach's Antiques & Gallery, Melbourne. Australia
- 1999 Freemantle Arts Centre, Perth. Group show, "Leaves of Glass and Other Treasures."Australia
- 2001 International Travelling Exhibition through India.
- 2002 "Melting Point" Ken Gray Alister Reid Gallery, Australia
- 2002 Group show Makers Mark Melbourne "Klimt Impressions", Australia
- 2004 Conference 2004 – Australian enamellists- Sydney Australia
- 2006 "Award Of Excellence" - 19th International Cloisonee Jewellery Contest in Tokyo, Japan
- 2006
"Madam Butterfly" exhibition for Makers Mark. Australia
- 2008 Group Show "In The Making", Craft Victoria. Australia
- 2009 Group show "Buda 2009" Contemporary Jewellery and Metalwork exhibition. Australia
- 2009 SOFA West Santa Fe, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2009 SOFA Chicago repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2010 Art Palm Beach repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2010 Miami Int. Art Fair repr. by Chaorn Kranen Arts USA
- 2010 SOFA West Santa Fe repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2010 SOFA NY repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
Awards / Grants:
- "Tool Traders Award" 1993, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University.
- "Award of Excellence". 2006, The 19th International Cloisonee Jewellery Contest – Tokyo.
Collections (Private & Museum):
- 1972 The Manhattan Hotel Ringwood, Melbourne.
- 1978 Trans Australian Airlines, Board Room, Franklin St. Melbourne.
- 1981 K.H.Consolidated Industries (Steelworks)
- 1982 Futuretronics Australia Pty Ltd (Atari Computers)
- 1985 Lawn Tennis Association of Australia
- 1988 Montefiore Homes for the Aged, Melbourne
- 1989 Mural "Organic Sequence", comprising 16 panels. Mr & Mrs. B. McMullin, Victoria.
- 1989 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hamilton, Victoria.
- 1989 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Frankston, Victoria.
- 1991 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church,
- 1994-96 Commissioned by Federal Airports Corporation: "Daintree" Sculptural enamel Mural, 16 x 3.5 metres.
Brisbane International Airport.
- 1996 Jewish Museum, Melbourne.
- 2003 Collection Dr. G. Olorenshaw. Melbourne, Australia.
- 2006 Collection Dr. F Burgess.
- 1984-90 Makers Mark Gallery Melbourne. gifts for dignitaries on behalf of the Federal Government.
- 1998-92 Hardy Brothers Jewellers, Port Douglas, Australia.
Publications:
- CRAFT AUSTRALIA, Autumn, 1985,p.20. CRAFT AUSTRALIA YEARBOOK 1985 p.38.
- CRAFTARTS 21,March/June 1991
- ARTFILE-ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS/MAKERS OF AUSTRALIA.1992, p.326,327.
- GLASS ON METAL, INTERNATIONAL ENAMELLIST MAGAZINE, June '94,feature. Front cover, p.52,53,54.
- CRAFTARTS 37, p.49,52.
- LEMEL, Autumn 1996 p.8,9.
- LEMEL, Autumn 2003, p.4.
- CRAFTARTS 58, p.55-58.
- CONTEMPORARY ENAMELING ART & TECHNIQUES. L. Bachrach. P. 173. ISBN – 0-9471-8658-1
- MARKS ON AUSTRALIAN SILVER 1950 – 2005. Published 2010.
Artist Statement:
The continuous exploration of the medium of enamel on precious metal is an ongoing adventure for me as an artist/jeweller/enameller. There is no one source of inspiration for me but more often than not, from nature.
The opportunity of using a colour palette of brilliance and intensity with added choices of transparency, opacity and opalescence is extraordinary. Together with gold and silver, there is nothing better. After 40 years of enamelling I am still very passionate and pushing boundaries. |