Currently

• Artist/Designer, Schwartz Glass, NSW Australia (2013-present)

• Production Glass Blower, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2018-Present)

• Glassblowing Instructor and Mentor, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2018-Present)

• Artist Assistant and Gaffer, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2015-present)

See Professional Experience for extended details

Tertiary Education

• Master of Visual Arts (Advanced), School of Art and Design, Australian National University, ACT Australia (2015-2017)

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (Majoring in Glass and Visual Communications, Minor in Graphic Arts Technologies), Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana USA (2007-2014)

Professional Experience

• Artist, Schwartz Glass, NSW Australia (2013-present)

• Memorial Glass Gaffer, working directly with bereaved families, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2022- present)

• Glassblowing Instructor and Mentor Steps to Induction, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2021-present)

• Glassblowing Instructor Teen Hotshop Bootcamp, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2019-present)

• Production Glass Blower and Gaffer, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2018-Present)

• Glassblowing Instructor MYO, Beginner and Continuing classes, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2018-Present)

• Glassblowing Instructor private lessons, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2018-present)

• Sessional Hot Shop Assistant (inclusive but not exhaustive), Mel Douglas, Tom Rowney, Ben Edols, Annette Blair, Jenni Martinello, Holly Grace (2015-Present)

• Hotshop Gaffer (inclusive but not exhaustive), Juz Kitson, Tamara Henderson, Giles Ryder, Tom Skeehan, Rose-Mary Faulkner, Jenni Martienello, Elliat Rich, Justin Kern, JARDAN, Australia (2013-present)

• Hotshop Assistant for Visiting Artists/Artists in Residence (inclusive but not exhaustive), De La Torre Brothers, Hank Adams, Nick Fruin, Steven Ciezki, Joe Grant, Andrew Baldwin, Cathy Elliot, Clare Belfrage, Josie Gluck, Kate Newby, Lynda Draper, Alex Hirst, Alex Seton, Australia and USA (2011- present)

• Casual Sessional Academic, Hotshop, ANU Glass Workshops, ACT Australia (2021)

• Metals Fabrication, FINK and Co., NSW Australia (2019-2022)

• Hotshop Mentor and Educator, Jacks and Punties Workshops for disadvantaged adolescents, ANU Glass Workshop, ACT Australia (2018)

• ANU Representative, Cultural Spaces and Design - Prospects of Design Education project, HGK Basel Academy of Art and Design, Basel Switzerland (2017)

• Ausglass Board Member Marketing and Design, Canberra Ausglass Conference, ACT Australia (2017)

• Installer and Secretary, Toscan Glass, NSW Australia (2017-2019)

• Technical Officer, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2017-2019)

• Glassblowing Gaffer for Sydney Harbour Bridge Heritage refurbishing project, NSW Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney NSW, Australia (2016)

• ANU Glass Workshop waterjet cutter operator, ACT Australia (2016 and 2017)

• ANU Glass Workshop acting technical officer, ACT Australia (2016 and 2017)

• Sessional Studio Assistant for Artists including Nadege Desgentetez, Richard Whiteley, Andrew Baldwin, Ben Wright, Brian Corr, Matt Curtis, Harriet Schwarzrock, Martin Janecky (2015-2017)

• Production Gaffer/Assistant/Instructor, Flame Run Glass Studio, Kentucky USA (2014-2015)

• Selected Glass Intern, STARworks NC, North Carolina USA (2013)

• Mentor and Educator, Ball State University, Indiana USA (2011-2013)

Selected Workshops

• Boyd Sugiki and LIsa Zerkowitz: Refining form, Hothaus Glass Studio. Melbourne Vic, Australia (October 2024)

• Granite Calimpong: Furnace Glass Blowing, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2023)

• David Cooper: Neon, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2022)

• Pablo Soto: Furnace Glass Blowing, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2017)

• Martin Janckey: Glass Hot Sculpting, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT, Australia (2015)

• Nadege Desgentetez: Glass Hot Shop, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA, USA (2012)

Selected Exhibitions

• Craft and Design ACT Members Exhibition, Crafts ACT Gallery, ACT, Australia (2024)

• QPRC and Bendigo Bank Art Awards, The Q, NSW, Australia (2024)

• A Glassy Affair, Audbry Fine Art, Sydney NSW, Australia (2022)

• Australia’s Next Top Designer Finalist, Denfair, Melbourne Australia (2022)

• Workshopped Finalist, Australian Design Center, Sydney Australia (2021)

• National Emerging Art Glass Prize, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, Australia (2018)

• Ausglass Vicki Torr Online Gallery Prize, Australia (2018)

• Home is Where the Heat is, Canberra Glassworks, ACT Australia (2017-2018)

• Graduate Exhibition, ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Canberra, Australia (2017)

• Crafts ACT Members Exhibition, Crafts ACT Gallery, ACT, Australia (2017)

• Random, ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Canberra, Australia (2017)

• Inner North Art Prize Finalist, Front Gallery, ACT Canberra (2017)

• Ausglass Conference Members Exhibition, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia (2017)

• Ausglass Conference Student Exhibition, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia (2017)

• Contrary to the Archetype, Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition, Ball State University, Indiana USA (2014)

• Playdate Juried Exhibition, The Ceramics Center, Iowa USA (2014)

• Ball State Student Art Juried Exhibition, Ball State University, Indiana USA (2013)

• Legoman, Blaze and Burn Glass Exhibition, Hanover College, Indiana USA (2012)

• Glass Art Society International Student Juried Exhibition, Chicago Illinois USA (2012)

• NeoNatural Exhibition, Garfield Conservatory, Indiana USA (2012)

• Ball State Student Art Juried Exhibition, Ball State University, Indiana USA (2012)

Selected Awards

• 3D Art First Prize, QPRC and Bendigo Bank Art Awards, The Q, NSW, Australia (2024)

• Honorable Mention, Glass Art Society International Student Juried Exhibition, Chicago Illinois USA (2012)

• Dean’s Purchase award, Ball State Student Art Juried Exhibition, Ball State University, Indiana USA (2012)

Collections

• Structural Void, Permanent Collection of Canberra Glassworks, ACT, Australia (2018)

• Bowed Dual Towers, Ball State University Student Center Art Gallery, Muncie IN, USA (2014)

• Untitled, STARworks NC Collection, Star, North Carolina, USA (2013)

• Weakest Link, Dean of Art school collection. Balls State University. Muncie IN, USA (2012)

Residencies

• Thomas Foundation Artist in Resident, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra ACT, Australia (2020)

• ANU Glass Workshop Graduate Resident, ACT Australia (2018)

• Selected Glass Intern, STARworks NC, Star, North Carolina USA (2013)

Stockists

• Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT Australia

• Craft ACT, Canberra ACT, Australia

• Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW Australia

• Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen ACT Australia

• Glass Room, Sydney NSW, Australia

• Oak Road Studio, Indiana USA