Born 1964, Melbourne, Australia.

Currently lives and works in New Mexico.

Education

2004 MFA (Sculpture), MassArt, Boston, MA, USA.

2001 Honors Bachelor Visual Art (Glass), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

1998 Post-Graduate Diploma (Sculpture), Victorian College of the Arts. Melbourne Australia.

1986 Bachelor Fine Art (Sculpture), Victoria College, Prahan, Australia

Represented by Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco and New York, USA.

Solo Exhibitions

Upcoming:

August 2008 Medusa, SJICA, San Jose, CA, USA.

June 2008 Bitter/Suite, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2006 Villa Medusa, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

(in)discrete objects, Sub-Urban Series, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN, USA.

2005 Difficult to Swallow, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2003 Water-Sports, Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia.

Cinderella Complex, Melbourne Town Hall Art Space, Melbourne, Australia.

Water-Sports, Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia.

2001 Glory Box, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

Cinderella Complex, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia.

1999 Three, City Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

1995 Water Organ, Winter Folly, City Gallery. Melbourne, Australia.

Group Exhibitions

2008 GlassWear, Museum of Art and Design, curated by Ursula Ilse Newman, New York, NY, USA.

Flux, curated by Laura Addison, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

2007 Andy and Oz, curated by Deborah Hart, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Aqua Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA.

Jellyfish - Nature inspires Art, National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia.

RAiR 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM, USA.

ARCO, Arte Contemporaneo, Feria de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

The Art and Artifice of Science, curated by Laura Addison, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

2006 Flicker, curated by Corinna Ripps Schaming, Albany University Art Museum, Albany, NY, USA.

Rapture is a Cool Place, curated by Stephan Jost, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, USA.

Mass 3D, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA, USA.

Fine Arts Work Center Fellows, Provincetown Art Association Museum, Provincetown, MA, USA.

Preview, Hosfelt Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

2005 Ornamentation: The Art of Desire, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, USA.

Academici, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, British Academy, Rome, Italy.

Kindle and Swag, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

2004 Kindle and Swag, Art Museum of University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakala Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA, USA.

Walk This Way, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Grounds for Sculpture,
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ, USA.

Beautiful Rebellion, Adams House Art Space, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

2002 Gulliver's Travels, CAST, Hobart, Tasmania, Ivan Doherty Gallery Sydney, Monash University Gallery,
Melbourne, IMA Brisbane, CACSA, Adelaide, PICA, Perth.

Less is More, Less is a Bore, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

Glow, Object Gallery, Customs House, Customs House, Sydney, Australia.

Vanessa Buemi and Timothy Horn, Object Gallery, Customs House, Sydney, Australia.

SpringART, SpringOUT Festival, Sound Screen Archives, Canberra, Australia.

GAS Conference, LIU, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

1999 Glass, Essentially Canberra, Glass festival Exhibition, Hsinchu Municipal Centre, Taiwan.

La Salle College of the Arts SIA, Singapore.

Glass, Essentially Canberra, Object gallery, Customs House, Sydney, Australia.

1999 RFC Glass Prize, Touring Exhibition, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Wagga Wagga.

1998 Venezia Aperto Vetro 1998, L'Instituto Statale D'Arte, Venice, Italy.

1998 RFC Glass Prize, Touring Exhibition, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane.

Fill This Space, Collaborative Installation, Next Wave Festival, North Melbourne
Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne, Australia.

1997 Site and Scale, Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Australia.

1996 Love: at the Carlisle Street Motel, Carlisle Street Motel, St. Kilda, Australia.

Blundstone Traveling Fellowship, Touring Exhibition, Launceston, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Brisbane.

Gasworks Sculpture Exhibition, Southgate, Melbourne, Australia.

Domestic Objects, Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial, John Buckley Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia.

Sixteen Artists, University Gallery, Melbourne University, Australia.

1988 Sculpture in the Moat, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

Awards and Grants

2007 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council.

2006 RAIR Residency, Roswell, NM, USA.

Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic, MA, USA.

Yaddo Summer Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.

2005 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council.

Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, MA, USA.

Fine Arts Work Center Winter Residency, Provincetown, MA, USA.

2004 LEF New England General Funding Grant, MA, USA.

Janet Sloane Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.

St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant, Boston, MA, USA.

2003 Outstanding Student Award, International Sculpture Center, NY, USA.

Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship.

Rome Studio Residency, Australia Council, British Academy, Rome, Italy.

Peter and Lena Karmel Award, ACT, Australia.

University Medal, Australian National University, Canberra. Australia.

2001 Arts ACT General Funding Grant, ACT, Australia.

CAPO Grant, ACT, Australia.

Arts ACT Quick Response Grant, ACT, Australia.

National Institute of the Arts Award, ACT Australia.

2000 GAS Conference, Second Prize, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Thomas Foundation Pilchuck Scholarship, Ausglass, Australia.

1997 Pat Corrigan Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council.

1990 Project Development Grant, VIC, Australia.

1987 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust, VIC, Australia.

Collections

Wellington Management, Boston, USA, 2006.

Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, USA, 2006.

University of South Australia Art Museum, 2004.

National Sculpture Prize Acquisition 2002, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

Möet et Chandon Purchasing Fund 1990, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

Private collections in Australia, USA and France.

Publications

Separated at Birth, Essay by Garth Clark, Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 2008.

Andy and Oz, Essay by Deborah Hart, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007.

The Art and Artifice of Science, Essay by Laura Addison, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 2007.

Flicker, Essay by Corinna Ripps Schaming, Albany University Art Museum. 2006.

(in)discrete objects, Knoxville Museum of Art. Essay by Dana Self, 2006.

Rapture, Mills College. Essay by Maria Porges, 2006

Academici, Monash University. Essay by Dr. Anne Alwis, 2005.

Kindle and Swag, University of SA, Essay by M. M. Anderson, 2004.

Fall/Winter 2003/04 Exhibitions, Grounds for Sculpture, ISC, 2003.

Fine Arts 2001-2002, The British School at Rome. Essay by Lorella Scacco, 2002.

Less is More, More is a Bore, Essay by Kirsten Fitzpatrick, Brisbane City Gallery, 2002.

Watersports, Craft ACT, Canberra. Essay by Aroona Murphy, 2002.

Samstag, University of SA. Essay by Dr Russell Smith, 2002.

Gulliver's Travels, CAST, Tasmania. Essay by Stuart Koop, 2002.

National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery Canberra. Essay by Elena Taylor, 2002.

Cinderella Complex, Drill Hall Gallery, Essay by John McPhee, 2001.

RFC Glass Prize 1999, RFC, Essay by Andrew Plummer, 1999.

Essentially Canberra, Canberra School of Art, Essay by Stephen Proctor, 1998.

RFC Glass Prize 1998, RFC. Essay by Andrew Plummer, 1998.

Recent Articles

Warhol show complements Down Under offerings, Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 18 October 2007.

Creatures from the Deep, Rafael Risemberg, New York Blade, 15 December 2006.

The Arty World, David Byrne Journal, 5 December 2006.

A multidimensional state of art, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, 8 June 2006.

Up Scaled, Heather Larson, The Remix, New York Times Style Magazine, Fall 2005.

Review Timothy Horn, Maria Porges, American Craft, August/September 2005.

ObjectEye, Rhana Devenport, Object Magazine, May 2005.

Kindle and Swag: The Samstag Effect, Jena Woodburn, Broadsheet, April 2005.

Kindle and Swag: The Samstag Effect, Bridget Currie, Eyeline #56, Summer 2004/2005.

The Gingerbread Man lands a Townhouse, Annette Ferrara, Ten by Ten Magazine, December 2004.

Kindle and Swag: The Samstag Effect, Wendy Walker, The Advertiser, 30 November, 2004.

Swansong Finishes on a Pristine Note, Stephanie Radok, The Adelaide Review, 12 November, 2004.

Gingerbread Art a First for Boston Artist, Lesley LeDuc, Yaddo Newsletter, Fall 2004.

Young Masters, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, 13 June, 2004.

Outstanding Student Achievement, Sculpture Magazine, September 2003.

Signs of Life, Stephanie Radok, The Adelaide Review, October 2003.

Excessories, Brad Johnston, Blue Magazine, Issue 42, 2003.

They must have imagined it all, Benjamin Gennochio, The Weekend Australian, 3-4 August 2002.

There be giants...and little things too, Peter Hill, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 July 2002.

Eau Sauvage, Mark Bayly, Object Magazine, Issue No. 39, 2002.

Baroque sensibilities inspire casts of glass, Meredith Hinchliffe, 10 July 2002.

Opulent, luxurious, a little sleazy, Cassie Proudfoot, Panorama, Canberra Times, 8 June 2002.

New Glass Review 23, Neues Glas, Corning Museum of Glass, May 2002.

Big is Beautiful, Julie Ross, Brisbane News, January 2002.

Beauty Trashed, Sandra McLean, Courier Mail, 20 December 2001.

Blooming Lotus, Benjamin Gennochio, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 December 2001.

Objects of Beauty, Meredith Hinchliffe, Canberra Times, 31 July 2001.

The Arts Show, ABC TV, 2001.

Coast to Coast, ABC TV, 2001.

Visual Arts, The Perfect Week, Katie Pollock, The Bulletin, 24 July 2001.

A Capital Life, Helen Musa, Panorama, Canberra Times, 14 July 2001.

Issues and directions in Australian Art and Design Schools, Prof. Noel Frankham, Craft International No. 52, 2001.

Ausglass Winter News Letter, Ausglass 2001.

New Glass Review 22, Neues Glas, May 2001.

Taming of the lewd, Bruce James, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 2001.

The Week's Best - Exhibitions, Critic's Pick, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 February 2001.

Hey Good Looking, Visual Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2001.

Instituto d'arte, de Canberra Laboratorio di Vetro, Vetro, Anno III No. 7, Aprile 2000.

The RFC Prize 1999, Crafts Arts International, Issue 48, 2000.

New Glass Review 21, Neues Glas, Corning Museum of Glass. May 2000.

Towering Class in Glass Prize, Meredith Hinchliffe, Canberra Times, 11 September 1999.

New Glass Review 20, Neues Glas, Corning Museum of Glass, May 1999.

Innovation and Excellence, Craft Arts International, Issue No. 45, 1998.

Caught by the Next Wave, Art Monthly, July 1998.