Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1970, Lurgan, N. Ireland

Education
1988-1992                               BA (Hons) Jewellery, Edinburgh College of Art.
1992-1993                               Post-Graduate Diploma, Jewellery, Edinburgh College of Art.
1993-1994                               Business/Design Skills Course, The Crescent Workshop, Kilkenny.

Awards
1995                                        Awarded Scottish Arts Council - start up Grant.
2006                                        ACJ Jewellery Award, Origin, Somerset House, London.
2007                                        Shortlisted Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Jewellery.

Exhibitions Include
March        1997                      ‘Schmuck ‘97’, Handwerkmesse, Munich.
Aug/Sept   1998                      Jewellery Moves, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Nov/Jan     1999                      ‘Fifty years of Studio Jewellery’, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.
Aug/Sept   2001                      ‘100% Proof’, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.
Dec            2002                      Solo Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
July/March 2003/04                 ‘Hometime’, British Council Exhibition, China.
Feb/Dec     2005                      'Maker-Wearer-Viewer, Touring Exhibition, Glasgow,Holland, Edinburgh.
Aug/Aug    2005/06                 '100% Proof' Touring Exhibition.
March/May 2006                      Showcase, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck.
June/May   2007/08                 Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: 2007 Jewellery - Touring Exhibition.
January     2008                      Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Represented by CraftsScotland).
May/June   2008                     'Reclaiming beauty', The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey.
Dec            2008                     'Once upon a Christmas', The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
April           2009                     ‘Dazzle’, Merchant Square, Glasgow.
May           2009                     Collect 2009, Represented by the Scottish Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London.

Public Commissions
‘Women for the Stairs’, Project, The New Fawcett Library, London.
‘Ocean Treasures’ Panel for Explorer of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International Cruise Ship, commissioned by London Contemporary Art - 2000.
‘Secrets of the Sea’ Panel for Adventure of the Seas, Royal Carribean International Cruise Ship, commissioned by London Contemporary Art – 2001.

Public Collections
Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
The Craft Council Collection, London.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal.
The Museum of Ulster, Belfast.
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.
The Dualchas Collection, Isle of Skye.