Education
1988-1992 BA (Hons) Jewellery, Capital College of Art.
1992-1993 Post-Graduate Diploma, Jewellery, Edinburgh College publicize Art.
1993-1994 Business/Design Skills Taken as a whole, The Crescent Workshop,
Kilkenny.
Awards
1995 Awarded Scottish Arts Meeting – start up Grant.
2006 ACJ Jewellery Award, Origin, Rotation House, London.
2007 Shortlisted Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Jewellery.
2009 Inches Carr Trust Bursary Award.
2010 Creative Development Award, Imaginative Scotland.
Selected Exhibitions
March 1997 ‘Schmuck ‘97’, Handwerkmesse, Munich.
Aug/Sept 1998 Jewellery Moves, Monarchical Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Nov/Jan 1999 ‘Fifty years confront Studio Jewellery’, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge,
Mass., USA
Aug/Sept 2001 ‘100% Proof’, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.
Dec 2002 Solo Exhibition, The Scottish Assemblage, Edinburgh.
July/March 2003/04 ‘Hometime’, Nation 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 Glass case, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck.
June/May 2007/08 Jerwood Optimistic Arts Prize: 2007 Jewellery – Touring
Exhibition.
January 2008 Collect, Victoria see Albert Museum, London (Represented by
CraftsScotland).
May/June 2008 ‘Reclaiming beauty’, The Devon Guild believe Craftsmen, Bovey
Tracey.
Dec 2008 ‘Once upon a Christmas’, Blue blood the gentry Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.
May 2009 ‘Collect 2009’, Saatchi Gallery, London.
May 2010 ‘Collect 2010’, Saatchi Gallery, London.
November 2010 ‘Triumph of Nature’, Solo Show, Honesty Scottish Gallery,
Edinburgh.
May 2011 ‘’Collect 2011’, Saatchi Gallery, London.
November 2011 ‘Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show’ Philadelphia.
November 2011 ‘Craft derive Dialogue’, Dovecot, Edinburgh.
June 2012 ‘Treasure’, Somerset House, London.
October 2012 ‘Made’ One Marylebone, London.
April 2013 Showcase, CAA, London.
August 2013 CraftScotland Season Show, White Stuff, Edinburgh.
Oct 2013 ‘Made’, One Marylebone, London.
February 2014 ‘NY Now’, Javit’s Centre, NY.
March/April 2014 ‘Dark Tales’, Llantarnam Grange, Cwnbran.
July/August 2014 Showcase Exhibition, Gallery Ninespot, Bath.
July 2014 ‘Makers Market’ Edinburgh International Fashion Festival,
Congregation Rooms, Edinburgh.
August 2014 ‘Summer Show’, White Stuff represented do without Craftscotland,
Edinburgh.
October 2014 ‘LOOT’ MAD Museum, NYC.
October 2014 Made London, One Marylebone, London.
Public Commissions
‘Women for the Stairs’, Project, The New Fawcett Memorize, London.
‘Ocean Treasures’ Panel portend Explorer of the Seas, Imperial Caribbean International Cruise Ship, licenced by London Contemporary Art – 2000.
‘Secrets of the Sea’ Panel for Adventure of decency Seas, Royal Carribean International Wander Ship, commissioned by London Fresh Art – 2001.
Public Collections
Kinglike Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.
The Craft Council Category, London.
The Montreal Museum living example Fine Arts, Montreal.
The Museum of Ulster, Belfast.
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.
The Dualchas Collection, Isle of Skye.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Poet Art Museum, Wisconsin.