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Education

2004-2005RMIT University, Melbourne: Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) in Gold and Silversmithing

2002-2003Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT), Melbourne: Advanced Diploma of Engineering in Silversmithing and Jewellery

1990University degree in Bachelor of Letters in Japanese, Japan

Solo Exhibition

2010"KODAMA- Return to me" solo show, e.g etal, Melbourne, Australia

Group Exhibitions (since 2005)

2018"Botanica Immortalus", JamFactory, Adelaide

2017"Victorian Craft Award 2017" (finalist), Craft Victoria, Melbourne

2017"Contemporary Wearable 2017" (finalist), Toowoomba Art Galleries, QLD

2016-2017"Worn Land", Goods Shed, Perth / Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland

2016"Surrounds", e.g.etal, Melbourne

2015"Victorian Craft Award 2015" (finalist), Craft Victoria, Melbourne

2013"Sense of wonderworks", Wako department store, Tokyo

2012"National Contemporary Jewellery Award" (finalist), Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2011-2013"Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor", QLD (touring exhibition)

2011"Touch, Pause, Engage", Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand

2009"Christmas Rocks", Metalab Gallery, Sydney

2008"Twice bitten", Pieces of Eight, Melbourne

2008"W.E. McMillan Collection: Selected Gold and Silversmithing 1961-2007", Project Space, Melbourne

2007"Moving Parts", Melbourne Fashion Festival, e.g etal

2006"Marzee international graduate show 2006", Galerie Marzee, Holland

2006"Surface connection", Manningham Gallery, Melbourne

2006"City of Hobart Art Prize 2006" (finalist), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

2005"Fresh!" Graduate exhibition (finalist), Craft Victoria, Melbourne

Awards

2005Don Begbie Award for Excellence in Gold and Silversmithing

2005Koodak Award for Top Student in Third Year, RMIT University

2003Best Design Award, Graduate show, NMIT

Public Collections

2005W.E. McMillan Collection, RMIT University, Melbourne

Publications

2011"Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor", artisan

2009"The compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers 2008", Darling Publications

Residency

2014Spinifex Studio in WA, organised by FORM in Perth