B: Te Awa Kirangi ki Tai - Aotearoa/New Zealand 

EDUCATION | ARTIST TRAINING

Graduate Diploma of Teaching - Arts & Technology, Victoria University of New Zealand, 2016

Graduate Diploma of Applied Art, Jewellery and Printmaking, Whitireia NZ, 2013

Bachelor of Applied Art, Contemporary Jewellery, Whitireia NZ Faculty of Arts, 2011/12

The Heavy Metal Foundry, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006-10

Manufacturing Jewellery Certificate, The Open Polytechnic, New Zealand, 2007

Diploma in Jewellery Design - Whitireia NZ Faculty of Arts, 2004

AWARDS | RESIDENCIES | SCHOLARSHIPS

2023:

Radical Jewellery Makeover - RJM-RE-JEWELLERY award winner

2021:

McCahon House Residency (Auckland, NZ)

2020:

Holocenter - Center for the Holographic Arts (NY) scholarship “Understanding Holograms - from Lasers to Light Fields

2017:

Wellington City Council + Asia NZ Foundation, Artist in Residence, Chinese European Art Centre (Xiamen, China)

2016:

Herbert Hofmann Preis (Schmuck)

2015:

Francoise van den Bosch, Studio Rian de Jong Artist in Residence (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

2013: 

Highly Commended Award, ECC NZ Craft & Design Awards, The Dowse Art Museum

Whitireia New Zealand, Toi Poneke Artist in Residence (Wellington, NZ)

Fingers Gallery, Graduate Award

Masterworks Gallery, Jewellery Box Showcase Award

2012:

Atelier Ted Noten’s Selected Featured Artist for JEMposium

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany

Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France

Wellington City Art Collection, New Zealand

The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 

Te Papa, Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, NZ

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand

UPCOMING…..

Brussels Jewellery Week (Particles)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023:

Liquid Crystal, Hamish Mckay Galley, Poneke

SCANNER, The National, Otautahi

Jewel Room - A Hologram of a Diamond, City Gallery, Poneke

The Debris of the Aura, X christian science building - Nelson Jewellery Week

2022:

SCREENSAVER, Te Uru, Auckland

2021:

Spacejunk, Viewfinder Window - Nelson Jewellery Week

2018:

Satellite, The National, Christchurch

Heart of the Golden Sun, Millers O’Brien Gallery, Wellington

2017:

Diamonds & Rust, Contemporary European Art Centre, Xiamen, China   

Dazzle, Bowen Galleries, Wellington 

2016:

Double Happiness, The National, Christchurch

2015:

Pearl Ear, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

IV, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Iconic Ironic, Achter de Ramen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

2014:

Earth is all we know, apart of SOLO, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Green Eggs With SPAM, The National, Christchurch, New Zealand 

Luxury Turd., Te Uru, Auckland, New Zealand 

2013:

M.V.Subterranean Universe Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

Emerald, The See Here, Wellington, New Zealand

I <3 POLYSTYRENE, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2012:

Domestos and things that fuck the world, The Foundry, Seaview

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023:

SLUG pop up, Poneke

Obsessed Festival -Amsterdam, Fotocopy 0.4

Radical Jewellery Makeover, Re-Jewellery, Bario Neal, NYC jewellery week

Dream Machine, Pratt Institute Steuben Gallery, NYC jewllery week

Offering it up - Back of House, The Adam Art Gallery

Kaikainga Nga Taringa - single earring show, SEASON

2022:

Summer Show , The National, Otautahi

A Stone, An Echo, A Sign, Objectspace, Auckland

Paua: A Contemporary Jewellery Story, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

Rings, The National, Christchurch

Testing Ground, The Sarjeant, Whanganui

Tree in a Hurry, The National, Christchurch

Ornamental Friends, SEASON Aotearoa, Auckland

Spotlight on New Zealand, Kunst Rai - Sieraad Art Fair - Frame MJW with Galerie Door

Molly Morpeth 3D, Arts Whakatane

Slug Supermarket, Wellington

2021:

Jewellery from Aotearoa - Galerie Marzee, The Netherlands

Long Cherished Wish - The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

SchmucKCracker with Karl Fritsch - The National, Christchurch

Artifical.Intelligems - Munich Jewellery Week - online

Fools Gold - The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

Molly Morpeth Canaday Painting, Arts Whakatane

Zoadic Art Trail - Rooster, McLeavey Gallery - street entrance, Berry Building, Cuba Street

2020:

Wrapping Up, Te Auaha Gallery, Wellington

Parallax - Shine and Shadow/Spelen met Licht, Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, Foxton

Deadweight Loss, Objectspace, Auckland

Creating with Kauri, The Kauri Museum, Matakohe

Growth and Evolution, Beijing, China

At Home not Munich, The National, Christchruch, NZ

Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D, Arts Whakatane

2019:

Sympathetic Resonance, The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Surface, Millers O’Brien Gallery, Wellington

Suitcase - The National at Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland

FotocopyIII, OHMYBLUE Gallery, Venice, Italy

ONE, Millers O’Brien Gallery, Wellington

NON-STICK NOSTALGIA, Museum of Art and Design, New York

Frame Galleries, The National, Munich

2018:

Fotocopy, New York City Jewellery week

These are a few of her favourite things, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway

Fingers Group Show, Auckland, NZ

Objets Ambigus - Solange Thierry-de-Saint Rapt Collection, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium

The Gates - Millers O'Brien Gallery, Wellington

Stockroom - The National at Funaki, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne

Shelf Life, Bowen Galleries, Wellington

InTouch, Munich, Germany

Fotocopy, Munich, Germany 

IWA, Munich, Germany 

The Language of Things, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

2017:

Blank Stare, The Service Depot, Wellington 

Valor Dosen’t Await The Passing Of Years, Caroline van Hoek Gallery, Belgium

2016:

Wiggle room, Bowen Gallery, Wellington

Ahi Ka Whitireia Alumni ExhibitionPataka Art + Museum, Porirua, Wellington

Regard Sur La Nouvelle- Zealand, Galerie Solidor, Cagnes sur Mer, France

Schmuck, Munich, Germany

FOURtune, Quoil, Wellington, NZ 

2015:

The Ring Show, The National, Christchurch, NZ

The Chain, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ 

Annual group show, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, NZ

Park Where You Want, Radiant Pavilion, Fort Delta, Melbourne, Australia

Wunderruma, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Pearl, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 

The Bold and the Beautiful, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

2014:

The Foundry Collective, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 

X, The National, Christchurch, New Zealand 

Annual Group Show, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Source Collage, Digital Platform, Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom

Wunderuma, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

The Other Side, Gallery S O , London, United kingdom

Best in show, Objectspace,  Auckland, New Zealand

Talente, Munich, Germany

Wunderuma , Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany

Year of the Horse, The National, Christchruch, New Zealand

Young+Gifted, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand 

2013:

Annual Group Show, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Arts Gold, Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery, Alexandra, New Zealand

Marzee Graduation Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Graduate exhibition, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Graduate Metal, Project Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Neckware 10, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Remake, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

2012:

Wined it Up, Pataka Museum of Arts and cultures, Porirua, New Zealand

Dirt, Glue Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand

Kete, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

Speak 2 Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand

2011:

JEMposium, Wellington, New Zealand

Speak, Bakwall Gallery - Otaki, New Zealand

Charming, Pataka Museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua, New Zealand

2006:

Jewel, Sydney Collage of the Arts, Sydney, Australia

Oceania Gold National Jewellery, Cleveland Living Arts Centre, Dunedin

2004:

Origins, Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand