GRANTS AND AWARDS
2024
Finalist- Tom Malone Prize, Linton and Kay Gallery, West Perth, WA 6005
2022
Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2021
Finalist - WATERHOUSE NATURAL SCIENCE ART PRIZE EXHIBITION 2020
South Australia Museum
2020
Australia Council for the Arts. Resilience Create grant. Solo exhibition at Sabbia Gallery, Redfern, NSW
Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2019
Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2018
Finalist. FUSE Glass Prize. JamFactory Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2016
Finalist. FUSE Biennial Glass Prize. JamFactory Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Winner. 2nd Biennial Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize. Adelaide Festival Centre Artspace Gallery
Finalist. KIGA 2016 - Kirra Illuminating Glass Award. Kirra Galleries, Federation Square Melbourne. Vic Australia
2015
Australia Council for the Arts. Grant for development of new work and exhibiting at Collect: The International Art Fair, London, 2017
2013
Sculpture prize. The Waterhouse Natural Science Art prize
2012
Triennial Project Grant, Arts SA
Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2011
Named the 2012 Living Treasure: Master of Australian Craft by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design
2010
New Work grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council
2009
Finalist, Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
Finalist, Ranamok Prize for Contemporary Glass, National Touring Exhibition
2007
Project Grant to assist with the development of work for major exhibition at William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington State, USA, Arts SA
2004
Project Grant to assist with the development of work for major exhibition at JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide SA, Arts SA
2003
Project Grant to assist with the development of work for major exhibition entitled Un Nouveau Souffle at the Ambassade d'Australie, Paris, France, Arts SA
2002
Recipient of the inaugural Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2001
Recipient of South Australia's Living Artist's Week monograph, initiated by the SALA Week committee, published by Wakefield Press with the assistance of Arts SA
Arts Assistance grant for the production of a catalogue for a major one-person exhibition in Seattle, USA, in May 2002, Arts SA
1999
Fellowship, Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1997
New Work grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1996
Quick response grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council
Recipient of the Gold Medal, Barvarian State Prize, Germany
1993
Arts Project Assistant Grant, South Australian Department of Arts & Cultural Heritage
1986
Apprenticeship Assistant Grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1984
Relocation and Establishment grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1983
First Prize, Glass Section, Stirling and District Council Art and Craft Award, SA
Award in the Glass and Ceramics Section, Inaugural English Speaking Union Stuart Devlin Award
Apprenticeship Assistance Grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1982
Apprenticeship Assistant Grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1981
Apprenticeship Assistant Grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1980
Grant to study in a private glass studio in the USA, Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1975
Grant to study glass in the USA and Europe, Crafts Board of the Australia Council