Resume

Education

  • Roehampton University, London England; PGCE Design Technology – 2001
  • Center for Creative Studies/College of Art and Design, Detroit MI; B.F.A. – 1989-92
  • University of Hawaii/Windward Campus, Kaneohe, Hawaii USA; A.A.1987-89

Gallery Representation

Awards/Purchase Prizes

2020

  • Juror’s Choice Award, 2020 Cone Box Show, Lawrence, KS USA

2019

  • Best in Show, Serve it Up, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA

2018

  • Certificate of Excellence, Arts & Crafts Design Award, online

2017

  • Joker Prize, Arts & Crafts Design Award, online
  • Memorial Award, 2017 Texas Teapot Tournament, TEA+ART, Houston TX USA

2015

  • Merit Award, Arts & Crafts Design Award, online
  • Walker Ceramic Award: Best in Show, The 2015 Sydney Teapot Show, Innercity Clayworker’s Gallery, Glebe, NSW Australia
  • Purchase Prize Winner, Medalta International TOOL Show, Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada
  • Second Place Award, Workhouse International Cup Show 2015, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA USA

Exhibitions

2023

  • Gallery Lowe and Lee, Newtown NSW Australia, “Christmas Collection 2023”
  • Erickson Center for the Arts, Curtis, MI USA, “Loonapalooza”
  • Gallery Lowe and Lee, Newtown NSW, Australia, “Table Talk”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Fl USA, “Birds! Birds!”
  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA, “Small Favors 2023”

2022

  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA “Cup Wall’
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainseville, FL USA, “Summer is Served: Breakfast”
  • Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia. “2022 Sydney Teapot Show”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainseville, FL USA, “Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII”

2021

  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA. “Small Favors 2021”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainseville, FL USA, “Cup: The Intimate Object XV11”
  • Bracker’s Good Earth Clays, Lawrence, KS USA.  “International Cone Box Show-online”
  • Danaca Design, Seattle, WA USA, “Battle of the Rings”

2020

  • Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL USA. “13th Annual Cup Show: Form and Function”
  • Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI USA. “Art for the Holidays”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainseville, FL USA, “Cup: The Intimate Object XVI”
  • City Hall Grand Gallery, Las Vegas NV USA. “Clay Arts Vegas Collaborative International Exhibition”
  • NCECA 2020, “ICAN 2020 Juried Exhibition, Short and Stout”
  • Bracker’s Good Earth Clays, Lawrence, KS USA. “2020 International Cone Box Show”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL USA. “Exquisite Forms II”
  • TEA+ART, Houston TX USA. “2020 Texas Teapot Tournament”

2019

  • Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, NSW Australia. “Christmas Collection”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainseville, FL USA, “Cup: The Intimate Object XV”
  • Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia. “2019 Sydney Teapot Show”
  • Clay Arts Vega, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Serve it Up”
  • Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA USA. “Off Center”
  • Urban Forage Winery & Cider House, NCECA Minneapolis, MN USA. “You’ve Been Served”
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Cup Show”
  • University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND USA. “Vessels for Drinking”
  • TEA+ART, Houston, TX USA “2019 Texas Teapot Tournament”

2018

  • Istra, Croatia. “Arts&Crafts Design Awards, 2018” Invited
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL USA. “Cup: The Intimate Object XIV” 
  • Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia. “2017 Sydney Teapot Show”
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Serve it Up”
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Cup Show”
  • TEA+ART, Houston, TX USA “2018 Texas Teapot Tournament”
  • NCECA Conference, Pittsburgh, PA USA. “2018 International Cone Box Show”
  • Bracker’s Good Earth Clays, Lawrence, KS USA. “2018 International Cone Box Show”
  • Pewabic, Detroit, MI USA. “On The Rocks”

2017

  • Medalta Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. “Dish@Medalta”
  • Supermama Gillman Barracks, Singapore. “Porcelain and Craft Festival 2017”
  • Seilers’ Studio & Gallery, Zanesville, OH USA. “2017 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, North Carolina, USA. “Cup: The Intimate Object XIII” 
  • Istra, Croatia. “Arts&Crafts Design Awards, 2017” Invited
  • Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, NSW, Australia. “2017 Sydney Teapot Show”
  • Downtown Boxing Gym, Detroit, MI USA. “36th Detroit International Wine Auction”
  • Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA USA. “Workhouse Clay International 2017”
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Serve it Up”
  • Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Tenby, Wales United Kingdom. “Button Project”
  • ClayAkar, Iowa City, IO USA. “11th Annual Yunomi Invitational”
  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI USA. “2017 Alumni Exhibition”
  • Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA USA. “Off Center”
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Cup Show”
  • The Clay Studio at NCECA 2017, Portland, OR USA. “Small Favors”Think Inside the Box, 2017” Invited
  • TEA+ART, Houston, TX USA “2017 Texas Teapot Tournament”

2016

  • Supermama Gillman Barracks, Singapore. “Supermama Porcelain Festival” Invited
  • Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL USA. “Ninth Annual Cup Show: Form and Function”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, North Carolina, USA. “Cup: The Intimate Object XII” 
  • Medalta Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. “Medalta International TOOL Show”
  • Backwards Distilling Company, Casper, WY and Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Cocktails and Clay” 2016
  • The Innercity Clayworkers Gallery, Glebe, NSW Australia. “The 2016 Sydney Teapot Show” Invited
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “From a Simple Slab” Solo Exhibition
  • Istra, Croatia. “Arts&Crafts Design Awards, 2016” Invited
  • Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA USA. “America’s ClayFest IV”
  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI USA. “2016 CCS Alumni Exhibition”
  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA. “Small Favors XI” Invited
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Cup Show”
  • Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO USA. “2016 International Orton Cone Box Show”
  • The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT USA. “International Cup 2016”

2015

  • Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL USA. “Eighth Annual Cup Show: Form and Function”
  • Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA USA. “Cups” Invited
  • Istra, Croatia. “Arts & Crafts Design Award”
  • Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL USA. “Cup: The Intimate Object XI”
  • Medalta Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. “Medalta International TOOL Show”
  • Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT Australia. “Object: Spoon”
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Serve it Up”
  • The Innercity Clayworkers Gallery, Glebe, NSW Australia. “The 2015 Sydney Teapot Show” Invited
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “Crave the Cup”
  • Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA USA. “America’s ClayFest III”
  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA. “Small Favors X”
  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI USA. “2015 CCS Alumni Exhibition”
  • 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX USA. 8th International Texas Teapot Tournament”
  • Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton Arts Foundation, Lorton VA USA. Drink This! The Workhouse International Cup Show 2015

2014

  • Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL USA. “Seventh Annual Cup Show: Form and Function”
  • Seilers’ Studio & Gallery, Zanesville, OH USA. “Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics”
  • Medalta Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. “Spoon Me! @ Medalta”
  • Ceramics Gallery Harvard University, Boston MA USA. “Object:Spoon”
  • The Innercity Clayworkers Gallery, Glebe, NSW Australia. “The 2014 Sydney Teapot Show”
  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA. “Small Favors IX”
  • Handwerkskammer Hannover, Germany. “Only Spoons-Exhibition at Handwerksform Hannover”
  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI USA. “2014 CCS Alumni Exhibition”
  • American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA USA. “Big Fish, Small Pot VI: Sixth International Small Teapot Competition and Show”
  • HYART Gallery, Madison WI USA. 2014 Ceramic World Cup Tournament”
  • The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT USA. “International Cup 2014”
  • 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX USA. “7th International Texas Teapot Tournament”
  • Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton Arts Foundation, Lorton VA USA. Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show”

2013

  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI USA. “Re/VIEW: a CCS Alumni Exhibition”
  • The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA USA. “Small Favors VIII”
  • Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton Arts Foundation, Lorton VA USA. Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show”
  • 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX USA. “6th International Texas Teapot Tournament”
  • NCECA Houston, TX USA. “International Cone Box Show”

2012

  • Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS USA. “2012 International Cone Box Show”
  • Singapore. “Cambodia Art Aid” Charity auction for Caring for Cambodia

2011

  • Singapore. “Cambodia Art Aid” Charity auction for Caring for Cambodia

2010

  • Baker University, Baldwin City, KS USA .“2010 International Cone Box Show”
  • Sculpture Square Gallery, Singapore. “Full Circle with Fong Choo” parallel exhibition
  • Tabitha House, Singapore. “Curry and Art Auction” Charity Auction for the Tabitha Foundation

2008

  • Baker University, Baldwin City KS USA. “2008 International Orton Cone Box Show”
  • NCECA, Pittsburg PA USA. “Orton International Cone Box Show 

2006

  • Baker University, Baldwin City KS USA. “2006 International Orton Cone Box Show” 2 year traveling exhibit

2004

  • Baker University, Baldwin City KS USA. “2004 International Orton Cone Box Show” 2 year traveling exhibit

Publications

Visiting Artist Workshops

  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas NV USA. One day intensive workshop 2017
  • Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV USA. “From a Simple Slab” 2016

Interview (online)

Teaching and Related Experience
  • 2002-2023 Teacher Junior High and High School, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
  • 2012-2014 Artist in Residence, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
  • 1996-2002 Teacher of Art/Design Technology, Castle Court Prep School, Dorset, England UK