Personal & Contact details

Citizenship: New Zealand

Qualification: BFA (First Class hons), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, 2009

I am a new media artist specialising in short experimental films and photography. I am a recent graduate of Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (hons).

e m p l o y m e n t

•Tutor, FT, Auckland University of Technology, City Campus, 2010 - current.

•Art History Research Assistant, FT, for Moyra Elliot, fixed term, 2010.

•English Tutor – P/T, 2006-2007

•BFM, Radio Producer of The Wire, (host Hamish Fletcher), volunteer position, 2008 –

 ongoing

•Curator, exhibition “The New Neophytes”, in association with Celebrate Pasifika and The  

 George Fraser Gallery and ELAM School of Fine Arts, March, 2009

•Writer, Curatorial essay, “The New Neophytes” March, 2009

•BFM, News writer, volunteer position, 2008 - 2009

•Photographer, Palisade (2008) by Fiona Jack, NewArtLand TVNZ-7 arts documentaries

•F/T The University of Auckland (UA), Summer Research Scholar to Professor Laurence Simmons, Nov 2007 – Feb 2008

•Artist assistant to Kristina Podesva, Emily Carr Institute, 2007 - 2008

•P/T volunteer art assistant to Nancy Nisbet, Vancouver, 2006 (summer)

s e l e c t e d   g r o u p   e x h i b i t i o n s

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• Te Marama o Matariki – The Light of Matariki, The Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland

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                        •Yours Truly, SAM Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

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                        •Elam Past and Present, The Academy Theatre, Auckland

                        •Window, The Film Archive, Lorne Street, Auckland

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•New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQU) Top Art Exhibition, New Zealand  

a c a d e m i c

•Bachelor of Fine Arts (hons), Elam School of Fine Arts 2009

•AUSA Book Scholarship, The University of Auckland, April 2009

•Auckland University (UA) Summer Research Scholar, scholarship, 2007-08

•Overseas study – The University of British Columbia, 2006, 2007, curatorial studies,  

 visual arts and art history.

•Denise Gerald, scholarship, 2006 & 2007

•Auckland University (UA), U21 study abroad scholarship, 2006

•Epsom Girls Grammar School, ‘A’ Bursary and University Entrance

•Epsom Girls Grammar School, Subject Scholarship Certificates in Photography (94%) 

 and History of Art (87%)

•Most Promising Young Filmmaking, Paramount Young Filmmakers Festival, 2003

p r e s e n t a t i o n s

•Pecha Kucha, Auckland, 11 February, 2010, Sexual Identity and Rebecca Swan

•Film screening, Lacanian Conference, AUT, February 2010