2010 Nyholm/Cantrell Studio, Denmark

2009 Anu Penttinen Studio, Finland

2008Peter Layton's London Glassblowing Studio

2008 Teaching Assistant to Richard Jolley at Northlands Creative Glass Centre, Scotland.

2008 Nick Mount Venetian Cane Masterclass participant at the International Glass Festival, Stourbridge

2007-2008 The International Glass Centre, Brierley Hill:Professional Development Award in Glass, specialising in                        glass blowing and cold decoration.

2003-2006  BDes Hons Craft Design: Glass, The National College of Art and Design, Dublin

2005 Erasmus exchange program, Umprum, School of Applied Arts Prague

2001-2002  Foundation Studies in Art and Design, The University of Ulster

-National Craft and Design Fair of Ireland Award

2012 Support for the Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland

2012 Travel Award from Arts Council of Northern Ireland for trip to Munich

2011 RDS National Crafts Competition -Crafts Council of Ireland Purchase Award

2011 Support for the Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland

2011 Coleraine Borough Arts Committee Award

2011 Selected for Craft NI ‘Making It’ 2 year business and studio assistance.

2010 Artist’s Access to Art College’s placement at Sunderland University.

2010 Lisburn Arts Advisory Committee Arts Grant

2009 Anna Cheyne Visual Arts Award

2009 RDS National Crafts Competition Awards:

-National Crafts and Design Fair of Ireland Award

-2nd Prize Glass

-IACI Murial Gahan Scholarship Nominee

2009 Travel Award from Arts Council of Northern Ireland for trip to Finland.

Commissions

2012  Allianz Business to Arts Awards, commissioned by the Dublin Airport Authority

2009  'Poppy Patch' installation commissioned by the Crafts Council of Ireland for ‘Bloom; Sculptural Crafts’, Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Residencies

2015 Non-Printmaker Residency, Belfast Print Workshop

2011-2013 Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

2010-2011 University of Sunderland Glass Department through the Artist's Access to Art College's Programme

2010 Self arranged residency at Nyholm/Cantrell Glassblowing Studio, Aarhus, Denmark

Teaching Experience

2011-2014 Lampworking Tutor, Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart

2009 Teaching assistant in glass blowing, the National College of Art and Design, Dublin

2008 Teaching Assistant to glass sculptor Richard Jolley, Northlands Creative Glass Centre, Scotland.

Artist’s Presentation

2011 ‘Engaging with Glass’ Symposium, Solstice Centre, Navan

2011 University of Sunderland to BA and MA Glass and Ceramics students

Curator

2011 ‘Thirty, a celebration of excellence in craft’, 20 makers from Ireland, Flowefield Arts Centre, Portstewart.

Artist Statement

The physical rhythm required to work with molten glass is what I fell in love with, I wish to communicate the vitality and exuberance of the making experience.  There is a wealth of possibilities for experimentation, however I strive for a bold simplicity, maintaining a clear direction to my explorations.  I look for the subtle possibilities offered by traditional glass blowing processes such as colour overlay and venetian cane techniques, and constantly explore the visual interplay of opaque and transparent colours.