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Education:
MA in Design for Body and Environment – NFQ Level 9
National College of Art and Design, Thomas St, Dublin 8                                 2022
Post Grad Cert in Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – NFQ Level 9   
Trinity College, Dublin,                                                          2016
Bdes in Craft Design, Metals - NFQ Level 8
National College of Art and Design, Thomas St, Dublin 8                               1999-2003
V.E.C. Certificate in Craft Design                                                   1997-1998
N.C.V.A. Certificate in Art, Craft, and Design                                    1996-1997
Liberties College, Bull Alley, Dublin 2

Exhibitions
Silver Toast Rack currently on show in Collins Barracks, Dublin. Purchased by the National Museum of Ireland, for their permanent Irish Silverware Collection.
Shared Stories, 
   Joya Barcelona/Contemporania                                        September 2023
Missing Memories Alliages
   Joya Barcelona/Contemporania                                        September 2023
Melting Point Valencia                                                     April 2023
Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany                                 March 2023
Alliages Gallery, Lille, France                                  January – February 2023
Battle of the Pins, Precious Collective                                            
   Munich Jewellery Week, Munich, Germany                               March 2023
   Alliages Gallery, Lille, France                                         November 2022
Made IN Ireland                                           September 2022 – January 2023
Juried Design Exhibition, DCCOI, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, N. Ireland
Collectibles & Curiosities Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths N.I.
   Craft NI Gallery, Belfast    , N. Ireland.                       November 2022-December 2022 
Jewelery and Literature                                                November 2022
   Tincal Lab Gallery, Porto, Portugal 
FIO III                                                                November 2022
   Brazilian Contemporary Jewellery Contest, Galeria Alice Floriano, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Under Fire 4, International Juried Exhibition, The Enamel Guild North East, USA
   On-line Exhibition                                                        October 2022
Enjoia’t 2021                                                  September – October 2022
   Barcelona Design Hub, Barcelona, Spain 
Re-Use + Re-Imagine Adornment                                           August 2022
   R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, Co. Antrim    
Made IN Ireland                                                    July - September 2022
Juried Design Exhibition, Design and Craft Councill of Ireland, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin 
Masters Exhibition, Shared Stories                                             June 2022
   NCAD Gallery, National college of Art and Design, Thomas St, Dublin 8
Heirloom Exhibition Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths N.I.
   Craft NI Gallery, Belfast    , N. Ireland.                      November 2021-December 2021 
Made IN Ireland                                             October 2021 – February 2022
   Juried Design Exhibition, Design and Craft Councill of Ireland, Kilkenny, Ireland
Pinned 3 Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths N.I          October 2021
   Ards Art Centre, Town Hall, Newtownards, Co. Down.
Romanian Jewellery Week                                     September -October 2021
   Designer (Plus One Group Exhibition) Bucharest, ROMANIA
Pinned 2 On Linen Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths N.I.   August 2021
   R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, Co. Antrim
Goodbye Welcome                                                           July 2021
Group exhibition, Jewelbox, Lembeke, Belgium 
Pinned Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths N.I.
   Craft NI Gallery, 115-118 Royal Avenue, Belfast                November 2020-January 2021
Under Fire 3, International Juried Exhibition, The Enamel Guild North East, USA
   On-line, due to Covid 19 restrictions                                       October 2020
Romanian Jewellery Week                                             September 2020
   Designer (Plus One Group Exhibition) Bucharest, ROMANIA
Beyond Boundaries, Munich Jewellery Week (Postponed)                        March 2020
Bienewitz, Apianstr. 1, 80796 München
Pass It Along Project. International Jewellery Collaboration Challenge           2019 Edition
A Little Nonsense Now & Then is Relished by the Wisest Men (Curator & Exhibitor)
   Fumbally Exchange, 5 Dame Lane, Dublin 2                         April 20th-31st 2018
Arts & Crafts Design Awards                                                Edition 2017
Pass It Along Project. International Jewellery Collaboration Challenge 2017 Edition    
The 1916 Sackville Street Art Project    Exhibition and Book
Newbridge Town Hall, Newbridge, Ireland                                      May 2016 National Botanical Gardens, Dublin, Ireland                           March-April 2016
O’Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland                                         March 2016
The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange                                Edition 2016 & 2020
Grants & Awards
Future Makers Award, DCCOI, Winner Emerging Maker Studio Grant                     2022
FIO III Brazilian Contemporary Jewellery Contest, Winner, Student Category               2022
International Contemporary Jewellery Awards ENJOIA’T, Winner, Student Category      2022
Institute of Designers in Ireland Graduate Awards (IDI), Winner, Accessories & Artifacts  2022
Under Fire 4, International Juried Exhibition, The Enamel Guild North East, USA
On-line Exhibition    2nd Prize Winner                                                 2022
Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Awards, Shortlisted                              2022
Muriel Wilson Fund awarded by The Association for Contemporary Jewellery for travel with the purpose of research into contemporary jewellery.                                 March 2019
External Exhibitions Fund awarded by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland for “A Little Nonsense” exhibition                                                          April 2018  

Publications
Findings ACJ Magazine issue Summer 2019
Who’s Who in Visual Art Vol.2018-2019
Pass It Along Project. International Jewellery Collaboration Challenge 2019 Edition 
The Contemporary Jewellery Exchange Exhibition Book 2016 (Publishing in Dec 2019)
1916 Sackville Street Exhibition Book 2016

Workshops:
Champlevé for Steel with Sharon Massey
The Enamelist Society, USA                                                November 2022
Magic Recipe with Märta Mattsson
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft                                            September 2022
Rubber Molds 3 Ways: Block, Brush, and Blanket Molds with Lauren Kalman
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft                                                  April 2021
Marta Mattsson's Gluetastic!
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft                                               March 2021
MATRIX AND PANCAKE DIE COMBINATIONS with Lauren Kalman
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft                                             February 2021
MATRIX AND DIE COMBINATIONS with Lauren Kalman
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft                                            December 2020
Filigree Workshop with Susanne Matsché
Jewelbox- Atelier, Ertvelde, Belgium                                           October 2019
"MAKE, MAKE, MAKE" Workshop Lisa Walker
Garagem - Atelier de Joalharia, Bairro Azul – Lisbon                          September 2019
"The Body Political: Wearable Objects as Social Tools" with Lauren Kalman
Garagem - Atelier de Joalharia, Bairro Azul – Lisbon                              May 2019
Global identity and fusion design Martina Demp
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,               August 2018
WOOD - miniatures Jörg Oberglell 
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,               August 2018
Gemstones: Cut, Grind, Polish with Alexander Friedrich
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,               August 2017
Brooch Mechanism: Two Sides - One Story with Daniela Malev 
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,               August 2017
Electroforming Jewellery with Katrin Spranger
Cockpit Arts, London                                                      January 2017
Sn-Al-Ag: Metal Casting with Peter Vermandere
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,               August 2016
The Cave in the Mind / Connections with Judy McCaig
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,               August 2016
"Not Too Precious" Workshop with Felieke van der Leest
National Crafts Council of Ireland Jewellery Workshops, Kilkenny, Ireland,            March 2016
‘Attraction and Repulsion’ Workshop with Marta Mattsson
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,                August 2015
Enamel Workshop with Danni Schwaag
International Summer Academy at Idar-Oberstein Campus, Germany,                August 2015
 

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