Education
Master of Fine Arts (Hons), University of Auckland 2004
Bachelor of Laws, University of Auckland 1987
Solo Exhibitions
Third Person, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch 2010
Suspended Sentence, Physics Room Kiosk, Christchurch 2009
En Plein Air, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch 2009
Performance Painting, Blue Oyster Performance Art Series, Dunedin 2008
Current Work, City Art Rooms, Auckland 2008
Being-Made, City Art Rooms, Auckland 2007
Nappy Painting, Massey University, Albany 2006
Kaitiaki, Te Tuhi / Manukau Public Art Gallery 2004
In / Out, University of Auckland 2003
Kaitiaki, Mount Street Studios, University of Auckland 2003
Moving Mountains, Whakatane Museum & Gallery 2002
Moving Mountains, Rotorua Museum of Art & History 2002
In the Balance, Auckland University 2002
1000 Words, ASA Gallery, Auckland 1999
Group Exhibitions
2010
13% Painting, Anthony Harper COCA Art Award Exhibition, Christchurch
Portia and Babel, Shapeshifter 2010, New Dowse Gallery, Lower Hutt
Blood Work, Bouncy, Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland
Cliffhanger, Sculpture in the Park / E: Scape, Waikato Sculpture Trust, Hamilton
Babel, Exhibition 2010, Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens, Kaipara Coast
2009
Black Cloud and Bush, Mesh, Antoinette Godkin Gallery, Auckland
All Black, Black Candy, City Art Rooms, Auckland
High Country and Black Cloud, COCA Art Award, COCA, Christchurch
Silver Lining, NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Hamilton
Bush, Sealink Small Sculpture Exhibition, Waiheke Art Gallery
Half Glass, Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island
Present, National Drawing Award, Artspace, Auckland; Physics Room, Christchurch; Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington
2008
Prickle, City Art Rooms at Bridge Art Fair, Berlin
Mirror Image, NZ Sculpture Onshore, North Shore
Prick, Unlimited, City Art Rooms, Auckland
Six Days, COCA Art Award, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Cloud, Reflecting Skin, City Art Rooms, Auckland
2007
Canvas, Off the Wall, Auckland Art Gallery
Live Recording, Sculpture in the Park, Waikato Sculpture Trust
Prick, Wallace Art Awards, Auckland
Muses, Fine, Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland
2006
Grass Roots, NZ Sculpture Onshore, North Shore
Lawn, Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum
Practice, National Drawing Award, ArtSpace Auckland; Physics Room, Chrischurch
Nappy Painting, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2005
Undercoat, Skirt Collective, Installation & Performances, Auckland
End of Line, Activate-Contemporary NZ Artists, COCA, Christchurch
Untitled, National Waikato Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton
Handmade, National Drawing Award, ArtSpace, Auckland; Physics Room, Christchurch
2004
Tui-pie, Altered States, Museum of Cultural Anxiety, Auckland
In / Out, National Waikato Contemporary Art Award Exhibition, Hamilton
2003
Foray, A4 Exchange curated by Karin Sander, Weisensee Art School, Berlin, Germany and George Fraser Gallery, Auckland University
Fake, Congreve Odyssey House Auction, Auckland
Fake, Winter at the ASA, ASA Gallery, Auckland
Sacred Ground, Goldwater Art Award Exhibition, Waiheke Island
Eve n Eden, Window Project, Eden Arts Festival, Auckland
Remuera, Window Project, Guardian Trust / University of Auckland
2002
Marque 4, ASA Gallery, Auckland
Awards
Anthony Harper COCA Art Award, Centre of Contemporary Art 2010, Finalist
NZ Painting & Printmaking Award 2009, Finalist
Anthony Harper COCA Art Award 2009, Finalist
Sealink Small Sculpture Prize 2009, Waiheke Art Gallery, Finalist
Anthony Harper COCA Art Award 2008, Finalist
Wallace Art Awards 2007, Salon de Refuse
Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award (3D) 2006 Finalist
International Women's Art Festival, Vienna, Project Skirt 2005-6, Jury Selection
Waikato National Art Award (2D) 2005, Merit Award
Waikato National Art Award (2D) 2004, Finalist
Te Tuhi Public Art Gallery 2004, Cameo Project
Goldwater Art Award 2003, Finalist
Morpeth Canaday Art Award 2002, Finalist
Auckland City Creative Communities 2001, Exhibition Grant
North Shore Pumphouse Art Awards 2001, Finalist
Artist Talks
Blue Oyster Performance Art Series, Performance Painting 2008
University of Auckland Cont. Ed. Class., BeingMade, City Art Rooms, 2007
Manukau Public Gallery Art Theory Class, Grass Roots, NZ Sculpture Onshore, 2006
Public Lecture, Kaitiaki, Te Tuhi / Manukau Public Art Gallery, 2004
Elam Masters Students, Fake, ASA Gallery, Auckland, 2003
Public Lecture, Moving Mountains, Rotorua Museum of Art & History, 2002
Career
Artist (Studio Whangaparaoa, NZ) 1998-
Barrister & Solicitor of High Court of New Zealand 1987-1998
Founder and Director, Equity Works Ltd. 1993-98
Author, Without Prejudice: Women in the Law, Brookers 1996
Research Scholarship, NZ Law Foundation 1994 and 1995
Law Reform Division Senior Advisor, New Zealand Law Society 1992-93
Policy & Law Reform Senior Advisor, Ministry of Women's Affairs 1990-91
Solicitor, Brookfields, Auckland 1987-89