Short Biography

Through ceramics and photography, my drive is to investigates an imbalance between man and nature.  On a Wing and A Prayer (2017) was a collection of ceramic bird urns that highlighted critically endangered Manu in Aotearoa. Gone Bird (2017) was the urn series that followed and reflected on what birds we had already lost. Pest Control (2019) explored how we lost our Taonga through the introduction of foreign animals to our Whenua and exposed our use of poisons as our main form of pest management. It also asked us to reflect on who are the pests, with anthropomorphic figures wearing the heads of introduced animals. Bittersweet Wish: The Flight of the Genie Birds (2021) investigated the introduction of foreign birds through the Acclimatization Society which was setup by colonists and how some of those birds quickly became a threat to our native Manu, but also backfiring to be a major problem for colonists setting up the agricultural industry.  The 2050 (2023) exhibition looked at who is considered the biggest threat to our native fauna and exposed the species Rattus Rattus. It looked at how other nations are trialing ways to manage rats; for example, in New York they are using contraceptive powder on bait food to manage the alarming rate at which they breed but also considering a less harmful way to manage the rat population. The latest exhibition 2051 (2024) presented an installation of 100 toxic yellow ceramic rats, which investigated methods being considered in Aotearoa to reach the Predator Free 2050 target and asked viewers to question the ethics of these options.
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Exhibitions

2024 2051  Utopia Gallery Whanganui
2023 2050 Show  Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2022/23 Pattillo Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui
2022 Bones Show  Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2022 Open Studios Show  ​​Orphic Gallery Whanganui
2022 Whanganui Arts in Review: A survey of past award winners 2011 -2021  Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui
2022 Anniversarium Show  ​​Orphic Gallery Whanganui
2021  Small Things Group Show  ​​Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2021  Bittersweet Wish: Flight of the Genie Birds Solo Show  ​​Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2021  This I Kept Group Show  ​​Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
​2021  What's New Group Show  ​​Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2021 Pattillo Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui
​2021  Open Artist Studios Group Show  ​Orphic Gallery Whanganui
2021 WHITE ​Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2021  Opening  ​Orphic Gallery Whanganui
2020 UKU Clay Awards ​Hastings
2020 GOLD ​Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2020 Ceramics by Whanganui Potters Studio Community Arts Gallery Whanganui 
2020 Soar Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North (solo show)
2020 Ten Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2019 Pest Control Tree Gallery Whanganui 
2019 Dark Tree Gallery Whanganui 
2019 Spook Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2018/2019 Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award Exhibition Quartz Gallery Whanganui
2018 Black Zimmerman Gallery Palmerston North
2018 Creature Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui
2018 Signal Tree Gallery Whanganui (solo show)
2017 Flock Together Pataka Gallery Porirua
2017 On A Wing and A Prayer Tree Gallery (solo show)
2016 Dust Collectors: Reunion Graduate Show Gallery on Guyton Street Whanganui  
2016 Reflection: Pop up Exhibition of Angela Tier's Photographs and Ceramics Community Arts Whanganui (solo show)  
2016 Unveiling Tree Gallery (solo show) 37 Moutoa Quay Wanganui
2015   Skullicious (Group Show) Rayner Bros Gallery Guyton Street Wanganui   
2014 Whanganui Arts Review (selected show) Sarjeant on the Quay Wanganui   
2014 Buy By/Bye Bye Cover (Group Show) WHMilbank Gallery Bell Street Wanganui   
2013 Taranaki Art Awards Opunake
2013 Whanganui Arts Review (selected show) Sarjeant Gallery Queenspark Whanganui   
2013 Venus Envy (Group Show) Rayner Bros Gallery Guyton Street Wanganui   
2013 Conversations in the Park (Group Show) Space Gallery Taupo Quay Wanganui   
2013 Other Voices Other Rooms (Group Show) Sarjeant Gallery Queenspark Whanganui   
2011 Real NZ Art (Alumni Show) Federal Gallery Bell Street Whanganui   
2011 Whanganui Arts Review (selected show) Sarjeant Gallery Queenspark Whanganui   
2008 Whanganui Arts Review (selected show) Sarjeant Gallery Queenspark Whanganui   
2005 Point of Departure Quay School of the Arts Bachelor Graduation Show, UCOL Taupo Quay Wanganui - awarded the Sculpture Prize and graduated with distinction.   

Awards

2012 Finalist in the Wanganui Chronicle The Wall Competiton   
2011 First place Alumni Prize Real NZ Art Federal Gallery
2011 for Real NZ Art Exhibition at the Federal Gallery Whanganui UCOL (Photography)   
2011 Highly Commended Prize at Carey Smith and Co Ltd Whanganui Arts Review (Photography)
2005 BFA Media Prize for Sculpture Quay School of the Arts UCOL Whanganui
2004 Bad Horse Video Documentary Award   
​2003 Best Up & Coming Photographer, Quay School of the Arts Alternative Photography Exhibit  
2003 AGFA International Darkroom Photography Competiton Spot Prize Winner