CV
Education
2015-2016 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Gloucestershire University, Gloucester, England
2008-2010 MFA (Metalsmithing), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA.
2005-2007 Specialization Jewellery Course II and III with Manfred Bischoff (’06-’07) and Alessandra Pizzini (’05-’06), Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy
1998-2002 BA (Economics), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota USA
Work Experience
Design & Visual Art Lead, The Courtyard International School, Tervuren, Belgium, 2021-2023
Acting Course Leader – Jewellery Design, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford, England, 2015
Lecturer, Hereford College of Arts, Hereford, England, 2014-2016
Visiting Lecturer, Postgraduate MA Course, Birmingham City University School of Jewellery, Birmingham, England, 2013-2015
Artist-in-Resident, Birmingham City University School of Jewellery, Birmingham, England, 2013-2014
Guest Lecturer, University of Georgia Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy, 2013, 2011
Assistant Manager and Teacher, Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy, 2010-2011
Teaching Assistant, Prof. Iris Eichenberg, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI USA, 2009-2010
Guest Lecturer, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI USA, 2009
Awards/Recognition
Special Mention Cominelli Prize, Fondazione Cominelli/Associazione Gioielli Contemporaneo (Recipient), 2013
Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award (Finalist), 2012
Daimler Financial Services Emerging Artist Award, Daimler Financial Services, Berlin, Germany (Recipient), 2010
Exclusive: 17th International Silverart Competition (Honorable Mention of Director of the Gallery of Art in Legnica and Honorary Mention of the artist quarterly EXIT), 2008
Public & private collections
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX USA
Museum of Art and Design (MAD), NY, NY USA
Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI USA
Rotasa Foundation, Mill Valley, CA USA
Cominelli Foundation, Brescia Italy
exhibitions
2016
In Memory of Manfred, Studio Gisbert, Munich, Germany Collezione Permanente del Gioiello Contemporaneo, Santa Giulia Museum, Brescia, Italy
2015
Tea and Coffee, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Junk: Rubbish into Gold, Birmingham City University School of Jewellery, England
2014
Multiple Exposures, Museum of Art and Design (MAD), NY, NY
Suspended in Green, Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria; Studio Gabi Green, Munich, Germany; Lesley Graze Gallery, London, England [Juried]
Function?, Birmingham City University School of Jewellery, England
2013
This End Up and Pinball Brooch Show, SNAG, Toronto, Canada
Premio per il Gioiello Contemporaneo, Fondazione Cominelli, Brescia, Italy [Juried]
2012
Covet, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
dubh – Dialogues in Black, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, & The American Irish Historical Society, NY, NY
METAL WORKSHOP: Cranbrook for Alessi, Alessi SoHo, NYC, NY
2011
Schmuck, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany [Juried]
Our House, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Premio per il Gioiello Contemporaneo, Fondazione Cominelli, Brescia, Italy [Juried]
2010
Suzanne Beautyman & Barb Smith, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
Graduation Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands [Juried]
Out of the Woods, Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduation Show, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Detroit, MI
2009
Stimulus, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
Metal Evolution, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Philadelphia, PA [Juried]
2008
Schmuck, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany [Juried]
Jewellery in Transition, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales, England
Exclusive: 17th International Silverart Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland [Juried]
10th Anniversary Exhibition: Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Museum, Hanau, Germany
Siamo Qui, Alchimia, Le Pagliere di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy
2007
Alchemic Visions, Korean Craft Promotion Foundation, Gallery Baum, Seoul, Korea
Holownia: Legnica Festival of Silver, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland [Juried]
No Diamonds: Percorsi nel Gioiello Contemporaneo, Fuori Salone, White Star Adventures Book Shop, Milan, Italy