Selected Curatorial and Writing Projects
Curator:
- Why Milan? New Zealand designers reflect – 2011 – Co-curated a group exhibition for Objectspace in collaboration with Urbis magazine editor Nicole Stock, featuring seven New Zealand designers who have exhibited at Milan Design Week.
- Best In Show – 2011 – Curator of annual Objectspace exhibition featuring a selection of New Zealand’s top applied arts graduates.
- Quotidian: finding inspiration in everyday design – 2010 – Curator of a design exhibition at Objectspace looking at everyday design involving a selection of New Zealand designers.
- Best In Show – 2010 – Curator of annual Objectspace exhibition featuring a selection of New Zealand’s top applied arts graduates.
- In From The Garden – 2009 – Curator of an Objectspace exhibition showcasing four nationally prominent yet recently emerged contemporary object makers.
- Best In Show - 2009 – Curator of annual Objectspace exhibition featuring a selection of New Zealand’s top applied arts graduates.
- Redefining Agility: Craft, Science, Sport – 2008 – Curator of an Objectspace design exhibition, looking at high-end carbon fibre sporting product design handmade in New Zealand.
- Best In Show – 2008 – Curator of annual Objectspace exhibition featuring a selection of New Zealand’s top applied arts graduates.
- Top Tens – 2005 – Curator of a show involving writing from twenty one contemporary artists at Snowhite Gallery, Auckland.
Selected writing:
- Objective lessons – 2010 – Online review of Objectspace 2010 programme
- Quotidian: finding inspiration in everyday design – 2010 – Publication essay for curated show – Objectspace
- Contemporary Craft Graduates – 2009 – Publication essay for contemporary craft graduates showcase exhibition – Unitec School of Design
- Handstand Judges Essay – 2009 – Publication essay for a National Jewellery Showcase that I judged and presented (curated by Peter Deckers)
- Horn, Beak and Claws – 2009 – Publication essay for Bronwynne Cornish – Masterworks
- Carving - 2009 – Essay for Patrick Lundberg – Independent
- Speaking In Ramas – 2009 – Publication essay for Kirstin Carlin and Krystie Wade – Physics Room
- In From The Garden – 2009 – Publication essay for curated show – Objectspace
- Pests In The Tool Shed – 2009 – Feature article about artists, Regan Gentry, and Ben Pearce – Object Magazine
- Objecteye: Phil Cuttance – 2009 – Columnist – Object magazine Australia
- Objecteye: Renee Bevan – 2009 – Columnist – Object magazine Australia
- Mind The Gap – 2009 – Publication essay for Adrian Jackman – Lopdell House
- Redefining Agility – 2008 – Publication essay for curated show – Objectspace
- Pick Up Your Cave and Run – 2008 – Publication essay for curated show – RAMP Gallery
- Metonymy – 2008 – Publication essay for curated show – Cross St Studios
- Object Graduates Catalogue – 2007 – Publication essay for contemporary craft graduates showcase exhibition – Unitec School of Design
- Homeliness – 2007 – Publication essay for group exhibition – Objectspace
- A Good Eye: Jane Whitten – 2007 – Columnist – Metro magazine
- It’s Not That I’m Obsessed With You – 2006 – Publication essay for photography graduates showcase exhibition – Unitec School of Design
- Adrian Jackman – 2006 – Online essay Adrian Jackman – Independent
- Accommodate - 2006 – Publication essay for curated exhibition – St Paul Street Gallery
- Narrations Of Displacement – 2006 – Publication essay for curated exhibition – Independent
- Satan takes a holiday – 2006 – Essay – Natural Selection journal
- Free Parking – 2005 – Publication essay for painting graduates showcase exhibition- Unitec School of Design
- Preserve – 2005 – Publication essay for group exhibition – Independent
- Sriwhana Spong – 2005 – Interview – Crease journal
