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Education & Training
2019 – Outside In Step Up: Exploring the West Dean Collection, a 16 week programme exploring the Edward James Surrealist Archive and independent development of new work for exhibition / presentation at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation
2019 – Outside In Ambassador training, a one day course
2012 to present, ongoing – researches on history of reverse glass painting in Croatian tradition and in the UK, looking at reverse sign writing, portraiture and other trends
2011 – met and observed practices of several contemporary reverse glass painters including Katarina Krvarić and Željko Seleš, visited the legendary Ivan Večenaj (d.2013)
2010-2011 – mentored by Ivica Fišter, Croatian Naïve Artist in Zagreb, for which I learned to speak Croatian
1999-2000 – artist at large, gap year in Europe
1996 – graduated with a BA degree in Literature from Willamette University, Salem Oregon USA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 – Featured Artist (June), Shoreham Art Gallery during the Adur Art Festival Biennial
2019 – St John's at Christmas and Other Works, The Spire Cafe, St John's Church, Burgess Hill
2015 – Through a Looking Glass Conway Hall as part of the British Croatian Society’s Creative Croatia event series, London
2012 – Bears of Medvednica Radionica Okvira Ullrich, Zagreb Croatia
2010 – Paintings in Watercolour and Oil on Glass Radionica Okvira Ullrich, Zagreb Croatia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - *Coming in June* Artist in Residence at the Shoreham Art Gallery, West Sussex
2019 - Outside In: Exploring the West Dean Collection, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, West Sussex
2018 - I am a Woman and This is My Legacy, Juried Exhibition, Laura I Gallery, London
2013 to present, ongoing – various venues, annual Artists Open Houses, Brighton and Burgess Hill Artists, Burgess Hill
2013 – Little Gems, Green Tree Gallery, Haywards Heath
2011 – 1st International Meeting of Naïve Artists, Zagreb Croatia
2011 – 14th Annual Miniature Exhibition, Novi Dvori Croatia
Press
August 2019 - "Step Up: An Artist's View of Exploring the Surreal at West Dean College," Interview with Outside In for their blog series
February 2019 - "Outside In Ambassador Training: Making More Things Possible," My blog post for the Outside In blog page
August 2017 - My introduction to the ABNA Summer Catalog / Art Book, print
May 2017 - Take Five interview with Deborah Henry-Pollard of Catching Fireworks Creative Coaching, online newsletter & web resource
December 2016 – About Town, Burgess Hill town magazine, print
December 2016 – Carousel, Diplomatic Services Families Association magazine, print
Public Speaking
2017 – Asking the Moon, an introduction to trends in British and Croatian naive art, British Ambassador's Residence in Zagreb, Croatia
2017 – Artist Demonstration and Talk, about my process and practice, The Adventurer's Art Club, Cuckfield, West Sussex
2015 – Caring and My Creative Practice, Hassocks Carers, Hassocks, West Sussex
2014 – The Croatian Naïve and Me, British Croatian Society, Croatian Embassy, London
2013 – Introduction to the Croatian Naïve, Open Studios, Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Teaching, Workshops and Creative Carers Activities Since 2011
Reverse glass painting workshops, West Sussex
Creative Carers art classes (founded in 2014), West Sussex
Student-led art classes for all ages and abilities, West Sussex
Free workshop for the Burgess Hill Summer Festival, West Sussex
Naive art tour for expats, including gallery and studio visits, Croatia
Collaborative Projects and Events
January 2020 - Artist in Residence at Artologie, Cuckfield, West Sussex
February 2018 to February 2019 - volunteer archivist for art charity Outside In
January 2016 to present, currently on hold - Asking the Moon (working title), collaborative project exploring trends in British and Croatian naive art today
December 2016 to present, annually – working with Wakehurst Place, West Sussex, to handcraft and design lanterns/illuminations for their annual winter festival Glow Wild, winner of original design competition in 2016
2015 to 2019 – working with Gallery Muro, a London-based art consulting firm specialising in promoting art to interior designers, to place my work in new environments
2013 to present – Chair of Burgess Hill Artists, a local arts club promoting, exhibiting, and supporting Burgess Hill Artists
2011 – attended 1st Int’l Meeting of Naïve Artists, Galerija Mirko Virius, Zagreb Croatia
Public Collections
Night Owls 2010, Hrvatsko Društvo Naivnih Umjetnika (HDNU) / Croatian Association of Naïve Artists, Galerija Mirko Virius, Zagreb Croatia, since 2011
Private Collections
My work is in collections across the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Malta, Italy and Israel
Public Commissions
December 2016 – original lantern feature for Wakehurst Place, West Sussex
Private Commissions
2016 to 2017 – commission for South Africa / UK based client
2015 – private commission for a client in Canada
2012 to 2013 – three private commissions for clients in the USA, Malta and Germany
2010 to 2011 – private commissions for six separate clients based in Croatia
Professional Memberships