Education

2000 Adv. Dip. of Electronic Design & Interactive Multimedia R.M.I.T, Melbourne

1995 Bachelor of Arts (Craft) (Hons) Monash University, Melbourne

Selected Exhibitions

2006 Hobart Art Prize Tasmanian Musuem and Art Gallery, Hobart

2004 Counter Productive Craft Victoria, Melbourne

2003 Fuse Ivy Hopes, Melbourne

2003 Bloom OXOXO, Baltimore, USA

2003 Australian Craft & Design Showcase Glen Eira City Gallery, Caulfield

2003 Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition Buda House, Castlemaine

2003 sample e.g.etal Melbourne

2001 Contemporary Wearables 01 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

2001 'pulling strings' e.g.etal, Melbourne

2000 Ways Of Working Faculty Gallery Monash University, Caulfield

1999 Alice Acquisition Award Araluen Centre, Alice Springs

1998 The Gift Craft Victoria, Melbourne

1998 New Jewellery from Australia Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998 Emerging Craft Bus Stop Art, Linden Gallery, IT Inc!

1998 National Craft Acquisition Award Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

1997 The Shelf Project Craft Victoria, Melbourne

1997 Hobart Art Prize Carnegie Gallery Hobart Town Hall

1995 Cohn Award for Street Jewellery National Gallery of Victoria

1994 Mornington Peninsula Craft Event Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre

Group Exhibitions

2006 Collages 06 Bright!, St Kilda

2005 Collages Bright!, St Kilda

2004 National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery

2004 Design Landscapes, The State of Design Festival e.g.etal, Melbourne

2002 Little Kingdoms Ivy Hopes, Melbourne

2000 "darn it…" e.g.etal, Melbourne

1999 Sakai Cutlery International Design Competition Osaka, Japan

1997 Showcase - J.M.G.A Members Exhibition, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne

1996 Head First CRAFTWEST Centre for Contemporary Craft, Perth

1996 Fringe Fashion Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne Town Hall

1995 Graduate Metal 6 Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne

1994 Neither Fish Nor Red Herring, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne

Publications that feature the artist

2007 Bisuteria— Elvira Lopez del Prado. Published by Parramon (Spanish only)

2003 Glen Eira News Volume 72 — Vida Mierendorff

2001 Vogue Australia 7.01 Pulling Strings — Leigh-Ann Pow

1999 Object 1.99 A shared spirit — David Walker

1999 Craft Victoria Magazine No1/99 The International Style of Australia — Leisbeth den Besten

1998 Craft Arts International No 42 Contemporary Wearables — Glenn R. Cooke

1997 Craft Victoria Magazine, Autumn Issue Fresh! Craft Victoria Student Award — Helen Quinn

1997 The Sydney Morning Herald, December 16th Crawford Gallery Exhibition reviewed by John McPhee

Awards

1994 Kozminsky Award for Jewellery Ernest Leviny Commemorative Exhibition

1995 Fresh! Victorian Student Award Exhibition Special Commendation Award

Public Collections

2001 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery