Awards

Awards

  • Parkin Drawing Prize 2023        Finalist for Journeys
  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika    January 2023     

Grand winner “best of all categories” and judges special award for most aesthetically pleasing for Mantle – read more here

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika      January 2022   

public choice award for Exponential Growth  – read more here

  • Parkin Drawing Prize 2021             July   

finalist for From My Garden  read more here

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika      January 2021 

Most natural award for Tangaroa’s Tapestry – read more here

  • Te Tai o Poutini Art Awards      November 2020

Finalist and Highly commended  3D – Form for Ethereal – read more here

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika     January 2020

Avant Garde award for Fermentation  – read more here

  • Hokitika Junk2Funk          September 2018

Best use of plastic and overall runner-up for Helical – read more here

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika     January 2018

Most Natural Sculpture for Coral  – read more here

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika     January 2017

Avant Garde award for Harvest – read more here

  • Hokitika Junk2Funk                    July 2014

Avant Garde Award for Wrap Dup ensemble woven from used plastic wrapping material.

Wrap Dup

Wrap Dup

  •  Creative Fibre National Exhibition, Dunedin Railway Station      April 2014

Creative Fibre Award – for fibre art with emphasis on artistic content, colour and design for Te Tai o Poutini

The Colour Award – for the best use of colour for Moana Nui

Ashford First Time Entrant Award – for a first time entrant in the national exhibition for Radiation

All artworks were handwoven (raranga) in dyed harakeke (phormium tenax – NZ flax)

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika    January 2012

Department of Conservation “One Ocean” award for Catch and Release

  • Hokitika Junk2Funk 2011

Great effort  for Unravelled News cloak

  • Driftwood and Sand, Hokitika    January 2011

Overall winner for Voyage