Credentials

Biographical Details

2012
Doctor of Fine Art (Glass) Monash University

2008
Certificate III in Stained Glass, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE

2006-2007
Part time lecturer in Jewellery, NMIT Fairfield Campus

2005-2006
Part time lecturer in Gold and Silversmithing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

2002
Guest lecturer in Visual Arts, Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE

1999
Joined the Gold and Silversmiths Guild of Australia

1994-1996
Course co-ordinator - Gold and Silversmithing, Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE

1993
Part time lecturer in Gold and Silversmithing, Box Hill College of TAFE
Master of Fine Art (Gold and Silversmithing), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Part time lecturer in Gold and Silversmithing, Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE
Produced a line of neckpieces and earrings for Country Road

1991
Part time lecturer in Gold and Silversmithing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1990
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours), Fine Art (Gold and Silversmithing), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1989
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (Gold and Silversmithing), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1984
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary), Bendigo College of Advanced Education, Australia

1981
Diploma of Art and Design, Fine Art (Sculpture), Caulfield Institute of Technology, Australia

Workshops &
Residencies

2010
Richard Millard’s Antrim School Stained Glass Painting II

2007
Diamond Setting with Michael Lederman, NMIT

2004
Advanced Bead Making with Kathryn Wardill, Glass Craft, Melbourne

2003
Introduction to Glass Blowing, Freeformed Glass Studio, Melbourne
Pearl Threading, Gemmological Association of Australia, Melbourne
Studied with Graeme Stone, warm glass artist

2002
Deep Drawing Workshop (Hydraulic Die Forming for silver, copper, and brass) with Lee Marshall of Bonny Doon Engineering (California), at Apecs Castings, Burwood

2002
Painting on Pre-Formed 3D Glass Objects or Vessels with Pam Stadus, Northcote Pottery

2002
Colour Application for Use with Kiln Formed Glass with Pam Stadus, Northcote Pottery

2002
Casting Glass for Beginners with Pam Stadus, Northcote Pottery

2002
Glass Forming (Slumping) for Beginners with Pam Stadus, Northcote Pottery

1995
Giancarlo Babetto Workshop, JMGA Conference, Melbourne

1994
Artist in Residence, Hamilton Arts Festival, Hamilton, Victoria

1992
Jamie Bennett Workshop, Curtin University, Perth
Franz Joseph Bette Workshop, Melbourne, Victoria

1991
Domus Academy (Milan) Winter School, Melbourne, Victoria
Conducted by Ezio Manzini, Michele de Lucchi, Clino Trini Castelli, and Marco Susani ECO Design, Melbourne, Victoria
Conducted by Victor Papanek, David Oppenheim, Phillip Toyne, and Susan Oliver

1990
Otto Künzli Workshop, Canberra Institute of Art Jewellery and Silversmithing Department

exhibitions

2017
‘Mansfield Art Glass incorporating Ceramics’, Mansfield, Victoria
‘Victorian Craft Awards’, Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne
‘Toolangi Castella Bushfire Memorial’ (Sculpture), Murrindindi, Victoria

2016
‘National Emerging Art Glass Prize’, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW

2015
‘Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalsmith Award’, Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum
‘Mansfield Art Glass Exhibition’, Mansfield, Victoria
‘summerGlass’, Malvern Library, Malvern, Victoria

2014
‘Mandorla Art Award’, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth
‘Stonnington in Glass’, Kinross Arts Centre, Toorak, Victoria
‘Mansfield Art Glass Exhibition’, Mansfield, Victoria
‘Now and Then’, Art at Linden Gate, Yarra Glen
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor’ exhibition, State Library of Queensland

2013
‘Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award’, Bendigo Art Gallery and Arts Centre, Melbourne
‘Tales and Enigma’, Art at Linden Gate, Yarra Glen
‘Mansfield Art Glass Exhibition’, Mansfield, Victoria

2012
‘New Glass Review 33’, Corning Museum of Glass, New York
‘artVision 2012’, Mansfield, Victoria
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor’ exhibition, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales

2011
‘All Fired Up’, The Goldsmith’s Gallery, San Remo, Victoria
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor’ exhibition, Gallery Artisan, Fortitude Valley, Queensland
‘Life in Glass’ exhibition, Chapel off Chapel, Prahran, Victoria

2010
‘Beyond the Visible’, National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW
‘Ranamok Glass Art Prize’, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston, ACT
‘Glass Off Chapel’, Architectural Glass Design Australia exhibition, Chapel off Chapel, Prahran, Victoria

2009
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria
‘Glass 21’, Architectural Glass Design Australia exhibition, Chapel off Chapel, Prahran, Victoria

2008
‘New Under the Sun’ exhibition, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

2005
‘Resting Places’ solo exhibition, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria
‘Precious Tombs’ solo exhibition, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne

2004
Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Exhibition, Melbourne
Silversmithing Exhibition, Shepparton Regional Gallery, Victoria
‘925 Three Ways’, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne

2003
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria
‘Contemporary Australian Silver and Metal Work’, Kozminsky Art, Melbourne

2001
‘Precious Women’, Maroondah Art Gallery. Victoria

1999
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria
‘Blessed Be the Work’, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

1998
‘A Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition’, Catanach’s Antiques & Art Gallery, Melbourne

1997
Cicely and Colin Rigg Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

 1996
‘Precious Eggs’, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne
‘Treasure Chest’, Gallery Ten, Rockford, Illinois
‘Head First’, Hewitt's Art Bookshop, Fremantle, WA
16th National Craft Acquisition Award, Museum & Art Gallery of The Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria

1995
Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg Missouri
Third International Enamel Art Exhibition at Coburg, Kunstverein Coburg E.V., Coburg, Germany
‘Four Elements’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
‘Metalwear/Metalware’ exhibition (featured artist), Taboo Studio, San Diego, California
GIRAEFE Second International Enamel on Metal Exhibition, Morez, France

1994
‘Armed’, TheDoor Exhibition Space, Freemantle
‘Dinner for Two’, Schwäbisch Gmund, Germany
Hamilton Arts Festival, Hamilton Victoria
Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Northern Territory Acquisition Exhibition
Shinju Matsuri Pearl Jewellery Design Awards, Broome, Western Australia
‘Australian Gold’, National Gallery of Victoria
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria

1993
Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Asialink's Australia Gold exhibition, Two-year touring exhibition throughout Asia
‘Collectable Wearables 1993’, Toowoomba Art Gallery

1992
Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
‘Contemporary Jewellery - 16 Jewellers New Directions’, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
‘Janine Tanzer - Another Language’, solo exhibition, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
Annual Ring Show, Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne
‘Fine Objects’, Australian High Commission, Singapore
‘Neckworks’, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle WA
Diamond Valley Art Award Exhibition, Greensborough, Victoria
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria

1991
‘Rituals and Primitive Origins’, Sarratt Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
‘Metal Expressions II’, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee and National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
‘The Amulet’, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Sydney
Alice Craft Acquisition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
‘Janine Tanzer - Recent Works’, solo exhibition, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Sydney
Shire of Eltham Art Awards, Eltham, Victoria
Eleventh National Craft Acquisition Award Exhibition, Crafts Council of the Northern Territory
‘Essential Accessories’, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Victoria Annual members' exhibition, Melbourne
‘The Alternative Home Show’, The Blaxland Gallery, Myer Melbourne
‘91 International Exhibition of Enamelling Art in Japan,, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
‘The Blockbusting Box Show’, TheBlaxland Gallery, Myer Melbourne

1990
The Rox Award (sponsored by the Rox Gallery), The Blayland Gallery, Sydney
‘Signs of Personality’ International Jewellery Exhibition, Schwäbisch Gmund, West Germany
‘Worked Metal’, Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Victoria Annual members' exhibition, Melbourne
‘Festival of the Pearl’, Broome, Western Australia
Tenth National Craft Acquisition Award Exhibition, Crafts Council of the Northern Territory
‘A Significant Piece for a Significant Person’, Meatmarket Craft Centre, Melbourne
Diamond Valley Art Award Exhibition, Greensborough, Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Mornington, Victoria
Ernest Leviny Commemorative Silver Exhibition, Castlemaine, Victoria
Christmas Show, Contemporary Jewellery Gallery, Sydney

1989
Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Balnarring, Victoria

1988
Diamond Valley Art Award Exhibition, Greensborough, Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Craft Event, Balnarring, Victoria
J.M.G.V. Christmas Show, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne

bibliography

2015
Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum
The Age  ‘Craft review: Contemporary Australian silver and metalwork dazzles’ 25 September
The Sydney Morning Herald  ‘Craft review: Contemporary Australian silver and metalwork dazzles’ 25 September
Arts Mansfield – Mage Award Winners 2015

 2012
New Glass Review 33 , Corning Museum of Glass, New York

2005
The Age  ‘Metro’ 2 August
Melbourne Yarra Leader  ‘CityLIFE’ 8 August

2002
Knives Australia Winter edition

1996
The Age ‘Metro’ 8 November

1994
Craft Arts International  No. 30
Craft Arts International  No. 32

1993
Craft Arts International  No. 27

1992
Melbourne – Australia’s International City,  Focus Books

1991
Design World No. 20
Design Ink No.5
The Sunday Herald ‘Sunday Review’ 13 January
Craft Arts International No. 21
Craft Arts International No. 22

1989
Design World International  No. 17
Craft Arts International  No. 16

public collections

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Hamilton Art Gallery
Arts Centre Melbourne
City of Stonnington
Shire of Murrindindi