Born Bloemfontein, South Africa 1969
Lives and works in New Zealand
Education
2024 MDes UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
2020 PhD North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
1998 MA University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
1995 BA (Hons) University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
1993 BA University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Solo exhibitions
2025 ENROOT, peep the window, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
(13 February to 13 March 2025)
2024 ABSTRUSE, Square Edge Community Gallery. Palmerston North, New Zealand.
(30 August – 30 September 2024)
2023 Betwixt & Between, Feilding Art Centre. Feilding, New Zealand.
(1 September – 30 September 2023)
Group exhibitions
2025 Te Puna o te Atua – The wellspring of the ancestors
Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science & Heritage
Palmerston North, New Zealand.
(17 May – 9 November 2025)
2024 UCOL CREATIVES POP-UP, Edith Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand.
(7 November – 14 December 2024)
2024 To Catch a Falling Star | Hopukia te whetū rere | Om Een Vallende Ster te Vangen. Te Awahou Collective. Māpuna Kabinet Art Gallery, Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, Foxton, New Zealand.
(27 January – 12 April)
2023 Whanganui Student exhibition, Edith Gallery, UCOL Whanganui, New Zealand. (17 – 27 November)
Open call, competition, and award group exhibitions
2025 Manawatū Art Awards Exhibition 2025, Feilding Art Centre. Feilding, New Zealand.
(1-31 October)
2025 Ruapehu Art Awards
Twin Rivers Art Gallery
Taumarunui, New Zealand.
(17 September – 30 September 2025)
2025 Ember
Space Studio and Gallery
Whanganui, New Zealand.
(6 August – 23 August 2025)
2025 Pattillo Whanganui Arts Review
Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery
Whanganui, New Zealand.
(31 May – 31 August 2025)
2025 Cleveland National Art Awards, Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin, New Zealand.
(22 March – 26 April 2025)
2024 TIME. A juried exhibition for members of The Surface Design Association from New Zealand, Australia and The UAE. from out of the blue studio gallery. Opunake, New Zealand.
(21 November to 30 December 2024)
2023 Art Awards exhibition, Feilding Art Centre. Feilding, New Zealand.
(1-30 September)
2021 Changing Threads, Refinery Art Space, Nelson, New Zealand
(26 February – 20 March)
Awards
Manawatū Art Awards 2025 Merit Award
Grants
2025 Palmerston North Creative Communities grant
2024 Earle Creativity Trust – Visual Arts grant
Permanent Collections
Jacinda
2020
Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science & Heritage
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Acquired in 2025
Wouna le Roux 