Depending on mood and circumstance, I am:

• a jeweller, or
• a jeweller and an artist, or
• an artist

This site gives an overview of my work from 2008.

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CV
Education / Art training

• Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, USA (guest of Iris Eichenberg)  2011
• BAppA Visual Arts (Jewellery), Whitireia New Zealand 2010
• BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 1983

Current activities

• Jewellery Fellow, Visual Arts, Whitireia NZ
• Co-founding member of The See Here artist-run window gallery: http://theseehere.com
• Participant in Joyaviva tour: http://www.joyaviva.net/aotearoa/sarah-read/
• Participant in the HandShake mentoring project (paired with Iris Eichenberg)
  http://handshakejewellery.com/participants/sarah-and-iris/

Gallery

• Charon Kransen Arts, 817 West End Ave,  NY, USA
  (http://www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/read.html)

Selected exhibitions

2013

• Retrospect, The Dowse, Wellington, NZ

2012

• HandShake 4 (Toi Poneke, Wellington, NZ) and 5 (The National, Christchurch, NZ)
• Joyaviva, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
• Retrospect, James Wallace Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland & Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville
• Look, No Hands, The See Here, Wellington, NZ

2011

• SOFA Chicago, USA (Cranbrook Academy’s booth)
• HandShake: 1 (studio 20/17, Sydney), 2 (National Jewellery Show, Wellington, NZ), 3 (Masterworks, Auckland, NZ)
• Best in Show, Objectspace, Auckland NZ

2010

• Nestle (solo show, included Labour of Love – The Reveal) , Wellington, NZ
• The Exchange Project, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia
• SOFA Chicago, USA ( Charon Kransen’s booth)

2009

• SOFA West, Santa Fe, USA (Charon Kransen’s booth)
• handSTAND Unfamiliar & innovative contemporary jewellery, Auckland

2008

• Retelling Tales: Translations in Contemporary Jewellery, Wellington Museum

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