CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2012 - 2013 Leonardo Da Vinci PLM Work Placement: Nyholm Cantrell Glas, Denmark
2008 - 2012 Bachelor of Design (Glass) and History of Art and Design Joint Course 1st Class
Honours, National College of Art and Design, Ireland
2011 International Exchange Student (4 months), Southern Illinois University, USA
1998 - 2001 Bachelor of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
1993 - 1996 Bachelor of Teaching, Australian Catholic University, McAuley Campus, Australia
PROFESSIONAL GLASS/ART EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2019 Owner Operator Aoife Soden Glass & freelance assiting services
2015 -2018 Ebeltoft Glass Museum Studio, Studio Manager, Production Glassblower, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2015 De La Torre Brothers, Residency Assistant, Ebeltoft Glas Museum, Denmark
2015 Artist Assistant, Clare Belfrage, Tobias Mohl, Raven Skyriver, Susanne Jøker Johnsen
2014 Jack Wax, Teaching Assistant, Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark
2013 - 2015 Ebeltoft Glass Museum Studio, Assistant, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2014 Wilfried Markus Studio, Glassblower, Rheinfelden, Germany
2014 Pilchuck Glass School,Teaching assistant, James Harmon & Brynhildur Þorgeirsdóttir, USA
2014 Pilchuck Glass School,Teaching assistant, Roisin De Buitlear, USA
2013 - 2014 PUST Glas, Assistant, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2013 Tchai Munch (Ebeltoft Glass), Trine Drivsholm (Mohl & Drivsholm Glass), PUST Glas, Raven Skyriver,
Jeannet Iskandar, Casual Assistant, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2012 Dam Karlslund Glass, Short Internship, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2012 Ned Cantrell, Teaching Assistant, Engelsholm Hoejskole, Denmark
2012 Nyholm Cantrell Glas, Assistant, Denmark
2011 The Irish Handmade Glass Company, Short Term Assistant, Ireland
2010 Irish Handmade Glass & Three Mobile Casting Project, Lead Co-ordinator, Ireland
2009 Moth to a Flame: Enterprise Ireland Development Research Project, Project/Product Developer, National
College of Art and Design Dublin, Ireland
WORKSHOPS
2018 Raven Skyriver, Catching the sense of motion, Bornholm Glass and Ceramic Design School, Denmark
2016 Sally McCubbin, Glassblowing 2.0, Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2015 Rudy Faulkner, Get Your Goblet On, Berlin Glass, Germany
2014 Tim Edwards & Mel Douglas, Mapping the Surface, Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2010 Jennifer Halvorson, Press Mold Casting, Southern Illinois University, USA
SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS/POSITIONS
2018 Emerging Maker Award Future Makers Ireland 2018
2016 Nuutajärvi Artist In Residence, Lasikomppania, Nuutajärvi Finland
2016 Finn Lunggaard Award, Course Grant, Glasmuseets Venner, Denmark
2014 Nomination Pilchuck 'Corning Incorporated Scholarship'
2013 Thomas Dammann Junior Award Recipient: Research into Glass Makers of Ebeltoft
Denmark, Travel Grant, Ireland
2012 Leonardo Da Vinci PLM Work Placement, Scholarship, Denmark
2012 Shortlisted Future Makers Ireland
2012 Thesis Commendation N.C.A.D
2011- 2012 An Board National College of Art and Design, Student Representative to the Board
2011 RTE Craft Master Finalist Glass Category,
COLLECTIONS/ STOCKISTS
Collection of Nuutajärvi Glass Museum, Nuutajärvi Finland.
Collection of Gangtai Art Museum of Shanghai Gang Tai Cultural Development Co Ltd.
Ebeltoft Glass Museum Boutique, Ebeltoft Denmark.
NR4 Boutique Aarhus Denmark
So Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland
Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland
Cill Rialaig Arts Centre Shop, Kerry Ireland
Hornvarefabrikken, Bøvlingbjerg & Aarhus Denmark
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Hornvarefabrikken: Guest exhibitor, Bøvlingbjerg, Denmark
2019 Prologue: Aarhus Makers Group Exhibition: End of the Line Gallery, Denmark
2018 Solo Exhibition, Function & Dysfunction, Baunhøj Mølle Grenaa, Denmark
2017 Ireland Glass Biennial, Dublin, Ireland
2017 International Biennale of Glass 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 Århus Universitetshospital, Risskov, Denmark
2016 Vejle Kunstforening, Juleudstilling, Vejle, Denmark
2016 Fussingoslot Kunsthåndværkere Udstiller, Fussingoslot, Randers, Denmark
2016 Solas, Glass Society of Ireland Members Curated Exhibition, Wansford Quay
Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2015 Solas, Glass Society of Ireland Members Curated Exhibition, Greyfriars Municipal
Gallery, Waterford, Ireland, Hunt Gallery, Limerick, Ireland, National College of Art
and Design, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Vejle Kunstforening, Juleudstilling, Vejle, Denmark
2014 Irish Wave, Shanghai, China
2013 Gather, Shanghai Xuhai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2012 1001 Artists Digital Project: Art Takes Miami, Miami, USA
2012 Sculpture in Context, National Botanical Gardens, Dublin, Ireland
2012 Royal Dublin Society Student Art Awards, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Ireland
2012 Royal Dublin Society National Craft Competition, RDS Concert Hall, Dublin
2012 The Flaneur: Recent Graduates, Oliver Cornet Gallery, Dublin
2012 National College of Art and Design Graduate Exhibition, N.C.A.D, Dublin
2012 Art Shanghai 2012, Honggiao New Town Central, Shanghai, China
2012 Engaging With Glass: Contemporary Irish Glass Artists, Traver Gallery, Seattle, USA,
2012 Elements, Shingling Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 Illuminating Glass, The Kenny Gallery, Galway. Ireland
2011 Engaging With Glass: Contemporary Glass Artists, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
2011 Glass Likes Metal, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin, Ireland
2011 No Boundaries:Art in Architecture, Southern Illinois University, Illinois,USA
ASSOCIATIONS
Glass Art Society / Glass Society of Ireland / Crafts Council of Ireland / Design and Crafts council of Ireland/ Glasnet Denmark/Danske Kunsthåndværkere & Designere
