She moves between personal art-making and collaborative works created with others.

She listens before she makes.

Beginning with conversations, memories, photographs and objects gathered over time, her work explores the emotional life held within everyday materials. Whether creating her own artworks or developing books and personal archives with individuals and groups, she is interested in how stories can be translated into tactile forms that preserve feeling, connection and memory.

Working across embroidery, sculpture, painting, book-making, and film, she creates works that hold the quiet weight of lived experience. The way ordinary things can hold entire histories inside them will guide the form each artwork eventually takes.

Guided by slow handwork and attentive observation, she creates intimate works that honour the human desire to be remembered, understood, and being seen.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025

Personal ArchiveM57, Depot Artspace Auckland

Urban Sketchers Wellington, Te Papakura, The Beehive Parliament Wellington

Filter, Nancy Caiger Gallery Hamilton

2023

Spring Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts Wellington

2021

Beneath the Surface, The Lost Space Project, Lake House, Auckland

2020

Solstice, The Lost Space Project, Mt Gabriel Christmas Tree Farm, Auckland

2017

Year of the Rooster, Rufus Crowalot, Parnell Business Association

2004 - 2014

DUST 1.5, Circle Gallery Auckland

DUST 1.4, Northart Auckland

Locale, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville

What’s on your plate, Respond/Response, Papakura Gallery Auckland

DUST 1.3, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville

DUST Dispersion, Artstation Auckland

DUST 1.2 St Pauls Gallery 3, AUT Auckland

Pitch, RMIT Art School Gallery, Melbourne

National Drawing Award, The Physics Room Christchurch

Jewellery out of Context, Respond/Response Project

TAFE, Sydney Institute & Object Space Australia

24th Exhibition of Arts & Crafts, Ron Sang Gallery Auckland

National Drawing Award, The Physics Room, Christchurch

Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award Finalist

Co-Existence (Museum of the Sea, Jerusalem Britomart Auckland

Anthony Harper Award, CoCO Christchurch Finalist

NZ Memorial Consortium at Hyde Park Corner, London Shortlisted

CREATIVE WORKSHOP COACH

2026

Lantern Painting, Year of the Horse, Auckland Art Gallery

2025

Personal Archives, Depot Artspace, Auckland

MOSAICS & CERAMICS

2015

Milan Mrkusich mosaic restoration, Chelsea House Auckland

2010

Portage Ceramic Awards, Lopdell House AucklandFinalist

2006-2007

Ellerslie Bridge of Memory, 16 mosaic panels, Auckland

Ronald McDonald House 10th Anniversary mosaic, Auckland

BFA from Elam School of Art, University of Auckland

MFA from RMIT, Melbourne

BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION

Yin Therapy Chakra, Meridian, Philosophy, Markus Henning Giess

Yin Therapy Yin Yoga, Markus Henning Giess

Ron Sang, Ron Sang Publications

Rober Ellis, Ron Sang Publications

Hanly, Ron Sang Publications Winner, Illustrative Non-Fiction NZ Post Book Awards

FILMS & PLAYS

2025

Pitara: a box of memories, play by Prayas, Costume/Set Design, TAPC Auckland

Socks, short film by Todd Herehana for Jane Campion Film School, Art AssistantScreen at 82nd The Venice Film Festival 2025, Sydney Film Festival 2026, Melbourne Film Festival 2026

The Whole Thing, short film by Calvin Sang, Extra you can watch it here

2024

Give Me Babies, short film by Ankita Singh & Calvin Sang, Extra TVNZ Awards Best Comedy you can watch it here

2023

Buttons and Dumplings, short film by Mei Ling Lee & Calvin Sang, Co-Director & Co-ProducerShow Me Shorts Aotearoa International Short Film Festival, DOC NYC 2023/24,Best Documentary TCFF Third Culture Film Festival 2025 you can watch it here

2010 - 2020

Myth of the Model Minority, directed by Julie Zhu & Nahyeon Lee for TVNZ, one of 14 writers

This Giant Papier Mache Boulder is Actually Really Heavy, Feature film by Christian Nicolson, Costume & Props

Yogi Bear, Warner Bros Feature Film, Extra

Broken Hallelujah, NZ Feature film by Vanessa Riddell, Extra

My Wedding and Other Secrets, NZ Feature film by Rosanne Liang, Extra

SCULPTURES

2007 - present

Small Sculpture Prize, Waiheke Art Gallery

ShapeShifter, TheNewDowse Wellington

headlands Sculpture on he Gulf, Waiheke Island

Perishable Shop, RM Gallery Auckland

Eight Ways of Being Here, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne

E:Scape Waiatatruru Sculpture Exhibition, Hamilton

Field Days No.8 Wire National Art Award, HamiltonFinalist

Olympic Sculpture NZ, located in Beijing

Waikato Sculpture Trust, Hamilton

Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island

INTERIOR DESIGN & ADMIN

Darryl Sang Architects, 1989 - present sangarchitects.com

PHINZ Passive House Institute NZ, Membership Manager, 2020 - 2023

London Potters, London, Marketing, 1993

Maris Design, Middlesex, London, 1991

Ratcliffe Stott Architects, London, 1990-91

Grant Coupland Architects, Auckland, 1989

Michael Statham Interiors, Wellington, 1988