1995-97
MDes Degree, (Glass Department) Edinburgh College of Art
1994
The Academy of Arts Architecture and Design, Praha (Exchange student at the studio of Vladimír Kopecky).
1991-95
BA(Hons) 1st class, (Glass Department) Edinburgh College of Art.
Courses
2015 Pilchuck Glass School, Digital Fab Glass Lab, Fred Metz & team
2014 BEK, Introduction course to using Arduino
2009 Pilchuck Glass School, A body of Glass, Mark Zirpel and Benjamin Wright
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, Architectural and sculptural kiln-formed glass, Warren Langley
2005 Pilchuck Glass School, Permanent image on Glass, Brian Boldon & Mark Zirpel,
2004 Working with the computerprogram Flash, Atelier Nord, Oslo
2001 Pilchuck Glass School, Neon Road Test, Deborah Dohne and Fred Tschida
1998 Video filming and editing, Mediaverkstedet i Bergen
1997 Pilchuck Glass School, Casting Devices for Sculpture, Gene Koss
Selected Scholarships, Grants & Awards
2015-19
5 year artists working grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Statens arbeidsstipend for kunstnere 5 år)
2015 Bergen Kommune, travel grant
2015 Pilchuck / NK scholarship to attend Digital fab glass lab
2014 Bergen Kommune, exhibition support for Fractured Lives Fragile Existences, NOoSphere Arts. NYC
2014 Materials Grant from Statens Kunstnerstipend, Norway
2014 Transport Grant form the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NK for shipping artwork to the Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass.
2013 Bergen Kommune, travel grant to Venice
2013 Transport Grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs an NK for the exhibition Gage Gaze at the Fosdick Nelson Gallery
2010 Materials grant (Material stipend, Statens Kunstnerstipend)
2009 Bergen Kommune, travel grant
2009
Pilchuck Glass School, half scholarship to attend Mark Zirpels and Ben Wrights class
2007-09
3 year artists working grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Statens Arbeidsstipend for kunstnere 3 år)
2006
Artist in Residence, full coverage of fees and travel expenses Corning Museum of Glass
2006 Artist grant from Sparebanken Vest, Bergen,
2005
Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship to attend Mark Zirpels and Brian Boldons class
2005 Grant from Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2004 Project grant from the City of Bergen
2004 Statens Kunstnerstipend – Material stipend
2003
Norsk Kulturråd (Utstillingsstipend) Exhibition grant for the exhibition no_on at KMR
2003 Project grant from the City of Bergen.
2002
1 year young artists working grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Statens Arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere 1 år)
2001
Pilchuck Glass School full Scholarship to attend Deborah Dohnes and Fred Tschidas class ‘Neon Road Test’
2001
1 year young artists working grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Statens Arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere 1 år)
2001 Project grant from the City of Bergen.
2000
Norsk Kulturråd (Utstillingsstipend) Exhibition grant for an exhibition at the St. Jørgen hospital in Bergen.2002.
2000
1 year young artists working grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Statens Arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere 1 år) Establishing grant from the City of Bergen (Bergen Kommune etablering stipend)
2000
Exhibition grant from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Utenriksdepartementet) for the exhibitions at the Riley Hawk Gallery & Tacoma Art Museum
1999 Norsk Kulturråd,(Utstyrstøtte), grant for buying equipment
1999
Establishing grant, (Etablerings stipend) Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Kulturdepartementet)
1999 Pilchuck Glass School: Emerging Artist in Residence grant.
1999 Travel grant from the Icelandic ministry of culture, (Stjórn Listamannalauna)
1999 Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation, Düsseldorf, Honorary Diploma for high quality work
1997 Full Pilchuck scholarship to attend the course of Gene Koss at the Pilchuck Glass School, WA, U.S.A.
1995-96 The Andrew Grant Bequest – A Major Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the Edinburgh College of Art.
