Born, London, England 1971
Qualifications
2001 M.A. Glass, Royal College of Art, London.    
1993 B.A.(Hons) Glass, West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham.    
 
Work Experience
95 to 00   Studio glassmaker and assistant to Tessa Clegg and Diana Hobson, London.    
93 to 95   Assistant to Colin Reid, Gloustershire.    
Teaching
2007  

Visiting Lecturer, ceramics & glass dept.
Royal College of Art.

    
2005   Masterclass leader with Paul Cocksedge Northlands Creative Glass, Scotland.
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, glass dept. University of Wolverhampton.		    
2004   External Supervisor, M.Des. student, Edinburgh College of Art.
Tutor, beginner’s glassmaking, Richmond Adult Education Centre.		    
2001   Visiting Lecturer, glass dept. Edinburgh College of Art    
1995   HND yr 2 Project Tutor, Barnet College of Further Education.    
93 to 95   Course Assistant to Colin Reid    
Commissions   Many private commissions including awards, lighting and sculpture    
Collections
Public   Victoria & Albert Museum, England.    
    Harris Museum and Art Gallery, England.    
    Contemporary Art Society, England.    
    Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Germany    
    Musee-Atelier Du Verre De Sars-Poteries, France.    
Private   Dan Klein & Alan J Poole, England.    
    Jennifer Opie, England.    
 
Awards        
2002   Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council    
Prizes        
2006   Coburg Glaspreis shortlisted    
2005   Glass Sellers Award shortlisted    
2003   Jerwood Applied Arts Prize shortlisted    
1997   Young Glass 97 shortlisted    
 
Publications        
2007   New Glass Review 28.    
2006   The Most Important Artists Working In Glass You've Never Heard of (Yet).
Glass Quarterly Magazine 103 p34-35.
New Glass Review 27. 		   
2004   International Contemporary Glass Jennifer Hawkins Opie, V&A Publications.    
2001   Storming Talent – Angela Jarman, This Side Up magazine 3/2001, p18 & p19.    
1997   Young Glass Prize, Neues Glas magazine 2/97 p28.    
 
Selected exhibitions
2007   Four Decades of Glass Graduates from The Royal College of Art, Collect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England.    
    The London Art Fair, Adrian Sassoon, London, England.    
   
2006   Naturally Formed, Goss Gallery, Dallas, USA.    
    Reflections - A Decade of North Lands Creative Glass, Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.    
    3 Ways, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.    
    V&A Showcase in Partnership with the Crafts Council, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England.    
   
2005   Celebrating 30 Years Crafts Council Shop at the V&A, London, England.    
    Flower Power The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.    
    ShowCAse: Contemporary Art for the UK City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.    
    21st Century British Glass Dan Klein Associates, Daniel Katz Limited, London, England.    
2004   A Sense of Place Museo De Arte Vidrio De Alcorcon, Alcorcon, Spain.    
    Lustre: Contemporary British Glass Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, England.    
    COLLECT Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England.    
    Jerwood Applied Arts 2003 Glass Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny, Ireland.    
    Jerwood Applied Arts 2003 Glass Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales.    
2003   Well Set Up Crafts Council Shop at the V&A, London, England.    
    Jerwood Applied Arts 2003 Glass Crafts Council Gallery, London, England.    
    Jerwood Applied Arts 2003 Glass York Art Gallery, York, England.    
    SOFA Chicago British Crafts Council, Chicago, USA.    
    Winter Collection Cowdy Gallery, Glos, England.    
2002   SOFA Chicago British Crafts Council, Chicago, USA.    
    Showcase Crafts Council Shop at the V&A, London, England.    
    Seeking Light Cowdy Gallery, Glos, England.    
2001   The Show Royal College of Art, London, England.    
    2 Person Show Centrum Goed Werk, Zulte, Belgium.    
    Lineart 2001 Brussels, Belgium.    
1999   Une Collection De Verre Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France.    
1998   Contemporary Decorative Arts Sothebys, London, England.    
    Glass UK: Inaugural Show National Glass Centre, Sunderland, England.    
    Glass UK City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.    
    English Glass Gausling Gallery, Germany.    
1997   Young Glass 97 Ebeltoft Glas Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.    
    Mixed Exhibition Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France.    
1996   English Glass Galerie Rob Van Den Doel, The Hague, Holland    
1995   The New Ice Age Mid Pennines Arts, Lancashire, England.    
    Ceramics and Glass Westbourne Gallery, London, England.    
1994   New Designers Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Wales.    
1993   Glass Metals Ceramics Butlers Wharf, London, England.    
    New Designers Business Design Centre, London, England.    

 

   Contemporary Design Fair Gabriel’s Wharf, London, England.