Grants and Awards

PRODUCTION GRANTS

Canadian High Commission, Canberra, ACT, Australia 2004

King County Arts Commission for King County district Library outdoor public art, Maple Valley, Washington state, USA 2002

BHP-Billiton, Australia's Industry World, Port Kembla, NSW 2002

Canada Council of the Arts mid-level career production grant for The Irish Linen Memorial, January 2001

Ready or Not Grant co-award, with printmaker Pat Beaton, for The Community Fence Project, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1994.

TRAVEL GRANTS

British Columbia Arts Council for Horsehead International Projects exhibition 1999

Canada Council of the Arts to Art Terre, Quebec, Canada 1994

RESIDENTIAL GRANTS

2007 and 2008 Corrymeela Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Ballycastle, N. Ireland

2007 The Turnly Tower, 'In You We Trust', Hearth Housing Association, Cushendall, The Glens, Northern Ireland

2006 Bundanon Artist Retreat, New South Wales

2004 NSW Ministry of Arts in conjunction with ARTSPACE, The Gunnery, Sydney, Australia

EDUCATIONAL AWARDS

International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and 2002 - 5

University Postgraduate Award (UPA) University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Mannesman Demag Senior Award in Sculpture, Carnegie Mellon University 1988

British Columbia Cultural Fund Scholarship 1987

Art Talent Tuition Scholarship, Whittier College, Los Angeles, CA 1984-5

Full Tuition Scholarship, Otis Institute of Parson's School of Design, Los Angeles, California 1983