colleen ryan-priest

curriculum vitae

2009       2nd Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens Exhibition. Friends of the gardens select and purchase my sculpture installation for their permanent collection.

2008       Ranamok Finalist and Australian Glass Tour.

2008       Melbourne Cast GlassWorkshop - Donald Robertson

2007       Co-Judge Sculpture Competition. Waikato Home Show

2006       Awarded Fellow of New Zealand Landscape Architecture Institute

2006       Co-Judge Student Glass Award. Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Hamilton

2006       Co-Judge Sculpture Competition. Waikato Home Show

2006       New Zealand Society of Glass Artists - Conference Committee.

2005/07 Tutor Landscape Art Expression Wintec, Hamilton

2004       New Zealand Society of Glass Artists - Committee (Members Officer).

2004       Warren Langley Master Class ‘Scaling Up’, Northlands Creative Glass Lybster Scotland.

2004       Northlands ‘Architecture and Light Conference’, Lybster Scotland.

2003       David Reekie Cast Glass Workshop, Auckland.

2003       One year Advance Glass Course Artstation Auckland NZ

1999       Three years of Artstation Workshops Auckland NZ

1989       Antarctic Winter visit Scott Base, Erebus Ice Tongue, Scott & Shackleton’s Huts.

1988       Antarctic Division, NZ Govt. Commission. Design project at Scott Base Antarctic, including summer site visit to Scott Base for briefing and information gathering.

1985       International Federation of Landscape Architects. Design Award Finalist. Japan

1985/04 6 x NZILA Awards including prestigious Charlie Challenger Premier Award in recognition for outstanding planning and design 1991,

1985       Post Graduate Diploma of Landscape Architecture Lincoln University.

1973       Diploma in Fine Arts Canterbury University

Public Commissions;

2007       Friends of Waikato Museum commission two Ice Blocks for gifting to Museum.

Public Collections:

2009       Auckland Botanic Gardens.

2008       Waikato Museum of Art and History. Matching works from the Ice Block Series.

2006       Waikato Museum of Art and History. Narratives of the River. Cast Glass.