Tiffany Parbs

Tiffany Parbs, Nuriootpa, South Australia.
           
Education:
1994-97 Advanced Diploma in Applied and Visual Arts North Adelaide School of Arts, Adelaide
1989-91 Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies University of SA, Adelaide

Collections:
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections
Modern Jewellery Collection, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh UK

Selected Grants and awards:
2012 Skills and Arts Development, London Studio Residency, Australia Council Visual Arts Board
2010 Ashington Mentorship Scheme, Helpmann Academy, mentor to Ewa Skoczynska
2007 Skills and Arts Development, Australia Council Visual Arts Board, VACF Fund
2005 Craft-in-Site, small grant program, Craft Victoria
2004 Arts Development Program:  New Work Creation, Arts Victoria
2002 Craftsouth Emerging Artist Mentorship, Australia Council VACF Fund and Craftsouth | Landscapes and Backgrounds (collaboration with Greg Fullerton), NSW Ministry for the Arts
2001 Project Assistance (Emerging Artist), Arts SA | New Work (Emerging Artist), Australia Council Visual Arts Board,   VACF Fund

Solo exhibitions:
2014 gleam, Gray Street Workshop Gallery, Adelaide
2013 gloss, ACME Project Space, London UK
2008 cosmetic, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2005 embellish, 23 Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2002 probe, Craft Victoria, Melbourne

Selected group exhibitions: 2013-14 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
2012-2013 Unexpected Pleasures, curator Susan Cohn, Design Museum, London UK
2012 Unexpected Pleasures, National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Australia and Design Museum London UK
2012 Tough Love AEAF Australian Experimental Art Foundation Adelaide
2011 Open Mind, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2011 Salon Vert, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2010 By Example, The Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami, Japan
2010 Extreme Beauty, Glassel School of Art  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
2010 Broadcast Yourself, as part of the Embassy Gallery submission for No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents, Tate Modern, London, UK
2008 Refashioning the Fashion, Object Australia Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney
2007 Fire, Fire, The Narrows, Melbourne
2007 Goldmember, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland
2006 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2006 Make the Common Precious, Centro Cultural Estacion Mapocho, Santiago Chile
2006 City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
2005 Expiration, Project Space RMIT University, Melbourne
2005 Make the Common Precious, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2005 Shades of Gray: Gray Street Workshop 1985-2005, JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design, Adelaide
2004 Design Down Under; Jewelry from Australia & New Zealand, Australian Embassy, Washington DC USA
2003 Cities of Silver and Gold, Craft ACT Craft & Design Centre Canberra
2003 Fuse, Ivy Hopes Melbourne
2002 8th Anniversary Holiday Invitational Exhibition, OXOXO Gallery, Baltimore Maryland USA
2002 Going Underground, in conjunction with Greg Fullerton, site specific installation, Broken Hill New South Wales
2001 City of Perth Craft Award, Craft West Gallery, Perth
2000 three point landing, Atrium Gallery Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Scotland

Residencies:
2012-13 London Studio Residency, Australia Council Visual Arts Board
2007 Artist in Residence, School of Jewellery, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design University of Central England
2001-02 Artist in Residence, Metal Design Studio JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design Adelaide
2000 Artist in Residence, Silversmithing and Jewellery Department Glasgow School of Art Glasgow
1997-98 Access Jeweller, Gray Street Workshop Adelaide