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education
1994-97 Advanced Diploma in Applied and Visual Arts North Adelaide School of Arts
1989-91 Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies University of South Australia Adelaide
residencies
2011-18 ARIM (Artist Residency in Motherhood), Melbourne Australia
2012-13 London Studio Residency Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts Board
2007 Artist in Residence School of Jewellery, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design University of Central England
2003-04 Assistant and Project Manager Susan Cohn Workshop 3000 Melbourne
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
1997-08 Access Jeweller SAYAB Artists in Studio Scheme, Gray Street Workshop Adelaide
select grants and awards
2018 Creators Fund Creative Victoria
2018 Arts Projects For Individuals and Groups Grant Australia Council for the Arts
2017 City of Melbourne Project Grant
2012 Skills and Arts Development London Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts
2010 Ashington Mentorship Scheme Helpmann Academy
2006 Skills and Arts Development Australia Council for the Arts
2004 Arts Development Program: New Work Creation Arts Victoria
2002 Landscapes and Backgrounds installation with Greg Fullerton and Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery | Craftsouth Emerging Artist Mentorship Craftsouth; Centre for Contemporary Craft & Design with mentor Susan Cohn Workshop 3000 Melbourne
2001 Emerging Artists Professional Development Program: Project Assistance ArtsSA | Skills and Arts Development: New Work (Emerging) Australia Council for the Arts
1997-08 South Australian Youth Arts Development Grant Artists in Studios Scheme, SAYAB Arts SA
solo exhibitions
2018 smother Craft Victoria Melbourne | permeate Barossa Regional Galley Tanunda South Australia
2014 gleam Gray Street Workshop Gallery Adelaide
2013 gloss ACME Project Space London UK
2009 cosmetic Craft ACT Canberra
2008 cosmetic Craft Victoria Melbourne
2005 embellish 23 Sherman Galleries Sydney
2002 probe Craft Victoria Melbourne
select group exhibitions
2020-23 Made/Worn;Australian Contemporary Jewellery Australian Design Centre Sydney, touring select venues
2019 Family & Friends Daine Singer Melbourne | Body Control Museum Arnhem Netherlands | Verge Bundoora Homestead Melbourne
2018 The Language of Things The Dowse Art Museum Wellington New Zealand
2017 Masked Holding House Detroit US | Museum of Lost Public Notices George Paton Gallery The University of Melbourne
2016 The SCOPE Galleries Art Award: Art Concerning Environment (high commendation) SCOPE Galleries Warrnambool
2015 Calendar Girls Project Gray Street Alumni, Gray St Workshop Gallery Adelaide
Victorian Craft Award (Directors Choice) Craft Victoria Melbourne | Move Me, Edinburgh Moving Image Festival, Embassy Gallery Scotland
2014 Melbourne Now National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
2013 Unexpected Pleasures; the Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery Design Museum London UK
2012 Tough Love Australian Experimental Art Foundation Adelaide | Unexpected Pleasures, National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne
2011 Open Mind: International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition/History & the New Material Sungkok Art Museum Seoul Korea
2010 The Embassy Salon Show Catalyst Arts Belfast Northern Ireland | By Example The Museum of Arts & Crafts Itami Japan | Extreme Beauty Glassel School of Art Museum of Fine Arts Houston US | Broadcast Yourself (Embassy Gallery submission), No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents, Tate Modern London UK
2008 In the Making Craft Victoria Melbourne | Refashioning the Fashion Object Australia Centre for Craft and Design Sydney
2007 Fire Fire The Narrows Melbourne | Goldmember Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland
2006-7 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, NETS tour to Victorian regional galleries
2006 Make the Common Precious, Centro Cultural Estacion Mapocho, Santiago Chile | City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart | New Social Commentaries 06, Warrnambool Art Gallery Victoria
2005 Expiration, Project Space, RMIT University Melbourne | Make the Common Precious, Craft Victoria Melbourne | counter-productive, Craft Victoria Melbourne | Shades of Gray: a survey of Gray Street Workshop access jewellers (1985-2005) JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design Adelaide
2004 Design Down Under; Jewelry from Australia & New Zealand Australian Embassy Washington DC & Bancroft Gallery South Shore Art Center Massachusetts US
2003 Cities of Silver and Gold, Craft ACT Craft & Design Centre Canberra
2002 8th Anniversary Holiday Invitational Exhibition, OXOXO Gallery Baltimore US | Going Underground, with Greg Fullerton & Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Broken Hill | Grosseltern, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide Institute of Technology Adelaide
2001 City of Perth Craft Award Craft West Gallery Perth | Recent Acquisitions, Modern Jewellery Collection National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh
2000 three point landing, Atrium Gallery, Glasgow School of Art Glasgow, Scotland
select lectures and talks
2014 NC4 x2, NorthCIty 4, Melbourne
2014. gleam, artist talk, Gray Street Gallery, Gray Street Workshop Adelaide
2012-13 worn, Camberwell College of Arts, London UK and American University, Beirut Lebanon
2008-09 cosmetic, artist talk, Craft Victoria Melbourne and Craft ACT Canberra
2007 embellish, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design University of Central England, Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh College of Art Scotland
2000 probe, North Adelaide School of Art Adelaide, Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh College of Art Scotland
select publications
2018. Tiffany Parbs, smother, with text by Daniella Watson and Tiffany Parbs, Melbourne
2016 Timotej Blažek (et al), Object and Material in Art and Education, Palacky University, Olomouc Czech Republic
2014 Xiao Liu, Li Piman, Contemporary Jewelry Design: Thoughts on Inspiration and Expression, China Youth Press, Beijing China
2013 Damian Skinner (ed), Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, Sterling Publishing New York US
2012 Susan Cohn, Unexpected Pleasures: the Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, Skira Rizzoli New York US | Bel Jacobs, ‘Ugly jewellery made beautiful: Unconventional accessories’, Metro News London, 3/12/2012
2011 Liesbeth Den Besten, On Jewellery: a Compendium of International Art Jewellery, Arnoldsche Art Publishers Stuttgart Germany | Kiwon Wang, Open Mind: International Contemporary Metal Art, History and the New Material, Sungkok Art Museum Korea
2010 Miquel Abellán, Dreaming Jewelry, Monsa Publishing Barcelona Spain | Karen Findeis & Bridie Lander, By Example, The Museum of Arts & Crafts Itami Japan
2009 Sakura Yokoyama (ed), Works by Tiffany Parbs: Artist, +ING Hair Magazine, issue #32 pg 38-41, Japan| Tiffany Parbs cosmetic with text by Daniella Watson and Nella Themelios, Melbourne
2006 Amy Sackville, New Directions in Jewellery II, Black Dog Publishing London UK | Jane Devery & Danielle Whitfield, Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, National Gallery of Victoria | Michael Veitch, Sunday Arts, ABC Television 16/04/06
2005 Kevin Murray, Craft Unbound: Make the Common Precious, Thames & Hudson Australia
professional associations
Arts Hub | Craft Victoria, Melbourne | The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh | Generator Projects, Dundee | Gray Street Workshop Alumni, Adelaide | JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design, Adelaide | Klimt02, Barcelona | NAVA (National Association of Visual Artists) | NOD (Not Only Decoration), Vienna | Workshop 3000 Melbourne
collections
Modern Jewellery Collection, National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh Scotland | Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections, Manchester | Rare Books Collections State Library of Victoria
private collections in Australia, England, India, Italy, Iceland, Scotland, South Africa, Switzerland