CURRICULUM   VITAE

JEANNETTE    SWITZER      

596  WHITMORE ROAD,  MATAKANA, 

WARKWORTH   RD6 

PHONE      09 4227585 

 Email  jeannette@jsart.co.nz

Throughout my life I have been inventive and imaginative.  My exploration of art and art related
 fields have shaped me as an artist.  Through life and professional experiences I have grown as an
artist and  continue to learn and explore.

HUNGRY  CREEK  ART  AND  CRAFT  SCHOOL
 Foundation Certificate Art and Craft
 Certificate of completion for 2nd year studies toward a Diploma in Art  and Craft
 Diploma Graduate in Art and Craft majoring in jewellery and painting

SOLO   EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                                                             Art in Paradise - Matakana in May                                                                                                            Silverculture - Arts Desire Warkworth
 First Open Days - Easter Weekend - My Studio, Matakana
 Silver and Paper - Arts Desire Warkworth
 Encore Silver & Paper and Introducing Sand & Shell Pumphouse Gallery, Takapuna City

GROUP  EXHIBITIONS                                                                                                                                    

Rodney Rocks - Pumphouse, Takapuna City                                                                                               Beyond the Bridge - Kristin School,  Albany                                                                                                             Selected Professional  Artist Exhibition - Matakana Country Park                                                         ADAM Portraiture Award and Exhibition NZ Portrait Gallery, Wellington City  
NORSEWEAR Art Award - Hawkes Bay
NZ Wearable Art Award, Nelson, selected entrant 
Pacific Art Awards - Pacific Business Trust Otahuhu
North  Shore City Art Awards - Celebrating the NZ Coastal Environment Mairangi  Bay Arts Centre
Royal NZ Easter Show Art Awards - Auckland
The Learning Curve - The Mairangi Arts Centre, Mairangi Bay
Rodney District Art Awards  
Great  Summer Art Exhibition - Snells Beach
Franklin Arts Festival - Pukekohe
Manifestations - ASA Gallery - Auckland City
Art and Faith - Trinity Cathedral, Parnell
Jewellery, Painting and Ceramic Art Graduates - Settlers Gallery,  Silverdale
Fibre and Fleece, Opotiki
Manukau Vessel and Sculpture Competition - Nathan Homestead, Manurewa
Artists and Artisans Exhibition - exclusive  art weekend at Morris and James Pottery, Matakana
Kiwiartz - Ascension Vineyard, Matakana
UnStitched - Ascension Vineyard, Matakana
Kowhai Art and Craft  Incorporated Annual Open Art Exhibition, Warkworth
Focus on Fibre Exhibition (Handweavers and Spinners Guild) Auckland Museum
Focus on Fibre Exhibition  (Handweavers and Spinners Guild) Pumphouse, Takapuna

 RELEVANT  EXPERIENCE
 NZ Wearable Art Award, Nelson, selected entrant
 Certificate for Poetry Writing - Stotts Correspondence School
 Forces Wearable Art, Warkworth, selected entrant
 From the Sea - Poetry Performance - Warkworth Theatre Group - Wilson House
 Flowers for Mrs Hopkins-Warkworth Theatre Group - WW and Maungaturoto
 Puhoi Centennial Celebration - Poetry Performance - Puhoi
 Ag Art National Field Days, Hamilton, selected entrant                                                                                      Catwalk Arts - Warkworth, Wellsford Hospice Wearable Art Show - merit award