Giselle is based in North Canterbury. Through practice-led experimental research she creates immersive installations that explore relationships between humans and the natural world and consider the nature of contemporary tactile and emotional experience.
Education
2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts with 1st Class Honours (Sculpture), Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Ilam School of Fine Arts.
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Enfold, SOFA Open Week 2019, Casting Room, Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
Low-Poly Slump, Casting Room, Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
2018 Instar, SOFA Open Week 2018, Casting Room, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
Semantic Formatting, online exhibition, www.semanticformatting.com.
Fuzzy Match, Collaboration with Hannah Phillips, Ilam Campus Galley, Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
2017 Tūhaitara, ir2, Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
Whakahoki, Christchurch Arts Centre, Christchurch.
Sculpture on the Peninsula, Louden Farm, Banks Peninsula.
2016 Web, Okeover Community Gardens, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
Foundation, Ilam Campus Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
Scholarships and Prizes
2019 College of Arts Top Scholar Award
Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship
Bickerton Widdowson Scholarship
2018 Jane Rounick Memorial Scholarship
Grant Lingard Scholarship
University of Canterbury Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award
2017 Bickerton Widdowson Scholarship
2016 Bickerton Widdowson Scholarship
Arts Scholars’ Scholarship
2015 Lonsdale-Edgar Junior Prize in Drawing
2013 Oriel Hoskin Scholarship
2012 Oriel Hoskin Scholarship
Artist Residencies
2017 Student Series Gallery Residency, Ilam Campus Gallery, University of Canterbury.